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Purdue Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (AROTC) collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 55
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Army Reserve Officers Training Corps collection documents the history of the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (AROTC) at Purdue University. The collection contains many photographs of the Purdue Army ROTC, focusing on the various commissioning classes and their activities. There are also valuable historical documents, military awards and trophies. Other types of materials include: books, clippings, correspondence, handbooks, manuals, printed material, programs, records and...
Dates:
1876 - 2001; Other: Majority of material found within 1970 - 1990
Donald A. Bloodgood papers
Collection — Box: 1 flat box, 1 small mss. box
Identifier: MSA 314
Scope and Contents
The Donald A. Bloodgood papers (1946-1949; 1 cubic foot) documents the student life and fraternal pledging of former Purdue student Donald A. Bloodgood. The collection consists primarily of artifacts, with limited documentation concerning their use and function by the alumnus. These objects may be useful for researchers interested in the material culture of Purdue’s ROTC and fraternity organizations during the late 1940s. Types of materials include: pledge sashes, pledge boards, letters, and...
Dates:
1946 - 1949; Other: Date acquired: 09/06/2011
Berwyn E. Brown photographs
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 56, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSP 230
Abstract
Photographs documenting Purdue University campus and buildings, and the military training of Berwyn E. Brown as part of the Indiana National Guard's artillery unit Battery B.
Dates:
1935
Mark N. Brown papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 302
Scope and Contents
The Mark N. Brown papers include papers and memorabilia of retired astronaut and Purdue Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering alumnus, Mark N. Brown. Included are Brown's textbooks from his studies at Purdue, Air Force ROTC certificate, Apollo program photographs that were pinned to Brown's Purdue dorm room wall while he was a student in the early 1970s, a Purdue paper airplane contest trophy, along with other Purdue memorabilia. The collection also includes NASA...
Dates:
1963 - 1991
Richard J. Coffee papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 323
Abstract
Letters, photographs, clippings, and material artifacts documenting the student life of Richard J. Coffee, 1934-1939. Also included are items from his professional life after graduation.
Dates:
1934 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1939
Purdue University Drill Team collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 66, Placement: 15
Identifier: UA 79
Abstract
Two items presented to the Purdue University ROTC Hall of Fame Drill Team by President Mitch Daniels in 2017.
Dates:
2017
Lloyd E. Keck scrapbook
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
Robert A. Moller scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 329
Scope and Contents
The Robert A. Moller scrapbook documents the student and military life of Purdue Chemical Engineering student Robert Moller. Most content is related to Moller’s personal acquaintances, though the scrapbook includes several photographs of Purdue campus and scenes around the Greater Lafayette area. Because Moller withdrew from Purdue during his second year (February 1920), materials cover mostly first-year student experiences. The scrapbook includes clippings (information artifacts),...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1919 - 1920
Ernest S. Stoops papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 295
Abstract
Collection contains photographs, personal papers, and technical papers documenting the academic and professional career of Ernest S. Stoops, Purdue Class of 1949.
Dates:
1947 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1988; Other: Date acquired: 01/03/2016
Student photo album, 1930s
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 22
Abstract
Black and white photographs documenting Purdue campus, student life, and extracurricular activities in the 1930s, as well as ticket stubs from the same era
Dates:
1933 - 1940