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College of Agriculture and Natural Resources records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-15.1
Scope and Contents
The collection of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources consists of correspondence from 1902 to 1904, agriculture census reports from the 1960s, reports on agricultural schools, the teaching load for each department in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and careers in agriculture.
Other materials include brochures about the college and its programs, information about Agriculture and Natural Resources Week, reports about international programs, short course for...
Dates:
1866 - 2023
Cooperative Extension Service records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.34
Scope and Contents
The records of Cooperative Extension consist of county and project reports beginning in 1913. These county reports contain information on Extension activities and may give some detail about a particular project in that county or a specific agent. The project reports contain information about project work in the whole state. The reports may be in a narrative report format or a preprinted form. Some include appendices that include newspaper articles about activities or handouts created for...
Dates:
1913 - 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
Farmers' Institutes records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-22.6
Scope and Contents
Farmers' Institutes records contain correspondence about the institutes and educational outreach programs held around the state. Correspondence is arrange by countyAlso included is a notebook given to attendees so that they could take notes on the techniques and information given during the meetings. Drawings of campus buildings and information encouraging people to enroll in college are featured on the pages of the notebook. The notebook is blank except for a few notes that...
Dates:
1876 - 1961
Gordon Schlubatis papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.342
Scope and Contents
The collection contains trip reports, correspondence, slides, maps and travel booklets related to Schlubatis' time spent working as an agriculture agent overseas. There are also awards, scrapbooks, and photographs. Also included are materials related to his wife Harriet Schlubatis including awards, a Michigan Normal School yearbook, and a student expense register.
Dates:
1905 - 1983
Herbert A. Berg papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.93
Scope and Content
This collections contains publications about the history of Michigan Agricultural College, the impact the U.S. Civil War had on agricultural extension in Michigan, the Morrill Land Grant College Act and life of Bela Hubbard, an Michigan pioneer. Also included in the Berg collection are the articles of incorporation and by-laws and some correspondence of the Michigan State University chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, the national honorary extension fraternity. There is a newspaper plate from the...
Dates:
1930 - 1969
Lee Roy Walker papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.49
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two letters written to Frank N. Elliott from Lee Roy Walker describing Walker’s work as a county extension agent in Marquette County from 1915-1945.
Dates:
1960
William F. Raven papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.96
Scope and Contents
The William Raven papers consist of correspondence related his job as an Agricultural Extension Agent. The correspondence consists of letters to Raven requesting information, replies to his letters, a few letters from his superiors, and some letters relating to his duties as an agent. There are also a few letters in the collection from Raven himself. The Raven family materials folder contains copies of genealogical information on Edwin Morse who was Paulina Raven's husband, newspaper...
Dates:
1913 - 1915, 1981, Undated