Scope and Content

The Frank Mitchell collection contains an alumni program for 1907, articles and obituaries about Mitchell and photograph of the Michigan State University campus. The photographs include campus buildings and scenes, class rivalry and pranks, fields, generators, power plant, the Red Cedar river including images of flooding. Also included are images with Lyman Frimodig, Frank Mitchell, and MSU and Ohio State baseball coaches.

Scope and Contents

The Robert Gartung collection contains photographs of campus taken from 1935 to 1950 and 1984. The photos include Old Horticulture building, Entomology building, Student Services, Beaumont Tower, and the Spartan Statue. There are also photographs of the horticulture gardens next to the Old Horticulture building, the Red Cedar River in winter, as well as a photograph of Robert Gartung in graduation robes.

Series Description From the Record Group: News Releases SeriesThe news releases contain information on students, graduations and honors lists for hometown newspapers; faculty biographies, awards, speeches, papers and publications; the official policies of the University; and campus non-athletic activities and events. One event that has a large number of news releases is the MSU Centennial, which took place in 1955. There are gaps in the series during the period 1956 to June 1965. There are...