Hamilton, Ruth Simms
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Department of Sociology records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.113
Scope and Contents
The records consist of reports and publications, information about graduate studies, materials related to rural sociology, and curriculum materials. There are also graduate student manuals, an undergraduate student manual, and department meeting minutes. Reports of note include Students’ Beliefs About Post-War Problems, 1944; Social Backgrounds of MSU Athletes, circa 1962; Centennial Farms in Michigan, 1956; Social Effects of the Depression, 1938; and Utopian Communities in the United...
Dates:
1937-2012, 2021, undated
John Melton Hunter papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.314
Scope and Content
The John Melton Hunter papers contain extensive materials in the field of medical geography and health, demography, geography and cartography. It includes original text and map manuscripts and original field notebooks, correspondence, and some photographs of John Hunter. The focus of the collection is strongest on West Africa, in particular Ghana, but also ranges across other regions of Africa, and includes documents on British and Latin American geography.
Dates:
1950s-2000s
Michigan State University
Series
Scope and Contents
Administrative files, publications, memos, correspondence, notes.
The Michigan State University series contains materials related to Wharton's presidencey at MSU. Materials include pre-appointment materials, administration, governance of the university students, correspondence, events, articles about Wharton, speeches and background material, and book research. See collection UA 2.1.14 for the majority of Clifton Wharton's MSU presidential records.
There is also material related to...
Dates:
1943 - 2017
Ruth Simms Hamilton papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.269
Scope and Contents
The Ruth Simms Hamilton papers consist of subject files and research materials on African American issues, including civil rights and affirmative action at MSU and other universities. The collection includes case studies of MSU conflicts and protests, newspaper clippings, files about other countries, files about university programs, and papers written by Hamilton and others.Also included are files about MSU student organizations which include Akers Black Caucus, Associated Black...
Dates:
1968 - 1982