Purdue University has shared a variety of collections for Project Stand, documenting many voices of the Purdue campus past and present. Included are samples from the personal papers of several influential individuals, institutional records of student centers, as well as materials on a wide diversity of topics and underrepresented student groups. Some examples include the Cornell Bell Papers, a strong advocate for increasing diversity in business schools; the Barbara Cook Papers, a long time student advocate and student affairs administrator at Purdue; Occupy Purdue materials; and the Underground and Political Student Newspapers Collection.
Featured Collection
Image: An Evening with Maya Angelou- Encore
Collection: Purdue University Black Cultural Center Media Collection
Dates: 1980-1989
Contacts:
Neil Harmeyer: Digital Archivist
Richard Bernier: Processing and Public Services Archivist (bio)
African American Collections
LGBTQ Collections
LGBTQ Resource Center RecordsThe 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 documentation of creating LGBTQ courses and establishing a LGBTQ studies minor as well as the various 2015 drafted reports on racist incidents on campus, students’ intercultural knowledge and competence, and Safe Zone data. Another highlight of the collection is the 2016 Banner of Hope, as it reflects concerns and thoughts of a vulnerable student population in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election. The collection was transferred by the LGBTQ Center in 2013 and 2017. The collection may be useful for researchers interested in diversity and inclusion events and activism in and around Purdue University in the twenty-first century. Types of materials include: correspondence, printed materials (flyers, brochures, posters), photographs, artifacts (water bottles, t-shirts, spring coil), plaques, newspaper clippings, digital videos. See lessGo To Collection