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Purdue University. Alumni and alumnae

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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  • Subject: Artifacts (Object genre) X
  • Subject: Dance cards X

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Annual reports 1
Beanies 1
Black-and-white photographs 1
Booklets 1
Buttons (information artifacts) 1