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David L. Friday papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.9
Scope and Content
The David L. Friday papers consist primarily of lecture correspondence. There are also a set of financial records (mostly undated) that might pertain to Friday's tenure at the University of Michigan, some telegrams and newsclippings, legislative material, and Friday's working papers.
Dates:
1913 - 1923; Majority of material found within 1921 - 1923
Edward H. Ryder papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.40
Scope and Contents
The Edward H. Ryder collection contains correspondence, travel information from his trip around the world in 1923 and personal remembrances, including memorials and programs. Also found in the collection are materials pertaining to his wife, Georgia Smyth Ryder. The collection also contains correspondence to and from both Edward and Georgia Ryder. It includes copies of their original birth certificates as well as their obituaries. The bulk of the material relates to Edward Ryder and his...
Dates:
1854 - 1955
Justus Gage papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-1.1.9
Scope and Contents
The papers of Justus Gage contain two volumes of indexed correspondence concerning his position on the State Board of Agriculture. The letters relate to the Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), including discussion of faculty appointments, discipline at the College, construction projects and progress at the farms. There are summaries of the periodic State Board of Agriculture meetings as well. There is also a folder containing loose newspaper clippings and...
Dates:
1863 - 1874
Perry Greeley Holden collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.26
Scope and Contents
The Holden Memoirs, which were printed in a scrapbook format, includes photographs, genealogies, and reproductions of correspondence, certificates and news clippings. The collection also includes a glass portrait of a woman in a wooden box.There are also materials donated by a niece of Perry G. Holden including a photo album of car trips that Perry Holden and his wife, Carrie, took with Perry's brother, Ellsworth. They drove from Chicago to Wisconsin, South Dakota, Wyoming, ...
Dates:
1891 - 1959
Ralph H. Young papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.114
Scope and Contents
The Ralph Young papers are divided into four series. Series 1, Correspondence, is arranged alphabetically by subject. The correspondence covers Young's last years as Athletic Director (1951-1952) and consists mainly of letters to directors at other institutions and agencies such as the N.C.A.A.
Series 2, Individual Sports, is composed of materials dealing with individual varsity sports. This series not only contains materials related directly to the varsity sport but also an extensive...
Dates:
1902 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1958
Robert S. Shaw papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.11
Scope and Content
The Robert Shaw papers contain correspondence (1891-1940), publications, petitions, reports, legislation, council, and other university-related information, news clippings, an article on the sugar beet, and biographical papers, including honorary degrees and a memorial.
Dates:
1890 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1941
Union Building records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-5.5.5
Scope and Contents
Union Building records document the activities and decisions of the Union Board, the group governing the use of the Michigan State University Union Building. Records include the constitution, articles of association, and operation plans; meeting minutes; Union Building activities; publications of and advertisements for the Union Building; financial records such as audit reports, statements, and correspondence; and miscellaneous information pertaining to college unions, activity forms, and...
Dates:
1918-circa 2012