Skip to main content

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 5 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

Arthur and Roberta Bitzer papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 3, Placement: 17
Identifier: MSA 259
Scope and Contents

The Arthur and Roberta Bitzer photographs, schedule card and buttons are from the Bitzer's time as students at Purdue University. Types of materials include: black and white photographs of campus scenes and student life, a schedule card and buttons.

Dates: 1937 - 1942

James Blakesley Collection on the Class of 1950

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 28
Scope and Contents

The James Blakesley Collection on the Class of 1950 contains memorabilia from the Class of 1950's days at Purdue. Types of material include dance cards, newspaper clippings, event programs and playbills, along with photographs, record albums, and artifacts.

Dates: 1946 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1950

Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6
Scope and Contents The Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers document the extensive Air Force and NASA career of Roy D. Bridges Jr.The papers include but are not limited to, artifacts, audio visual material, awards, books, briefs and records, certificates, clippings, clothing, correspondence, diaries, documents, flight logs, flight checklists and data files, along with Bridges' pilot kneeboard notes, medals, mementos, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, textbooks, research papers, and working paper...
Dates: 1950 - 2013

Fowler Courts Residence Hall records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 43
Scope and Contents The Fowler Courts Residence Hall records document the history of Fowler Courts Residence Hall and Fowler House. The records include annual reports, orientation guidebooks and handbooks, faculty fellow directories, yearbooks and calendars. Also included are Purdue Residence Hall dress code standards and guest hours polices from the 1960s-1980s. Historical documents consist of background information on the closing of Harrison Street Courts and the transition to South Campus Courts,...
Dates: circa 1920s - 1993; Majority of material found within 1954 - 1993

Filtered By

  • Subject: Artifacts (Object genre) X
  • Subject: Black-and-white photographs X

Additional filters:

Subject
Color photographs 4
Correspondence 3
Aerospace engineering 2
Air pilots, Military 2
Annual reports 2
∨ more
Astronauts 2
Audiocassettes 2
Awards 2
Books 2
Business records 2
Clippings (Information artifacts) 2
Handbooks 2
Memorabilia 2
Negatives (photographs) 2
Personal papers 2
Scrapbooks 2
Sound recordings 2
Test pilots 2
Textbooks 2
Textiles 2
Transcripts 2
VHS 2
Working papers 2
"First Flights" documentary 1
Aerial photographs 1
Aeronautics -- Periodicals 1
Aerospace engineering -- Handbooks 1
Aerospace engineering -- Periodicals 1
Aerospace engineering -- Textbooks 1
Air pilots 1
Aircraft 1
Astronautical charts 1
Astronautics 1
Astronautics--Periodicals. 1
Astronautics--Research 1
Astronautics--United States--History 1
Astronauts--1960-1970 1
Astronauts--Training of--United States 1
Audiovisual materials 1
Beanies 1
Black-and-white slides 1
Brochures 1
Businessman 1
Centaur rocket 1
Certificates 1
Class reunions 1
Clothing 1
Color slides 1
Coursework 1
DVDs 1
Dance cards 1
Diagrams 1
Diagrams (Mission Module) 1
Diaries 1
Diplomas 1
Directories 1
Dormitories--Indiana--West Lafayette 1
Dress codes 1
Electronic mail 1
Fan mail 1
Films 1
Guidebooks 1
Historical documents 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 1
Letters (Correspondence) 1
Logs (Records) 1
Lunar landing sites 1
Lunar module 1
Lunar photography 1
Lunar roving vehicles 1
Magazines (Periodicals) 1
Magnetic tapes 1
Manuals (instructional materials) 1
Manuscripts (Documents) 1
Maps 1
Military service--1940-1950 1
Mission patches 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
Newsletters 1
Notebooks 1
Optical disks 1
Outer space--Exploration 1
Pilots (Aeronautics) 1
Playbills 1
Professor 1
Programs (documents) 1
Publications (Documents) 1
Purdue University--1947 bleacher collapse 1
Purdue University. Fowler Courts. Courtiers 1
Records (Documents) 1
Records and briefs 1
Reference materials 1
+ ∧ less