Department of Forest Products records

Record Group

Identifier: UA-22.30

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a scrapbook of photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, and news releases about an experimental house in Okemos, Michigan built in association with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The house was made with pre-fabricated materials. The Articles folder contains additional articles about the house, and a booklet from the NAHB about the house. The brochure folder contains a brochure about the forest products department. Also included is a Wood Deterioration Conference handout.

The collection also includes unpublished annual reports for 1958-68.

Dates

Creation: 1953 - 1960

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

The Forest Products department first appeared in the college catalog for the 1952-1953 school year. The department had previously been called the Department of Wood Utilization in the conservation division of the College of Agriculture. In 1957, the packaging curriculum separated from the Department of Forest Products. The Department of Forest Products last appeared in the college catalog in 1969.