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Michigan State University

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1955

Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

Arnold M. Hopperstead collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.205
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of postcards of the class rush of 1914, and a CD of scanned images of the postcards. The photographs contain images of the interior of Trimoria fraternity house, friends of Hopperstead, and a group shot of the engineering class of 1920. Also included is an oversized image of the class of 1918. The papers include a Trimoria initiation banquet menu for June 12, 1920 and a list of the members of the Pinetum Literary Club for the Fall term of 1917.

Dates: 1914 - 1920

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

Barbara Dahlem papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.230
Scope and Contents

The Barbara Dahlem papers consist of a scrapbook that contains newspaper clippings, sporting event tickets, and other items which document Dahlem's time at MSU. The materials encompass the time when the Union was used as a women's dormitory because of overcrowding in the women's dorm. The remainder of the scrapbook features party invitations, get-well cards, her friend's wedding announcements, and other notes of friendship. There are also a few clippings about her husband.

Dates: 1936 - 1944

Bartlett Augustus Nevins papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.11
Scope and Contents

Papers of Bartlett A. Nevins consist of an autograph book (1875) signed by faculty members, Nevin's classmates, and members of his fraternity, Delta Tau Delta, a Michigan Agricultural College commencement program from 1878, and a short biography of Nevins by his daughter.

Dates: 1875, 1878

Ben K. Bentley collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.249
Scope and Contents

The Ben K. Bentley collection contains photographs of members of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, the Michigan Agricultural College baseball team and students in uniform.

Dates: circa 1880-1890

Benjamin Lafene collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.221
Scope and Contents The Benjamin Lafene collection consists of a scrapbook kept during his time at Michigan State University, as well as personal items from his time at Louisiana State University and Kansas State University. Items in the scrapbook include dance cards, photographs, objects pertaining to the Forensic Literary Society and Lambda Chi Alpha, event ticket stubs, and autographs from fellow students, and other mementos. Loose materials and items Lafene never adhered to the scrapbook pages were removed...
Dates: 1919 - 1988

Bertha K. Muehlmann papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.209
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two letters Bertha Muehlmann wrote to her future husband Fred J. Rittschof. In the letters she discusses the cold weather and several upcoming dances. Also included is a photograph of Bertha with two other unknown women; she is in the center.

Dates: 1907, Undated

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

Best Practice Briefs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-00720
Dates: 1998 - 1999

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