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Kuhn, Madison, 1910-1985

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1910 - 1985

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

AgBio Research records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.7
Scope and Contents The records contain financial records and budget information, section flyers, publication lists, STAT computer system information bulletins, research reports, Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center Annual Report for 1991 and strategic plan for 2000, Department of Agriculture Inventory, 1888 to 1902, Experiment Station Inventory-Botany, 1888 to 1903, “Experiment Station Notes,” 1941 to 1949, minutes of Experiment Station Council, 1892-1923, and Project Green legislative summaries...
Dates: 1897 - 2017
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Agricultural Club records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.3.42
Scope and Contents

The records of the Agricultural Club contain two copies of the club's constitution along with a later amendment to the constitution. Also contained, is a hardcover journal which served to hold the minutes of the club. The minutes span from 1920 to 1926 and detail the activities of the club, the nominees and officers of the executive board, and, at times, the financial situation of the club.

Dates: 1920 - 1926
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Albert A. Crane papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.47
Scope and Contents

Papers of Albert A. Crane consist of a diary (1872) and two letters between Madison Kuhn and Mrs. Neil Smith, niece of Albert Crane. Letters contain some biographical information. Diary discusses campus life, course work, and family life in Lyons, Michigan. Includes homework assignments, personal accounts, quotations, and a record of work done for the college.

Dates: 1872, 1952
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Aylmer Lasell papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00468
Scope and Contents

The collection contains an account journal of agricultural and personal expenses and purchases from March 30, 1835-December 1, 1867 and an account list of expenses from November 30, 1836-January 4, 1837. Also included are 3 personal letters. One letter, dated September 7, 1828, is from his brother; another letter, dated May 31, 1840, is from his mother; and the third letter, undated, is to his father.

Dates: 1828 - 1867
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Collation Literary Society records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.3.44
Scope and Contents

The records of the Collation Literary Society contain the handwritten minutes of the society from 1915 to 1929. The minutes describe discussions held by the society, usually pertaining to course materials and readings. Membership, committees, society politics, and society officers are also mentioned within the minutes.

Dates: 1915 - 1929
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.6
Scope and Contents The records consist of project summaries, newsletters, extension handouts, safety photo contest, safety posters, and National Dairy Engineering Conference proceedings. Also included is a 1948 dedication program for the agriculture engineering building and “From the Ground Up 75 Years of Progress in the Agricultural Engineering Department 1906-1981.” Also included are photographs of shop classes in the department. There are images of students in the classroom as well as in workshops...
Dates: 1907 - 2014
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

George Farr autobiography

 Collection
Identifier: c-00057
Scope and Contents This typed copy of George Farr's autobiography, entitled "My Own Life," tells of his childhood on a small farm in Erie County, New York, and his family's migration to Michigan in the 1850s. It describes farm life and work in rural Michigan in those years. The autobiography is primarily an account of the Civil War and of Farr's war experiences. He served briefly with the 1st Michigan Regiment, and later with the 4th U.S. Artillery. The autobiography gives a clear picture of camp...
Dates: undated
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

Office of the Registrar records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-6.7
Scope and Contents The Registrar's records include student records, grades, and exams; entrance applications and exams; applications and registration records for special courses in agriculture (1901); grade averages for residence halls, societies, etc.; instructor lists and teaching loads; internal reports (1964-1969); and miscellaneous administrative material. Student records, grades, and exams are primarily for the period 1870 to 1896. Electronic Resources include correspondence in the form of...
Dates: 1857 - 2015
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Robert Clark Kedzie papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.109
Scope and Contents The papers of Robert Clark Kedzie consist primarily of materials relating to his position at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) as a professor of chemistry from 1863 to his death in 1902. They include scrapbooks, lecture notes, correspondence, awards, and biographical material. The three scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, the first pertaining to the Samuel Johnson case in 1889, the second concerning the removal of M.A.C. President Lewis G. Gorton in 1895,...
Dates: 1851, 1863-1905, circa 1955, 1961
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

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Agriculture 2
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Agriculture -- Research 2
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College students -- Michigan -- East Lansing 2
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Education, Higher -- Michigan 2
Letters (correspondence) 2
Minutes (Records) 2
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Agricultural experiment stations 1
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Agricultural extension work -- Research 1
Agricultural laws and legislation -- Michigan 1
Agriculture -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
Agriculture -- Michigan -- Societies, etc. 1
Agriculture -- Safety measures 1
Autobiographies 1
Biochemistry 1
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 1
Chemistry -- Study and teaching 1
Chemistry, Organic 1
Cholera -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
College buildings 1
College registrars -- Michigan 1
Correspondence 1
Course description 1
Course schedules 1
Crop science 1
Daybooks 1
Diaries 1
Ecological economics 1
Education -- Michigan 1
Environmental economics 1
Erie County (N.Y.) 1
Family histories 1
Farms -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
Grading and marking (Students) 1
Horse breeds 1
Journals (accounts) 1
Ledgers (account books) 1
Letters 1
Livestock 1
Manuscripts 1
Meteorology 1
Michigan -- Description and travel 1
Molecular biology 1
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Notebooks 1
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Postcards 1
Potatoes -- Storage 1
Publications 1
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Scrapbooks 1
Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 1
Speeches 1
Spiritualism 1
Stones River, Battle of, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1862-1863 1
Student directories 1
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century 1
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