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The collection consists of four oversized photographs that include the baseball team, field day team and an unidentified fraternal organization. All are circa 1896.

Scope and Contents Michigan State University hosts the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Track and Field Championships at Ralph Young Field, May 23-26, 1979. The film begins with office staff preparing programs and making phone calls. Dr. Nell Jackson, Assistant Director of Athletics, and Meet Director Mark Pittman can be seen talking with staff about the upcoming event.Grounds crew is seen laying turf for the three-day event. Athletes begin preparations for...

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Highlights from May 1977 MSU baseball, football and track events. The MSU baseball team takes on Northwestern, the Green team beat the White team 24-20 in the 1977 Green-White football game, and the MSU Track and Field team upsets Eastern Michigan at Ralph Young Field, 80-65.

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The collection consists of galley print of "Worked Out in Infinite Detail": Michigan State College's Lauren P. Brown and the Origins of the NCAA Cross Country Championships by Mark E. Havitz and Eric D. Zemper, 2013 and a dvd of home videos of cross country and track meets from 1962 to 1964.

The movies were originally shot by Robert Sharkey. They show MSU cross country and track athletes Richard "Dick" Sharkey and Eric Zemper among others.

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The Francis “Fran” Dittrich collection consists of three scrapbooks created by Fran Dittrich, during his time as Michigan State’s Track & Field and Cross Country Head Coach. Two of the scrapbooks contain newspaper articles discussing the teams, while the third consists of photographs, articles, certificates, correspondence regarding Dittrich’s career and those of the head coaches before him, and Dittrich's MSU identification card.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of the student scrapbooks of John Wesley Knecht and Helen Louise Norton who later married. Helen's scrapbooks contains dance cards, event programs, photos of campus and people, information about her classes, flyers for pep rallies, college circus program, notice about small pox from 1910 and a note from Maud Gilchrist say that Helen is not working hard enough at her studies.John Knechts scrapbook contains photos of athletics including football, baseball,...

Series Description From the Record Group: News Releases SeriesThe news releases contain information on students, graduations and honors lists for hometown newspapers; faculty biographies, awards, speeches, papers and publications; the official policies of the University; and campus non-athletic activities and events. One event that has a large number of news releases is the MSU Centennial, which took place in 1955. There are gaps in the series during the period 1956 to June 1965. There are...

Series Description From the Record Group: News Releases SeriesThe news releases contain information on students, graduations and honors lists for hometown newspapers; faculty biographies, awards, speeches, papers and publications; the official policies of the University; and campus non-athletic activities and events. One event that has a large number of news releases is the MSU Centennial, which took place in 1955. There are gaps in the series during the period 1956 to June 1965. There are...

Series Description From the Record Group: News Releases SeriesThe news releases contain information on students, graduations and honors lists for hometown newspapers; faculty biographies, awards, speeches, papers and publications; the official policies of the University; and campus non-athletic activities and events. One event that has a large number of news releases is the MSU Centennial, which took place in 1955. There are gaps in the series during the period 1956 to June 1965. There are...

Scope and Contents The 12th annual Spartan Invitational men's golf tournament takes place at Forest Akers Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State's Green team, led by head coach Bruce Fossum and featuring Mark Egly, Mark Brooks, Gary Domagalski, Rick Grover, Joe Marx, and Doug Lemanski, places 9th in the tournament.The Spartan Invitational women's track and field meet takes place at Ralph Young Field in East Lansing, Michigan. The MSU team, led by head coach Cheryl Bridges, captures...