Lafayette (Ind.)

Subject

Staff Only

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Scope Note: This is an inhabited place located on Wabash river, across from West Lafayette, near Fort Ouiatenon, the first European settlement in Indiana. It is noted for a nearby battlefield where, in the Battle of Tippecanoe, General William Henry Harrison defeated an Amerindian confederacy in 1811. The city was named for the Marquis de Lafayette, the French politician and military leader who commanded American Revolutionary troops, and it was laid out by William Digby in 1825.

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue University Black Cultural Center records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: UA 176

Scope and Contents The materials in this collection document the programs, activities, and community created by and surrounding the Purdue University Black Cultural Center (BCC) from its inception in 1969 up until the present day. It includes publications about the African American community; newspaper clippings and marketing material created by or with the subject of the BCC; photographs of the BCC, its events, students, and staff; speeches delivered by or about the BCC; correspondence between members of the...

Dates: 1969 - 2023; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Carrier Family photo album

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: MSA 365

Scope and Contents

This album contains photographs of the Carrier family, Smith family, Galeener family, and the Everhart family. These are possibly extended family of the Carriers or married names. Pictures depict individuals as well as houses and landscape in Urbana, Illinois, and Pasadena, California. There are several photos of the 1913 Lafayette flood and one of the Purdue tank painted after a scrap.

Dates: circa 1913 - 1924

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Bertha Kate Gaddis diaries

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 21

Scope and Contents

Includes 18 diaries written by Bertha Kate Gaddis, a long-term teacher in the Lafayette area and sister to Lella Gaddis, Indiana's first state leader of Home Demonstration. The diaries contain detailed accounts of Kate and Lella's lives, interactions, and activities of important persons at Purdue University, and events and the changing landscape in both Lafayette and the United States. Also includes the shoebox where the diaries were kept.

Dates: 1906-1937, 1945-1946

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Conference records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSP 114

Scope and Contents The Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Conference (GLHRC) records (1945-2013; 11 cubic feet) document the organization of the annual GLHRC conference. The records provide information regarding the selection of speakers, publicity, conference programs, speaker lectures, and discussions. The records also include information on issues of ethnicity, race, and social justice that fall within the scope of the conference’s focus. Types of materials include: correspondence, news clippings,...

Dates: 1945 - 2016

Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections