Collections | Archives and Manuscripts

Elizabeth Sawer Wittet scrapbook

Record Group

Identifier: UA-10.3.324

Scope and Contents The collection contains the photo album of Elizabeth Jean Sawer Wittet from her time at Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) as well as a few photographs that are not MSC-related. Includes portraits of friends, images of students at events and parties, a few images of campus, a campaign ad for Senior Vice-President, a MSC baseball player, an Olympic boxer, and a Safety Education certificate for a course of instruction at the Driver Education Institute held at MSC from...

Dates: 1944 - 1949

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Ellen Jean Fry papers

Record Group

Identifier: UA-10.3.27

Scope and Contents

The scrapbook of Ellen Jean Fry contains photographs of faculty and friends, programs, invitations, tickets, and newspaper and magazine clippings relating to campus life at Michigan Agricultural College. Memorabilia include similar items.

Dates: 1911 - 1915

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Elnora and Richard Leyes papers

Collection

Identifier: UA-10.3.310

Scope and Contents

The Elnora and Richard Leyes collection contains class notes and course material from Michigan State College (now Michigan State University), National Sales and Management Rally for Florists Lectures for 1951 and 1952, as well as a small amount of biographical information and history of the Janesville Floral Company. The class materials include horticulture, landscape architecture, as well as botany, chemistry, entomology, business accounting and other classes.

Dates: 1946-1952, Undated

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Elton B. Hill papers

Record Group

Identifier: UA-17.67

Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection contains material relating to the issues that interested Hill most as a teacher and researcher. He taught a number of courses on farm appraisal and agricultural finance, and his reference material appears here. Land tenure, especially the legal and moral implications of father-son partnerships and farm ownership transfers, were of special interest to him.In addition to this, there is also a scrapbook and some memorabilia from his college days at...

Dates: 1862 - 1972

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Emery Sherwood papers

Record Group

Identifier: UA-10.3.58

Scope and Contents

The collection contains one letter, dated October 11, 1908, from Emery Sherwood to his mother describing student life at Michigan State University. The topics include expenses, class rush, and the University of Michigan football game and the celebration afterward.

Dates: 1908 - 1908

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Emil Conrad Volz papers

Record Group

Identifier: UA-10.3.103

Scope and Contents

The papers of Emil Volz consist of a scrapbook containing postcards and photographs depicting student life, students, campus scenes, scenes from Pine Lake (Lake Lansing), Michigan, faculty, and athletic events at Michigan Agricultural College. It also contains programs from various campus social functions, numerous dance cards, menus, ribbons, and many items relating to football at Michigan Agricultural College.

Dates: 1910 - 1914

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Emma Hyde collection

Record Group

Identifier: UA-10.3.517

Content Description

This scrapbook belonged to Michigan State College student, Emma Hyde. Included are event programs for concerts, plays at MSC and the Gladmer Theater and other activities; dance cards, college receipts, greeting cards, men's and women's athletics, and newspaper clippings. Photographs are also includes throughout.

Disclaimer: This scrapbook contains a racist/offensive greeting card.

Dates: 1924 - 1928

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections