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Lawrence and Margaret Abbott collection
Collection
Identifier: c-00294
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of primarily of poetry written by Margaret and Lawrence Abbott, generally dealing with agricultural themes. It also contains several volumes of "Peninsula Poets", published by the Poetry Society of Michigan.
Dates:
1959 - 1972
Liberty Hyde Bailey papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.1
Scope and Contents
The papers of Liberty Hyde Bailey span the years 1855-1958. The majority of the materials were received from the Liberty Hyde Birthsite Bailey Museum in South Haven, Michigan. The collection contains correspondence, writings by Bailey, newspaper and magazine clippings and photographs. The collection also includes reproductions of botanical drawings. The correspondence includes three Christmas cards from Bailey to his wife; a collection of business letters; a letter from China in...
Dates:
1852 - 1958
Milton E. Muelder papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.77
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials pertaining to Milton E. Muelder's service with the Office of Military Government in Germany, spanning the years 1939-1958. Included are maps, plans, reports, policy directives, correspondence on postwar educational programs in Germany, de-Nazification, and the military government division of Germany by the Allied Forces (United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia) after the war.There are also materials written by Muelder during his tenure...
Dates:
1939 - 2000
MSU Press Catalog UA 3.14
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Serial-01038
Orlando Barnes papers
Collection
Identifier: 00010
Scope and Contents
The material in the Barnes collection encompasses the period 1846 to 1899. Barnes graduated from the University of Michigan in 1850 and settled in Lansing to practice law. After establishing his reputation, he became attorney for the Jackson, Lansing, and Saginaw Railroad. He also assumed a promotional position with the Railroad, and eventually became its secretary and general manager.Barnes was philosophically minded and frequently wrote on various social matters. The bulk of...
Dates:
1846 - 1899
Pendleton family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00295
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, a majority from relatives and school friends of Lottie Pendleton (later Mrs. George W. Bailey) whose home was in Cleveland, Ohio, and who attended college at Adrian, Michigan. The letters (1854-1862) are largely from students at Albion and Oberlin Colleges and the University of Michigan, discussing future visits and the infrequency or shortness of letters written or received. Also included is a letter from her brother, Harry, describing events of the...
Dates:
1774 - 1887
Red Cedar Review UA 12.7.15
Collection — Box: 1-3
Identifier: Serial-00600
Richard Purdum papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.2
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a program for the National Society of Pershing Rifles, May 28, 1941 banquet in the Union Ballroom, and poems by Richard Purdum in various literary magazines from 1950-1967.
Dates:
1941 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1967
Robert F. Mainone papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.386
Content Description
This collection includes a copy of the "Haiku Diary 2011" by Robert F. Mainone. It is a self published book consisting of photocopies of Mainone's engagement calendar. The calendar has daily entries of Mainone's weather observations, events, and haiku poems he wrote that day. The volume also contains copies of letters he has received about his poems. The letters mostly deal with people requesting to publish his poems.
Dates:
2011
Ruth Ryder St. John papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.123
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a great deal of correspondence, including many to and from family and friends while Ruth Ryder was in the American Red Cross. Other subject materials cover the topics of the June 10, 1945 alumni reunion in Manila, the establishment of the Edward H. Ryder and Georgia R. Ryder Scholarship Fund, and the East Lansing High School Class of 1931 Fifty Year Reunion. The scrapbook in this collection is dedicated to the Manila reunion and contains lists of attendants and...
Dates:
1925 - 1997