Robert T. Hatt scrapbook, 1894-1940 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

By Mary A. Sego

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Collection Overview

Title: Robert T. Hatt scrapbook, 1894-1940

Predominant Dates:1919-1920

Primary Creator: Hatt, Robert T. (1902-)

Extent: 0.28 Cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Chronologically, as they appear in the scrapbook.

Subjects: Phi Kappa Psi, Purdue University--Students

Forms of Material: Black-and-white photographs, Ephemera, Scrapbooks

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Robert T. Hatt scrapbook (ca, 1894-1940; 0.275 cubic feet) contains many photographs of campus life, predominantly during 1919-1920. There is a concentration of memorabilia from Phi Kappa Psi, since Hatt was a member of that fraternity. The scrapbook also contains newspaper clippings, along with ephemera, such as programs, ticket stubs, and other assorted odds and ends. Many of the items are not dated, which makes it difficult to ascertain the exact time period, especially for the photographs. The scrapbook is organized into three series: photographs (0.2 cubic feet), newspaper clippings (0.05 cubic feet), ephemera (0.025 cubic feet).

Biographical Note

Robert T. Hatt was a member of the Purdue University Class of 1923. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. The records that are available do not indicate that he graduated from Purdue. His father was William Kendrick Hatt who was a Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue. The scrapbook has numerous mementos of Robert Hatt’s days at Purdue, with a strong emphasis on Phi Kappa Psi, R.O.T.C., photographs of campus life and other ephemera relating to his time as a Purdue student.

Hatt graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelors of Science and from Columbia with a MA and PhD. He was Director of the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield, Michigan from 1935-1967.

Subject/Index Terms

Phi Kappa Psi
Purdue University--Students

Administrative Information

Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Alternate Extent Statement: 1 flat box

Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation: MSP 35, Robert T. Hatt scrapbook, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries

Other URL: http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/fa/pdf/hatt_robert.pdf

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Photographs, ca. 1894-1925],
[Series 2: Newspaper Clippings, ca. 1919-1924],
[Series 3: Ephemera, ca. 1919-1940],
[All]

Series 3: Ephemera, ca. 1919-1940

Scrapbook Ephemera

Page

22. Purdue Athletic Association Ticket – 1919--Season—1920

40. Football Ticket Stubs, 1919

41. Convocation – Student Stunts, Admission 15 cents, Thursday Nov. 20, 11:05 Sharp [sign]

42. Fourteen name cards

45. Boost the Team by Boosting the Band – Send the Band to Chicago

[tag - Purdue Military Band]

57. Founders’ Day Banquet, 68th Anniversary of Phi Kappa Psi by Indiana Delta, February 21, 1920 [program], Phi Kappa Psi, Initiation Banquet, March 27, 1920 [invitation and program], Doll’s House [ticket stubs]

60. Purdue University Glee Club De Luxe

[poster]

66. The Phi Psi’s Annual Hour of Paranomasial Pandaemonium – Class of 1923, Presented March 26, 1920 [program]

68. “Black List’ – Phi Kappa Psi

69. “Instructions” for initiation (?)

70. Indiana Delta Chapter, Phi Kappa Psi, Faculty Smoker, April 21, 1920; Indiana

Delta Chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Spring Dance, May 21, 1920

[invitations]

76. Chemistry Exam, April 22, 1920; Minstrel Show, Auspices Purdue Young

Women’s and Young Men’s Christian Association, May 13, 1920

[program]

100. The Purdue Phi Psi, vol. 3, no. 2, Lafayette, Indiana, June 2, 1920

103. Commencement Exercises of the Cathedral School of Saint Mary, June 8, 1920

(Miss Rose Eleanor Demmon), Graduating Exercies of The Liggett School, June 11, 1920 [invitations]

106. Freshman Cap Burning

[lyrics to two hymns and segment from burnt green cap]

109. A Memorial Union Building For Purdue University [brochure, no date]

118. Scrooge Hoover Henke; Soul Inspiring Book: How to Be a Sunbeam for Jesus [segments of programs from plays, no dates]

Y.M.C.A. “Vaudeville” Y.W.C.A. – proceeds to send Banner Purdue Delegation

To Lake Geneva Student Conference, April 15, 1921 [program]

The Lafayette Art Association, Lafayette, Indiana, Twelfth Annual Exhibition Of Paintings, April 11 – 5 [program, no year]

Letter addressed to “The Librarian”, dated September 29, 1940, which states that

this scrapbook was given anonymously.