Michigan State University. Cooperative Extension Service
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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
Alton Wheaton papers
Collection
Identifier: 00208
Scope and Contents
The Alton Wheaton papers contain primarily financial records and other forms of inventory that Wheaton took while working on his farm. There is also a small section on some of Wheaton’s community activities, some photographs of said activities, and two books on the Wheaton family genealogy. There are also a number of folders containing deeds and titles to various pieces of land Wheaton owned. There are also catalogs, plans, newsletters and brochures on farm topics.
Dates:
1934 - 2006
Elton B. Hill papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.67
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection contains material relating to the issues that interested Hill most as a teacher and researcher. He taught a number of courses on farm appraisal and agricultural finance, and his reference material appears here. Land tenure, especially the legal and moral implications of father-son partnerships and farm ownership transfers, were of special interest to him.In addition to this, there is also a scrapbook and some memorabilia from his college days at...
Dates:
1862 - 1972
George Parsons papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.189
Scope and Contents
The George E. Parsons collection consists of a wide range of documents related to the dairy industry and Michigan State College (now Michigan State University). The collection has newspaper clippings discussing Parsons' accomplishments as well as other events in the world of dairy, a binder with in-depth information about the "Better Milking Clinic" that Parsons led, as well as a small group of agricultural photos. There is an Alpha Zeta fraternity pamphlet, and "A Short History of Okemos"...
Dates:
1930 - 1992
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
Michigan Association of Extension 4-H Youth Staff records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-18.17
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two photograph albums from the National Conference of 1996 and one album of 4-H Staff over the period 1952–1976; hundreds of photographic prints, positives and negatives of 4-H staff, members, visitors and their activities; general office working papers; and peripheral materials of the association. The photographic material is predominantly over the period of 1920–1970 and includes many individuals and groups of people involved with farm animals, exhibits,...
Dates:
1912 - 2005
O. Donald Meaders papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.186
Scope and Contents
The O. Donald Meaders papers consist of reports and articles written by Meaders. There are also Michigan State University and non-MSU publications and reports relating to vocational agriculture. There is also material related to MSU international projects in Taiwan and China in which Meaders participated. Other materials include newsletters and conference proceedings from vocational education organizations including Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education and...
Dates:
1935 - 2011
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- Annual reports 4
- Publications 4
- Agriculture -- Michigan 3
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 3
- Letters (correspondence) 3
- 4-H clubs -- Michigan 2
- Agricultural education -- Michigan 2
- Agricultural extension work 2
- Dairying -- Michigan 2
- Family histories 2
- Michigan 2
- Newsletters 2
- Reports 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty 2
- Account books 1
- Agricultural colleges -- Michigan 1
- Agricultural education 1
- Agricultural education -- Taiwan 1
- Agricultural extension workers 1
- Agriculture 1
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects 1
- Alpena County (Mich.) 1
- Archaeology 1
- Branch County (Mich.) 1
- By-laws 1
- Catalogs 1
- Cheboygan County (Mich.) 1
- China 1
- College campuses -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- College students -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Contracts for deeds 1
- Course materials 1
- Dairy cattle 1
- Dairy cattle -- Michigan 1
- Family farms 1
- Farm equipment 1
- Farm life -- Michigan 1
- Farm management 1
- Farms -- Michigan 1
- Farms -- Valuation 1
- Home economics extension work 1
- Ingham County (Mich.) 1
- Iron County (Mich.) 1
- Journals (accounts) 1
- Kent County (Mich.) 1
- Land grants -- Michigan 1
- Land tenure 1
- Lectures 1
- Ledgers (account books) 1
- Legal correspondence 1
- Lenawee County (Mich.) 1
- Meridian Charter Township (Mich.) 1
- Minutes (Records) 1
- Minutes (administrative records) 1
- Motion pictures in agriculture 1
- Negatives (Photographs) 1
- Newaygo County (Mich.) 1
- Newspapers 1
- Nonfiction films 1
- Okemos (Mich.) 1
- Oldsmobile automobile -- History 1
- Pakistan -- Description and travel 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Photograph albums 1
- Photographic prints 1
- Proceedings 1
- Programs (Publications) 1
- Radio in agriculture 1
- Rodeos 1
- Saginaw County (Mich.) 1
- Saint Clair County (Mich.) 1
- Saint Joseph County (Mich.) 1
- Serial publications 1
- State universities and colleges -- United States 1
- Student activities 1
- Taiwan 1
- Video recordings 1
- Vocational education 1
- Wexford County (Mich.) 1 + ∧ less
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