Scope and Contents The records consist of graduate and undergraduate handbooks, biographical files and subject files compiled by Frank Dennis about the history of the department, Horticulture Farm logs, newsletters, research notes, Sodus Horticultural Experiment Station Annual Reports for 1976 and 1984, short course yearbooks, cherry research summaries, cherry research conference summaries, horticulture demonstration gardens materials, materials related to Harold Gaston, brochures, and some curriculum...

Scope and Contents The collection spans from 1930 to 1981, with the majority of the documents dated between 1950 and 1981. As a result of its placement in the University bureaucracy and the span of years covered, this collection contains much information dealing with the concerns facing the University through time. Perhaps the most noteworthy contained herein revolves around the issue of reorganization and the collection of the by-laws of the various colleges comprising Michigan State University. Equally...