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Fraternities materials, Purdue University

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 48, Placement: 12
Identifier: MSK 5

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous materials relating to Purdue University fraternities and Greek organizations. Includes: "Memoirs of a Pledge" booklet, written and published for the Phi Kappa Tau Pledge Dance (1947); 3 photographs of a Phi Kappa Tau-Kappa Delta Rho fraternity mud fight (circa 1950); a "Mid-semester Report of Unsatisfactory Work" for Howard Art Haberkost (1948); a Purdue University Registrar's Office slip to accompany a transcript; one issue of "The Lambdanite" newsletter of the Purdue Chapter of Phi Kappa Tau (June 1950); "The Badge" newspaper published for Greek Week, April 25-28 (vol. 3, no. 1); and two newspaper clippings relating to the annual Kappa Delta Rho-Phi Kappa Tau mud wagon battle.

Dates

  • Creation: 1947-1950
  • Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2007

Extent

1.00 folders

Language of Materials

English

Source of Acquisition

Gift

Method of Acquisition

Purchased on eBay by Sammie Morris and donated to the archives, 2008.

Subject

Title
Fraternities materials, Purdue University
Author
Archives Staff
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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