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Dimick family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00088
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters, deeds, tax receipts, mortgages, money order receipts, and newspaper clippings of the Dimick family of Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan. The letters deal with family matters as well as political and economic issues on both the national and the local level.
Dates:
1881 - 1908
Dirk Gringhuis papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.306
Scope and Content
The Dirk Gringhuis Papers contain drafts, gallery proofs, photographs, and illustrated drawings for two of Gringhuis' books: Stars on the Ceiling: the Planetarium Story and Open Door to the Great Lakes. The collection also contains MSU Museum pamphlets, newspaper articles concerning Gringhuis and the MSU Museum, publications by Gringhuis, reminiscence about Gringhuis by his coworker Charles Smith, a drawing of Charles Smith?...
Dates:
undated, circa 1965-1967
Division of University Services records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-22.2
Scope and Contents
The records of University Services consist primarily of investigation into trends affecting the University. Included in this collection are reports on employment trends, staff salary, enrollment, student, staff, and alumni opinions, course loads, and grade distribution. Of special interest are reports, correspondence, monographs, and speeches relating to the question, raised in the 1950s and 1960s, of whether ROTC service on university campuses should be mandatory or remain voluntary. Also...
Dates:
1928 - 1968
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
Don Behm collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.362
Scope and Contents
Films includes an 8mm film entitled "Behm vs. Sanders", 2 8mm films entitled "World Championships Canada", a 16mm film entitled "Behm 7, Coslow 1 (Pitt '65)", a 16mm film of Don Behm wrestling in a match at Oklahoma (Behm believes the match was in 1967), and a 16mm film of Behm wrestling at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. A recordable DVD of the World Championship reels and the 1968 Olympic footage is included. Behm added a 50th anniversary celebration poster, which includes a photo of...
Dates:
1965-1970, 2017
Don Stevens papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-1.1.2
Scope and Contents
The Don Stevens papers include a variety of materials on higher education, particularly Michigan State University, as well as disputes and conflicts pertaining to it. Some of which includes student protests to campus issues including racial problems, ROTC, and the grape and lettuce boycott. Also in the collection are materials related to labor unions, labor issues and disputes, labor education and legislation, including AFL-CIO statements, magazine articles, speeches, executive board...
Dates:
1944 - 1973
Donald D. Kinsey manuscript
Collection
Identifier: c-00508
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the manuscript, "Drill Cores: Folklore of Michigan's Upper Peninsula from the collection of Walter F. Gries," which pertains to the development of the mining regions around the Keweenaw Peninsula and portrays the richness of the ethnic cultures which contributed to this development. The bulk of the manuscript contains stories and poems, primarily Cornish, but also includes Finnish, Italian, German, French Canadian, and Scandinavian folklore. This material was...
Dates:
undated
Donald Sayre collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.231
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of photographs and souvenirs kept by Donald Sayre, a Horticulture alumnus, that were given to the Horticulture Department in the 1970s. The collection includes a student register of names, postcards of campus scenes, photographs of an engineering squad, the Phylean Society members, celebration of Michigan State University's victory over Wabash, and an Ag Council Newsletter from 1956.
Dates:
1912 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1913
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
Dorothy Marvin collection
Collection
Identifier: c-00620
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of postcards of Michigan communities.
Dates:
1905 - 1910