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Scope and Contents Players from the NCAA Champion 1979 Spartan men's basketball team play in a ten-year reunion matchup against a team of more recent all-stars in the final basketball game played in Jenison Field House. A crowd of over 10,000 fans listen to Earvin "Magic" Johnson speak before the beginning of the game. Footage includes highlights from the game and interviews with players from both teams. The 1979 squad defeats the All-Stars, 95-93. The 1979 players are coached by Jud Heathcote, and the...

Scope and Contents Players from the NCAA Champion 1979 Spartan men's basketball team play in a ten-year reunion matchup against a team of more recent all-stars in the final basketball game played in Jenison Field House. A crowd of over 10,000 fans listen to Earvin "Magic" Johnson speak before the beginning of the game. Footage includes highlights from the game and interviews with players from both teams. The 1979 squad defeats the All-Stars, 95-93. The 1979 players are coached by Jud Heathcote, and the...

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...

Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The Madison Kuhn collection consists of materials accumulated by Kuhn during his tenure as University Historian. This collection, which was drawn from his reference files, constitutes only a small portion of the total documentation which he donated to the Archives. A large number of manuscript materials have been transferred, based on their provenance, to other University Archives collections. This collection deals largely, but not exclusively, with the history of Michigan State...

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...