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R. Nathaniel Dett papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00206
Scope and Contents
The collection includes scores of Dett's music, autographed sheet music, newspapers clippings, a program from a concert of Dett's music, and a copy of the Fisher Edition News, a music industry publication.
Dates:
1913 - 1943
Robert F. Repas papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.414
Scope and Contents
These papers consist of correspondence and other materials relating to the Christian Labor Association (CLA), which was once associated with the Christian Reformed Church. The material was gathered by Bob Repas while working on his thesis toward a Master of Arts in political science at Michigan State University in 1961-1962. Repas worked at the Labor and Industrial Relations Center at MSU during that time. In addition to correspondence concerning the CLA and materials for Repas'...
Dates:
1950 - 1964
Rollin Harold Baker papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.111
Scope and Contents
The collection contains diaries, correspondence, manuscripts, course notes, photographs, autobiographical information, both personal and professional, of Rollin H. Baker, Museum Director and Professor in the Department of Zoology and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University.
Dates:
1936 - 1991
Ruth Simms Hamilton papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.269
Scope and Contents
The Ruth Simms Hamilton papers consist of subject files and research materials on African American issues, including civil rights and affirmative action at MSU and other universities. The collection includes case studies of MSU conflicts and protests, newspaper clippings, files about other countries, files about university programs, and papers written by Hamilton and others.Also included are files about MSU student organizations which include Akers Black Caucus, Associated Black...
Dates:
1968 - 1982
State Board of Agriculture / Board of Trustee records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-1
Scope and Contents
The State Board of Agriculture papers include correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, legal records and newspaper clippings of the first governing body of the state agriculture college. The College Lands series includes correspondence, reports, land descriptions, employment records, financial records, minutes, legal documents, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the management of state lands endowed to the college via the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862. ...
Dates:
1850 - 2018
Towar family papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.418
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials from both Jennie and James Towar. The correspondence of Jennie Towar Woodard is addressed to family members as well as correspondence from those family members. The bulk of this correspondence prior to the second World War came from her brother, James. The letters of the latter half of the collection are from nieces and nephews. In general, the letters are chatty and relate some of the social or economic condition of the times. One exception to this are the...
Dates:
1882 - 1956
Warren O. Goodwin papers
Collection
Identifier: 00157
Scope and Contents
This collection is divided into three main series: Personal, Business, and Publications.The Personal series is arranged into subgroupings: Confidentially U.S.A., The Muckraker, Correspondence, Corruption, Court Cases, and Clippings. These are followed by folders dealing with diverse subjects. The Muckraker and Confidentially U.S.A. were Goodwin's attempt to publish his saga of corruption in the federal government. The clippings were to be included in his monographs. Goodwin's...
Dates:
1893 - 1974
William B. Drew papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.135
Scope and Contents
The William B. Drew collection consists of materials from Drew’s Cinchona mission in Ecuador, reports about the effects of herbicide in South Vietnam, reports about swidden (slash and burn) to forest in Thailand, and the essay “History of the Botany and Plant Pathology Department from 1945-1973.” In this essay Drew writes about his time as a professor and head of the department and describes events in the department as well as faculty members. The collection also includes MSU...
Dates:
1943 - 2005
Zee and Schober families papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.144.1
Scope and Content
This collection consists of memorial books, correspondence, diaries, notebooks, school materials, scrapbooks, Elsie Zee’s teaching materials, family photographs, and genealogical papers. James Wilmer Zee and Elsie Schober Zee’s courtship love letters are also included. There are also post-World War II letters to Elsie Schober Zee and William (Wilhelm) Schober from family members in Germany and from former German P.O.W.s who worked for the Zees. The letters are in German. Many were translated...
Dates:
1908 - 1987