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 Organization

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 1955

Found in 232 Collections and/or Records:

Charles A. Flowers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.406
Content Description The Charles A. Flowers Collection consists of State News negatives and prints that Flowers took during his time as a student at Michigan State University. The photographs include a range of topics such as sports, campus life, People’s Park, campus and community buildings, people, animals, and feature photographs. Also included in the collection is a folder of State News Clippings, a majority written by Flowers. Finally, the collection further consists of negatives and prints taken by Flowers...
Dates: 1969-1971, Undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Charles H. Alvord papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.20
Scope and Contents

The Charles Alvord scrapbook primarily contains photographs of Alvord's family and friends, scenes of Adrian, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; Lake Michigan; Ohio; and Texas (1894-1901). Also included are photographs of Michigan Agricultural College dorm rooms and the campus.

Dates: 1894 - 1901
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Cheerleaders Reunion papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.8.1
Scope and Contents The papers consist of a memory book compiled by R. Ernest Dear for the 50th anniversary of the 1953-1954 Michigan State University cheerleading squad. The book includes photographs of the squad, an account of how the first "Sparty" mascot was made, newspaper clippings with photographs from the Rose Bowl trip (including a few of "Sparty"), biographies of members of the squad, a list of cheers, and photographs of the 1954-1955 cheerleading squad. The cover and back art contain images of...
Dates: 2003
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Chester Clark papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.262
Scope and Contents

The Chester Clark papers consist of htree of Clark's letters to Joseph Price. In the letters Clark describes his graduation from high school, the farm he lived on, his garden and fair prizes, and hist first week as a freshman at Michigan Agricultural College. Also included is a newspaper clipping from "The Boys World" advertising Clark's interest in a pen pal, and a photograph of Chester Clark taken May 1, 1936.

Dates: 1936
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Chicano/Latino t-shirt and textile collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 456
Scope and Contents The Chicano/Latino T-shirt and Textile collection consists draw upon many Midwest US related themes. Items included are a MSU ChiSPA team shirt for Las Comadres, Dia de la Mujer and other MSU Chicanx student and staff events; shirts from the campaigns of Elena Herrada for the Detroit City Charter Commission and Detroit School Board, the Tony Benavides Lansing Michigan mayoral campaign, and the imprisonment of Puerto Rican FALN member and political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera (President Obama...
Dates: 1974 - 2016
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Chicanos y Latinos Unidos records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.3.47
Scope and Contents

The Chicanos y Latinos Unidos records contain meeting announcements, Para la Gente newsletters, and posters advertising group activities.

Dates: 2008 - 2009
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Clare B. Waldron papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.95
Scope and Content

The papers of Clare Waldron consist of a photograph album containing portraits of Michigan Agricultural College faculty and students from the Class of 1887.

Dates: 1887
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Clerical-Technical Union (CTU) records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-18.10
Scope and Content

The Clerical-Technical Union (CTU) Records consists of agreements between MSU and MSUEA, announcements of meetings, a proposed MSUEA Constitution, MSUEA Classification Study Committee Report, memos, a vote notice, and an information pamphlet.

Dates: 1974 - 2007
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

College of Communication Arts and Sciences records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-15.8
Scope and Contents The records from the College of Communication Arts and Sciences include research reports about various forms of communication in rural South America, Africa, and Asia. There are also materials from the Communication Studies Committee (1953-1955), radio and television conferences (1946-1956), and the A.I.D. Diffusion Project (1964-1966). Other materials include educational television brochures and pamphlets, WKAR dedication program, and the proposal for a study on operational conditions on...
Dates: 1946 - 2015
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