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Dates

  • Existence: 1955

Found in 26 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

Alfred Day Hershey papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.118
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of newspapers, magazines, MSU serials with articles about the work of Hershey, programs from the MSU commemoration of Hershey, announcement of seminars given by Hershey and manuscripts he wrote including his Ph.D. thesis and his Nobel Lecture of December 12, 1969.

Dates: 1934 - 1970
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

Alwynelle Self Ahl Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.339
Scope and Contents The collection contains black and white photographs of Ray Self and Alwynelle Self Ahl wearing Michigan State College clothing and apparel in 1949 and 1950. There are two photos of Ray Self, age 3, wearing a cap with a Spartan S and a green and white suite. He is posing with a stuffed elephant with MSU on it. There is also a photo of Ray and Alwynelle at the beach wearing MSU green and white wool jackets. The clothing was a gift from their uncle, MSU professor Alvin Parker. The photos...
Dates: 1949 - 1950
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

College of Social Science records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-15.11
Scope and Contents The records of the College of Social Science include social work lectures (1958-1962), appointments (1962-1965), handbooks of undergraduate courses (1970-1972), a report on a multi part survey on the purpose, operations, attitudes and perceptions of Michigan State University (1970), a health care plan proposal (1971), curriculum descriptions (1966), college development papers (1967), and an administrators' handbook (1970). Also included are alumni newsletters, ...
Dates: 1954 - 2015
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Faculty Associates records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-18.3
Scope and Contents The records of the Michigan State University Faculty Associates (MSUFA) contain material pertaining to a 1977 vote concerning faculty unionization. Included in this collection are newsletters published by the MSUFA for its members; miscellany of the American Association of University Professors, which, along with the MSUFA, looked out for faculty interests; a report on salaries at Michigan State University; correspondence; news articles relating to the vote for faculty organization; and...
Dates: 1970 - 1990
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

First Day Covers and Stamp collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-28.30
Scope and Content

The collection consists of First Day Covers (stamps) and other commemorative ephemera.

Dates: 1948-1955, 1962, 1975, 2005
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Gordon Guyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-2.1.18
Scope and Content The records of Gordon Guyer were created or collected primarily in his capacity as acting President of Michigan State University. Guyer was acting president for one year from 1992 to 1993 during which a formal search for a new president was conducted and the appointment was completed. For that reason, the amount of records created during his presidency is reduced. These records are organized in four series: Administrative, Correspondence, Speeches, and Subjects Files....
Dates: 1992 - 1993
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Harold B. Tukey collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.104
Scope and Content This collection consists of an oral history recording on audio cassette tape. The recording is reminiscences of Ruth Tukey Bates (widow of Harold B. Tukey, later Mrs. Emmert Bates) made at her home in Woodland, Michigan on August 30, 1978. Bates recounts aspects of Harold Tukey's professional life, including his graduate studies at the University of Chicago, his work with embryo culture of stone fruits, his decision to move to East Lansing to head the Michigan State College Department of...
Dates: 1978
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Harris Olson CUMREC records

 Collection
Identifier: UA-28.3
Scope and Contents

CUMREC records consists of historical displays for 1956-1971, financial information, a flag, slides, pins and badges, newsletters, policies, and members.

The electronic resource consists of a documentary style video called "The Celebration of an Idea, the Realization of a Dream" commemorating the 50th anniversary of CUMREC. The video gives a historical account of administrative computing, Frank Martin, and past conferences.

Dates: 1956 - 1999
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections