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Colombia Project records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.8
Scope and Contents
Colombia Project records include official and special reports on the Project; contracts between Michigan State University and the University of Colombia, as well as contracts with funding bodies, the Universities of Medellin and Palmira, and other involved organizations; work plans dealing with specific agricultural or economic issues; and reports pertaining to the Point Four Program and to the Kellogg Foundation. These records include a variety of materials related to agriculture, including...
Dates:
1942 - 1967
Consortium for the Study of Nigerian Rural Development (CSNRD) records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.15
Scope and Contents
The records document the efforts of the Consortium for the Study of Nigerian Rural Development (Michigan State University, Colorado State University, Kansas State University, Ohio State University, University of Wisconsin, Research Triangle Institute of the University of North Carolina, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Interior,) under contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development to improve agriculture in Nigeria through education, research and investment....
Dates:
1964 - 1969
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (Plant, Soil and Microbial Science) records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.36
Scope and Contents
This collection contains miscellaneous papers from the department. The earliest record is a 19th century record book of experiments about growing beets, possibly copied from another source. The entries include “Experiments with Sugar Beets” by F. F. Tanner, “Experiments with Sugar Beets” by A. T. Stevens, “Experiments with Roots to Determine the Relative Value of Sod versus Stubble, Sand versus Clay, and Clay versus Hummus Soil for Beets, Carrots, and Ruta Bagas” by Luther H. Baker,...
Dates:
1891 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1994
Dora Hall Stockman papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-1.1.11
Scope and Contents
Dora Hall Stockman was an East Lansing, Michigan resident and was actively involved in local affairs. The collection contains a typed transcript of her autobiography, correspondence, publications, and newspaper clippings of the various activities in which she participated.Stockman's primary interest was in the State Grange. As an active member she helped establish county Granges throughout the state and held several state offices including that of State Grange Lecturer (1914-1930)....
Dates:
1910 - 1948
Dunks family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00123
Scope and Contents
The Dunks family papers consist primarily of correspondence addressed to Oliver Dunks of Detroit and Coldwater, Michigan, the bulk of which is dated in the 1860s. The letters discuss business, agriculture, and social activities in Southern Michigan. Several also deal with important aspects of the Civil War period, such as "Copperhead" feeling in the North, the election of 1864, and Lincoln's assassination.Of particular interest are letters from Julius Dunks discussing the...
Dates:
1836 - 1877
Eben Mumford papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.91
Scope and Contents
The papers of Eben Mumford contain case notes, data, and manuscripts of rural communities and land utilization studies of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Professional correspondence, research data, manuscripts, research notes from the agriculture experiment station, standard of living in Michigan projects, the rural church project, and Michigan school districts are also found in Mumford’s papers. Also included are class notes, possibly from classes Mumford taught.The...
Dates:
1915 - 1940
Educational Development Program records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.5
Scope and Contents
The Educational Development Program records include project reports, reports on education topics, a progress report to the Ford Foundation (1964-1965), correspondence (1966), a diary of Robert H. Davis pertaining to his visit with agriculture faculty in Balcarce, Argentina (1970), a survey of university policies on student life (undated), and the report “The University, The Community, and Michigan’s Children Final Report of the MSU International Year of the Child Committee.” Also included...
Dates:
1963 - 1980
Elton B. Hill papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.67
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection contains material relating to the issues that interested Hill most as a teacher and researcher. He taught a number of courses on farm appraisal and agricultural finance, and his reference material appears here. Land tenure, especially the legal and moral implications of father-son partnerships and farm ownership transfers, were of special interest to him.In addition to this, there is also a scrapbook and some memorabilia from his college days at...
Dates:
1862 - 1972
English family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00064
Scope and Contents
This collection relates mainly to Albert D. English, his wife, the former Marion Brown Monteith, their daughter Jean English Wisner, and Albert's sister, Annetta English.Many letters in Albert's personal correspondence, especially those from his sister, Annetta, contain references of local historical interest. Annetta English, in her diaries and essays, recorded a great deal of the history of the Manchester, Michigan area. Albert kept personal notes in this field, and also...
Dates:
1829 - 1954
Farmers' Institutes records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-22.6
Scope and Contents
Farmers' Institutes records contain correspondence about the institutes and educational outreach programs held around the state. Correspondence is arrange by countyAlso included is a notebook given to attendees so that they could take notes on the techniques and information given during the meetings. Drawings of campus buildings and information encouraging people to enroll in college are featured on the pages of the notebook. The notebook is blank except for a few notes that...
Dates:
1876 - 1961