Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures records

Record Group

Identifier: UA-16.10

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection contains the poetry newsletter “Centering.” There are also a department procedure report, report on student writing, honors course syllabi, and history of the department. Also included are the proceedings for the symposium “Half Century Ago: Michigan in the Great Depression.”

Dates

Creation: 1945 - 1990
Creation: Majority of material found within 1964 - 1990

Creator

Michigan State University. Department of Written and Spoken English (Organization)
Michigan State University. School of Labor and Industrial Relations (Organization)

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.

Historical Note

In 1952 the Department of Communications Skills was created in the Basic College. In 1961 the name of the department changed to American Thought and Language. In 2003 it became Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures.