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University Archives. Purdue University Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: University Archives
The University Archives preserves materials created by or related to Purdue University, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and associated organizations.

Found in 1333 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue University Bands and Orchestras records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 160
Scope and Contents The Purdue University Bands and Orchestras records document the history of the organization from the nineteenth century through the present. Types of materials include documents, newsletters, press clippings, video and audio recordings, photographs, programs, brochures, and artifacts. The records cover the activities of the All-American Marching Band, Jazz Band, Athletic Bands, ensembles, orchestras, and concert bands, in addition to auxiliary organizations, and are a valuable resource on...
Dates: circa 1890-2015

Barbara A. Schwartz papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-091

Barbara Elsbury papers, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20210210

Charles R. Barnes papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 70, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSF 25
Scope and Contents

This collection contains two folders with articles written by Charles Barnes, one folder of letters, and a book written by Barnes.

Dates: 1882 - 1899

Ralph O. Barrett collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 3, Placement: 11
Identifier: MSA 50
Scope and Contents

Certificate of Ralph Orren Barrett's initiation into Alpha Delta Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity, April 4, 1927.

Dates: 1927

Cornell A. Bell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 18
Scope and Contents The Cornell A. Bell papers document the personal and professional life of Dr. Cornell Bell from his childhood through his retirement from Purdue and eventual passing in 2009. Materials include: Cornell’s personal papers, such as records from his elementary, high school, and college days, funeral programs for friends and colleagues, and contact information; material owned by members of Cornell’s family, including his wife Dr. Mildred Bell’s doctoral dissertation, his uncle Henry Sanders’s...
Dates: circa 1800s-2010; Majority of material found within 1970s-2000s

Benjamin Harrison letters

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 73, Placement: 2
Identifier: UA 48.1
Scope and Contents

Two letters from Benjamin Harrison to Purdue President James Smart, 1896

Dates: 1896

William T. Berkshire papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 3, Placement: 12
Identifier: MSA 51
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a lab manual William Berkshire compiled when he was 15 years old, as part of his entrance exam to Purdue University.

Dates: circa 1888

James Berlin papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 161
Scope and Contents Papers relating to the career of James Berlin, Professor of English at Purdue University and major figure in the development of cultural studies pedagogy in rhetoric and composition. Materials include NEH Seminar (1977-1979), Teaching Materials (1980-1994), Research Materials (1884-1993), Collegial Correspondence (1979-1992), and Faculty Governance and Community Activism (1985-1993). Included in the Faculty Governance series is a report on "The Status of Women at Purdue and the Need for a...
Dates: 1978 - 1994

Bernard S. Gross collection

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSA 386
Scope and Contents

Bernard S. Gross collection include one 1932 wool Purdue Jacket.

Dates: Other: 1932

Burton A. Bertenshaw collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 377
Scope and Contents

Collection contains one item: a decorative cloth souvenir of Tau Beta Pi.

Dates: undated

Bertha Kate Gaddis diaries

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-047
Dates: 1906-1937, 1945-1946

Amar N. Bery papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 3, Placement: 13
Identifier: MSA 52
Scope and Contents

Pamphlet - India For The English, by Amar Nath Bery, B.S. E.E. 1905.

Dates: circa 1905

Betty Nelson papers, addition 08

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20140515.3

Betty Nelson Papers, addition 09

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 20200309

Bill Doshan slides and negatives

 Unprocessed Material — Box Box 1
Identifier: 20121016.1

College of Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 18
Abstract

Reports and Newsletters documenting the history and activities of the Department of Biochemistry

Dates: 1936 - 2010

John R. Bittner collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 3, Placement: 16
Identifier: MSA 54
Scope and Contents

Two back and white photographs of John R. Bittner, circa 1997 "Faculty Footnotes - John Bittner," The UNC Journalist, Wintter 1997, p.5. The International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England - entry, Bittner, John Robert, circa 1997. Curriculum Vitae, John R. Bittner, 2002.

Dates: 1997 - 2002

Purdue University Black Cultural Center records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 176
Scope and Contents The materials in this collection document the programs, activities, and community created by and surrounding the Purdue University Black Cultural Center (BCC) from its inception in 1969 up until the present day. It includes publications about the African American community; newspaper clippings and marketing material created by or with the subject of the BCC; photographs of the BCC, its events, students, and staff; speeches delivered by or about the BCC; correspondence between members of the...
Dates: 1969 - 2023; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000

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

Blockite Spiel publication

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 52
Identifier: 2023-010
Dates: circa 1965 - 1966

Donald A. Bloodgood papers

 Collection — Box 1 flat box, 1 small mss. box
Identifier: MSA 314
Scope and Contents The Donald A. Bloodgood papers (1946-1949; 1 cubic foot) documents the student life and fraternal pledging of former Purdue student Donald A. Bloodgood. The collection consists primarily of artifacts, with limited documentation concerning their use and function by the alumnus. These objects may be useful for researchers interested in the material culture of Purdue’s ROTC and fraternity organizations during the late 1940s. Types of materials include: pledge sashes, pledge boards, letters, and...
Dates: 1946 - 1949; Other: Date acquired: 09/06/2011

Donald E. Bloodgood papers

 Collection — Box 6 Boxes, 1 Large Folder
Identifier: MSF 41
Abstract

Publications, reports, correspondence, clippings, photos, and daily planners documenting the professional career of Purdue Professor of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Donald E. Bloodgood.

Dates: 1926 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1979

Richard Blunk papers

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 66, Placement: 02, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 285
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one callout card for Purdue Musical Organizations in the format of the Glee Club Pete from 1962. The ephemera belonged to Richard Blunk who also played the trumpet in Purdue's All-American Marching Band during the semester he attended Purdue.

Dates: 1962

Allen C. Boggs collection

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 3, Placement: 18
Identifier: MSA 55
Scope and Contents

Receipt - Purdue Alumni Association Life Membership, 1920 (Initialed "Paid HGL," by Harry G. Leslie, '04, who was executive director of the Association at that time, and who later was elected Governor of Indiana.)

Dates: 1920