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Printed ephemera

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Printed works that are created to meet an array of immediate needs, usually transitory in nature not intended to be saved. Examples could be broadsides, posters, leaflets, pamphlets, programs, postcards, tradecards, labels, tickets, handbills, sale notices, and valentines.

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Burke Knapp scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 335
Scope and Contents The Joseph Burke Knapp scrapbook contains news clippings, programs, photogaphs, postcards, and other information related to Knapp's senior year at Purdue University.  A popular student and great athlete, much of the scrapbook consists of sports notes, news, photographs, items, pins, and ribbons attached in the beginning of the scrapbook as well as loose materials near the end of the scrapbook.  The scrapbook also includes details about the 1903 train wreck that claimed the lives of several...
Dates: 1900 - 1905
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette records, addition 07

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 46
Identifier: 20200221.3
Dates: 1979 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1980; Majority of material found within 2015 - 2019
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Lois Lee Thompson WAVES scrapbook (ca. 1944-45)

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2022-019
Dates: 1944 - 1945
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Jane Forbing Lomont scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 162
Scope and Contents

The Jane Forbing Lomont scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, invitations, dance cards, programs, handbooks and other printed ephemera related to Lomont's time as a student at Purdue, her husband Allen Lomont's political career in Fort Wayne, her participation and interest in Indiana state politics, and her career in the Federal Housing Administration.

Dates: 1932 - 1937
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Marlene Dobkin de Rios papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 72
Abstract

The Marlene Dobkin de Rios papers documents De Rios' anthropological research on hallucinogens and contains correspondence, biographical clippings, papers, conference materials, and article reprint request cards.

Dates: 1967 - 2008
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Heather Moberly Collection of Purdue Ephemera

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 56, Placement: 11, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 284
Abstract

Ephemera documenting Purdue's campus in the late 1940s

Dates: 1948
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Mortar Board records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 148
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, photographs, certificates, pamphlets, and scrapbooks, that document the history and activities of the Mortar Board honor society at Purdue University.

Dates: 1924-2015; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2014
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Murphy Family papers

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSA 273
Scope and Contents The Murphy Family Papers (1916-1929, 1999; 0.5 cubic ft.) document the student life and activities of Rosemary Murphy and Mary Marguerite Murphy during their school days at Purdue University. Subject areas include women's sports at Purdue University (basketball, soccer, track), the Purdue "We Girls Rifle Team," physical education for women students at Purdue, and the various fraternities, sororities, honors and athletic societies to which the Murphy women belonged. The bulk of the papers...
Dates: 1916-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1925-1929; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/2007
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Phyllis Holt Steinmetz collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 59
Identifier: 2023-098
Dates: 1919 - 2003
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Andrey A. Potter papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 527
Scope and Contents The Andrey A. Potter papers document the career, education, and personal life of nationally renowned engineer and educator Andrey Potter (A.A. Potter). Types of materials in the collection include articles; speeches; surveys; research and lecture notes; certificates, diplomas, and awards; photographs; correspondence; printed material; scrapbooks; medals; ephemera; artifacts; books and manuscripts; obituaries; greeting cards; reports; letterhead; newspaper clippings; and meeting minutes. The...
Dates: 1893 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1930-1970; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1979
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue Chi Omega scrapbook of Mildred Bobak

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSA 328
Abstract

Scrapbook of handwritten notes, booklets, programs, ephemera, and newsletters documenting the pledging and sorority life of Purdue student and Chi Omega pledge Mildred Bobak.

Dates: 1949; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2017
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue Club of Chicago scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 216
Abstract

Letters, invitations, programs, rosters, printed ephemera, and clippings documenting the early years of the Purdue Club of Chicago.

Dates: 1885 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1919
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue Convocations Educational Travel Program records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20160901.3
Dates: 1998 - 2003
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue Memorial Union records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 111
Scope and Contents

The Purdue Memorial Union records contain information regarding the construction of the building, its uses, and promotional materials throughout its existence, including the student petition to raise funds and encourage the Board of Trustees to finish the building when construction was delayed due to World War I. Several pamphlets contain floor plans of the Union and show how the building has changed over the years with new additions.

Dates: 1920 - 1999
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue Musical Organizations broadside card

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 52
Identifier: 2023-009
Dates: September 15, 1965
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences records, addition 09

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-041
Dates: 1963 - 2018
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University LGBTQ Resource Center records, addition 05

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190815
Dates: 2019
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Purdue University Libraries records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 30
Abstract

Annual reports, brochures, ephemera, minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, publications, records, reports, surveys, training manuals, and miscellaneous materials documenting the history, administration and activities of the Purdue University Libraries.

Dates: circa 1800s - 2000s; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2004
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

J. E. Raffensperger collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 11, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSA 196
Scope and Contents

Programs, clippings, photographs and Purdue Semi-Centennial ephemera from J. E. Raffensperger's time as a Purdue student.

Dates: 1922 - 1929
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Rita Colwell papers, addition 05

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190903
Dates: 1995 - 2012
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Robert and Melinda Bain papers, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-069
Dates: 1971 - 2018
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Stanislav Grof papers, addition 28

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accession 41
Identifier: 20181101
Dates: 1965 - 2018; Majority of material found within 2015 - 2017
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Opal D. Stech scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 36
Scope and Contents The Opal D. Stech collection is contained in a scrapbook, which documents Opal Stech's time as a Purdue student. The scrapbook includes programs from various events, invitations, newspaper clippings, news photographs and mementos. Some of the organizations and subjects in the scrapbook include the Purdue Christian Foundation, the Little Theater, the Women's Athletic Association, numerous convocations and lectures, Kappa Beta, Mother's Day events, The Twelve (Christian group), R. O. T. C.,...
Dates: 1928 - 1934
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Stockton family collection, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-024
Dates: 1919 - 1949
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Dorothy Stratton U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Christening and Commissioning collection

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSP 111
Abstract

This collection contains material documenting two events: the christening in 2010 and the commissioning in 2012 of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, named after Purdue University’s first full-time Dean of Women, and Director of the U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserve, Dorothy Stratton.

Dates: 2010 - 2012; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/2012
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

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