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 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Purdue University Customs and Traditions collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 151
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Customs and Traditions collection features, among other memorabilia, a tank scrap chain and padlock from 1913, a label from the first bottle of beer served to a Purdue student after the repeal of prohibition, numerous buttons and pins, including a hatpin with the Purdue seal from 1895 on it (third design), a Reamer's Club "R" from the early 1990s, a Purdue Murad cigarette silk, a 1902-1903 matriculation ticket signed by Purdue President Winthrop E. Stone, along with...
Dates:
1877 - 2014; Other: Majority of material found within 1880 - 1940
Purdue University Fraternities and Sororities collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 159
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Fraternities and Sororities collection documents the history and activities of the fraternities and sororities at Purdue. Contained in the collection are numerous fraternity and sorority newsletters and magazines. There are some records provided by the Dean of Students Office in 1995 and include correspondence and financial information sheets. Among the other material in the collection are petitions for membership, constitutions and by-laws, membership directories and...
Dates:
1885 - 2008; Other: Majority of material found within 1995
Gary J. Glazer papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 31
Scope and Contents
The Gary J. Glazer papers document Gary J. Glazer’s student life at Purdue from 1964 to 1967. He was active in the Owen Hall Hussar Club and most of the collection relates to his activities with this club. There are also materials related to the Purdue Boilermaker football team playing in the 1967 Rose Bowl. Types of materials include printed materials, photographs, ephemera including pins and patches, cords, caps, and plaques. Purdue traditions are documented here, such as the Senior Cords...
Dates:
1964 - 1967
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- Artifacts (Object genre) 3
- Programs (documents) 3
- Black-and-white photographs 2
- Color photographs 2
- Correspondence 2
- Dance cards 2
- Magazines (Periodicals) 2
- Newsletters 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Aerial photographs 1
- Aerospace engineering 1
- Air pilots, Military 1
- Astronauts 1
- Audiocassettes 1
- Audiovisual materials 1
- Awards 1
- Beanies 1
- Booklets 1
- Books 1
- Brochures 1
- Buttons (information artifacts) 1
- Cannon Trophy 1
- Centaur rocket 1
- Certificates 1
- Clothing 1
- Cords 1
- Diaries 1
- Directories 1
- Dormitories--Indiana--West Lafayette 1
- Editorials 1
- Financial records 1
- Greek letter societies 1
- Guidebooks 1
- Hatpins 1
- Historical documents 1
- Invitations 1
- Labels--1930-1940. 1
- Letters (Correspondence) 1
- Logs (Records) 1
- Mission patches 1
- Old Oaken Bucket 1
- Optical disks 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Personal papers 1
- Press releases 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Records and briefs 1
- Reports 1
- Souvenirs 1
- Space flights 1
- Space shuttles--United States 1
- Student activities 1
- Tank Scrap (Purdue University) 1
- Test pilots 1
- Textbooks 1
- Textiles 1
- Transcripts 1
- United States. Air Force Management 1
- United States. Air Force--Medals, badges, decorations, etc. 1
- VHS 1
- Working papers 1
- Yearbooks 1 + ∧ less
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