Purdue University. Students. Social life and customs
Organization
Found in 10 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
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 Historical documents consist of background information on the closing of Harrison Street Courts and the transition to South Campus Courts,...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
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
Fraternities, Sororities and Cooperative Life records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 172
Abstract
Documents, scrapbooks, newsletters documenting Greek life and activities on Purdue's campus
Dates:
1873 - 2010
L. Murray Grant and Bernice Nelson Grant papers
Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSA 330
Scope and Contents
The L. Murray Grant and Bernice Nelson Grant papers document the Grants' student life and post-graduation ties to Purdue. The papers include dance cards, programs, articles, and correspondence with Purdue President Winthrop Stone and Trustee David Ross.
Dates:
1903 - 1933; Majority of material found within 1903 - 1905
Thomas Hendrix letters to Margaret Kennedy
Collection — Box Communal Collections 2, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSA 287
Abstract
Letters from Thomas Hendrix to Margaret Kennedy while he was a student and member of the Navy V-12 program at Purdue University
Dates:
1945 - 1947; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1946; Other: Date acquired: 01/02/2009
John F. G. Miller papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 277
Abstract
Materials related to the the academic and football career of John F. G. Miller, including his involvement with the Intercollegiate Conference and Purdue Athletics.
Dates:
1899 - 1936; Majority of material found within 1903, 1923-1927
Mortar Board records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 148
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, photographs, certificates, pamphlets, and scrapbooks, that document the history and activities of the Mortar Board honor society at Purdue University.
Dates:
1924-2015; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2014
Albert H. Rerick and Donald J. Rerick papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 308
Abstract
Letters, photographs, clippings, and material artifacts documenting the student life of Albert H. and Donald J. Rerick (1915-1917 and 1968-1973 respectively).
Dates:
1915 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1917; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1973; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2015
Student Happy Birthday love letter dated September 28, 1938
Collection — Box Communal Collections 66, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSP 289
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one letter and envelope from 1938.
Dates:
1938
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- Subject: Correspondence X
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- Correspondence 6
- Clippings (Information artifacts) 4
- Letters (Correspondence) 4
- Black-and-white photographs 3
- Color photographs 3
- Dance cards 3
- Memorabilia 3
- Newsletters 3
- Scrapbooks 3
- Artifacts (Object genre) 2
- Brochures 2
- Buttons (information artifacts) 2
- Directories 2
- Greek letter societies 2
- Guidebooks 2
- Hatpins 2
- Programs (documents) 2
- Yearbooks 2
- Aerial photographs 1
- Annual reports 1
- Beanies 1
- Booklets 1
- Business records 1
- Cannon Trophy 1
- Commemorative spoons 1
- Dormitories--Indiana--West Lafayette 1
- Dress codes 1
- Editorials 1
- Financial records 1
- Football 1
- Greek letter societies -- Indiana -- West Lafayette 1
- Handbooks 1
- Historical documents 1
- Invitations 1
- Labels--1930-1940. 1
- Love letters 1
- Magazines (Periodicals) 1
- Old Oaken Bucket 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Press releases 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Purdue University. Fowler Courts. Courtiers 1
- Purdue train wreck, Indianapolis, Ind., 1903 1
- Student activities 1
- Tank Scrap (Purdue University) 1
- Ticket stubs 1 + ∧ less
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