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Collection
Identifier: 00060
Scope and Contents of the Papers
The collection contains the family papers of John W. Nixon, a pharmacist residing in Jennings, Missaukee County, Michigan. The papers include business correspondence, personal correspondence, and miscellaneous receipts and documents. Included among the family's business dealings were ownership of a grocery company in Potterville and later Levering, Michigan, run by John's son James R. Nixon; and, operation of a fruit grove in Avon Park, Florida. The collection also includes the...
Dates:
1897 - 1923
Collection
Identifier: c-00391
Scope and Contents
The collection contains advertising bulletins and engine catalogs of the Novo Engine Company of Lansing, Michigan, manufacturers of industrial power equipment. Also included is a sales training brochure containing a short history of the firm.
Dates:
1914 - 1946
Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.7.51
Scope and Contents
The Oats publication collection contains six issues. The issues contain short stories and poetry. Oats was "the literary magazine for MSU undergraduates."
Dates:
1999 - 2001
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.295
Scope and Content
The Onn Mann Liang collection contains a scrapbook, photographs, 1926 Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) diploma, travel and work documents, and Chinese permits. The scrapbook contains photographs of MSC campus scenes, friends, and scenes. They also reflect his interest in bridges, engineering and architecture and include scenes from Chicago and Buffalo, New York. The photographs include graduation, family photos, and wedding photographs. There are also photographs of...
Dates:
circa 1922-1971, 2013
Record Group
Identifier: UA-6.1.2
Scope and Content
The collection consists of materials related to university orientation.
The Electronic Resources includes a Spartan Resource Guide from Fall 2014.
Dates:
1995 - 2014
Collection
Identifier: 00010
Scope and Contents
The material in the Barnes collection encompasses the period 1846 to 1899. Barnes graduated from the University of Michigan in 1850 and settled in Lansing to practice law. After establishing his reputation, he became attorney for the Jackson, Lansing, and Saginaw Railroad. He also assumed a promotional position with the Railroad, and eventually became its secretary and general manager.Barnes was philosophically minded and frequently wrote on various social matters. The bulk of...
Dates:
1846 - 1899
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.512
Content Description
The Paul Shirilla collection contains Michigan State University and regional flyers and bulletins relating to protests of ROTC and the Vietnam War. Also included is material about a student strike of classes. There is also an ASMSU referendum ballot or survey about the strike issues, statements from Michigan State University President Wharton, an issue of Faculty News, and an issue of Swill and Squeal. Other materials include environmental activism flyers, an MSU Environmental Teach-In...
Dates:
1970-1973, 1979, undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 349 large
Scope and Contents
The Paulo R. Gordillo papers consists of materials supporting the naming of a Lansing city street to commemorate Cesar E. Chavez’s life and work on behalf of the agricultural worker in the United States. The contents include documents, news clippings and correspondence on: Cesar Chavez Day 1995; the Committee for Cesar Chavez Avenue; various news articles on Lansing area issues including the Q -106 radio program on a controversial 5° de Mayo radio broadcast and a resulting “Media and...
Dates:
1995
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.158
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the program to the Water Carnival of 1954, a photograph montage featuring images of Michigan State College joining the Big Ten in 1948 and the 1953 Rose Bowl, a newspaper clipping from the Columbus Dispatch (OH) regarding Michigan State University's centennial, a 1955 MSU centennial first day cover stamp, and a letter outlining the achievements of Philip Gunby.
Dates:
1948 - 1955
Collection
Identifier: c-00490
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, invitations, programs, and certificates relating to the Pinckney family. Also included are newspapers and newspaper clippings related to the Civil War and early Lansing, Michigan, history.
Dates:
1848 - 1959
