University Archives. Purdue University Archives

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This collection contains material created or collected by the Purdue University Office of the Provost. It includes speeches, programs, and correspondence from events attended by the Provost.

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The collection contains directories from the 40th (1954), 45th (1959), 50th (1964), and 55th (1969) class reunions, held during Gala Week. Also included are some administrative records created or collected by the Class of 1914.

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The collection contains two directories for the Class of 1920’s 45th class reunion, at the 1965 Gala Week.

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The collection contains the booklet from the Class of 1923's silver anniversary (25th reunion), at the 1948 Gala Week.

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Purdue University Orientation Programs records contains documents, DVDs recordings, and archived websites from Orientation Programs. The majority of the records relates to the Boiler Gold Rush event that Orientation Programs organizes each year.

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Personal and professional papers that include family history, photographs, awards, and correspondence from Marion Baumgardner.

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The Class of 1915 collection contains a scrapbook, a memory book, two volumes of bound letters, directories, yearbooks, booklets, programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and various other documents related to members of the Class of 1915 during and after their time at Purdue University.

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The Class of 1890 collection documents the history of the class of 1890. It includes a newspaper clipping on the golden (50th) Gala week reunion of the Class of 1890.

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The Class of 1933 collection documents the history of the class of 1933. It includes an events program clipping on the crystal (15th) Gala week reunion of the Class of 1933.

Scope and Contents The Elmer F. Kern, Jr. papers contain more than four hundred and fifty letters, including twenty-four v-mail letters, written to and from Kern and loved ones. In his letters to family members and friends, he describes his life in vivid details from when he was a student at Purdue University, from his different assignments in the Air Corps, and until his death in Germany. His letters show the different envelopes represent the numerous places he has been with different sender addresses and...

Scope and Contents The Darrell Katovsich collection of Vietnam veterans research contains a research report documenting the Purdue alumni, students, or former students who were killed in action during the Vietnam War. For each person, this includes a photo, background information, Purdue educational experience, military service, death information, and location of name on the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. These names are all documented on a plaque in the Purdue Memorial Union. Report...

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Documents the students, degree requirements, degree recipients, faculty, academic courses, Winter courses, and general history of the Purdue University College of Agriculture form its formation at the creation of the university through its first 150 years, ranging from the inception of the university to 2018. Also includes research photographs taken by Allan Goecker.

Content Description Includes one binder of the unpublished manuscript of the history of Purdue's Industrial Engineering Department, a disk of correspondence and working files. Collection also includes a biography/ c.v. of Barany & a document written by Dr. Sweet nominating Dr. Barany for an award. Collection is related to the history of the Industrial Engineering Department at Purdue. Dr. Arnold Sweet was on the committee that was writing a history of Industrial Engineering at Purdue, and Dr. James Barany...

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Includes Flight Space Day booklets (1996-2012), 3.5" floppy discs, individual photographs of participating astronauts, thank you letters, and news clippings.

Content Description Collection contains two boxes of VHS tapes of events recorded by the Purdue University News Service. It contains one tape of video from the Purdue Newsreel from 1957-1958, but most of the videos are from the 1980s through the late 2000s with the bulk from the late 1990s through the late 2000s. The videos contain local, regional, and national news stories, research stories, stories about nuclear programs at Purdue, Rube Goldberg competitions, INside Indiana Business, training videos and...

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Materials include one program from the October 12, 1980 Homecoming Breakfast of Iron Key, one pin, and one coin.

Scope and Contents This collection includes 30 photographs of Purdue's campus, taken when John visited Purdue along with other students and faculty from the University of Missouri in the Spring of 1973. Notations on the back of each photograph identify the building or location present.The subjects of the photographs consist primarily of campus buildings, including but not limited to University Hall, Stewart Center, and Agriculture buildings. Also included are aerial photographs of Purdue and West...

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Includes event materials relating to the "Wiping Away the Tears Symposium: The Battle of Tippecanoe in History and Memory, Recalling History, Rediscovering its Impact" held at Purdue University on November 3-5, 2011. This event was located at Purdue University, Prophetstown State Park and Tippecanoe Battlefield Park. Included in the materials are programs, event announcements,and a six part DVD series of the event.

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The collection contains materials documenting the activities of the Social Justice Coalition and other student led protests about Purdue's inability to address racism and social inquailities on campus. Also included is the Share Your Narrative Campaign website. This website allowed members of the Purdue community to share anonymously their experiences of racism on campus.

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The Class of 1903 collection contains a class directory, letters, newspaper cutouts, and a newsletter sent by class president Charles C. Albright.

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This collection contains seven CDs from the Purdue Cytometry CD-ROM series. These CDs contain cytometry emails, software, abstracts, manuals, protocols, newsletters, videos, and other educational materials. All the materials are encoded in an HTML interface. Also included is the PUCL archived website. The archived website documents PUCL's events, research, educational output, and other cytometry resources.

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The Purdue Memorial Union records contain information regarding the construction of the building, its uses, and promotional materials throughout its existence, including the student petition to raise funds and encourage the Board of Trustees to finish the building when construction was delayed due to World War I. Several pamphlets contain floor plans of the Union and show how the building has changed over the years with new additions.

Scope and Contents The LGBTQ Center records (1973-2018) document the history and activities of the center since its foundation in 2012. As one of six Cultural and Resource Centers at Purdue, the collection contains materials from related relevant events co-sponsored by the center or attended by staff and LGBTQ community members. Some materials prior to the foundation of the Center relating to LGBTQ-related student organizations are also included in the collection. Of particular interest might be the...

Scope and Contents The Purdue University Bands and Orchestras records document the history of the department, from its foundation with the Purdue Military Band to its present multi-ensemble composition. The collection consists primarily of audio and visual materials, including photographs, vinyl records, video and audio tapes, film and audio reels, and CDs and DVDs. The subjects of these audiovisual materials include but are not limited to Military Band and Marching Band performances at Purdue football games,...

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The A. Carl Leopold papers comprise one article: Physiological Factors in Tomato Fruit-Set, Leopold, A. C.; Scott, Frances I. Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany, vol. 39, no. 5, May, 1952, pp. 310-317.