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Department of Geology records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.53
Scope and Contents
The records consist of correspondence, field trip reports, inventories of the department, financial statements, experiment station notes, material relating to the Works Progress Administration, the military college program during World War II, science fraternities, annual report materials. There are also records relating to the Glacial Institute. Graduate Assistants’ files during World War II are marked with an asterisk (*).Graduate Assistant files contain applications, program...
Dates:
1920 - 2010
Edward Christian Prophet papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.92
Scope and Contents
The papers include biographical information, general correspondence, financial information, information relating to his speaking engagements, and material relating to the Geography Department at Michigan State University.
In addition, the collection contains the following publications: “Railway Digest” (1954-1960), “A Review of Railway Operations” (1930-1952), “A Yearbook of Railroad Information” (1931-1954) and “Ships” (1943-1946).
Dates:
1923 - 1961
Lawrence Sommers papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.315
Scope and Content
The Lawrence Sommers papers contain his work in the field of Geography from the early 1940s until his death in 2007. The earliest works are from his time spent as a Ph.D. candidate researching Norway and many of his later files include further in-depth research on Scandinavia. His collection also includes travel notebooks, photographs, and slides from his many travels abroad doing research in Europe, Africa, and South America. There is also a large collection of photographs from his time...
Dates:
1944 - 2010