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Collection
Identifier: 00230
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of glass plate negatives depicting an unidentified family at home and contains images of the family members posing at various places around the home. The images may be of Professor Rufus Hiram Pettit's family. He is not pictured but his name was written on the original box. There are also 2 pictures of the cast of a theatrical performance.
Dates:
undated
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.164
Scope and Contents
The James Bonnen papers include reports and other information that Bonnen collected while serving on the Michigan State University (MSU) President's Select Advisory Committee for University Planning and Priorities Committee. The papers also contain a folder of materials collected by Bonnen on the dispute between the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) and Provost David Scott over control of the Cooperative Extension Service in the early 1990s.Also included is...
Dates:
1949 - 2003
Collection
Identifier: 00026
Scope and Contents of the Papers
The James Taylor papers include correspondence, receipts, and other materials dealing with his business and personal activities. Throughout the correspondence there are numerous letters concerning education, particularly at the college level. One letter, dated February 26, 1865 gives a good account of academic life at the University of Michigan. The collection also contains personal correspondence about life in general. Most of the receipts pertain to Taylor's agricultural implement business...
Dates:
1855 - 1900
Collection
Identifier: MSS 569 large
Scope and Contents
The James Tiptree, Jr. Award records contain short lists and long lists of recognized science fiction writing, photographs, programs, brochures, and fiction, including a prepublication proof of "Cannon's Orb" by L. Warren Douglas.
Dates:
1991 - 2018
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.312
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photographs and negatives from Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) dating to 1948 of the stadium rededication and the MSC-UM football Game, the Spring Parade and Water Carnival, a spring flood on the Red Cedar River, a ROTC Unit, and MSC buildings, including construction on the Union building, the Physics-Astronomy Building, Beaumont Tower, the Auditorium, the library (present-day Museum), Mason Hall, the Music building (labelled as Home...
Dates:
1947 - 1948
Collection
Identifier: MSS 589 large
Scope and Contents
The James Watson papers consist of a wide range of materials with assorted handwritten notes, loose articles, project binders, corporate-related papers, advertisements, commercial items, business correspondence, and personal papers. The collection also has many folder that has various material sorted by different turf concepts.
Dates:
1950 - 1990
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.6
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a letter describing daily life and changes taking place at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) in 1860.
Dates:
1860
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.341
Scope and Content
The James William Ochs collection contains six folders of photographs taken by James during his time at Michigan State College (now Michigan State University). The photos show student activities including sports. The sports photos include basketball, both intercollegiate and intramural, football, and boxing. Of particular interest are the photos of the annual Class Rivalry between freshmen and sophomores at the college showing the tug of war and defending the flag. Also included in the...
Dates:
circa 1948
Collection
Identifier: c-00584
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a partial issue of the Anti-Slavery Examiner featuring the narrative of an escaped enslaved person, James Williams (born 1805). In his narrative, Williams details the daily life of enslaved people in Virginia and Alabama in the first half of the nineteenth century. He extensively discusses methods of torture used to punish them and recounts his experiences as a field driver on an Alabaman cotton plantation. Williams eventually...
Dates:
circa 1838
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.284
Scope and Content
The collection consists of the document "The Case Against James Zarichny." James Zarichny attended Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) and was placed on disciplinary probation for being involved in the American Youth for Democracy (AYD) organization. The AYD had applied to be a recognized student organization but was denied. The members of the organization continued to meet for which they were placed on disciplinary probation when this was discovered by the college. ...
Dates:
1949
