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Michigan Agricultural College

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Found in 127 Collections and/or Records:

Cleo M. Colburn papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.384
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a Michigan Agricultural College Federal Preparatory School diploma (1923), and a 1922 certificate for completion of a M.A.C. two year short course. Both were awarded to Cleo M. Colburn. The short course certificate is undated but the tube it was mailed to Colburn in was dated February 18, 1922. The return address was Short Course Department, Michigan Agriculture College (now Michigan State University).

Dates: 1922 - 1923
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Clinton D. Smith papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.170
Scope and Contents This collection consists of an annotated photocopy of one letter written by Clinton D. Smith to the Wheelers on November 29, 1902. Smith describes many of recent happenings on the Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) campus including the death of Robert Kedzie. He also mentions William J. Beal, Robert Shaw, Ulysses P. Henrick, and Levi R. Taft. Topics in the letter include changes in personnel, the cutting down of trees on campus and the personal lives of some of...
Dates: 1902
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Coats and Davenport families collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-28.47
Scope and Contents The Coats and Davenport families collection contains correspondence between Emma Coats Davenport, her parents, and her husband describing day to day family life and life on the farm. The collection also contains letters from other friends and relatives. During the time Eugene and Emma lived at Michigan Agricultural College (M.A.C.) (now Michigan State University), the letters contain descriptions of campus life, people, and Eugene’s activities. Later after they moved away, there are the...
Dates: 1880-1900, 2023
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

College Speculum, The UA 12.7.5

 Collection — Box 1-3
Identifier: Serial-00662
Dates: 1881 - 1895
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

David L. Friday papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.9
Scope and Content

The David L. Friday papers consist primarily of lecture correspondence. There are also a set of financial records (mostly undated) that might pertain to Friday's tenure at the University of Michigan, some telegrams and newsclippings, legislative material, and Friday's working papers.

Dates: 1913 - 1923; Majority of material found within 1921 - 1923
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Diploma collection

 Record Group
Identifier: 00000-Diploma
Scope and Content

The Diploma collection is an artificial collection comprised of college diplomas from various record groups or accessions.

Dates: Various
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Dorothy Pettit Reed Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.337
Scope and Contents

The Dorothy Pettit Reed Collection contains the book 14 Faculty Row: A Historical Account of Michigan Agricultural College Now Known as Michigan State University by Dorothy Pettit Reed. The book contains remiscences of her childhood living in faculty housing on the campus of Michigan Agricultural College.

Dates: 1978
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Eagle, The UA 12.7.22

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-00249
Dates: 1892 - 1893
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Earle M. Hough papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.274
Scope and Content

The collections consists of photographs of the class of 1916, unidentified people in groups and a horse and buggy.

Dates: 1916
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Edward H. Ryder papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.40
Scope and Contents The Edward H. Ryder collection contains correspondence, travel information from his trip around the world in 1923 and personal remembrances, including memorials and programs. Also found in the collection are materials pertaining to his wife, Georgia Smyth Ryder. The collection also contains correspondence to and from both Edward and Georgia Ryder. It includes copies of their original birth certificates as well as their obituaries. The bulk of the material relates to Edward Ryder and his...
Dates: 1854 - 1955
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections