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:
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
Helen Gould collection of Purdue dance cards and theater programs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 294
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 41 dance cards, four theater programs and seven Purdue related ephemera and miscellaneous memorabilia from Helen Gould's tenure are a Purdue student, 1922-1926.
Dates:
1922 - 1926; Other: Majority of material found within 1923 - 1924
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- Artifacts (Object genre) 2
- Buttons (information artifacts) 2
- Clippings (Information artifacts) 2
- Newsletters 2
- Student activities 2
- Black-and-white photographs 1
- Booklets 1
- Brochures 1
- Cannon Trophy 1
- Color photographs 1
- Correspondence 1
- Directories 1
- Editorials 1
- Field notes 1
- Financial records 1
- Greek letter societies 1
- Guidebooks 1
- Hatpins 1
- Historical documents 1
- Invitations 1
- Labels--1930-1940. 1
- Letters (Correspondence) 1
- Magazines (Periodicals) 1
- Old Oaken Bucket 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Press releases 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Souvenirs 1
- Tank Scrap (Purdue University) 1
- Yearbooks 1 + ∧ less
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