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Found in 127 Collections and/or Records:

Harold A. Cary papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.277
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two course schedule cards for Harold A. Cary for the second and third terms of 1922 at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University).

Dates: 1922
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Harriette Irving Robson papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.3
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Michigan Agricultural College class registration cards, health certificates, a transcript and personal correspondence regarding a teaching position in Cincinnati and an oversize collage of photographs from her education at the Thomas Normal Training School in Detroit, Michigan.

Dates: 1896 - 1907
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Henry G. Reynolds papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-1.2.1
Scope and Contents The Henry G. Reynolds collection of 4 volumes contains correspondence, receipts, bank deposits, purchase orders, board resolutions, and other records associated with Board of Agriculture and the Michigan Agricultural College. Of special note are papers related to the Samuel Johnson Affair (1886-1889) which culminated in the resignation of four professors and the suspension of 18 students. See Madison Kuhn collection (UA 17.107) for more information on the Samuel Johnson Affair. ...
Dates: 1886 - 1891
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Henry Hamilton Jenison papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.45
Scope and Contents

The papers of Henry H. Jenison consist of one volume in which he kept track of hours and type of work done for Michigan Agricultural College. Also included are a few quotes and accounts.

Dates: 1863 - 1867
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Herbert A. Berg papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.93
Scope and Content This collections contains publications about the history of Michigan Agricultural College, the impact the U.S. Civil War had on agricultural extension in Michigan, the Morrill Land Grant College Act and life of Bela Hubbard, an Michigan pioneer. Also included in the Berg collection are the articles of incorporation and by-laws and some correspondence of the Michigan State University chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, the national honorary extension fraternity. There is a newspaper plate from the...
Dates: 1930 - 1969
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Holcad, The UA 12.7.2

 Collection — Box 1-3
Identifier: Serial-00669
Dates: 1909 - 1925
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Howard D. Severance papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.323
Scope and Content

The Howard D. Severance papers consist of his 1903 B.S. degree in the Mechanical Course and his 1913 Civil Engineering degree both from Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University).

Dates: 1903, 1913
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Hugh A. Shadduck papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.87
Scope and Contents The Hugh Allen Shaddock collection contains the thesis, “The Life of Robert Clark Kedzie,” which was written as part of the initiation requirements into Alpha Chi Sigma, a national chemistry fraternity. The paper is partly based on interviews with Kedzie’s son, Professor Frank Stewart Kedzie. The thesis gives an overview of Robert Kedzie’s life, outlining his education and the various jobs he held, including his time as professor at Michigan State College (now Michigan State University). At...
Dates: 1929
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Hugh Irvin Glazier papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.144
Scope and Contents

Glazier's papers include newspaper accounts of President Theodore Roosevelt's visit to the college. Contents of his scrapbook include photographs, memorabilia, course schedules, and various items reflecting student life during this period.

Dates: 1903 - 1907
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Irma Thompson papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.35
Scope and Contents The Irma Thompson papers consist of correspondence and memorabilia from her time as a college student including dance cards, programs for dances, and programs for events on campus. The events were held by various organizations including Feronian Society, Hesperian Society, Eclectic Society, Olympic Society, MAC Oratorical Association, Union Literary Society, as well as the alumni association. There are also a number of plays, poems and short stories written by Irma and other classmates and...
Dates: 1835 - 1964
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections