Archives & Special Collections

Streaming access to Folkways and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (nearly 3,000 albums of music, spoken word, and sounds) plus several other ethnographic labels, including Cook Records, Monitor Records, and the International Library of African Music (ILAM). Special vocabularies facilitate browsing by musical instrument, geographic area, cultural group, genre, and other fields. Liner notes available under a “Related Documents” tab. Downloads available through a “Purchase URL” link.

A database documenting all archival collections housed in the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections and available for in-person research.

Contains digitized archival documents from Purdue University Archives and Special Collections.

Contains historical newspapers issued by Purdue University and associated organizations, including the Exponent, Alumnus, Agriculturist, Engineer, and several underground and student organization publications.