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:
Purdue University Chinese Students collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 155
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Chinese Students collection documents the Chinese Students' Alliance Conference, Mid-West Section, hosted by Purdue University in 1921 and 1925. The collection consists of various brochures and programs from the conferences. Other material included is a "Chinese Students at Purdue" brochure; a 1927 Purdue University Chinese Students' yearbook; a booklet, in Chinese, used to recruit potential Chinese students in 1930 and correspondence between the Purdue Club of China...
Dates:
1920 - 1961
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
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Clippings (Information artifacts) 3
- Booklets 2
- Brochures 2
- Correspondence 2
- Dance cards 2
- Invitations 2
- Letters (Correspondence) 2
- Memorabilia 2
- Newsletters 2
- Yearbooks 2
- Artifacts (Object genre) 1
- Black-and-white photographs 1
- Buttons (information artifacts) 1
- Cannon Trophy 1
- Chinese students--United States. 1
- Color photographs 1
- Directories 1
- Editorials 1
- Financial records 1
- Foreign students 1
- Greek letter societies 1
- Guidebooks 1
- Hatpins 1
- Historical documents 1
- Labels--1930-1940. 1
- Magazines (Periodicals) 1
- Old Oaken Bucket 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Press releases 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Rosters 1
- Student activities 1
- Tank Scrap (Purdue University) 1 + ∧ less
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