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Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 172
Abstract
Documents, scrapbooks, newsletters documenting Greek life and activities on Purdue's campus
Dates:
1873 - 2010
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 378
Scope and Contents
The Kenneth R. Geiser papers document Geiser's experience as a Purdue student in the 1930s. In addition to news clippings, a program from the 1937 Purdue vs. Fordham football game, and small paper pennants, the collection includes a scrapbook of programs, clippings, receipts, and postcards from Geiser's student years. Included in the scrapbook are clippings related to Amelia Earhart.
Dates:
1931 - 1939
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 8
Scope and Contents
The Gilbreth Library of Management documents the pioneering research of Frank Gilbreth and Lillian Gilbreth in the fields of time and motion study. Commonly referred to as the N-file, the collection covers the Gilbreths quest to find The One Best Way in job performance, worker satisfaction, efficient office management, and home economics.Types of material in the N-file include photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, notes, blueprints, newspaper clippings, reports, and research...
Dates:
1845 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1924; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1938
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 7
Scope and Contents
The Gilbreth Papers documents the professional and personal lives of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth. The collection consists of personal papers, letters, correspondence, photographs, and other memorabilia that Lillian Gilbreth collected during her life regarding her youth, marriage, family, and career. Types of materials in the collection include: personal correspondence between Frank and Lillian Gilbreth regarding their courtship, marriage, family, and work; correspondence between the Gilbreths...
Dates:
1869 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1968; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1971
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 31
Scope and Contents
The Gary J. Glazer papers document Gary J. Glazer’s student life at Purdue from 1964 to 1967. He was active in the Owen Hall Hussar Club and most of the collection relates to his activities with this club. There are also materials related to the Purdue Boilermaker football team playing in the 1967 Rose Bowl. Types of materials include printed materials, photographs, ephemera including pins and patches, cords, caps, and plaques. Purdue traditions are documented here, such as the Senior Cords...
Dates:
1964 - 1967
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 251
Scope and Contents
The Roberta Banaszak Gleiter papers (8 cubic feet; 1931-2011) contain materials that document both Gleiter’s personal and professional life such as letters of appreciation and commendation, awards, certificates, speeches and presentations, photographs, academic transcripts, items pertaining to Gleiter’s involvement in professional organizations, and materials documenting Gleiter’s time at Purdue. These include her Purdue University student identification card, materials pertaining to...
Dates:
1931-2011; Other: Majority of material found in 1956-2011; Other: Date acquired: 12/09/2011
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 146
Abstract
The records contain membership information as well as a variety of notes and ephemera documenting the activities of the Purdue University Graduate Dames. Also included are correspondence and programs for the National University Dames society.
Dates:
1931 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1931 - 1955
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 390
Content Description
Scrapbook belonging to B.L. (Ben) Harvey of Lafayette, Indiana. The book was originally a ledger, with entries beginning in 1870. Later, it was used as a scrapbook by Harvey while at Purdue University from 1883 to 1889. Harvey appears to have been a student at Purdue from 1885-1888; however, there is not record of him graduating. Pasted on the pages of the ledger are newspaper clippings, ephemera, and articles related to activities at Purdue. Highlights include College Programs...
Dates:
1870 - 1880
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 364
Scope and Contents
The Clifford T.N. Harwood scrapbook includes news of note from the Lafayette area and nationally, women's concerns, W9XG Purdue TV station, the debate team, Delta Alpha Pi, The Boy's Club, student life, and articles about gender non-conformity.
Dates:
circa 1928 - 1937
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 35
Scope and Contents
The Robert T. Hatt scrapbook contains many photographs of campus life, predominantly during 1919-1920. There is a concentration of memorabilia from Phi Kappa Psi due to Hatt's membership within that fraternity. The scrapbook also contains newspaper clippings, along with ephemera, such as programs, ticket stubs, and other assorted odds and ends. Many of the items are not dated, which makes it difficult to ascertain the exact time period, especially for the photographs. The cover of the...
Dates:
1894 - 1940; Other: Majority of material found within 1919 - 1920
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: heat00
Scope and Contents
The Heath Family Papers document the business dealings and transactions of one of Lafayette's early prominent families.
Dates:
1837-1923; Other: Majority of material found in 1837-1888
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 308
Scope and Contents
Clifford Henderson Collection on the National Air Races consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings of the 1928 National Air Races and Aeronautical Exposition, two autograph albums with comments and signatures of attendees from the 1929 and 1932 National Air Race competitions, and one photo album of the photographs from the 1929 races. Many of the notable pilots of the 1920s and 1930s are included in the collection, such as Pancho Barnes, Vincent Bendix, Amelia Earhart, Roscoe Turner,...
Dates:
1928 - 1936
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 543
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the papers of John Hicks, Vice President and Acting President of Purdue University. Types of materials include awards, photographs, scrapbooks, and papers.
Please see PDF Finding Aid for collection inventory.
Dates:
1920 - 2005
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 341
Scope and Contents
The Albert Charles Houser papers contain Houser's letter of admittance to Purdue University for the fall of 1910, addressed to "L. L. Houser" from Registrar E. H. Davis. Also included is Houser's scrapbook containing newsclippings and ephemera dated 1913 through 1915 affixed to pages of a Saturday Evening Post magazine dated October 1909.
Dates:
1909 - 1915
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 51
Scope and Contents
The Frederick L. Hovde Papers (1908-1983; 63.5 Cubic ft.) document the life and career of engineer and educator Frederick Hovde.
The vast majority of the papers document Hovde's business career, particularly his tenure as President of Purdue University (1946-1971), but also his work for the U.S. government and other agencies on nuclear and atomic energy, weapons research, national defense, and rocket ordnance research. A group of personal papers is included, documenting Hovde's academic...
Dates:
1908 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1971; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1982
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 196
Abstract
The collection includes papers, publications, artifacts, and a scrapbook, which document the history and activities of the Indiana Extension Homemakers Association, an educational and social group for homemakers in Indiana.
Dates:
1953-2015; Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2014
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 9
Scope and Contents
The Janice Voss papers (1962-2004) document the early years and career highlights of astronaut Janice Voss. The collection includes materials from Voss’ childhood, including elementary school class pictures and report cards as well as materials from her time as an astronaut. Items pertaining to her professional career consist primarily of materials created and collected by her parents to celebrate her participation in space shuttle missions during the period of 1993-2000, and also includes...
Dates:
1962-2007; Other: Majority of material found in 1990-1997; Other: Date acquired: 01/08/2008
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 25
Scope and Contents
The Ralph S. Johnson papers document the pioneering aviation career of Ralph S. Johnson. Included among the papers are aeronautical engineering drawings done by Johnson, along with articles and papers authored by him. The newspaper clippings, awards, and honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Purdue University focus on the latter part of his career, as he was being recognized as an aviation pioneer. The biographical information was often collected and written by the authors, as a...
Dates:
1924 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1947
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: MSF 480
Scope and Contents
The Erling E. Kildahl scrapbooks and papers contains thirteen scrapbooks compiled by Erling Kildahl. The scrapbooks contain information concerning the Purdue Theatre and Purdue Playshop productions, as well as the Lafayette Little Theatre and the Pasadena Playhouse. Newspaper clippings of the productions as well as set and cast photographs can be found in the scrapbooks. Journal articles that Professor Kildahl contributed to can be found within the collection as well.
Dates:
1944 - 1990
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 335
Scope and Contents
The Joseph Burke Knapp scrapbook contains news clippings, programs, photogaphs, postcards, and other information related to Knapp's senior year at Purdue University. A popular student and great athlete, much of the scrapbook consists of sports notes, news, photographs, items, pins, and ribbons attached in the beginning of the scrapbook as well as loose materials near the end of the scrapbook. The scrapbook also includes details about the 1903 train wreck that claimed the lives of several...
Dates:
1900 - 1905
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 554
Abstract
This collection includes documents, correspondence, published and unpublished materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, conference materials, student work, and lecture notes from the career of Janice M. Lauer. This collection also contains program documents and course materials related to the development of the Rhetoric and Composition program in the English department at Purdue University. These materials were collected and created by Jance M. Lauer and document her career prior, and...
Dates:
1964 - 2015
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 55
Abstract
These records document activities and administration of the League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette (formerly the League of Women Voters of West Lafayette and the Lafayette League of Women Voters).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1965 - 2000; 1920 - 2019
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 162
Scope and Contents
The Jane Forbing Lomont scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, invitations, dance cards, programs, handbooks and other printed ephemera related to Lomont's time as a student at Purdue, her husband Allen Lomont's political career in Fort Wayne, her participation and interest in Indiana state politics, and her career in the Federal Housing Administration.
Dates:
1932 - 1937
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 366
Scope and Contents
This collection contains publications by Dr. Luckiesh, primarily about vision and lighting and created as part of his research in the General Electric Lighting Research Laboratory. The collection also contains a personal scrapbook with copies of his degrees.
Dates:
1911 - 1944
