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Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes news clippings documenting various legal issues that arose in conjunction with underground newspapers’ publication and distribution in the Greater Lafayette area and the Purdue University West Lafayette campus.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes news clippings documenting various legal issues that arose in conjunction with underground newspapers’ publication and distribution in the Greater Lafayette area and the Purdue University West Lafayette campus.

Scope and Contents

The Independent Student Newspapers consist of newspapers that focus on current events in the Purdue University and Greater Lafayette area. They do not provide substantial political commentary or subversive content. Instead, they target particular subgroups of the Purdue University student body.

Scope and Contents

Includes several issues of The Independent Gazette, a long-running publication focused upon Purdue West Lafayette campus news and events. The Independent Gazette was also known as The Independent and The Purdue Independent.

Scope and Contents The Collection of Student Newspapers at Purdue University documents newspapers produced by students at Purdue University and the Greater Lafayette area. It primarily features underground newspapers that reflect the counterculture of the 1960s-1970s. Other newspapers, primarily from the 1990s-2000s, feature varying political perspectives. The collection also includes independent student newspapers that focus on apolitical audiences, such as international students. Some newspaper runs were...