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Argentina Project (Balcarce) records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.13
Scope and Contents
Records of the Argentina Project (Balcarce) consist of official reports and staff reports, personal and official staff correspondence, and preliminary studies and drafts of the project. Also included are financial and funding records, administrative records, and information on Argentina and agriculture.
Dates:
1957 - 1975
Brazil Project records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.11
Scope and Content
Records of the Brazil Project include a large amount of correspondence and personal data of staff; budget and administrative records; and reports, both official and miscellaneous. Some of these are in Portuguese. Also included is a large amount of information on the country of Brazil and suggestions for Americans going to Brazil.
Dates:
1956 - 1977
Colombia Project records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.8
Scope and Contents
Colombia Project records include official and special reports on the Project; contracts between Michigan State University and the University of Colombia, as well as contracts with funding bodies, the Universities of Medellin and Palmira, and other involved organizations; work plans dealing with specific agricultural or economic issues; and reports pertaining to the Point Four Program and to the Kellogg Foundation. These records include a variety of materials related to agriculture, including...
Dates:
1942 - 1967
Consortium for the Study of Nigerian Rural Development (CSNRD) records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.15
Scope and Contents
The records document the efforts of the Consortium for the Study of Nigerian Rural Development (Michigan State University, Colorado State University, Kansas State University, Ohio State University, University of Wisconsin, Research Triangle Institute of the University of North Carolina, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Interior,) under contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development to improve agriculture in Nigeria through education, research and investment....
Dates:
1964 - 1969
Dobbins family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00045
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of miscellaneous papers concerning the Dobbins family of Ionia, Michigan. Included are a few letters, some from William Dobbins, who was a student at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (1908), and others from members of the family living in Ireland.There are also tax receipts for property in Ionia, other miscellaneous receipts, insurance policies from the German Insurance Company and the Fireman's Insurance Company, report cards of members of...
Dates:
1882 - 1937
International Studies and Programs records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9
Scope and Contents
The collection contains International Studies and Programs records relating to international programs that Michigan State University participated in, as well as councils and committees about international programs and participation that MSU was involved in. Topics include rural and third-world development, international universities, foreign service, and programs available through MSU. The records contain reports to the Ford Foundation (1961-1970), which was a primary source of funding, as...
Dates:
1943 - 2016
Nepal Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science Project records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.25
Scope and Contents
The Nepal Project records contains end-of-tour reports from both short-term and long-term advisors of the program, and biannual progress reports on the development of the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IAAS) from 1975 to 1983. There are also files about the advisors, participant trainees, and local employees. The files about the research projects contain final reports, proposals and progress information, administration and committee materials. The administration and...
Dates:
1970, 1973, 1975-1985
Rich family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00183
Scope and Contents
The Rich family papers consist of teaching certificates, contracts, and letters dealing with teaching positions for Charlotte and Lucia Rich of Kalamazoo, Michigan. They taught in various Kalamazoo County schools for forty years.
Dates:
1883 - 1922
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
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