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Purdue University

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: May 6, 1869-

Historical Information

Purdue University was created as part of the Morrill Act and is the land-grant institution of higher learning in the state of Indiana.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Neil A. Armstrong papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 5
Scope and Contents The Neil A. Armstrong papers document the military, aeronautics, astronautics, teaching and corporate business career of Neil A. Armstrong. The papers also feature items from Armstrong's youth and education. The collection includes but is not limited to documents, coursework, working papers, subject files, correspondence, writings, speeches, recordings, photographs and newspaper clippings. The papers are divided into eighteen series, and further information on the scope and content of the...
Dates: 1671 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2012

Collection of Purdue Diplomas

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 133
Abstract

Diplomas documenting academic degrees awarded at Purdue University.

Dates: 1879 - 1913

Lloyd E. Keck scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1: Series MSA 303, Series 1; Series MSA 303, Series 2; Series MSA 303, Series 3; Series MSA 303, Series 4; Series MSA 303, Series 5; Series MSA 303, Series 6; Series MSA 303, Series 7; Series MSA 303, Series 8; Series MSA 303, Series 9; Series MSA 303, Series 10; Series MSA 303, Series 11; Series MSA 303, Series 12
Identifier: MSA 303
Scope and Contents The Lloyd E. Keck scrapbook documents the academic, military, personal and social activities of an Engineering student while on Purdue University's campus from 1936-1939, as well as various aspects of his life prior to college from 1917-1936. Keck titled the scrapbook, "Scraps and Snaps, May 27, 1917 - August 1, 1939," but most of the content is from his time at Purdue, 1936-1939.The scrapbook contains many unique photographs of campus and events from the 1930s. Some of the...
Dates: 1917 - 1939; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1939

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Black-and-white photographs 2
Clippings (Information artifacts) 2
Scrapbooks 2
"First Flights" documentary 1
Aeronautics -- Periodicals 1
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Aerospace engineering 1
Aerospace engineering -- Handbooks 1
Aerospace engineering -- Periodicals 1
Aerospace engineering -- Textbooks 1
Air pilots 1
Air pilots, Military 1
Aircraft 1
Artifacts (Object genre) 1
Astronautical charts 1
Astronautics 1
Astronautics--Periodicals. 1
Astronautics--Research 1
Astronautics--United States--History 1
Astronauts 1
Astronauts--1960-1970 1
Astronauts--Training of--United States 1
Audiocassettes 1
Awards 1
Black-and-white slides 1
Books 1
Business records 1
Businessman 1
Certificates 1
Color photographs 1
Color slides 1
Commencement addresses 1
Correspondence 1
Coursework 1
DVDs 1
Diagrams 1
Diagrams (Mission Module) 1
Electronic mail 1
Engineers 1
Fan mail 1
Films 1
Floods -- Indiana 1
Grade reports 1
Handbooks 1
Historical documents 1
Invitations 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 1
Letters (Correspondence) 1
Lunar landing sites 1
Lunar module 1
Lunar photography 1
Lunar roving vehicles 1
Magnetic tapes 1
Manuals (instructional materials) 1
Manuscripts (Documents) 1
Maps 1
Military service--1940-1950 1
Moon rocks 1
Moon--Surface 1
NASA publications 1
NASA space programs 1
NASA--Deputy Administrator of Aeronautics 1
National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Space Shuttle insignia 1
Naval aviators 1
Negatives (photographs) 1
Notebooks 1
Outer space--Exploration 1
Personal papers 1
Pilots (Aeronautics) 1
Professor 1
Programs (documents) 1
Publications (Documents) 1
Records (Documents) 1
Reference materials 1
Report cards 1
Sound recordings 1
Space flight 1
Space photographs 1
Space vehicles--Landing--Moon 1
Speeches (documents) 1
Student activities 1
Test pilots 1
Textbooks 1
Textiles 1
Tickets 1
Transcripts 1
VHS 1
Working papers 1
Writings (documents) 1
X-15 (Rocket aircraft) 1
X-20 (Space glider) 1
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