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Purdue University

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Little Else Than A Memory: Purdue Students Search For The Class Of 1904, Kristina Bross May 2014

Little Else Than A Memory: Purdue Students Search For The Class Of 1904, Kristina Bross

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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 …