Michigan State University. Beaumont Tower
Organization
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Donaldson & Meier Architects records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-28.22
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of records from the architectural firm of Donaldson and Meier relating to the building of Beaumont Tower. The materials include original plans, structural calculations, drawings of plaques, a blueprint map of the circle area of campus, and photographs. The photographs include an image of laying the cornerstone, images of the tower in various stages of completion, Donaldson in front of the tower, dedication day, and dedication day with student body.
Dates:
1927 - 1932
Frances Potter collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-28.31
Scope and Contents
The Frances Potter collection contains postcards, a brochure, and a photograph. The postcards include an image of the sunken garden in the Beal Botanical Garden at Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) with a note on the back about attending Farm Women's Week as a delegate from the Home Economics Club in July 1934. Other postcards show Beaumont Tower, the Home Economics Building, and Mary Mayo Hall. The brochure is for the new dormitory for women and includes a description...
Dates:
circa 1930-1934
Harold Bond Fields papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.211
Scope and Contents
This collection contains research compiled by Harold Bond Fields. One set of research notes pertains to Captain Ransford D. Bucknam. This research is composed of newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, correspondence, and some rough drafts of a biography on Bucknam. The last will and testament of Bucknam’s adoptive mother, Julia A. Elliott, is also included. Another set of research notes relates to Edward H. Ryder, dean and history professor at Michigan State University. This...
Dates:
1894-1988, undated
Harold J. McGarvey collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.311
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs and negatives of buildings, some during construction, at Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) taken by Harold J. McGarvey. There are also photographs and negatives of what appears to be the East Lansing area.
Dates:
1937, 1939
Neal McLain slides
Collection
Identifier: UA-28.23
Content Description
The collection consists of seven slides of campus take by Neal McLain during a visit to Michigan State University in 1959. The slides show Beaumont Tower, Red Cedar River, two images of Kellogg Center, tulips by a pathway light at night, an unidentified building, and a bridge pathway with the stadium in the distance.
Dates:
1959
OctoberCampusScenes
Digital Work
Identifier: 72f4a860-c4f7-4683-ad80-2aaae3c746ae
Dates:
2023-07-18 - 2023-07-18
Patricia Johannes collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.416
Scope and Contents
The Patricia Johannes collection consists of the history of the Michigan State University Carillon and Beaumont Tower and MSU carillonneurs including biographic information, event information, articles, and photographs. Also included is sheet music that was arranged for the carillon, a thesis titled, "Carillon at Beaumont Tower" by Sally Harwood, and biographical information about a MSU carillonneur, William E. Vajda. The folders are in chronological order from 1995 to 2017 and...
Dates:
1985 - 2018
Robert B. Brown collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.424
Scope and Contents Note
The Robert B. Brown collection contains motion picture film, slides, negatives and color transparencies. The film reels are mostly unidentified but may contain footage of an MSU football game, football practice, Hubbard Hall(?) in winter, Intramural building, labs and offices, children's field trip to a planetarium. Images in the collection include aerial views of Michigan State University, campus buildings, faculty and staff working, students, students in dorm rooms, classroom scenes,...
Dates:
1950-1970, undated
Tower Guard records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.45
Scope and Content
The records of the Tower Guard consist of minutes, reports, correspondence, memos, agendas, and scrapbooks. The records have been created by the students in the organization and are rather informal and vary in their content. In addition, there are a large number of undated records.
The minute book contains a brief history of the Tower Guard and minutes of the meetings from 1933 to 1944. The administrative folder contains the Articles of the Tower Guard and the Preamble. The agendas...
Dates:
1933 - 2012
Undated2002
Digital Work
Identifier: f7faad7c-c46a-4033-9d0a-d996350b5751
Dates:
2023-07-19 - 2023-07-19
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- Digital Record 42
- Collection 10
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- College campuses -- Michigan -- East Lansing 27
- Photographs 6
- College buildings -- Michigan -- East Lansing 5
- College students -- Michigan -- East Lansing 5
- Red Cedar River (Mich.) 5
- Aerial photographs 4
- Carillonneurs 4
- Flowers -- Michigan. 4
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 3
- Bicycles 2
- Carillon music 2
- Carillons 2
- College buildings 2
- East Lansing (Mich.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 2
- Letters (correspondence) 2
- Postcards 2
- Reports 2
- Research 2
- Sheet music 2
- Slides 2
- Snow 2
- Account books 1
- Aerial photography 1
- Architectural drawings 1
- Architecture -- Designs and plans 1
- Architecture -- Michigan 1
- Birds -- Michigan 1
- Bridges 1
- Brochures 1
- Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction 1
- College buildings -- Design and construction 1
- College campuses 1
- College students 1
- College students -- Societies and clubs 1
- Concert programs 1
- Constitutions 1
- Digital images 1
- Ducks 1
- Handbooks 1
- Insects 1
- Interviews 1
- Minutes (administrative records) 1
- Newsletters 1
- Nonfiction films 1
- People with disabilities -- Services for 1
- Programs (Publications) 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Ships 1
- Softball 1
- Sound recordings 1
- Statues 1
- Synchronized swimming 1
- Tennis -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Winter 1
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