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Gilbert Jonas collection
Collection
Identifier: 00166
Scope and Contents of the Papers
The Gilbert Jonas collection covers the years 1852-1987, the bulk of the materials consisting of administrative working papers and newspaper clippings, dating 1955-1969. Much of the material within the collection is limited in depth of information because much of it is working papers covering numerous topics. The greatest strength of the collection is a wealth of information about Vietnam. Jonas avidly clipped newspaper articles, and there is subsequently over two cubic feet of...
Dates:
1852 - 1987
Gordon Schlubatis papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.342
Scope and Contents
The collection contains trip reports, correspondence, slides, maps and travel booklets related to Schlubatis' time spent working as an agriculture agent overseas. There are also awards, scrapbooks, and photographs. Also included are materials related to his wife Harriet Schlubatis including awards, a Michigan Normal School yearbook, and a student expense register.
Dates:
1905 - 1983
Greater Michigan Foundation records
Collection
Identifier: 00119
Scope and Contents
These office records cover the years 1954 to 1964 and contain correspondence, reports, information about committee memberships and activities, newspaper clippings, publications, promotional materials (posters, slides, records, etc.), information about awards and other activities relating to Michigan Week. There are also three scrapbooks, two of which are titled Muskegon County Community College Development from 1967 and one with miscellaneous clippings relating to Michigan Week from 1968...
Dates:
1951 - 1966
Harald S. and Marguerite I. Patton papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.437
Scope and Contents
Harald Patton papers primarily document his World War I experiences. The correspondence consists of letters written by Patton to Marguerite Irene Taylor, who later became his wife, friends and relatives, and dates almost entirely from 1915 to 1919. Included is a journal (in letter form) describing his voyage to England in 1915 on the troopship Northland. There are also postcards, photographs, and a scrapbook.Marguerite Patton papers includes correspondence, articles of...
Dates:
1884 - 1941
International Studies and Programs records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9
Scope and Contents
The collection contains International Studies and Programs records relating to international programs that Michigan State University participated in, as well as councils and committees about international programs and participation that MSU was involved in. Topics include rural and third-world development, international universities, foreign service, and programs available through MSU. The records contain reports to the Ford Foundation (1961-1970), which was a primary source of funding, as...
Dates:
1943 - 2016
Jackson Edmund Towne papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.46
Scope and Contents
This collection consists mainly of Towne’s correspondence, articles, and speeches. Also included in the collection are documents and correspondence concerning the estate of Annie L. Towne, his mother, and the papers of his wife, Katherine Doyle Towne.
The collection also includes papers on the World’s Columbian Exposition donated by Towne, consisting of committee reports, a contract for water services at the exposition, and two letters, one requesting exhibit space and the other...
Dates:
1892 - 1971
James Henry Denison papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.62
Scope and Contents
The James Denison papers include materials that were accumulated throughout Denison’s life. Denison’s personal papers consist primarily of correspondence, diaries, and newspaper clippings about himself. Also included are articles, stories, and poems written by Denison. Among the articles are several drafts of a piece he wrote about Mackinac Island, Michigan.
The bulk of the papers center around Denison’s professional career and in particular his career with the Michigan Office of...
Dates:
1925 - 1970
Leo M. Christensen papers
Collection
Identifier: 00174
Scope and Contents
I. PERSONAL MATERIALS. 0.5 cubic feetMaterials largely from Leo Christensen’s high school and college days. Includes commencement programs, college handbook, banquet and event programs, report cards, papers, valentines, Christmas cards, fraternal/honorary organizational materials, as well as the wedding invitation to Eva (Patterson) and Leo Christensen’s wedding.Arranged largely chronologically.
II. CORRESPONDENCE. 4.0 cubic feetThis...
Dates:
1837 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1880
Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Educators records
Collection
Identifier: 00217
Scope and Contents
The Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education records include records related to Julian Smith, Michigan Outdoor Education Association, Michigan Environmental Education Association, Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education, Project Wild and Environmental Curriculum. The Julian Smith records include articles and publications about outdoor education and recreation and camp activities manuals. There is one folder of correspondence and a few folders...
Dates:
1915, 1935-2011
Michigan Bean Company records
Collection
Identifier: 00110
Scope and Contents of the Records
Efforts covering a sixty-year span to improve farm markets through the pooling of farm commodities, the organization of growers and shippers, promotional marketing and advertising, and bean research are documented in letters, newspaper clippings, articles and legal documents in the collection. In these records are correspondence, memoranda and articles on state and federal agricultural subsidy programs and restrictions. There also is the Wickes Corporation merger, documented through notes,...
Dates:
1906 - 1980