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Sarah Van Hoosen Jones papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-1.1.3
Scope and Contents The Sarah Van Hoosen Jones papers document her academic, agricultural, and civic accomplishments, and her interest in local Rochester history, but offer a very incomplete record of her activities as a farmer and a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and the Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions. In her master's thesis and scientific articles, she discusses theories of dairy farm management and animal genetics, but there is almost no information...
Dates: 1852 - 1972
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

School District No. 4, Dwight Township, Huron County, Michigan records

 Collection
Identifier: c-00479
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of records of School District No.4 in Dwight Township, Huron County, Michigan. Included are bills, orders and receipts, insurance information, and annual reports. The records also contain a history of the school district and a volume of teacher certificates, contracts, and notes of meetings.

Dates: 1883 - 1937
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Scofield family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00134
Scope and Contents This collection consists mainly of correspondence and other papers relating to the Stephen Scofield family of Ingham County, Michigan. Much of the correspondence relates to Grace Scofield Bridger (daughter of Stephen) and is mostly personal in content. Of special interest, however, are a letter (January 24, 1858) describing land and farming conditions in Wisconsin, and a letter (May 3, 1888) relating farming news and local market prices of farm produce in Kansas. Also included are a number...
Dates: 1853-1920, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Selma Waldman collection on the Seattle Coalition Against Apartheid (SCCA)

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 281 large
Scope and Contents The Selma Waldman collection on the Seattle Coalition Against Apartheid (SCCA) contains notes, correspondence, letters to the editor and other materials generated from the SCAA. The collection includes miscellaneous publications, newsletters, leaflets, and flyers covering the matter of Apartheid in South Africa as well as other indigenous resistance movements in Africa and South America. Some of the organizations and committees featured in this collection are the African National Congress...
Dates: 1971 - 2008
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Seymour H. Person papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00023
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence between Person and his two close friends and advisors, Frank Young and Colonel Alger. Also included are several articles giving viewpoints on the prohibition issue, and congressional bills, noticeably the Beck-Linthicum Bill (an amendment to the 18th Amendment), also relating to prohibition. One telegram warns Person of the conditions in copper mines in Michigan, hinting at labor-management trouble.

Dates: 1930 - 1933
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Shakespeare Company records

 Collection
Identifier: 00071
Scope and Contents

The Shakespeare Company records consist of a history of the company, financial records, legal records, advertising and marketing records, catalogues and price lists, equipment specifications, Sport Fishing Institute materials, correspondence, and photographs. The photographs in the collection include images of fishing, fishing and golf equipment, and advertisements. There are also images of employees as well as C. W. Davis, Henry Shakespeare, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith.

Dates: 1913 - 1973
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Shao Chang Lee papers

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Identifier: UA-17.31
Scope and Contents The Shao Chang Lee papers contain primarily materials relating to courses taught by Lee in the field of Asian Studies. Titles of courses include: The Development of Chinese Culture; A Short Cultural History of China; History of Modern Japanese Thought; and Religious Trends in the Far East. Also included is a manuscript of A Short History of China by Lee. The collection also contains information about the development of the International Center at Michigan State University. There is also...
Dates: 1926 - 1970
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Simeon A. Howe letters

 Collection
Identifier: c-00427
Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of handwritten transcriptions by the donor of eighty-nine Civil War letters (1863-1865) from Simeon A. Howe to his wife Cindonia Endocia Pratt Howe.The letters relate the activities of Howe's regiment, Simeon's cooking, and give a descriptive view of army life in general. Near the end of Simeon's service, a few letters deal with the death of their young son, Owen. Also included are a photocopy of an army pension document issued to Howe...
Dates: 1863 - 1890
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Slafter family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00037
Scope and Contents Personal correspondence among Slafter family relatives and their close friends make up the bulk of this collection. Early letters, dated 1858, tell of the scarcity of money and suggests that barley should be planted because it is the most profitable crop. Family news and town gossip are also prominent items in the letters. A June 17, 1858 letter from another brother to William tells of killing one elk and capturing another. March 12, 1863 letter mentions the sacrifice of soldiers...
Dates: 1855 - 1891
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Smith and Carpenter families papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00301
Scope and Contents This collection contains four Civil War letters and a small diary of Josiah B. Smith, kept during his service as a bugler in the 8th Michigan Cavalry in Tennessee and Kentucky. The letters were written to Josiah's wife, Mary A. Smith. In the diary, Josiah writes about daily duties in camp, his letter writing schedule, and the condition of his health. The collection also includes an official copy of his enlistment and discharge papers.In addition, receipts for taxes on land in...
Dates: 1864 - 1913
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

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