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Michigan Agricultural College

 Organization

Found in 126 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Ross collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-28.32
Scope and Contents The collection consists of 131 postcards received at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) from 1895 to 1904. The postcards are addressed to professors and other people such as H. W. Mumford, L. R. Taft, Clinton D. Smith, R. H. Petit, J. D. Towar, Arthur Bird, D. W. Trine, as well as to the Agricultural Experiment Station. The postcards contain requests for information about crops or fruit, subscriptions for the Farm Home Reading Circle, inspections for certification...
Dates: 1895 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1904
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Edwin Willits papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.4
Scope and Content

The Edwin Willits papers consist of correspondence, financial records, Willits' inaugural address at Michigan Agricultural College, and various education-related materials, primarily concerning natural science.

Dates: 1884 - 1889
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Emery Sherwood papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.58
Scope and Contents

The collection contains one letter, dated October 11, 1908, from Emery Sherwood to his mother describing student life at Michigan State University. The topics include expenses, class rush, and the University of Michigan football game and the celebration afterward.

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

Esther M. Rehkopf collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.81
Scope and Contents The collection contains college memorabilia collected by Esther M. Rehkopf. This includes a postcard of the Eunomian House, 1919-1920 YMCA Handbook from Michigan Agricultural College, and a 1921 commencement program. The memorabilia also includes the M.A.C. Catalog for 1917-1918, the college handbook for 1920-1921, student directories for 1917 through 1920, rules for women, regulations for undergraduate students, an M.A.C. souvenir booklet, The Holcad newsletter, athletics schedules, and...
Dates: 1917 - 1921
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Evan S. Martin papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.100
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of postcards of campus, three diplomas, correspondence.

Dates: 1908 - 1958
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Ezra Randolph Wilson papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.25
Scope and Contents

The Ezra Wilson scrapbook contains postcards, tickets, programs relating to activities at the Phi Delta Literary Society (Phi Delta Theta Fraternity) and at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), and photographs of friends and campus life. A report card dated 1914 lists Wilson's classes and standings to that date.

Dates: 1911-1915, 1920
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Florine Folks Plumb papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.198
Scope and Contents The collection consists of the poem "The 25th Anniversary of 4-H Clubs" written in 1940 by Plumb and newspaper and magazine articles from 1940, 1942, 1961, and 1983 about her being judged best in a contest and winning an REO touring car. Also included are two scans of a photograph of Plumb and her family in the touring car from 1910. The collection also contains a 1920 Baccalaureate Service Program and a 1920 M.A.C. (Michigan Agricultural College) Band Concert Program. ...
Dates: 1910 - 1991
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Forest Johnson collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-28.39
Content Description The collection consists of historical Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) material: a letter to Frank E. Rood of Covert, Michigan from O. C. Wheeler dated May 6, 1887; a letter to Mrs. Packard from Charles J. Monroe, Michigan Board of Agriculture member dated April 2, 1905; a M.A.C. catalog for 1883-1884; the May Festival program for an evening concert on May 28, 1915; a program for the M.A.C. first annual military field day on May 31, 1915; and an image from a...
Dates: 1883, 1887, 1905, 1915
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Frank Stewart Kedzie papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.8
Scope and Contents The collection has been maintained in its original order; alphabetically within a chronological framework. The overall arrangement has been divided into three main series: Correspondence, Subject Files, and Alumni Catalogue (1927). There are also miscellaneous materials, oversize, scrapbooks, and photographs.The Correspondence series consists of personal and professional correspondence between Frank S. Kedzie and colleagues, circa 1901-1933. Significant among the early papers...
Dates: 1855 - 1995
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Fraser family letters

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.441
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of photocopies of letters written by William Fraser, Eugene Law, and Fred E. Miller to John C. Fraser, his wife Mrs. Eliza M. Fraser or John Fraser (father of William and John C.) The letters describe their life at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). They write about work, classes and activities. Other topics included the buildings, professors, weather, sports and politics.

Dates: 1866 - 1881
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections