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Agricultural Experiment Station Special Report UA 16.7
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Serial-01021
Dates:
1982, 1984, 1992-1996
Agriculture and Natural Resource Information Service records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-8.1.4
Scope and Contents
Subject files include materials collected by Cooperative Extension editors on various issues and events related to agriculture and extension. Many of the subject files were compiled between 1940s and 1950s. One group of files contain correspondence and publications related to the American Association of Agricultural College Editors (AAACE) (1947-1973). Arranged alphabetically.
News releases for the following university units include College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension...
Dates:
1927 - 1989
Alan Grimes papers on the Lantern Hill Subdivision
Collection
Identifier: MSS 40 large
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of the personal papers of Dr. Alan Grimes relating to the creation of the Lantern Hill subdivision and the building of Grimes' house. The papers include the organizational materials of Home Sites Inc., bylaws, articles of incorporation, certificate of membership, and protective covenants. Also included are documents related to the construction of Grimes' home, such as correspondence, contracts and lists of work, mortgage documents, receipts for minor work done on...
Dates:
1950-1952
Alan P. Grimes papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.451
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the papers of Michigan State University Professor Alan P. Grimes. “Remembering Lantern Hill, 1950-1952,” is about the early history and development of the Lantern Hill Housing subdivision. The essay describes how MSU faculty developed the idea of a cooperative, the steps taken to purchase the land and design the houses, and some of the setbacks encountered along the way. The Lantern Hill subdivision, originally a part of Meridian Township (Sec 7, T4N, R1W) was...
Dates:
1950 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1952
Alanson Royce papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00104
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of letters from Alanson Royce to his family, describing his farm in New Buffalo, Michigan, and his migration to Mornington, Missouri, where he also farmed. In his letters home Royce discusses Missouri's economy and agricultural prospects, as well as education and social conditions. There are very few references to slavery. Royce farmed in Missouri until 1862, when his pro-Union views angered local Confederate sympathizers and forced him to flee to Illinois....
Dates:
1855 - 1862
Albert A. Crane papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.47
Scope and Contents
Papers of Albert A. Crane consist of a diary (1872) and two letters between Madison Kuhn and Mrs. Neil Smith, niece of Albert Crane. Letters contain some biographical information. Diary discusses campus life, course work, and family life in Lyons, Michigan. Includes homework assignments, personal accounts, quotations, and a record of work done for the college.
Dates:
1872, 1952
Albert Drake papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.307
Scope and Content
The Albert Drake papers contain poetry anthologies and newsletters of student poetry from Drake's time as a professor at Michigan State University. There are also submissions of artwork and poetry, for Drake's personal publication, The Happiness Holding Tank. The artwork submissions include black, line-drawn, intricate prints as well a one color print. The subjects range from early 1900s-style women with large bonnets and randomly placed eyeballs, to...
Dates:
1969 - 1972
Alberto Flores collection on the Michigan Hispanic Senior Citizens Coalition (MHSCC) and other Latino organizations
Collection
Identifier: MSS 468 large
Scope and Contents
The Alberto Flores collection on the Michigan Hispanic Senior Citizens Coalition (MHSCC) contains correspondence, meeting notes and agendas, photos, news clips, and fliers from Flores’ work with the Michigan Hispanic Senior Citizens Coalition (MHSCC). Series I has been inventoried as of 2016. Series II is part of a growing collection and was added in 2017.
Dates:
1977 - 2003
Alexander B. Copley papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00320
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of miscellaneous notes and drawings of mill machinery and other papers of Alexander Copley, a flour and lumber mill operator of Champion, Jefferson County, New York. Included are three volumes (1825-1843) containing notes and drawings for the construction of mills and mill machinery, mill accounts (1837-1846) and family and farm accounts (1848-1879). Also included are a history of Alexander B. Copley and his family taken from the "Decatur Republican"...
Dates:
1822 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1822 - 1886
Alfonso Garcinava papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.14
Scope and Contents
The papers of Alfonso Garcinava consist of one scrapbook, containing photographs and postcards of friends, athletic events, and campus life at Michigan Agricultural College. It also includes photos of sailing on the Detroit River.
Dates:
1906 - 1909