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Ravenna Grange No. 373, Muskegon County, Michigan records
Collection
Identifier: c-00153
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a volume of the Ravenna Grange No. 373, of Muskegon County, Michigan (1898-1905). The minutes contain information on Grange officers, expenses, and activities.
Dates:
1898 - 1905
Rawson Smith family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00072
Scope and Contents
The Smith family papers consist mostly of Alfred Smith's letters to his parents while he was in the Army, and correspondence exchanged by family members in Michigan and New York in the years following the war. The collection also includes various documents including insurance policies, deeds, mortgages, and a lottery advertisement (1868).Subjects of particular interest from Alfred's correspondence include conditions in the Union hospital at Albany, New York (July 12, 1862);...
Dates:
1850 - 1892
Ray A. Turner papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.136
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the newsletter from the U.S. Agriculture Director of Extension Work that announces Ray A. Turner’s retirement in 1951. There are photos of Turner receiving awards, the building named in his honor, in Washington D.C. and of the Marine Corp band. It also contains the booklet “From a Dream to Reality: A History of the National 4-H Service Committee 1921-1971.There are three bound volumes of letters of congratulations on Turner’s retirement from his...
Dates:
1924 - 1985
Ray C. Edwards papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.456
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 11 postcards of scenes and buildings of Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). Notable images include sheep grazing along Farm Lane; "the Shops" consisting of the Wood Shop, Machine Shop, Foundry, and Forge Shop; Wells Hall; interior of M.A.C. Power Plant; interior of the Chapel; Old College Hall surrounded by stumps; scenes of the Red Cedar River; and a scene of a student standing on top of the Class of 1900 fountain/horse trough as an...
Dates:
1908 - 1909
Ray Stannard Baker bee research collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 244 large
Scope and Contents
The Ray Stannard Baker collection includes biographical information, business correspondence (1924-1945), bibliographies, beekeeping publications, news clippings of bee books and apiculture history, and Baker's personal beekeeping records. The biographical information is comprised of several obituaries and a booklet from his memorial service. Baker's correspondence includes business transactions, personal letters, and inquiries about other bee book collections, particularly the Cowen...
Dates:
1924-1945
Raymond Lyon Bowers papers
Collection
Identifier: 00193
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Raymond Lyon Bowers papers consist of his original sheet music. The sheet music covers early compositions in school to later unpublished works. The music is either on loose paper or in composition notebooks. Bowers had numbered all of his sheet music and created a numerical list. This order has been maintained in the collection, with the exception of the materials on his opera, Legends of Alhambra. The materials relating to the opera have been pulled from the sheet music and...
Dates:
1902 - 1970
Raymond McCallum Clark papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.12
Scope and Contents
The majority of Raymond Clark's papers consist of publications related to the teaching of vocational agriculture. Clark authored, co-authored, edited or contributed to these works, which were published between 1958 and 1972. Some of these were written for Michigan State University and other for organizations such as the Michigan Association of Teachers of Vocational Agriculture and Consumers Power Company. The publications include demonstration materials for teachers to use in the class...
Dates:
1958 - 1972
Re-Visions UA 15.9, UA 15.11, UA 16.176
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Serial-00958
Dates:
1987 - 2000