Showing Collections: 1881 - 1890 of 3768
Collection
Identifier: c-00130
Scope and Contents
Edison's papers (1839-1915) contain various documents and newspaper clippings. The first two folders contain documents such as land deeds, tax receipts, insurance papers, wills, and church memberships. The third folder contains newspaper clippings, political tickets, and a "Forecast for the Year 1916", published in the Grand Rapids Herald. A clipping from the Grand Rapids Herald (April 16, 1899) recalls President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and its impact on Grand Rapids. The other...
Dates:
1839 - 1915
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.129
Scope and Contents
This collection included a document titled "The Public Commission of the University: A Plan of Research Submitted to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation by John F. A. Taylor, Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University." Also included is a newspaper clipping quoting Taylor on the separation of universities from politics.
Dates:
1974, undated
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.174
Scope and Contents
The John F. Brower papers consist of materials from his time as a student at Michigan State University including notes, class exercises, exams, textbooks, and experiments. Also included are materials from his military science classes as well as his military service.
Dates:
1931 - 1956
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.327
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the manuscript for "Keep Smiling Through the Grease: The Making of an Engineer in Mid-Twentieth Century America" by John Fiske Brown, an alumnus of Michigan State University (1953-1957), in which he writes about his life including his education and career. Also included are some family photographs and recipes.
Dates:
circa 1989
Collection
Identifier: c-00269
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a patent issued in Canada to John Fox for the "Fox Excelsior Washing Machine," which includes specifications and drawings of the machine.
Dates:
1883
Collection
Identifier: c-00274
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a statement of taxes paid on a plot of land in Berrien County between 1838-1859, and a deed for land in Berrien County purchased by John Gibson.
Dates:
1860 - 1863
Collection
Identifier: 00025
Scope and Contents
The largest part of the collection consists of the pocket diaries Parkhurst kept from 1847 to 1906. The early diaries (1847-1860) relate details of his court cases and only rarely mention his personal life. Records of various financial transactions are incorporated in these early diaries. The diaries of the war years (1861-1865) include battle accounts and descriptions of Parkhurst's experiences as a prisoner-of-war in 1862. In the diaries of the post-war years, Parkhurst discusses primarily...
Dates:
1831 - 1906
Item
Identifier: MSS 91 small
Dates:
between 1815? and 1853?
Collection
Identifier: MSS 259 large
Scope and Contents
This collection of papers on the movement for divestment from apartheid South Africa focuses chiefly on California, but there also is material on Michigan (including MSU), Wisconsin, Connecticut, etc. Includes correspondence, reports, legislative bills, court records, memos, and articles and press clippings on the financial and legal aspects of investment in South Africa and divestiture from apartheid South Africa, as well as some anti-apartheid movement materials and photographs. It is...
Dates:
1972-1995
Collection
Identifier: 00013
Scope and Content
This collection is organized into four series.(1) PERSONAL PAPERS. 1893 1944, undated 2.1 cu. ft.
Contained in this series is John Harvey Kellogg's life long correspondence with the Seventh Day Adventist Church and a family album scrapbook.
(2) BUSINESS PAPERS. 1876 1959, undated 3.9 cu. ft., 132 vols.
Contained in this series is the bulk of the material. It covers a myriad of business, educational, and...
Dates:
1876 - 1959
