Linda Eoline Landon papers

Record Group

Identifier: UA-17.124

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Linda Landon papers consist of an undated photograph album of Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) from circa 1875-1876.

Dates

Creation: undated

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Biographical Note

Linda Eoline Landon, nee Vought, was born in New York and later moved with her family to Niles, Michigan. There she married Rufus W. Landon in 1877. He died in 1886. She served as a teacher in the Kalamazoo, Michigan public schools for some time. Later she was the librarian at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) from 1891 to 1932. She died on September 29, 1942. See Board of Trustees minutes (October 23, 1942, page 1863) for a resolution made by the State Board of Agriculture on the death of Landon.