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Through their individual studies, the authors of the biographies inside this book were led in interesting and very different directions. From a double-name conundrum to intimate connections with their subjects’ kin, their archival research was rife with unexpected twists and turns. Although many differences between modern-day university culture and the campus of 1904 emerge, the similarities were far more profound. Surprising diversity existed even at the dawn of the twentieth century. Students intimately tracked the lives of African Americans, women, farm kids, immigrants, international students, and inner-city teens, all with one thing in common—a Purdue education. This study of Purdue University’s 1904 campus culture and student body gives an insightful look into what the early twentieth-century atmosphere was really like—and it might not be exactly what you’d think.

Completely produced by students in the Purdue University Honors College, this book contains ten essays by undergraduate students of today about their forebears in the class of 1904. Two Purdue faculty members have provided a contextualizing introduction and reflective epilogue. Not only are the biographical essays written by students, but the editing, typesetting, and design of this book were also the work of Purdue freshmen and sophomores, participants in an honors course in publishing who were supervised by the staff of Purdue University Press.

ISBN

978-1-62671-013-9

Publication Date

Spring 5-1-2014

Publisher

The Honors College, Purdue University

City

West Lafayette, Indiana

Keywords

Purdue University, 1903, Honors College, archives, archival collections, undergraduate research

Disciplines

Archival Science | Information Literacy | Scholarly Communication | Scholarly Publishing

Comments

This book has been edited and typeset by the students of the Purdue University Honors publishing course, spring 2014: Tim Bolton, Brooke Halteman, Abigael Johnson, Kasey Kaisershot, Paige Pope, and Kelsey Schnieders.

Little Else Than a Memory: Purdue Students Search for the Class of 1904

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