Putnam Hall collection, 1953-1995

Summary

Creator:
Kansas State University. Putnam Hall Residence Hall
Physical description:
3.00 Linear Feet, 4.00 Boxes Post-Fire Oversize Boxes: Boxes 1-4 (16.5x20.5); 509S: 19/5/3
Language:
English
Latin

Background

Scope and content:

The scrapbooks, and related material, document the campus and dormitory activities of the residents of Southeast/Putnam Hall from 1953 through 1998 and contain photographs, newspaper clippings, invitations, programs, newsletters, information booklets, etc. Events covered in the albums include social activities (homecoming, dances, parties, holiday celebrations, etc.) and campus involvement of residents (queens, honors, athletics, etc.), as well as major happenings at KSU, such as the burning of Nichols Gym in 1968. The volumes were created and maintained by students in the hall (usually a historian) and donated to the University Archives in 1998.

Biographical / historical:

Construction of Southeast Hall was completed in 1952 and in 1961 it was named in honor of Irene Putnam who endowed the Putnam Scholarship program at K-State as a memorial to her late husband, Harry J. Putnam. The building was the third residence hall added to the dormitory complex in the northeast section of campus. Van Zile Hall (1926) and Boyd Hall (1951) are the other two halls.

Acquisition information:
Acqusition Source: Putnam Hall Residence Hall Acqusition Method: Donation Acqusition Date: 19980101
Processing information:

Processing Info: Archon processing by Edward Nagurny, graduate research assistant, April 2015.
Publication Date: 2015-04-01

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in four boxes.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
General note:

Published

Dacs citation:

[Item title], [item date], Putnam Hall collection, Box [number], Folder [number or title], Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.

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Subjects:
Documentation of student life and culture

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