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Lawrence Sommers papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.315
Scope and Content
The Lawrence Sommers papers contain his work in the field of Geography from the early 1940s until his death in 2007. The earliest works are from his time spent as a Ph.D. candidate researching Norway and many of his later files include further in-depth research on Scandinavia. His collection also includes travel notebooks, photographs, and slides from his many travels abroad doing research in Europe, Africa, and South America. There is also a large collection of photographs from his time...
Dates:
1944 - 2010
LeRoy Barnett papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.273
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up of three different sections with materials relating to the Michigan State University Department of Geography and Barnett's research relating to the buffalo bone and mammoth ivory trade. The MSU Department of Geography series includes photocopies of materials on faculty, department history, newsletters, and Lawrence Sommers.The buffalo bones trade series consists of Barnett's 1979 dissertation "An Historical Geography of the Nineteenth Century Buffalo...
Dates:
1842-2009, Undated
Major Allison K. Thomas collection
Collection
Identifier: 00222
Scope and Contents
The Allison K. Thomas collection contains photographs, correspondence, books, magazines, and articles. Thomas served in Vietnam with Ho Chi Minh and helped the fight against the Japanese. The materials include correspondence from Giap, articles about Thomas, Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh, photographs of Thomas in Vietnam, excerpts from Thomas, diaries, copy of Thomas' report on Deer Mission, and photographs of Thomas' return to Vietnam in the 1990s.
Dates:
1945-1997, 2001-2011, undated
McKibbin family papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.410
Scope and Contents
The McKibbin family has lived in Lansing, Michigan since the early 1880s. The majority of the papers in this collection relate to the Joseph T. McKibbin family in the period 1900 to 1950. The members of this family are Joseph T. and Emma Augusta McKibbin and their children May, Grace, Jean, Frank, and Clifford.Located under the heading "McKibbin Family" are correspondence dating from 1845 to 1900, tax receipts and legal documents dating from 1850 to 1900, and some...
Dates:
1845 - 1962
Michigan 4-H Foundation records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.7
Series Description
MICHIGAN 4-H HISTORY FILES. 1914-1997. 7.5 cu. ft.The history files include annual reports that contain information on 4-H work, activities and events for the state of Michigan. There are four types of annual reports: state, Upper Peninsula, extension workers, and state fair (1914–1966). These reports include many photographs and other artifacts. Another report included here is the Junior Livestock Show report for the period 1965–1968 with photographs. Other records are 4-H...
Dates:
1914 - 2003
Michigan Constitutional Convention records
Collection
Identifier: 00068
Scope and Contents
This collection, comprising several individual donations of varying sizes, is divided into six series: Preparatory Phase (before October 3, 1961); The Convention in Session (October 3, 1961-August 1, 1962); Post-Convention Phase (after August 1, 1962); Added materials (after initial processing); Photographs and Scrapbooks; and Maps and Oversized Materials. The first three series are further divided essentially into (A) Personal Correspondence and Manuscript Materials and (B) Printed and...
Dates:
1956 - 1977
Miles D. Pirnie papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.102
Scope and Content
This collection is includes notes, reports, correspondence, maps, and photographs relating to Pirnie’s waterfowl research and projects. Additionally, Pirnie’s bird banding notes, field observations, date books, drawings, duck decoy patterns, and a scrapbook of bird photographs are included.
Dates:
1915 - 1977
Ralph F. Turner papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.149
Series Description
(1) SCHOOL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 1930, 1938-1988, 1990, undated [1962-1975]. 6.33 cubic feetReports, memoranda, correspondence, notes, publications and extraneous materials relating to the function and activities of the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice. Topics range in breadth from University and student/classroom-related activities to areas of interest beyond campus boarders. Typical of these topics include: School of Criminal Justice work with the...
Dates:
1899 - 1999
Robert R. Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: 00127
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection deals with Smith's activities as a sheep breeder for the five years, 1886-1891. Included are: 1) correspondence of inquiry; 2) advertising of his flock; and 3) relations with several agricultural and sheep breeding associations. Also included are Smith's activities in education and religion, i.e. speeches, school and church supply catalogers and the 1889 State of Michigan guidelines for training teachers during the summer. The collection also contains an 1891...
Dates:
1880 - 1916
Rollin Harold Baker papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.111
Scope and Contents
The collection contains diaries, correspondence, manuscripts, course notes, photographs, autobiographical information, both personal and professional, of Rollin H. Baker, Museum Director and Professor in the Department of Zoology and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University.
Dates:
1936 - 1991