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Dates

  • Existence: 1955

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

1907 Semi-Centennial records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-13.3.2
Scope and Contents

Materials in this collection consist of correspondence, replies to invitations, cards of delegates who attended, programs and miscellaneous papers pertaining to specific events, various newspapers (primarily Michigan) from early 1907, and a certificate of congratulation (1907).

The collection also contains postcards and photographs.

Dates: 1906 - 1908
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Alumni Association records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.2
Scope and Contents Records of the Society of Alumni of Michigan Agricultural College, 1868-1913 This series includes a Minute Book (1869-1916) which contains: Constitution of 1869, signatures of members in 1885, and minutes of annual and triennial business meetings. The minutes generally do not record alumni discussion of college programs, but do include resolutions supporting the labor system, women’s education, and athletics at MAC. Most entries concern the election...
Dates: 1869 - 2019
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Anniversary and Memorial Occasions records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-13.3.3
Scope and Contents

The collection includes commemorative programs, resolutions, reports, and addresses pertaining to various events in Michigan State University's history, from the 1899 recognition of Ten Years of Progress to the 1966 dedication of MSU's self-service postal station. Includes records of the Emancipation Proclamation Centennial.

Dates: 1899 - 1966
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Bessey family papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.416
Scope and Contents The Bessey family papers have been arranged into the following series: Biographical Data, Manuscripts and Publications, General, Correspondence, Scrapbooks, Oversized materials and Photographs.The biographical data series includes information on Charles and Ernst Bessey, and on relatives of Edith Carleton Higgins (Mrs. Ernst A. Bessey), including her mother, Ella M. (Noyes) Higgins (1851-1913); her sisters, Mabel Cornell Porter and Bertha Noyes and, her brothers, Leslie A. Higgins...
Dates: 1878 - 1968
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

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
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Capital Area Rail Council (CARC) records

 Collection
Identifier: 00248
Scope and Content

These records are primarily documents that were created for and during the meetings of the Capital Area Rail Council. They include agendas, minutes, correspondence and other communications, legal documents, and drawings for railway station upgrades. In addition, there are several files that describe the history of the council. The collection also contains numerous electronic files, many of which were also included in paper format.

Dates: 1974 - 2006
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Centennial Review of Arts & Sciences (Arts & Letter) records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.142
Scope and Content

The collection consists of unpublished annual reports from 1956 to 1969, correspondence, and the Centennial Review serial.

Dates: 1957 - 1969
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Commencement records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-13.1
Scope and Contents

This collection contains speeches, instructions, invitations, exercises, correspondence, minutes, and duplicate programs.

Dates: 1862 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1981
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Consortium for the Study of Nigerian Rural Development (CSNRD) records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.15
Scope and Contents The records document the efforts of the Consortium for the Study of Nigerian Rural Development (Michigan State University, Colorado State University, Kansas State University, Ohio State University, University of Wisconsin, Research Triangle Institute of the University of North Carolina, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Interior,) under contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development to improve agriculture in Nigeria through education, research and investment....
Dates: 1964 - 1969
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

David Dylan Jones papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 135 large
Scope and Contents

The David Dylan Jones papers contain manuscripts, typescripts, carbon copies, and printed matter of articles, poetry and correspondence relating to his membership in the Michigan State University Railroad Club, research interests in railrod history, and more broad literary activities, including his manuscript "Death, Van Dyke Style."

Dates: approximately 1969-2000
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections