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A. Allan Schmid papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.335
Scope and Contents
The faculty papers of A. Allan Schmid contain notes, correspondence, and reports regarding the Army Corps of Engineers Planning, Programming, and Budgeting system. Also included are personal correspondence, notes, conference papers, and articles regarding institutional economics. Reviews and commentary on Schmid's 1978 book "Property, Power, and Public Choice," and course materials for Agricultural Economics 800, 810, 811, and 911 are part of the collection. A video tape of the last lecture...
Dates:
1961 - 2010
Carl Eicher papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.358
Scope and Content
Some of the materials are in French.
Dates:
1961 - 2013
Department of Agricultural Economics records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.5
Scope and Contents
The records consist of department administrative materials as well as reports and publications. There is material about the bean industry, creameries, and elevators. Also included are bylaws, financial information and questionnaires relating to cooperatives, exchanges, agriculture associations, and farm bureaus in Michigan. These are arranged by county and then alphabetically by name. The collection also contains photographs of images of cooperative creameries from around the state. There...
Dates:
1900 - 2007
Elton B. Hill papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.67
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection contains material relating to the issues that interested Hill most as a teacher and researcher. He taught a number of courses on farm appraisal and agricultural finance, and his reference material appears here. Land tenure, especially the legal and moral implications of father-son partnerships and farm ownership transfers, were of special interest to him.In addition to this, there is also a scrapbook and some memorabilia from his college days at...
Dates:
1862 - 1972
James T. Bonnen papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.164
Scope and Contents
The James Bonnen papers include reports and other information that Bonnen collected while serving on the Michigan State University (MSU) President's Select Advisory Committee for University Planning and Priorities Committee. The papers also contain a folder of materials collected by Bonnen on the dispute between the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) and Provost David Scott over control of the Cooperative Extension Service in the early 1990s.Also included is...
Dates:
1949 - 2003
Jonathan W. Austin papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00334
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a farm account book (1841-1851) and bills and receipts (1840-1863) of Jonathon W. Austin, a resident of Lenawee County, Michigan. Also included are two letters (1851, 1854) to Austin, one of which discusses the hard times in Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan.
Dates:
1840 - 1863
Karl T. Wright papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.197
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of biographical information and publications of Karl Wright. Included is the report "Michigan State University and the University of the Ryukus: An Experience in International Cooperation (1951–1986)" by Diane Broersma Wright on behalf of Karl Wright. This report includes three photographs of the University of the Ryukus. Other materials are writings, speeches, and correspondence by Wright during his experience there and his recollections. There are also letters from...
Dates:
1920, 1924, 1941-1986, 2006
Kinney family papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.440
Scope and Contents
The Kinney family papers cover three generations, and family members were located in Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, and Ohio. Edward Porter Kinney's papers comprise a large portion of the collection. Since E. P. Kinney lived and worked in the Lansing area, much of the material in this collection pertains to East Lansing and Lansing, Michigan. Also, a majority of the material included in the family papers pertains to electricity and electrical engineering as many of the family members...
Dates:
1848 - 1970
Nicolaas Luykx papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.235
Scope and Contents
The papers contain correspondence from Luykx to Akhter Hameed Khan. Khan was a Pakistani scholar, an activist for rural development, an advisor for the Pakistan Academy for Rural Development, and a visiting Michigan State University professor. There are also speeches and articles by Khan about rural development and the MSU Pakistan Project in Comilla, East Pakistan. The papers also contain articles by Edgar Schuler related to the project and Khan. In addition, there are articles written by...
Dates:
1958 - 2002