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Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 285
Abstract
Scrapbooks containing clippings from Purdue Alumnus, Purdue Engineering Review, and Purdue Engineer
Dates:
1919 - 1932; Other: Date acquired: 12/05/1954
Collection — Box: Box 1
Identifier: MSA 304
Abstract
The collection contains various artifacts relating to Dorothy Christoff's time at Purdue as an Engineering student.
Dates:
ca. 1963-1967; Other: Date acquired: 01/06/2000
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 48, Placement: 03
Identifier: UA 109
Scope and Contents
This volume contains the Class of 1909 meeting minutes and adopted resolutions relating to class member activities and reunions. Insights into the annual tank scrap between freshmen and sophomores, class business and elections of various positions are described. Class members are listed in the first alumni meeting (pp.76-87). All notes are collected in one bound volume.
Dates:
1905 - 1919; Majority of material found within 1905 - 1909
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
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 29
Scope and Contents
The Arthur H. Fisher papers contain artifacts, certificates, a diploma, photographs, and miscellaneous items from Arthur Fisher's time spent as a Purdue University student. There are some items that Fisher obtained after his tenure as a student, such as alumni loyalty certificates. This collection would be very valuable to anyone interested in student life at Purdue University during the early 20th century or the Purdue Military Band.
Dates:
1916 - 1955; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1920
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
Collection — Box: Box 1
Identifier: MSA 129
Scope and Contents
The papers of Otis Edward Griner (1911-1916) include one photograph album and two folders. The majority of the album is composed of black and white photographs, a few cyanotypes, and a few newspaper clippings documenting Otis Griner's time as a student at Purdue University, 1911-1914. Included in the collection are a Purdue tank scrap marshal ribbon (1913), and photographs of a variety of local and Purdue events, such as automobile races, the mechanics burning tradition, the Purdue Circus,...
Dates:
1911 - 1916
Collection — Box: Communal Digital Media 1, Placement: 15, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 359
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one DVD with photos taken by Robert Hain in 1957 while attending Purdue for his Master's degree.
Dates:
1957
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 303
Scope and Contents
The Lloyd E. Keck scrapbook documents the academic, military, personal and social activities of an Engineering student while on Purdue University's campus from 1936-1939, as well as various aspects of his life prior to college from 1917-1936. Keck titled the scrapbook, "Scraps and Snaps, May 27, 1917 - August 1, 1939," but most of the content is from his time at Purdue, 1936-1939.The scrapbook contains many unique photographs of campus and events from the 1930s. Some of the...
Dates:
1917 - 1939; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1939
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
Collection — Box: Box 1
Identifier: MSA 275
Abstract
Scrapbook of photographs, newspaper clippings, holiday cards, programs, and mementos documenting the student life of Leah Rowena Miller.
Dates:
1924-1931; Other: Majority of material found in 1924-1927; Other: Date acquired: 11/10/2013
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 66, Placement: 01, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 360
Abstract
Photographs documenting student life and Purdue campus in the 1920s.
Dates:
1919 - 1923
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 261
Scope and Contents
The Wilbur A. Schmitt scrapbook consists of black and white photographs from Schmitt's early family life, including Greencastle High School, days as a Purdue student, and some of his travels after graduation from Purdue. It also includes dance cards, a few programs and autographs from Purdue classmates from his days spent as a Purdue student. Some of the Purdue photographs include pictures of Theta Chi, the Mechanical Engineering building, the Library and Memorial Union, dated 1925; Purdue...
Dates:
1917 - 1932; Other: Majority of material found within 1924 - 1925
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 15
Abstract
Photographs, certificates, and artifacts documenting Miller J. Tonkel’s time at Purdue University in the early 1940s.
Dates:
1939 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1942
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 62, Placement: 09
Identifier: MSA 349
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two items: one certificate inducting student, Virginia Cummings, into the Little Theatre Players group on May 30, 1927 and a 1929 Purdue Exponent article (photocopy) of a Little Theatre Players production announcement.
Dates:
05/30/1927; 1929
