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Cooperative Extension Service records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.34
Scope and Contents
The records of Cooperative Extension consist of county and project reports beginning in 1913. These county reports contain information on Extension activities and may give some detail about a particular project in that county or a specific agent. The project reports contain information about project work in the whole state. The reports may be in a narrative report format or a preprinted form. Some include appendices that include newspaper articles about activities or handouts created for...
Dates:
1913 - 2013
Dora Hall Stockman papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-1.1.11
Scope and Contents
Dora Hall Stockman was an East Lansing, Michigan resident and was actively involved in local affairs. The collection contains a typed transcript of her autobiography, correspondence, publications, and newspaper clippings of the various activities in which she participated.Stockman's primary interest was in the State Grange. As an active member she helped establish county Granges throughout the state and held several state offices including that of State Grange Lecturer (1914-1930)....
Dates:
1910 - 1948
Esther Munro Vaniman papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.214
Scope and Contents
The Esther Munro Vaniman papers consist of the booklet "What Home Economics Training Can Do for You" (1930) about the home economics programs at Michigan State College (MSC, now Michigan State University). Also included are nine postcards of MSC buildings and photographs of a group shot of a picnic and several campus buildings.
Dates:
1930 - 1933
Farmers' Institutes records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-22.6
Scope and Contents
Farmers' Institutes records contain correspondence about the institutes and educational outreach programs held around the state. Correspondence is arrange by countyAlso included is a notebook given to attendees so that they could take notes on the techniques and information given during the meetings. Drawings of campus buildings and information encouraging people to enroll in college are featured on the pages of the notebook. The notebook is blank except for a few notes that...
Dates:
1876 - 1961
Florence Yeiter Young papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.234
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the scrapbook of Florence Yeiter Young. The scrapbook includes photographs of her friends, a military field day program for 1915, a Gladmer Theater program, an Elmar Theater schedule for September 18, 1916, Omicron Nu Society bylaws and constitution, an issue of the 'Tic newsletter for June 1915 for the Eclectic Society, Feronian Society materials, and Hesperian Society materials. Also included are dance cards, athletic tickets, class...
Dates:
1914 - 1919
Helen Strow collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.443
Scope and Contents
The Helen Strow collection consists of records pertaining to educational and international developments in the home economics field. The bulk of the collection, dating from 1947 to 1989, includes field reports, pamphlets, unpublished papers,
newsletters, photographs, and extensive correspondence relating to both international and regional home economics activities. The International and Historic Home Economics collection series contains reprints, newsletters, reports, and unpublished papers...
Dates:
1947 - 1989