Michigan State University
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1955
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur Sorenson collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.266
Scope and Contents
The Arthur Sorenson collection consists of a scrapbook documenting his college years and a folder of photocopies of materials that were originally in the scrapbook. The scrapbook contains photographs, event programs and ribbons, dance cards, correspondence, announcements, tickets, and newspaper clippings. The photographs depict athletic events, university organizations, school events, candid pictures of students, images of campus, and other miscellaneous events.
The scrapbook includes...
Dates:
1903 - 1913
Bill Castanier collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.370
Scope and Contents
This collection contains thirteen glass-plate negatives, depicting scenes of the campus of Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), including farm and greenhouse buildings, the Chemical Laboratory, Morrill Hall, Agriculture Hall, and the original President's House. Although the images are undated, the buildings and dress suggest that they date to the late 1800s.Also included in this collection are a MSU Santa cartoon drawn by Phil Frank, and three decorated...
Dates:
1934 - 1935
Building records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-4.9.1
Scope and Contents
The collection contains specifications, correspondence, bills, and blueprints of many campus buildings. The collection is split into four series. The Buildings series contains files related to buildings. The buildings are arranged alphabetically. The Subject Files series contains files that are not related to specific buildings. These include reports, files containing material on several buildings, grounds, lighting, tunnels and conduits, drains, and swamp land sales,...
Dates:
1856 - 1987
Ernest H. Bradner papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.206
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a letter written on March 7, 1866 to his aunt, Sarah Fairman. He describes life at the Agricultural College, including a schedule of a typical day and descriptions of the campus. Although the letter is not signed with Bradner’s last name, the college catalog for that time lists only one pupil with the first name of Ernest.
Dates:
1866
Howard J. Root collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.265
Scope and Contents
The Howard J. Root collection contains two issues of the Holcad for 1921 and 1922 advertising the yearbook sale, a newspaper clipping about Michigan's anti-aircraft regiment, and a proposal for printing of the Wolverine yearbook. The collection also contains photographs of East Lansing, Lansing, portraits of MAC students and faculty, organizations, activities, dances, athletics and campus scenes. The images of organizations include Eunomian, Tau...
Dates:
1913 - 1930
Kellogg Center records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-5.5.3
Scope and Contents
Kellogg Center records consist of one scrapbook (1951) containing photographs of the Center's dedication ceremony, brochures, Guest Services information booklets, Visiting Chef Series flyers, and "The Story of the Kellogg Center" from 1951.
Dates:
1951 - 2002
Lenore Nixon Johnson collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.212
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photographs and postcards. The photographs are of the 1913 winter term Union Literary Society party and an image of three women holding decorations for a party possibly in association with the Sororian Literary Society. The postcards consist of Michigan State University buildings including the Poultry Plant, Armory, Wells Hall #2 decorated with banners and an unlit bonfire in the front, Women's Building, an aerial view of campus, and a drawing of the...
Dates:
1909 - 1913; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1910
Linda Oliphant Stanford papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.256
Scope and Contents
The Linda O. Stanford papers contain research files and photographs for the book MSU Campus--Buildings, Places, Spaces by Stanford and C. Kurt Dewhurst. The research files comprise 1.5 cubic feet, followed by 0.5 cubic feet of photograph files. Also included are slides that Stanford used for teaching and for the book. The slides include images of Michigan State University buildings and grounds as well as maps and a few historical photos. Both series are...
Dates:
1983 - 1991
Office of the Vice President for Finance, Operations, and Treasurer records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-5
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of the Vice President for Finance, Operations, and Treasurer consist of a list of MSU property (1964), a proposal for a Geosciences Center at MSU (undated), and a memorandum (undated). Also included are Annual Reports for 1959, 1967, 1969, 1990, and 1995.
The Electronic Resources include correspondence in the form of e-mail memos and attachments.
Dates:
1959 - 2015
Public Relations records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-8.1
Scope and Contents
The Public Relations office records consist of subject files relating to campus, photographs, video recordings, annual reports, negatives and electronic resources. Topics of the subject files concern motion pictures, the MSU Centennial, magazine articles, conferences and workshops and many others.
The photographs in the collection include images of conferences and workshops on campus, people, buildings, campus life, commencement, student activities and organizations, student awards,...
Dates:
1943 - 2004