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Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.189
Scope and Contents
The George E. Parsons collection consists of a wide range of documents related to the dairy industry and Michigan State College (now Michigan State University). The collection has newspaper clippings discussing Parsons' accomplishments as well as other events in the world of dairy, a binder with in-depth information about the "Better Milking Clinic" that Parsons led, as well as a small group of agricultural photos. There is an Alpha Zeta fraternity pamphlet, and "A Short History of Okemos"...
Dates:
1930 - 1992
Collection
Identifier: 00166
Scope and Contents of the Papers
The Gilbert Jonas collection covers the years 1852-1987, the bulk of the materials consisting of administrative working papers and newspaper clippings, dating 1955-1969. Much of the material within the collection is limited in depth of information because much of it is working papers covering numerous topics. The greatest strength of the collection is a wealth of information about Vietnam. Jonas avidly clipped newspaper articles, and there is subsequently over two cubic feet of...
Dates:
1852 - 1987
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.175
Scope and Contents
The Glenford S. Leonard papers contain primarily information on Leonard’s post-Michigan State University career. One topic, which became a specialty of Leonard’s, and which is covered extensively in the collection is the integration of police and fire services. Leonard helped implement the integration in several towns in Michigan and often checked the progress of integration in other communities.
Dates:
1956 - 1993
Collection
Identifier: 00119
Scope and Contents
These office records cover the years 1954 to 1964 and contain correspondence, reports, information about committee memberships and activities, newspaper clippings, publications, promotional materials (posters, slides, records, etc.), information about awards and other activities relating to Michigan Week. There are also three scrapbooks, two of which are titled Muskegon County Community College Development from 1967 and one with miscellaneous clippings relating to Michigan Week from 1968...
Dates:
1951 - 1966
Collection
Identifier: UA-18.27
Content Description
The records of the Greek Interpreters of East Lansing contain primarily meeting announcements, programs, and quizzes. Also included are mailing lists, anniversary booklets, articles, and a small amount of meeting planning information. The collection has materials collected by Don Yates and Charles Press as well as a general group which contains more recent materials.
Dates:
1945, 1953, 1971-2019, undated
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.215
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a copy of the publication "Chicanas: Their Voices, Their Lives," edited by Lucia Fox-Lockert and illustrated by Nora Chapa Mendoza. The Michigan State Board of Education published the booklet in 1988. The publication functions as an oral history of ten Chicana women who have been through hard events during the course of their lives. "The profiles contained herein are candid poetic expressions of the life experiences of ten Chicana women," (Foreword, p. v). Also...
Dates:
1982 - 1988
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.43
Scope and Content
The Guy Speeker papers contain gradebooks for mathematics and physics classes that Speeker taught at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). Also included are letters of recommendation for Speeker, correspondence from Speeker as dormitory inspector and correspondence regarding World War I. There is a newspaper clipping about the resignation of M.A.C. President Jonathan Snyder and postcards of M.A.C. students and faculty.
Dates:
1912 - 1948
Collection
Identifier: 00097
Scope and Contents
The Hackley and Hume papers contain the business records of several inter-related Michigan-based business firms and some of the private papers of the families of Charles Henry Hackley and Thomas Hume. The papers span the years 1859-1955. The papers document lumbering and lumber investments in Michigan and other states. The papers also document Charles Henry Hackley and Thomas Hume, both prominent timbermen and philanthropists, as well as other family members. Hackley and Hume were active...
Dates:
1859 - 1955
Collection
Identifier: c-00574
Scope and Contents
The Harley Krapohl papers consist of letters, photocopies of newspaper clippings, and a partially released Federal Bureau of Investigation file regarding the arrest and trial of George Viereck for violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act in 1943. Viereck was an author who was a suspected Nazi propagandist in the United States prior to and during World War II. Senator Donald Riegle obtained the F.B.I. file for Mr. Krapohl, a former employee of the state of Michigan, through the...
Dates:
1940-1943, 1989; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1943
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.211
Scope and Contents
This collection contains research compiled by Harold Bond Fields. One set of research notes pertains to Captain Ransford D. Bucknam. This research is composed of newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, correspondence, and some rough drafts of a biography on Bucknam. The last will and testament of Bucknam’s adoptive mother, Julia A. Elliott, is also included. Another set of research notes relates to Edward H. Ryder, dean and history professor at Michigan State University. This...
Dates:
1894-1988, undated
