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George Ade papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 4
Scope and Contents
The George Ade papers (1878-1947; 29 Cubic ft.) document the personal and professional life of author, humorist, and playwright George Ade. The collection includes original writings, manuscripts, personal correspondece, photographic materials, and artifacts.
Notable persons include: John T. McCutcheon, William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Booth Tarkington, James Whitcomb Riley, W.C. Fields, Will Rogers, Elsie Janis, Theodore Dreiser, "Chick" Evans, Orson Welles, Kin Hubbard, Theodore...
Dates:
1878 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1943
Helen Gould collection of Purdue dance cards and theater programs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 294
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 41 dance cards, four theater programs and seven Purdue related ephemera and miscellaneous memorabilia from Helen Gould's tenure are a Purdue student, 1922-1926.
Dates:
1922 - 1926; Other: Majority of material found within 1923 - 1924
Murphy Family papers
Collection — Box: Box 1
Identifier: MSA 273
Scope and Contents
The Murphy Family Papers (1916-1929, 1999; 0.5 cubic ft.) document the student life and activities of Rosemary Murphy and Mary Marguerite Murphy during their school days at Purdue University. Subject areas include women's sports at Purdue University (basketball, soccer, track), the Purdue "We Girls Rifle Team," physical education for women students at Purdue, and the various fraternities, sororities, honors and athletic societies to which the Murphy women belonged. The bulk of the papers...
Dates:
1916-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1925-1929; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/2007
Purdue Chi Omega scrapbook of Mildred Bobak
Collection — Box: Box 1
Identifier: MSA 328
Abstract
Scrapbook of handwritten notes, booklets, programs, ephemera, and newsletters documenting the pledging and sorority life of Purdue student and Chi Omega pledge Mildred Bobak.
Dates:
1949; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2017