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Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 94
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 27, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSF 214
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The collection consists of one folder, which contains articles by Henry Kraybill and correspondence (letters) from him.
Dates:
1927 - 1933
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 187
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The Jacqueline Kruper Women in Aviation papers and rare books give a glimpse into the lives of key aviatrices in the earliest years of flight, along with pioneer aviators. The ephemera includes magazine advertisements from 1943, which provide a unique look into how women aviators were portrayed during the 1940s. The papers also include Jacqueline Kruper's writings for Woman Pilot magazine, and book reviews for Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military, and H-Minerva, H-Net...
Dates:
1927 - 2015; Other: Majority of material found within 1991 - 2009
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 144
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The Sandor "Alex" Kvassay papers and collection of Aviation Stamps document the history of aviation and flight through postage stamps, postmarks and envelopes collected from all over the world. The collection spans the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century but includes examples of 19th century balloon airmail. The stamps are housed in 67 albums and total near 68,000 stamps, envelopes, postmarks and postcards. The collection was assembled over a period of 20 years,...
Dates:
1870 - 2014; Other: Majority of material found within 1920 - 1990
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MERCLV0
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The L.V. Mercer Papers (1909-1911; 6 items) document the student life and activities of L.V. Mercer while enrolled at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Types of materials include photographic prints of student activities, dated 1909 to 1911.
Dates:
1909-1911; Other: Date acquired: 10/07/2009
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 27, Placement: 13
Identifier: MSF 222
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The collection consists of two folders which contain articles by Shue-Lock Lam.
Dates:
1955 - 1978
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 56, Placement: 02
Identifier: MSP 212
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One ledger dated circa 1915-1930 containing names of Purdue University pledges to the Psi Zeta chapter of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
Dates:
1915-1930; Other: Date acquired: 02/11/2010
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 65, Placement: 15, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 282
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The collection consists of two copies of a black and white photograph of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity - Psi Zeta Chapter. According to the inscription on the back of the photograph, one of the photographs might have belonged to Albert R. Sweeny, who is also identified in the front row to the extreme left. Inscription also reveals that photograph was taken in March 1908, thus when the group was still the Aeolian Club. An additional note identifies six other members.
Dates:
ca. 1908
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 48, Placement: 13
Identifier: MSK 6
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Three newsletters, the Lambdanite, published by the Purdue University Chapter of Phi Kappa Tau:
Volume 29, No. 3, October 1950
Volume 30, No. 1, November 1951
Volume 31, No. 1, May 1952
Dates:
1952; Other: Date acquired: 02/10/2009
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 61, Placement: 03
Identifier: UA 134
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The Lambert Field House and Gymnasium records contain open house information pamphlets from the building's dedication ceremony.
Dates:
January 15, 1938
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 27, Placement: 07
Identifier: MSF 215
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Materials related to Coach Piggy Lambert include a letter to boosters seeking donations to celebrate Lambert's 25 year anniversary at Purdue; a news clipping listing Purdue basketball's record under Lambert; a copy of "Official Basket Ball Rules for Men and Women" by Lambert, circa 1929, as used by the NCAA, YMCA, and Amateur Athletic Union; an issue of "The First Aider" newsletter from 1936, containing the article "Preliminary Training for a Basketball Season" by Lambert; and five...
Dates:
1929 - 1942
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 56, Placement: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 298
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The collection consists of one pamphlet, entitled "Pictorial Description of Engineering Activities at Purdue University." It is an official publication of the Engineering Department at Purdue. The bulletin contains photographs of engineering-related facilities and activities as well as campus sceneries.
Dates:
1923
Collection — Box: 1 shelf
Identifier: MSP 247
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 2, Placement: 06
Identifier: MSP 28
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The Byron Langdon papers are comprised of an original draft of a bill by state Senator Byron W. Langdon passed by the Indiana Legislature in 1879. It authorized the board of commissioners of bench courts in the state to appoint two students to attend the university without tuition and matriculation fee, thus making every county in the state participants in the superior advantages of Purdue. There is also a nameplate stating that the original draft was presented to Purdue University on its...
Dates:
1879
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 27, Placement: 08
Identifier: MSF 216
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Etching, article co-authored by Betty Lark-Horovitz, "Children's Art Abilities: Developmental Trends of Art Characteristics," and an article discussing etchings.
[Note: author is sometimes referred to as Betty Lark-Horowitz.]
Dates:
1930 - 1959
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSP 40
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The Betty Lark-Horovitz Purdue University Buildings sketches (1930; 0.5 cubic feet) shows drawings of five buildings on Purdue University's campus in 1930. These buildings include University Hall, Ladies' Hall, Purdue Men's Hall, Mechanical Engineering buildings and the Pharmacy/Science building. All of the sketches are in black and white pencil except for the sketches of University Hall, which are in color.
[Note: author is sometimes referred to as Betty Lark-Horowitz.]
Dates:
1930; Other: Date acquired: 07/08/2011
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 27, Placement: 09
Identifier: MSF 217
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Papers of Karl Lark-Horovitz. [Note: sometimes referred to as Karl Lark-Horowitz.]
Dates:
1948 - 1958
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 9, Placement: 03
Identifier: MSA 158
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Essay by Jon Larkin, "Purdue is Ready for Student Government," circa 1903.
Dates:
circa 1903
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 185
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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
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 9, Placement: 04
Identifier: MSA 159
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Three Indiana State Department of Public Instruction publications and one journal clipping.
Dates:
1919
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 487
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Collection mMaterials include correspondence, images, publications, interviews, and notes concerning the life of early Purdue agriculture educator William C. Latta. The majority of items are photocopies.
Dates:
1874 - 2005
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 218
Abstract
Publications, artifacts, scrapbook, and other materials documenting the life, work, and legacy of Purdue Agriculture Professor William C. Latta.
Dates:
1877 - 2006; Other: Date acquired: 09/12/2005
Collection — Box: Box 1
Identifier: MSA 316
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The Milton Lauenstein photographs document Purdue campus and buildings, as well as some of the surrounding area and individuals from Lauenstein's time as a student in 1945. The collection includes 64 black and white photographs.
Dates:
1945; Other: Date acquired: 03/03/2016
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 554
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The Janice M. Lauer papers were created and collected by Lauer and document her career prior to, and during, her time at Purdue University. Lauer assisted in developing the field of Rhetoric and Composition as an academic discipline and in 1979, Lauer founded the program at Purdue out of the English Department. Types of materials include scrapbooks, program documents, seminar and lecture notes, course and workshop evaluations, syllabi, and graduate student work; published and unpublished...
Dates:
1964 - 2015
Collection — Communal Collections Box: 27, Placement: 10
Identifier: MSF 219
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Papers of Charles Lawrance, including a publication by C. H. Lawrance and a letter from A. A. Potter, Dean of Engineering, dated September 1, 1923, addressed to the Members of the University Staff. This was a cover letter for mimeographed papers, written by the younger engineering professors.
Dates:
1923
