Michigan State University. Cooperative Extension Service
Organization
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
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
Christopher Sower papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.223
Scope and Contents
The papers of Christopher Sower consist primarily of his professional writings and also includes notes, departmental memos, and reports. There are two main series: Publications, and Reports & Proposals. The Publications series contains a group of loose papers which are listed by title, however the majority of the material was kept by Sower in chronological order by year. These groupings contain all his writings including, published articles, drafts, working papers, memos,...
Dates:
1951 - 1991
Cooperative Extension Service records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.34
Scope and Contents
The records of Cooperative Extension consist of county and project reports beginning in 1913. These county reports contain information on Extension activities and may give some detail about a particular project in that county or a specific agent. The project reports contain information about project work in the whole state. The reports may be in a narrative report format or a preprinted form. Some include appendices that include newspaper articles about activities or handouts created for...
Dates:
1913 - 2013
Earl C. Richardson papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.140
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence, press releases, a program, a newsletter, and newspaper clippings. Correspondence and press releases relate to awards Richardson won in 1969. Also included are a program from the 1969 Cooperative Extension Service Awards and Citations Banquet and the Cooperative Extension Service newsletter, "The Communicator", for October 31, 1969. The newpapers clippings are also about Richardson's awards.
Dates:
1969, undated
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
Harry S. Wilt papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.53
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of publications concerned with the field of agriculture including Quarterly of the Alpha Zeta, the magazine for the agriculture fraternity which contains updates by schools. Scribener’s Lumber and Log Book gives tables for measurements and guides for aspects of the lumber trade. Notable is the catalog for W.S. Hannah and Sons Poultry, a business owned by the father of MSU...
Dates:
1882 - 1948
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
James T. Bonnen papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.164
Scope and Contents
The James Bonnen papers include reports and other information that Bonnen collected while serving on the Michigan State University (MSU) President's Select Advisory Committee for University Planning and Priorities Committee. The papers also contain a folder of materials collected by Bonnen on the dispute between the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) and Provost David Scott over control of the Cooperative Extension Service in the early 1990s.Also included is...
Dates:
1949 - 2003
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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- Publications 9
- Letters (correspondence) 7
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 6
- Photographs 6
- Newsletters 5
- Reports 5
- Programs (Publications) 4
- Annual reports 3
- Minutes (administrative records) 3
- Agricultural education -- Michigan 2
- Agricultural extension work 2
- Agricultural extension workers 2
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects 2
- Agriculture -- Michigan 2
- Catalogs 2
- Dairying -- Michigan 2
- Family histories 2
- Michigan 2
- Okemos (Mich.) 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Serial publications 2
- State universities and colleges -- United States 2
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty 2
- 4-H clubs -- Michigan 1
- Account books 1
- Agricultural colleges -- Michigan 1
- Agricultural education 1
- Agricultural education -- Taiwan 1
- Agricultural machinery -- Catalogs 1
- Agriculture 1
- Agriculture -- Information services 1
- Agriculture -- International cooperation 1
- Agriculture and state -- United States 1
- Alpena County (Mich.) 1
- American farmers and world affairs 1
- Anniversaries 1
- Branch County (Mich.) 1
- Brochures 1
- By-laws 1
- Cheboygan County (Mich.) 1
- China 1
- College campuses -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- College students -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Community development 1
- Community education 1
- Community organization 1
- Contracts for deeds 1
- Correspondence 1
- Course materials 1
- Dairy cattle 1
- Dairy cattle -- Michigan 1
- Digital images 1
- Education, Higher 1
- Essays 1
- Family farms 1
- Farm equipment 1
- Farm management 1
- Farmers 1
- Farmers' institutes 1
- Farms -- Michigan 1
- Farms -- Valuation 1
- Filmstrip rolls 1
- Floods 1
- High school students -- Alcohol Use -- Middle West 1
- Home economics extension work 1
- Horticulture 1
- Ingham County (Mich.) 1
- Iron County (Mich.) 1
- John Deere tractors 1
- Journals (accounts) 1
- Kent County (Mich.) 1
- Land grants 1
- Land grants -- Michigan 1
- Land tenure 1
- Land use -- Michigan 1
- Lectures 1
- Ledgers (account books) 1
- Legal correspondence 1
- Lenawee County (Mich.) 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Meridian Charter Township (Mich.) 1
- Natural resources -- Study and teaching 1
- Nature conservation -- Michigan 1
- Newaygo County (Mich.) 1
- Newspapers 1
- Nonfiction films 1
- Organizational change 1
- Organizational sociology 1
- Osteopathic medicine -- Study and teaching 1
- Pakistan -- Description and travel 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Poultry 1
- Poverty 1
- Press releases 1
- Proceedings 1
- Rural development 1
- Rural development -- International cooperation 1
- Saginaw County (Mich.) 1
- Saint Clair County (Mich.) 1
- Saint Joseph County (Mich.) 1 + ∧ less
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