Michigan State University. Centennial celebrations, etc
Organization
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Campus Scenes; MSC Centennial, 1954, 1955
Item — Item A007696
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
This collection consists of materials from Broadcasting Services, WKAR-TV, WMSB, and WKAR AM/FM. Included are programming guides, meeting minutes, Federal Communications Commission channel hearings, and photographic materials. The Electronic Resources include digitized University Distinguished Professor videos from 2005 and 2007; a video of oral history interviews titled "Out of the Fields"; audio recordings of interviews of survivors and veterans of World War II living in...
Dates:
1954; 1955
Centennial Celebration records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-13.3.1
Scope and Contents
The records of Michigan State University's centennial include administrative subject files (1949-1956), files pertaining to the eleven academic symposia held throughout 1955 (1954-1956), reference materials pertaining to anniversary celebrations held by other colleges and universities (1936-1955), and resolutions and correspondence from other institutions congratulating MSU in its centennial year. The collection also contains a great deal of correspondence in the first two series...
Dates:
1936 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1956
Charles Westie papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.356
Scope and Contents
Charles Westie papers consist of publications and newspapers about Michigan State University's Centennial. In addition, the collections also holds Continuing Education publications and other MSU publications. Non-MSU publications related to continuing education are also included, as well as questionaries used for a railroad survey that Westie created. The railroad surveys are part of the data Westie used to complete his 1953 dissertation, "Reactions of Railroad Workers to a Major...
Dates:
1921 - 1971
College of Engineering records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-15.2
Scope and Contents
The records of the Engineering College includes material relating to World War I training including the Student Army Training Corps, course information, Committee on Education and Special Training, information on armored vehicles, as well as correspondence.
Other records in the collection include surveys and studies of engineering students, alumni and professor information, minutes of faculty meetings for 1967 to 1975, brochures about the college, reports about the college, and a 1960...
Dates:
1913 - 2017
David Van Dommelen collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.335
Scope and Content
The collection consists of a scrapbook for 1947-1948 and slides of the 1955 MSU Centennial parade. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, event programs, event and football tickets, sport schedules, student activity ticket books, dance cards, housing and fee receipts, and grade slips. Other items include a 1948 football program for the dedication of Macklin Field, program and ticket for Laurence Olivier in the movie Hamlet, pamphlet for the Ambassador Bridge, ephemera related to the...
Dates:
1947-1948, 1955
Frank Peabody papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.128
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials relating to Frank Peabody's time as a student at Michigan State College, as well as his career as a professor at Michigan State University. Included are correspondence, photographs, newspapers, course materials, publications, and materials from the Summer Institute in Biology.
Dates:
1935 - 1973
J. Robert Brunner papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.214
Scope and Contents
The J. Robert Brunner papers consist primarily of materials relating to his position at Michigan State University as Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition. The papers include files on campus buildings, the ADSA Planning Committee (1954-1958), biographical information (on fellow professors Clifford Duncan and Georg Bergstrom), publications, photographs (Anthony Hall construction, people, and dairy equipment), correspondence, and records from the Michigan State College Commemorative...
Dates:
1927 - 1996
John "Jake" Ferris collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.474
Content Description
The collections contains the volume Jake's Journey: Memoirs of John N. Ferris of Milton, Indiana by John N. (Jake) Ferris, 2021 and the volume Genealogy of the Ferris Family of Milton, Indiana (Following the Male Line from Samuel in England and His Son, Zachariah, the American Immigrant)by John N. (Jake) Ferris, 2021.Also included is a video of digitized film with additional graphics and images and voice over. The video shows the activities surrounding MSU's centennial in 1955...
Dates:
2021
Joseph Druse papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.230
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers, photographs, slides, and oversized materials. The bulk of the materials in the collection relate to Druse’s experience in Nigeria. Included are lecture notes for different courses; 80 slides featuring pots, baskets, houses, dolls, and masks; photographs featuring buildings, students, and individuals working with Druse; and a two issues of a Nsukka newspaper.The collection also contains several historical newspapers, an 1860 voter guide, maps,...
Dates:
1800, 1860, 1865, 1917-1964
Media Communications records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-8.1.1
Series Description
News Releases SeriesThe news releases contain information on students, graduations and honors lists for hometown newspapers; faculty biographies, awards, speeches, papers and publications; the official policies of the University; and campus non-athletic activities and events. One event that has a large number of news releases is the MSU Centennial, which took place in 1955. There are gaps in the series during the period 1956 to June 1965. There are...
Dates:
1925 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1936 - 2003
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- Collection 11
- Archival Object 3
- Subject
- Photographs 7
- Letters (correspondence) 5
- Publications 5
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 3
- Newspapers 3
- Video recordings 3
- Annual reports 2
- College campuses -- Michigan -- East Lansing 2
- College students 2
- Parades 2
- Press releases 2
- Proceedings 2
- Women in higher education 2
- World War, 1914-1918 2
- World War, 1939-1945 2
- Agricultural innovations -- Exhibitions 1
- Agricultural machinery -- Exhibitions 1
- Biology -- Research 1
- College buildings 1
- College campuses 1
- College students -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Commencement ceremonies 1
- Commencement ceremonies -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Conference materials 1
- Continuing education -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Course materials 1
- Dairy scientists 1
- East Lansing (Mich.) 1
- Education, Higher -- Nigeria 1
- Elections -- United States -- 19th century 1
- Electronic mail messages 1
- Engineering -- Study and teaching 1
- Ephemera 1
- Family histories 1
- Farm mechanization 1
- Fascism -- Great Britain 1
- Grayling (Mich.) 1
- Homecoming -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Laboratories -- Design and construction 1
- Lectures 1
- Maps 1
- Marching bands -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Memorandums 1
- Michigan -- Centennial celebrations, etc. 1
- Microfilms 1
- Military education -- United States 1
- Newsletters 1
- Oral histories 1
- Posters 1
- Railroads -- Employees 1
- Research grants 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Spartan engineer 1
- State news (East Lansing, Mich.) 1
- Student activities 1
- Student activities -- Michigan 1
- Student movements 1
- Student strikes 1
- Universities and colleges -- Alumni and alumnae 1
- Universities and colleges -- Curricula 1
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty 1
- Video tapes 1
- Women -- Education (Higher) -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
- Yearbooks 1 + ∧ less
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