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The Abbott family collection includes general and personal correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, certificates, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and realia. This includes letters written and photographs taken by Ai and Elizabeth Abbott during their time in Peru, correspondence and journals from Inez Abbott and Ella Snyder during their time in Europe and Bulgaria, and photographs and realia relating to the Chicago Commons Settlement.

Scope and Contents The Barbara Quackenbush Collection contains a biographical information of Barbara Quackenbush and reminiscensce written by Barbara about her experiences as a female college student at Michigan State College during a period of war. The collection also includes a scrapbook which contains a graduation photograph of Barbara; a 1947 photo of MSC nursery school children; the 1946 Commencement Issue of the Michigan State Newspaper; football tickets from the 1945 season; an edition of...

Scope and Contents (1) SUBJECT FILES. 1946-1972, undated. 29.5 cubic feetThis series is composed of the files Munn kept as football coach and athletic director at Michigan State. It is divided into sixteen sub-series, a list of which can be found on the container listing preceding the inventory. The first four sub-series (1946-1959) each include three or more years. Beginning with 1959-1960 each sub-series covers one fiscal year (July-June). The only gap in the records is for the entire...

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The collection consists of photocopies of pages from the Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) yearbook, the Wolverine, from 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1942 that have handwritten dates of death for some students. Also included is play information from football games. The dates of the games are unknown but they are from a MSC vs. Wayne game and a MSC vs. University of Michigan game. There are also sheets that list the positions of the players.

Content Description The Mary-Kirk MacKinnon Woodford collection contains a scrapbook, photographs, alumni reunion materials. The scrapbook contains dance cards, event programs, concert programs, ephemera, football programs for 1922 and 1923, and Alpha Phi sorortiy materials. The scrapbook also includes photographs of students, campus and the exterior of the Alpha Phi house. Of note is a paper megaphone with the words “Go Get’em Aggies” compliments of the Men’s Style Shop of Lansing, yearbook receipts, Cap...

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The Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Brown collection contains photographs and glass negatives of Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). Images include a garage on the site where College Hall stood, the train station/depot on campus, the power house, and student cap night from 1923.

Scope and Contents The Michigan State College (MSC) football team of 1930 travels from East Lansing to Washington, D.C., to face Georgetown in the Spartans' first night game in their history. Team members are seen enjoying themselves in the windows of the Roosevelt Hotel, and witnessing a memorial wreath being laid at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The MSC Military Band and ROTC Band, under the direction of Leonard Falcone, accompanies the team to Washington and performs for President Herbert Hoover on the...

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The Michigan State Spartans football team practices plays in Macklin Stadium with assistant coach Duffy Daugherty. Close-ups of some players, including quarterback Al Dorow, MVP back Sonny Grandelius, and All-American tackle Don Coleman, are also on the film.

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Footage of the October 1942 game against the Marquette Hilltoppers at Macklin Field in East Lansing, Michigan. MSC Head Coach - Charlie Bachman; Marquette Head Coach - Thomas E. Stidham. Spartans lost 7-28.

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Footage of the October 1942 game against the Marquette Hilltoppers at Macklin Field in East Lansing, Michigan. MSC Head Coach - Charlie Bachman; Marquette Head Coach - Thomas E. Stidham. Spartans lost 7-28.