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State of Michigan Board of Agriculture / Michigan State University Board of Trustees 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
Stebbins family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00014
Scope and Contents
A manuscript copy of Stebbins' book A History of Plymouth Church (of Lansing) written in 1893 is included. Stebbins compiled an autobiography entitled Sketches of My Life, which he was completing at his death in 1901. A copy of the text is included, as well as his diaries, account books and newspaper clippings on railroads.Other materials in the papers are those of his children Arthur C. and Bliss Stebbins and Susan...
Dates:
1741 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1821 - 1940
Stephen O. Murray papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 795
Scope and Contents
The Stephen O. Murray papers consist of approximately 36 linear feet of material dating from 1950 to 2019. The collection consists of personal and professional material, including correspondence, scrapbooks, published and unpublished manuscripts, drafts of published reviews and articles, research materials, materials by other authors, personal photographs, and ephemera.Correspondence files may include drafts, notes, clippings, research materials, and photographs. Files with...
Dates:
1950 - 2019
Thailand Project records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.7
Scope and Contents
Records of the Thailand Project include a large amount of correspondence between alumni, professors, and education officials in Thailand with administrators and members of the "back-up" team at Michigan State University, as well as some from various American and international agencies connected with the project. Records document the development of the three-party contract to begin the project; and preliminary, official University, consultant, and miscellaneous reports document the progress...
Dates:
1950 - 1970
The Writing Center records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.154
Scope and Content
The collection contains three volumes of the periodical "The Scholarship of Teaching".
Also included are electronic resources which include correspondence in the form of e-mail memos and attachments.
Dates:
1995 - 2013
Theophilus Capen Abbot papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.3
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence, poetry, speeches, and diaries. There are also Abbot's testimonial records from the State Board of Agriculture.
Dates:
1844 - 1893
Treiber family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00151
Scope and Contents
The Treiber papers consist of correspondence, family history, and teaching certificates. John Treiber's letters to his wife, which make up the bulk of the collection, were written in 1872 and 1873 when he was sailing on the Great Lakes and working as a lumberjack in Oconto, Wisconsin. Mary Treiber's letters from family and friends (1869-1889) discuss everyday matters such as sick babies, sharecroppers, and family activities. Correspondence from Marion Howell of Lansing describe life in the...
Dates:
1863 - 1889
Turkey Business Project records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.17
Scope and Contents
The records consists of business documents including faculty correspondence, project documentation, meeting minutes, and other information relating to the project. Also included are two photographs of unknown individuals involved in the project.
Dates:
1961 - 1971
Turkey Educational Planning Project records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.6
Scope and Contents
The records of the Turkey Educational Planning Project consist primarily of semi-annual reports. Also included are the project’s final report, correspondence from Jack Miller in the Overseas Support Office, preliminary plans, a history of the Michigan State University Academies Project, and a project assignment report by Horace C. King, Registrar and Professor.
Dates:
1968 - 1973
University College records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-15.5
Scope and Contents
The records of the Basic College include nine volumes of the University College Quarterly, for the years 1962 to 1974; correspondence; information on the courses and departments within the Basic College; minutes and supporting documents of the Basic College Curriculum Committee; department head meeting minutes; summary of course grades; reports; and information for students on career and placement opportunities. Of note are reports and studies on General Education and the establishment of...
Dates:
1944 - 1980