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Dates

  • Existence: 1955

Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:

The State News records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.7.2
Scope and Contents The records of the State News consist of a style book from 1929, a handbook from 1972 and an undated handbook possibly from the 1970s. There are also sample banners (Complete issues selected to show varying banners) (1925-1954) and selected issues (selected on basis of headline or relevance to University or East Lansing history). Also included are a few issues of the supplements including “Collage,” “MSU Extra,” and “Counterpoint.” Also included are...
Dates: 1925 - 1999
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Triennial Capsule Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: c-00190
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a letter from the Triennial Capsule Committee of Lansing Community College to Michigan State University, thanking MSU for its donation of materials to the capsule. Also included are a list of other donors and their donations and a program from the Lansing Bicentennial Celebration at the capsule dedication.

Dates: 1976
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Tyler Silvestri papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.366
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of the volume In the shadow of Beaumont Tower: an anthology by Tyler Silvestri. It contains student papers, occasional writings and reflections on his years (2013-2017) as an undergraduate student at Michigan State University.

Dates: 2017
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Unattributed MSU History collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-26.3
Scope and Content The collection contains MSU historical materials from unknown sources. The materials include an announcement for an alumni reunion, alumni reunion program held during the Semicentennial year, Feronian Society twenty-fifth anniversary event program, program for the junior banquet for the class of 1906, a page recording weekly hours for labor for the Mechanical Engineering department in 1895, postcards of the library (Linton Hall) and Wild Garden (Beal Garden), MIAA field meet ticket,...
Dates: 1867-1989, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

West Shaw Informant newsletter

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.7.37
Scope and Contents The collection contains five issues of the West Shaw Informant for 1955-1956. The issues include an introduction to the hall itself, dress rules of the cafeteria, and reminders of quiet hours and phone usage. There is also information and statistics on intramural sports, which vary from football to bowling to ping pong. Also included are updates about General Council meetings, campus events, movie theater listings and activities with the women of their...
Dates: 1955 - 1956
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William Purdy Peters papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.105
Scope and Contents

William Purdy Peters papers consist of a nine page paper entitled "Opening Closed Doors," which describes Michigan State University from about 1926 to 1928, when Peters was a student. The paper discusses classes (physical education, English, and animal husbandry), Reserve Officer Training Corp, professors, students, student activities (including hazing and class rush), and the city of East Lansing.

Dates: 1983
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Women's Advisory Committee to the Vice President for Student Affairs and Services records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-7.5
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a survey on sexism experienced by women students at Michigan State University.

Dates: circa 1980
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections