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Frank G. Dennis papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.265
Scope and Contents
The Frank G. Dennis papers consist of articles and biographical information about, and awards given to Frank G. Dennis, Stanley Johnston, and Sylvan Wittwer who were members of the Horticulture Department at Michigan State University (MSU). There is also information regarding the history of horticulture at MSU.
Records include materials about Sylvan Wittwer used by Dennis to write his book and a copy of the poem “Ode to Cyclone” written by Dennis.
The collection also includes a number of...
Dates:
1957 - 2008
Harold B. Tukey collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.104
Scope and Content
This collection consists of an oral history recording on audio cassette tape. The recording is reminiscences of Ruth Tukey Bates (widow of Harold B. Tukey, later Mrs. Emmert Bates) made at her home in Woodland, Michigan on August 30, 1978. Bates recounts aspects of Harold Tukey's professional life, including his graduate studies at the University of Chicago, his work with embryo culture of stone fruits, his decision to move to East Lansing to head the Michigan State College Department of...
Dates:
1978
Harold P. Gaston collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.19
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a taped interview with Harold P. Gaston, former professor of Horticulture at Michigan State University. The interview was conducted by professor Frank G. Dennis at Gaston's home in South Haven, Michigan in 1974. In the interview, Gaston discusses his early years at MSU in the 1920s. His comments include descriptions of the personalities of professors Victor Gardner, Roy Marshall, Frederick Bradford, Robert Loree, John Crist, N. L. Partridge, W. C. Dutton, Hugh...
Dates:
1974