Michigan State University. Cooperative Extension Service
Organization
Found in 7 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
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
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
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
Russell G. Hill collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.58
Scope and Contents
This collection contains essays, many of which Russell Hill presented at various conferences dealing with land use and soil retention. The essays are about environmentally sound agricultural practices. Also included in the collection are two publications written by Hill: History -- Department of Resource Development and Land Stewardship.
Dates:
1961 - 1976
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- Publications 6
- Photographs 5
- Annual reports 3
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 3
- Letters (correspondence) 3
- Reports 3
- Agricultural education -- Michigan 2
- Agricultural extension work 2
- Agricultural extension workers 2
- Agriculture -- Michigan 2
- Dairying -- Michigan 2
- Family histories 2
- Michigan 2
- Minutes (administrative records) 2
- Newsletters 2
- Programs (Publications) 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
- Agriculture 1
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects 1
- Agriculture -- Information services 1
- Alpena County (Mich.) 1
- American farmers and world affairs 1
- Branch County (Mich.) 1
- Brochures 1
- By-laws 1
- Catalogs 1
- Cheboygan County (Mich.) 1
- China 1
- College campuses -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- College students -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Community education 1
- Contracts for deeds 1
- Correspondence 1
- Course materials 1
- Dairy cattle 1
- Dairy cattle -- Michigan 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
- Home economics extension work 1
- Horticulture 1
- Ingham County (Mich.) 1
- Iron County (Mich.) 1
- Journals (accounts) 1
- Kent County (Mich.) 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
- Meridian Charter Township (Mich.) 1
- Natural resources -- Study and teaching 1
- Nature conservation -- Michigan 1
- Newaygo County (Mich.) 1
- Newspapers 1
- Nonfiction films 1
- Okemos (Mich.) 1
- Pakistan -- Description and travel 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Proceedings 1
- Saginaw County (Mich.) 1
- Saint Clair County (Mich.) 1
- Saint Joseph County (Mich.) 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Serial publications 1
- Soil conservation -- Michigan 1
- State universities and colleges -- United States 1
- Student activities 1
- Taiwan 1
- United States 1
- Vocational education 1
- Water conservation 1
- Wayne County (Mich.) 1
- Wexford County (Mich.) 1
- Yearbooks 1 + ∧ less
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