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Scrapbooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Blank books or albums designed so that a variety of items may be affixed to the pages, including photographs, clippings, and other memorabilia.

Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:

Paul T. Isley papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 382
Scope and Contents

Papers of Paul Isley include a scrapbook dated 1914. The scrapbook highlights Isley's four years at Purdue and includes pictures, newspaper articles, report cards, and the 1914 commencement booklet.

Dates: 1910 - 1914

Personal Life, 1942 - 2018

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 555, Series 1
Scope and Contents

This series includes items related to May's early life and personal activities such as scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, family documents, DVDs, and film reels.

Dates: 1942 - 2018

Lynne Ann Phillips scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 343
Scope and Contents

The Lynne Ann Phillips scrapbook was compiled by Lynne Bruce as a student at Purdue University from 1957 to 1962. It contains information related to Purdue Bands, Tau Beta Sigma, cooperative housing, and student activities. Formats of materials include booklets, photographs, news clippings, dance cards, and small artifacts.

Dates: 1958 - 1962

Andrey A. Potter papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 527
Scope and Contents The Andrey A. Potter papers document the career, education, and personal life of nationally renowned engineer and educator Andrey Potter (A.A. Potter). Types of materials in the collection include articles; speeches; surveys; research and lecture notes; certificates, diplomas, and awards; photographs; correspondence; printed material; scrapbooks; medals; ephemera; artifacts; books and manuscripts; obituaries; greeting cards; reports; letterhead; newspaper clippings; and meeting minutes. The...
Dates: 1893 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1930-1970; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1979

Al Pounders photo album of Purdue University related images

 Collection — Box 1 album
Identifier: MSF 479
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an album of source material images used to create the murals in the Hicks Undergraduate Library at Purdue University.

Dates: 1980s

Clifford Blake Powers papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 80
Scope and Contents The Clifford Blake Powers papers primarily document Powers' career with Essex Corporation and CST, Incorporated, in association with NASA. The papers also include various NASA-related publications, promotional material and memorabilia collected by Powers. The papers contain a varied assortment of artifacts, papers and publications related to Powers' employment at Essex Corporation, where he was the project manager (publications) for the First United States Microgravity Laboratory mission...
Dates: 1962 - 2003; Other: Majority of material found within 1990 - 2002

Purdue Student Section of the Society of Women Engineers records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 182
Abstract

This collection contains papers, photographs, programs, correspondence, and reports documenting the activities of Pi Omicron and its successor the Purdue Student Section of the Society of Women Engineers.  The records also document the difficulties that women in science have faced over the years.

Dates: 1945-2004; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1990; Other: Date acquired: 11/06/2012

Purdue Student Section, Society of Women Engineers, addition 02

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20190509

Purdue University administrative scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 183
Scope and Contents

The Purdue University administrative scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, administrative records and forms, photographs, maps, and advertisements for events at Purdue. Newspaper articles cover a wide range of topics about Purdue, including students, faculty, events, sports, conferences, research, funding, and campus buildings.

Dates: 1875 - 1975

Purdue University Convocations records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 42
Abstract

Correspondence, contracts, financial statements, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, press releases, programs, season schedules, and other materials and records relating to the lectures and performances offered by Purdue Convocations from its Lecture and Concert Course beginnings to the present day.

Dates: 1876-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1903-2012; Other: Date acquired: 08/02/2012

Purdue University historic materials of university related news clippings

 Unprocessed Material — Item 1
Identifier: 20130530

Purdue University Libraries records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 30
Abstract

Annual reports, brochures, ephemera, minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, publications, records, reports, surveys, training manuals, and miscellaneous materials documenting the history, administration and activities of the Purdue University Libraries.

Dates: circa 1800s - 2000s; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2004

Purdue YMCA scrapbook

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 20191209

George Palmer Putnam collection of Amelia Earhart papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 9
Scope and Contents The George Palmer Putnam collection of Amelia Earhart papers (1785-1948; 31.1 cubic feet) documents the personal life, aviation career, and business activities of pilot Amelia Earhart. Types of materials include: advertisements, articles, artifacts, awards, blueprints, books, certificates, charts, commemorative coins, contracts, correspondence, data sheets, diagrams, ephemera, flight logs, licenses, maps, newspaper clippings, notebooks, notes, permits, photographs, poetry, postage stamps,...
Dates: 1785-1948; Other: Majority of material found within 1928-1937

Railroad Scrapbooks collection

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSP 10
Scope and Contents

4 Railroad Scrapbooks, c. 1940s-1980s

Dates: 1940 - 1980; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/2009

Purdue University Regional Campuses records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 97
Scope and Contents

This collection contains administrative documents, publications, and promotional information relating to the regional campuses of Purdue University and their libraries.

Dates: 1943 - 2008

Robert Harland Ball scrapbook

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2024-049

Robert L. Weiss collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2022-121

Wilbur A. Schmitt scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 261
Scope and Contents The Wilbur A. Schmitt scrapbook consists of black and white photographs from Schmitt's early family life, including Greencastle High School, days as a Purdue student, and some of his travels after graduation from Purdue. It also includes dance cards, a few programs and autographs from Purdue classmates from his days spent as a Purdue student. Some of the Purdue photographs include pictures of Theta Chi, the Mechanical Engineering building, the Library and Memorial Union, dated 1925; Purdue...
Dates: 1917 - 1932; Other: Majority of material found within 1924 - 1925

Purdue University School of Medicine collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 174
Scope and Contents The Purdue University School of Medicine collection documents the history of the short-lived School of Medicine of Purdue University, from its 1905 inception until its eventual 1908 merger with Indiana University and transformation into the current Indiana University School of Medicine. Topics covered in the collection include pre-medical courses offered at Purdue prior to 1905; early attempts by Indiana medical colleges to merge with Indiana University and Purdue University; the 1905...
Dates: 1895 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1905 - 1907

Scrapbooks and Photo Albums, 1983 - 2008

 Series — Box 3: Series MSA 320, Series 3
Identifier: MSA 320, Series 3
Scope and Contents

This series includes scrapbooks and photo albums Byrkett created about life events, conferences, and vacations.

Dates: 1983 - 2008

Scrapbooks of John T. McCutcheon cartoons

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 14
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks of John McCutcheon cartoons, as cut out from the newspaper. Compiled by a friend of the McCutcheon family and later given to the family.

Dates: 1903 - 1946; Other: Date acquired: 05/11/2009

Guy R. Smith scrapbook

 Collection — Box Box 1
Identifier: MSA 324
Abstract

Scrapbook of photographs from Guy R. Smith, a 1908 alum of Electrical Engineering at Purdue.

Dates: 1908 - 1913; Majority of material found in 1908 - 1908

Opal D. Stech scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 36
Scope and Contents The Opal D. Stech collection is contained in a scrapbook, which documents Opal Stech's time as a Purdue student. The scrapbook includes programs from various events, invitations, newspaper clippings, news photographs and mementos. Some of the organizations and subjects in the scrapbook include the Purdue Christian Foundation, the Little Theater, the Women's Athletic Association, numerous convocations and lectures, Kappa Beta, Mother's Day events, The Twelve (Christian group), R. O. T. C.,...
Dates: 1928 - 1934

Stockton family collection, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-024