Michigan Agricultural College
Organization
Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:
Theophilus Capen Abbot papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.3
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence, poetry, speeches, and diaries. There are also Abbot's testimonial records from the State Board of Agriculture.
Dates:
1844 - 1893
UA 1.0 Michigan Board of Agriculture Report
Record Group — Volume Michigan State Board of Agriculture volumes
Identifier: Serial-00463
Scope and Contents
The Michigan Board of Agriculture Reports document that activities of ths Michigan State Agricultural Society which was formed to provide information to farmers.The Society went on to manage the Michigan Agricultural College. This responsibility was later turned over to a newly created State Board of Agriculture. Because of this yearly reports of the college appear in these volumes. Information about MSU includes, finances, enrollment, research acitivies, as well as reports by individual...
Dates:
1849-1859, 1864-1957
Victor R. Gardner papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.18
Scope and Contents
In 1972 and 1973, Professor Frank Dennis interviewed Victor Gardner as part of an oral history project. Gardner's papers include tape recordings and transcripts of these interviews as well as his own written reminiscences. In these Gardner discusses his experience while a student at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) (1901-1905), the development of the Horticultural Department and his colleagues in the department (1923-1945), and achievements throughout his...
Dates:
1972 - 1973
Walter Alfred Newton papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.17
Scope and Contents
Papers of Walter Newton consist of one scrapbook, containing programs, tickets, greeting cards, postcards, party invitations, photographs, and news clippings describing activities of the Phi Delta Society, athletic events, and campus life. Also included is Michigan Agricultural College memorabilia, as well as handouts from a surveying class, and a 1911 Commencement program.
Dates:
1909 - 1928
Wilbur Olin Hedrick papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.23
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the dictated manuscipt "Notes on M.A.C. History" by W. O. Hedrick which was completed around 1942. It is a candid and personal history of the campus, faculty, and students beginning around 1887, Hedrick's freshman year at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). A few of the topics covered in his "Notes" include Student Life, Social Committee Chairmanship, Commencements, Military Drill, and Faculty Strains and Tensions. The scrapbook...
Dates:
1942 - 1949
William L. Carpenter papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.411
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection is composed of letters Carpenter received and duplicates of many of those that he sent. Many of them are of an essentially personal nature. In later life he became particularly interested in family genealogy and many letters were written and received on this subject.Included in the collection are a number of writings by Carpenter relating his experiences as a lawyer and judge. References to Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University)...
Dates:
1851 - 1950