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Collection
Identifier: c-00249
Scope and Contents
This collection contains five letters to Alexander Brown in Jackson County, Michigan, from relatives in New York. The letters discuss family news, agriculture prospects, and the possibility of moving to Michigan as Brown had done (1836). Also included is a diary kept by Belle Voorheis of Mungerville (now Burton), Michigan. Her entries record life in rural Michigan in 1872. The collection also contains a recipe for brewing beer.
Dates:
1836, 1872
Collection
Identifier: 00115
Scope and Contents
This collection contains miscellaneous and unrelated materials found in a Hudson, Michigan drugstore when the donor's husband bought it. They include a ledger (1866-1878) of S.S. Johnson and Company, a furniture factory; a small ledger (1875) containing medicinal recipes belonging to Marvin M. Maxon, druggist and former owner of the store; a personal diary (January-May 1877) of Mrs. Laura O'Conor of Seneca Falls, New York; a ledger and cash book (1879-1887) of the Eaton Brothers Company,...
Dates:
1865 - 1930
Record Group
Identifier: UA-18.8
Scope and Contents
The MSU Business Women’s Association Records consists of materials ranging from the 1930s to 2009, including event information for the Club's annual Bosses Luncheon, Insititute, and Changing of the Guard; association constitution and by-laws; membership lists; club newsletter publications; and President, Officer, Committee, and Historical records. Also included are photographs and scrapbooks compiled by the organization.
Dates:
1930 - 2009
Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.1
Scope and Contents
The early records document the major projects taken on by the Institute of Biology and Medicine in fulfilling its objectives. Those were the establishment of the College of Human Medicine, the construction of the Life Science Building I, the construction of the Encapsulated Health Care Facility (a project which failed after considerable effort), the construction of the Clinical Sciences building, and the establishment of the College of Osteopathic Medicine. The material is best described as...
Dates:
1947 - 2011
Collection
Identifier: c-00116
Scope and Contents
The papers of Naomi Carrier (Mrs. William) Schopp consist mainly of correspondence of Mrs. Schopp, of Eaton and Ingham Counties, Michigan, her mother, Mrs. Joseph J. (Ada) Taylor, of Eaton County, and other relatives and friends. Included are correspondence between Mrs. Taylor, her sister, Nettie, and their mother, Marilla Collins.Of interest are letters from Nettie (1893) describing the difficult birth of her child, from Ada (1914) discussing household tasks, and from M. A. Wilson...
Dates:
1891 - 1942
Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.1.18
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the charter for the Michigan State University chapter of the National Pan-Hellenic Council dated May 11, 1977 and a 1978 letter which says the enclosed charter is the corrected copy.
Dates:
1977-1978
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-00024
Scope and Contents
This collections consists primarily of Civil War letters from O. G. Dunckel to his family in Michigan. Dunckel's letters describe army life and Sherman's campaigns, but he was much more concerned with family matters and the state of the farm in his absence. Also included are three letters from other members of the Price family serving with Dunckel.The collection also contains two documents. The first is a contract (1853) between Dunckel and a group of Chippewa Indians living on...
Dates:
1853 - 1865; Majority of material found within 1863 - 1865
Record Group
Identifier: UA-6.1
Scope and Contents
The materials consist of brochures and booklets about admission to Michigan State University (MSU), career booklets, information about the Myrtle Craig Mowbray Scholars Program, and admission data. Also included are materials related to the Office of High School Cooperation including reports on conferences and a brochure of people from MSU available to speak at high school commencements.
Electronic Resources include correspondence in the form of e-mail memos.
Dates:
1944 - 2017
Record Group
Identifier: UA-6.2
Scope and Content
The collection includes informational brochures and booklets, newsletters and unpublished annual reports.
The Electronic Resources include correspondence in the form of e-mail memos and attachments.
Dates:
1936 - 2014
