Michigan State College
Organization
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
James R. Stiefel papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.195
Scope and Contents
The collection includes two boxes of slides that depict the Michigan State University campus during the fall and winter and also a marching band performance on the football field. There are also two scrapbooks, "Cloud burst and flood", and one without a title. The first scrapbook contains pictures of the flooding on streets in East Lansing and on the MSU campus from February 12-14, 1938, as well as views of campus from 1937. The second scrapbook contains pictures of campus in the 1930s,...
Dates:
1934 - 1952
John C. Randall papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.227
Scope and Contents
The John C. Randall collection includes articles and photographs. The images in the articles consist of John Randall with other yearbooks editors, Mary Termohlen, wedding photos of Dorne Dibble and Betty Donahue, football players Dorow, McAuliffe, and Thrower, and an article from the South Bend Tribune from October 28, 1950 about Michigan State College's victory over Notre Dame. The photographs consist of campus scenes and buildings, football, basketball, KAM President Dinner,...
Dates:
circa 1948-1953
Joseph Druse papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.230
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers, photographs, slides, and oversized materials. The bulk of the materials in the collection relate to Druse’s experience in Nigeria. Included are lecture notes for different courses; 80 slides featuring pots, baskets, houses, dolls, and masks; photographs featuring buildings, students, and individuals working with Druse; and a two issues of a Nsukka newspaper.The collection also contains several historical newspapers, an 1860 voter guide, maps,...
Dates:
1800, 1860, 1865, 1917-1964
Laurence G. Harmon collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.202
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials related to the dairy industry and includes the booklet “A History of Dairying in Michigan” by P. S. Lucas. The collection also contains the booklet “History of Dairy Development at Michigan State College.” The booklet seems to have been produced for the dedication of the new dairy cattle barns in 1929 and an invitation and program were inserted in the back of the booklet. There is also a folder with a historical review (1955-1972) of the Michigan Dairy...
Dates:
1956-1972, undated
Margaret Shadduck Foster papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.173
Scope and Contents
The Margaret Foster Shadduck collection contains programs, schedules, season tickets for Michigan State University Lecture-Concert Series and World Travel Series from 1968-1981. There are also Michigan State University class of 1926 reunion materials which include photographs and newsletters. Other materials include Shadduck's Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) diploma, graduation hood and a Cooperative Extension Workers creed.
Dates:
1968 - 1981
Maxwell A. Goodwin papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.204
Scope and Contents
The papers of Maxwell A. Goodwin include a five-page reminiscence titled “Some College Memories,” and ten photographs. Although it does not go into great detail, the reminiscence describes Goodwin’s college days and life after his graduation in 1929. He includes references to his captainship of the fencing team, membership in the Eunomian Society and the ROTC cavalry and social life. He also describes his work experiences immediately following the 1929 stock market crash, and service to...
Dates:
1926 - 1929, 2004; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1929
Michigan Bean Company records
Collection
Identifier: 00110
Scope and Contents of the Records
Efforts covering a sixty-year span to improve farm markets through the pooling of farm commodities, the organization of growers and shippers, promotional marketing and advertising, and bean research are documented in letters, newspaper clippings, articles and legal documents in the collection. In these records are correspondence, memoranda and articles on state and federal agricultural subsidy programs and restrictions. There also is the Wickes Corporation merger, documented through notes,...
Dates:
1906 - 1980
Michigan Master Farmers records
Collection
Identifier: UA-28.2
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials relating to Michigan Master Farmers which was sponsored by the Michigan Farmer newspaper and Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) to honor outstanding farmers. Materials include nomination letters and questionnaires, newsclippings about the master farmers and their farms, biographical information on medal winners, minutes of meetings, and information on miscellaneous activities. Folder date refers to the year of induction....
Dates:
1926 - 1951
Old Newaygo Dairy Herd Improvement Association records
Collection
Identifier: UA-28.9
Scope and Contents
The collection includes herd records, progress reports, printed materials, and letters relating to the Old Newaygo Dairy Herd Improvement Association (D.H.I.A.) of Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan.Several samples are included of early cow and herd records (1905-1913). Also included is a bulletin from the Dairy and Food Department (1907) describing cow-testing in Denmark, and the start of cow-testing in the United States.Other items include a state D.H.I.A. records; a...
Dates:
1905 - 1955
Public Relations records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-8.1
Scope and Contents
The Public Relations office records consist of subject files relating to campus, photographs, video recordings, annual reports, negatives and electronic resources. Topics of the subject files concern motion pictures, the MSU Centennial, magazine articles, conferences and workshops and many others.
The photographs in the collection include images of conferences and workshops on campus, people, buildings, campus life, commencement, student activities and organizations, student awards,...
Dates:
1943 - 2004