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Arvill W. Bitting Collection on World Expositions and Fairs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 531
Scope and Contents
The Arvill W. Bitting Collection on World Expositions and Fairs includes promotional materials, newspaper articles, publications, photographs, and exhibit planning materials pertaining to World Fairs held in the United States. The majority of the material is on the 1933-1934 Century of Progress International Exposition held in Chicago, where Bitting worked as director of food exhibits.Materials of note include newspaper articles and photographs from the Golden Gate International...
Dates:
circa 1876-1948
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
William Buffington Collection of Student Protest papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSF 495
Abstract
This collection contains newspaper clippings, memos, reports, handbills, leaflets, and posters documenting student and faculty protests against U.S. military involvement in Southeast Asia and Purdue University tuition and fees increases. Also included is the university administration’s response to these protests.
Dates:
1967 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1970
Ernest A. Bureau scrapbooks
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
Cary Quadrangle Residence Hall records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 73
Abstract
The Cary Quadrangle Residence Hall Records collection consists of records from or dealing with in some capacity the Men’s Residence Cary Quadrangle Residence Hall. Items not apparently related to the residence hall were probably kept as a means to compare and contrast Cary Quadrangle to other halls at Purdue and in other states. The collection consists of photos, event and club materials, proposed and executed budgets, residence directories, maps of the dorm and rooms, correspondence,...
Dates:
1939 - 2005
Clint Fink papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 300
Abstract
The Clint Fink papers document Fink's life and career as a peace activist and educator. The collection includes articles and notes, correspondence, personal artifacts, photographs, and publications.
Dates:
1864 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1995
Jacqueline Wise Gershman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 392
Abstract
This collection includes documents, correspondence, published materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, lecture notes, and artifacts related to Purdue student organizations collected and created by Jacqueline Wise Gershman that document her activities and education at Purdue University.
Dates:
1948 - 2003
Purdue University LGBTQ+ Student Alliance records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 159
Abstract
Records documenting the history and activities of the Purdue LGBTQ+ Student Alliance and precursor organizations.
Dates:
1994 - 2015
Collection of Student Newspapers at Purdue University
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 99
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Student Newspapers at Purdue University documents newspapers produced by students at Purdue University and the Greater Lafayette area. It primarily features underground newspapers that reflect the counterculture of the 1960s-1970s. Other newspapers, primarily from the 1990s-2000s, feature varying political perspectives. The collection also includes independent student newspapers that focus on apolitical audiences, such as international students. Some newspaper runs were...
Dates:
1930 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1977
The Purdue Exponent student newspaper collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 313
Scope and Contents
This collection includes issues of The Purdue Exponent student newspaper.
Dates:
1889 - 2021
The Purdue student newspaper (1875) collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 70, Placement: 3
Identifier: MSP 312
Scope and Contents
Includes three issues of The Purdue student newspaper of 1875.
Dates:
April 1875 - June 1875
The Purdue student newspaper (1880s) collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 245
Scope and Contents
Includes a complete run of The Purdue student newspaper of the 1880s, which ran from 1882-1888. A total of 54 issues appear in the collection, separated into six volumes. Volume 1 has eight issues, published monthly from November 1882 until June 1883. Volumes 2 through 6 have nine issues each, published monthly from October to June. There is also a Special Edition issue published in June 1888, in addition to the regularly published June issue for that year. Also present in the...
Dates:
November 1882 - June 1888
Gordon Yoder collection of Space Exploration memorabilia
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 292
Scope and Contents
The Gordon Yoder collection of Space Exploration memorabilia primarily contains items related to Apollo 11, with additional items related to NASA. Types of items include books and serials, commemorative plates, glassware, liquor bottles, space toys, posters, one of which is related to STS-1, along with other commercially produced commemorative objects produced to celebrate human spaceflight. Of note are issues of The Eagle, the newsletter of the Apollo 11 Collectors Society, magazines and...
Dates:
1964 - 2005