The Aubrey McCutcheon papers contain reports, articles, news clippings, correspondence, and other materials relating to South Africa Apartheid, divestment, nuclear arms, exports, human rights violations, and other topics.
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Majority of material found within 1972 - 1986; 1972 - 1994
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The collection contains flyers, notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings related to the creation of the Black Student Alliance and its early history from 1967 to 1969. Included are newspaper clipping editorials that Amis wrote while a student. Also included are blank forms, hate mail, and a factsheet about the Orangeburg Massacre.
The collection can be viewed online at https://onthebanks.msu.edu/Object/162-565-7729/barry-d-amis-papers-/ and ...
This collection contains materials from Dan Jones' time as a student while at Michigan State University (MSU). It includes letters, newspaper clippings, and posters related to Jones' ASMSU President campaign in 1978, newspaper clippings related to MSU, ASMSU, Jones, and national gay topics, correspondence, speeches, and materials related to the Delta Tau Delta M.S. Dance for Strength.
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The collection consists of materials Dorothy Manning Payne collected about Benjamin Fish and other historical topics. The collection is organized into materials related to Benjamin Fish and general historical materials. The Benjamin Fish materials contain personal as well as professional correspondence, contracts and deeds, and receipts. The historical materials include receipts for goods shipped by boat, an Ann Arbor Mineral Springs ticket, a printed booklet titled "A Brief Narrative of the...
The Forbes K. Merkley collection contains materials relating to the For-Mar Farms and Merkley’s livestock. Included are letters of congratulations to Merkley for his prize-winning cattle, photographs, newspaper clippings and articles. There is also a magazine printed by an association of which his wife was a member. In the articles she is mentioned for her charitable donation of For-Mar farm to Genesee County.
The Gladys-Marie Fry papers contain correspondence, drafts, publications, photographs, slides, research proposals, posters, newsclippings, and other materials relating to her extensive research of African-American folklore, quilts, and other topics.
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The Gordon L. and Phyllis M. Thomas collection contains articles about Gordon Thomas' election and time on the East Lansing City Council and as mayor, a small amount of correspondence, City of East Lansing annual reports, articles and two letters about Civil Rights, as well as articles and biographical information related to his time at Michigan State University. There are also photographs of Gordon Thomas.The Phyllis Thomas materials contain articles, drafts, and notes for the...
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This collection is comprised of materials from Herbert W. Spendlove's time working in journalism. This includes his time as a reporter for the Saginaw News, city editor for the Saginaw News, editor for the Jackson Citizen Patriot, and editor of the Ann Arbor News. Of particular interest is correspondence between Spendlove and major figures such as J. Edgar Hoover, George Romney, and George Wallace. The collection also has several invitations to conferences and presidential inaugurations...
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This collection contains letters and newspaper clippings pertaining to the development of Walter J. Hayes State Park near Clinton, Michigan. Herman Halladay, a Clinton resident and Secretary of the Michigan State Board of Agriculture, was one of the first to suggest creating a state park at Wamplers Lake in the heart of the Irish Hills. Interest in the project was aroused through Halladay's friend, T. F. Marston, who was with the State Conservation Department. Through the help of the members...