Greek letter societies -- Indiana -- West Lafayette
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Alpha Gamma Chapter photographs
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 38
Identifier: 20191028
Dates:
1981 - 1982
Burton A. Bertenshaw collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 377
Scope and Contents
Collection contains one item: a decorative cloth souvenir of Tau Beta Pi.
Dates:
undated
Class of 1915 photo album
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 260
Scope and Contents
The Class of 1915 photo album (1912-1915; 0.10 cubic feet) documents class activities and Greek events of the Class of 1915, including the Tank Scrap and Greek house parties. Photographs of campus scenery and buildings are included (Fowler Hall, Physics Building). Of particular interest may be the documentation of the 1913 flood in the Lafayette area. Some of the photographs identify class members through hand-written notes on photographs and captions. The album is believed to have been...
Dates:
1912 - 1939; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1915
Collection of Sigma Chi Fraternity Court Case materials
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 37
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Sigma Chi Fraternity Court Case Materials documents the court battle from the inception of President White's matriculation pledge, to the Supreme Court decision and beyond. This collection documents the legal dispute and is sometimes referred to as the Purdue case or Sigma Chi case.Types of materials include: newspaper clippings, magazine articles, reports, documented opinions of Circuit Court Judge P. Vinton and others, and other extraneous materials related to...
Dates:
1879 - 2000
Ed and Sara Morgan cords and pledge boards
Unprocessed — Box 1 box
Identifier: 20151116
Dates:
1965 - 1966
Purdue University Fraternities and Sororities album
Collection — Box 1: Series MSP 26, Series 1
Identifier: MSP 26
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Fraternities and Sororities Album contains the original petition letters for terms of recognition submitted by Purdue University fraternities, sororities and other student organizations. The album is believed to have been assembled by President James Smart during his tenure as President of Purdue University. The first recognition documents are from Sigma Chi, the first Purdue University fraternity. It is followed by the petition letter for Sigma Nu. The following documents...
Dates:
1886 - 1921
Fraternities materials, Purdue University
Collection — Box Communal Collections 48, Placement: 12
Identifier: MSK 5
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous materials relating to Purdue University fraternities and Greek organizations. Includes: "Memoirs of a Pledge" booklet, written and published for the Phi Kappa Tau Pledge Dance (1947); 3 photographs of a Phi Kappa Tau-Kappa Delta Rho fraternity mud fight (circa 1950); a "Mid-semester Report of Unsatisfactory Work" for Howard Art Haberkost (1948); a Purdue University Registrar's Office slip to accompany a transcript; one issue of "The Lambdanite" newsletter of the Purdue Chapter of...
Dates:
1947-1950; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2007
Fraternities, Sororities and Cooperative Life records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 172
Overview
Documents, scrapbooks, newsletters documenting Greek life and activities on Purdue's campus
Dates:
1873 - 2010
Lambdanite newsletters
Collection — Box Communal Collections 48, Placement: 13
Identifier: MSK 6
Scope and Contents
Three newsletters, the Lambdanite, published by the Purdue University Chapter of Phi Kappa Tau:
Volume 29, No. 3, October 1950
Volume 30, No. 1, November 1951
Volume 31, No. 1, May 1952
Dates:
1952; Other: Date acquired: 02/10/2009
Mary Esther Poorman '33, B.S.C.E., Theodolite press photograph
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 51
Identifier: 2022-102
Dates:
1933-04-22
Panhellenic Association records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 163
Scope and Contents
The Panhellenic Association records includes materials documenting the activities of both the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association, particularly as it relates to their membership. Records include scrapbooks, awards, minutes, correspondence, pamphlets, brochures, news articles, RUSH and Fraternity Life guides, and more. Topics of particular interest include alcohol policies, racial issues, community involvement, housing, and black fraternities.
Dates:
1956 - 2002
Lynne Ann Phillips scrapbook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 343
Scope and Contents
The Lynne Ann Phillips scrapbook was compiled by Lynne Bruce as a student at Purdue University from 1957 to 1962. It contains information related to Purdue Bands, Tau Beta Sigma, cooperative housing, and student activities. Formats of materials include booklets, photographs, news clippings, dance cards, and small artifacts.
Dates:
1958 - 1962
Purdue University Archives & Special Collections Artifacts collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSR 4
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Artifact collection (1880-2000, 8 cubic feet) documents different historical aspects of Purdue University. Each artifact has been given a unique number and then organized by size, and sometimes format, in boxes. The items are of various sizes in various formats, but all have a Purdue connection. Some examples are a salt and pepper shaker set, handkerchief, window decals, and silver tea spoons. Many items demonstrate the evolution of Purdue iconography such as the griffin seal or...
Dates:
1880-2008; Other: Majority of material found in 1950s-1990s
Douglass Shortridge collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 213
Scope and Contents
The Douglass Shortridge collection contains artifacts from Shortridge's student years at Purdue, historical newspapers from the end of World War II, a newspaper obituary of Abram C. Shortridge, and other documents accumulated during Shortridge's career.
Dates:
1919 - 2003
Sigma Chi Fraternity Student photographs
Unprocessed — Box Communal Accessions 59
Identifier: 2023-095
Dates:
1878 - 1880
Torque Fraternity Petition book
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-018
Dates:
June 9, 1921 - June 18, 1925