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Purdue University African American Students, Alumni and Faculty collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 154
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University African American Students, Alumni and Faculty collection donated by Alexandria Cornelius, was likely gathered during her research on African American students, alumni and faculty at Purdue University. Historical information was gathered from numerous newspapers, Debris yearbooks, directories, statistics, and questionnaires sent to black alumni. Also included are Black Cultural Center newsletters, along with programs and flyers from the Black Cultural Center and The...
Dates:
1961 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1993 - 1994
Purdue University Athletics collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 160
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Athletics collection documents Purdue athletics from the earliest years to recent times. The majority of the collection consists of items related to Purdue football; a scrapbook of clippings from the 1800s that contains Purdue football related articles from Lafayette, Indianapolis and Chicago newspapers. The clippings include an article about Purdue’s first football win on November 16, 1889, an article about the game against Wabash, November 23, 1889, that prompted the...
Dates:
1880 - 2016
Purdue University Department of Aviation Technology records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 12
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Department of Aviation Technology records document the historical background of the department, the Purdue University Airport, and key moments in the history of aviation in Tippecanoe County. Scrapbooks compiled by the department provide a rich collection of photographs and news clippings which highlight key historical moments, individuals, additions of labs and simulators, and aircraft at the Purdue University Airport. Publications among the...
Dates:
1928 - 2010; Other: Majority of material found within 1970 - 1999
Barbara Marie Stephens Sullivan Cape Canaveral and Eau Gallie, Florida photographs and memorabilia
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 202
Scope and Contents
The Barbara Marie Stephens Sullivan Cape Canaveral and Eau Gallie, Florida photographs and memorabilia document activities at Cape Canaveral in the late 1950s through early 1960s. Included are selected community and aerospace materials related to the United States Space Program activities at the Cape during the mid-1960s through the 1980s and photographs of Eau Gallie, Florida from this time period.Of note are brochures and commemorative publications of the John F. Kennedy Space...
Dates:
1950 - 1986; Other: Majority of material found within 1965 - 1969
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 Chinese Students collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 155
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Chinese Students collection documents the Chinese Students' Alliance Conference, Mid-West Section, hosted by Purdue University in 1921 and 1925. The collection consists of various brochures and programs from the conferences. Other material included is a "Chinese Students at Purdue" brochure; a 1927 Purdue University Chinese Students' yearbook; a booklet, in Chinese, used to recruit potential Chinese students in 1930 and correspondence between the Purdue Club of China...
Dates:
1920 - 1961
Collection of Early Purdue University publicity materials
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 233
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Early Purdue University publicity materials comprises promotional pamphlets and broadsides created and distributed by Purdue University to build awareness of the university and encourage enrollment in its academic programs. Some materials include descriptions of courses of study, tuition and student fees, and information about enrollment and registration deadlines.
Dates:
1878 - 1898
College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agricultural Safety and Health, Breaking New Ground Resource Center, Ag
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1
Abstract
Guidebooks, newsletters, brochures, resource manuals, DVDs, and etc. documenting the service of Purdue’s Breaking New Ground Resource Center and the U.S.D.A.’s Agrbility Program.
Dates:
1982-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1986-1997, 2005, 2007-2012; Other: Date acquired: 01/07/2013
College of Agriculture Extension reports
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 59
Abstract
Annual reports compiled by the Indiana Agricultural Agents and Home Demonstration Agents and beginning in the 1960s, the Cooperative Extension Agents
Dates:
1913 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1969; Other: Date acquired: 01/10/2010
Purdue University College of Engineering records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 89
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University College of Engineering records document the historical background of the College; included are many historical documents, annual reports, pamphlets, publicity, department brochures, pamphlets, and programs, newsletters, publications, alumni information and various related material.Some items of note are key historical documents from the earliest Purdue Engineering Laboratories, such as the Locomotive and Automobile Test Laboratories. Also included is...
Dates:
1859 - 2013
College of Science Awards Programs records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 170
Abstract
Materials documenting awards distributed by the College of Science in 2010.
Dates:
2010
Channing R. Dooley papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 5, Placement: 22
Identifier: MSA 95
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of one folder which contains a brochure by Channing Rice Dooley and an article about him.
Dates:
1923 - 1957
Harry D. Edgren papers
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 20, Placement: 10
Identifier: MSF 115
Scope and Contents
Folder contains brochure from The Industrial Recreation Workshop At Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, February 17-18, 1959.
Dates:
1959
College of Education records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 16
Scope and Contents
The College of Education records document the first sixty years of Teacher Education at Purdue University (1908-1968). The majority of magazines, newsletters, pamphlets and catalogs are from the 1990s and 2000s. Also included are the opinion survey for the various Indiana higher education planning regions for 1974, along with the Purdue University accreditation report for the National Council for The Accreditation of Teacher Education for the years 1972-1974; a detailed listing, along with...
Dates:
1908 - 2010; Other: Majority of material found within 1990 - 2010
Phoebe Farris papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 471
Abstract
This collection contains materials that document the career of Phoebe Farris. It covers her publications, as well as her contributions to art shows and exhibitions.
Dates:
1972 - 2011
Fowler Courts Residence Hall records
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
Frank "Pappy" Fox collection
Collection — Box: Communal Collections 2, Placement: 13
Identifier: MSP 231
Abstract
Annual appointment memorandums, personnel information, brochures, articles, photographs (copies), and obituary related to Fox and his employment in the Purdue Memorial Union, with a focus on the "Sweet Shop."
Dates:
1924 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1940s; Other: Date acquired: 07/06/2017
Purdue University Fraternities and Sororities collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 159
Scope and Contents
The Purdue University Fraternities and Sororities collection documents the history and activities of the fraternities and sororities at Purdue. Contained in the collection are numerous fraternity and sorority newsletters and magazines. There are some records provided by the Dean of Students Office in 1995 and include correspondence and financial information sheets. Among the other material in the collection are petitions for membership, constitutions and by-laws, membership directories and...
Dates:
1885 - 2008; Other: Majority of material found within 1995
Office of Future Engineers records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: UA 108
Scope and Contents
The Office of Future Engineers records (2000-2014; 0.25 cubic feet) is a collection of recruitment and admission materials published by Purdue University and the College of Engineering. These materials include booklets, pamphlets, brochures, sample admission letters, slides, and other published items. Materials in this collection are organized into a single series, arranged chronologically.
Dates:
2000 - 2014
Alten F. Grandt, Jr. papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 528
Abstract
The Alten F. Grandt, Jr. papers contain documents gathered and research files created by Grandt during his work on the book, One Small Step: the history of Aerospace Engineering at Purdue, as well as some of Grandt's teaching and administrative papers.Included are research files on the history of aerospace engineering (AAE) at Purdue University, photographs, annual reports, annual research reports, curricula, student lists, pamphlets, news clippings. Also included are some of...
Dates:
1902 - 2016
Benjamin F. Hippensteel collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 53
Scope and Contents
The Benjamin F. Hippensteel Collection (1907-1951; 3.65 cubic feet) documents Hippensteel’s career as a railroad engineer for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. Material contained within the collection includes railroad manuals, pamphlets, brochures, financial records, calendars, and other miscellaneous items. The collection is organized by material type.
Dates:
1907 - 1951; Other: Date acquired: 07/06/2007
Albert Hofmann correspondence and other materials
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 89
Abstract
The Albert Hofmann correspondence and other materials contains correspondence with Ralph Metzner and Rolf von Eckartsberg, a photocopy of Hofmann's patent for LSD, photographs of Hofmann, a brochure for U.C. Santa Cruz Symposium (1982), and clippings on Hofmann.
Dates:
1948 - 2006
Horton B. Knoll papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 521
Scope and Contents
The Horton B. Knoll papers document Knoll's research, working papers, notes and typescripts for his books, A record of a university in the war years, 1941-1945, published in 1947, and The Story of Purdue Engineering, published in 1963. Also included among the papers is research material, working papers, notes and information related to Purdue presidents Owen, Smart, Stone, Elliott, and Hovde. There is also information Knoll compiled for his intended biography of John Purdue, and historical...
Dates:
1865 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1963
Latino Cultural Center records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 185
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection document the programs, activities, and community created by and surrounding the Latino Cultural Center. This includes records, publications, correspondence, and media related to the Latino Cultural Center and its goals and activities, both within Purdue University and the Greater Lafayette area and surrounding communities. This collection may be helpful to researchers interested in minority communities, student life, immigration studies, and minority women...
Dates:
1986 - 2019; Majority of material found within 2003 - 2016
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