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Elizabeth Chandler papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00098
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of newspaper reprints of nine letters written by Elizabeth Chandler of Lenawee County, Michigan, describing her pioneer experiences in the period 1830 to 1834. The letters were published by the Yale Publishing Association in 1926.
Dates:
1926
Elizabeth Kellogg papers
Collection
Identifier: 00147
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 35 letters and 2 homemade account journals. Eight letters (1849-1899) were written by relatives of Mrs. Kellogg. The other letters, written to or by Mrs. Kellogg (nee Rogers) or her relatives (1923-1938) relate rural life during the Great Depression. The letters are from Springfield; Ganges, Michigan; Alaedon; Burlington, Iowa; Mason, Michigan; Goshen, Indiana; Orchards, Washington; Andrews, Indiana; Detroit, Michigan; Elkhart, Indiana; Clinton, Oklahoma; Oklahoma...
Dates:
1838 - 1978
Elton B. Hill papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.67
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection contains material relating to the issues that interested Hill most as a teacher and researcher. He taught a number of courses on farm appraisal and agricultural finance, and his reference material appears here. Land tenure, especially the legal and moral implications of father-son partnerships and farm ownership transfers, were of special interest to him.In addition to this, there is also a scrapbook and some memorabilia from his college days at...
Dates:
1862 - 1972
English family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00064
Scope and Contents
This collection relates mainly to Albert D. English, his wife, the former Marion Brown Monteith, their daughter Jean English Wisner, and Albert's sister, Annetta English.Many letters in Albert's personal correspondence, especially those from his sister, Annetta, contain references of local historical interest. Annetta English, in her diaries and essays, recorded a great deal of the history of the Manchester, Michigan area. Albert kept personal notes in this field, and also...
Dates:
1829 - 1954
Ernest O. Melby papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.70
Scope and Contents
The papers of Ernest O. Melby document his career as an educator, and are arranged into five series: Northwestern University (1934-1941), Montana State University (1941-1945), New York University (1945-1956), Michigan State University (1956-1973), Florida Atlantic University (1956-1971), and the Cleveland Conference sub series under these headings include correspondence, class materials, articles, and talks, and newspaper clippings. Two special sub series were created: one, in the NYU...
Dates:
1936 - 1974
Ethel Rathke papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.441
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of scrapbooks. The twenty scrapbooks are filled with newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and pictures covering such diverse topics as World War II, the Middle East, Lansing and East Lansing, Japanese culture and flower gardening. Also included are Ethel Rathke's prose and poetry and her correspondence with publishing companies, friends, and acquaintances.
Dates:
1900 - 1970
Evelyn Scholl papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.41
Scope and Contents
The Evelyn Scholl papers consist of correspondence, artwork, publications, cards, a thesis, notebook, a photo album of scenes around the Michigan State University campus, and scrapbook pages. Scholl’s correspondence files contain letters to her from her colleagues and friends, Paul Nordoff and Walter Quirt. Nordoff’s letters were received between 1940 and 1955, Quirt’s between 1947 and 1968. In addition to his letters, Scholl also received artwork by Quirt and publications...
Dates:
1920 - 1968
Faculty Associates records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-18.3
Scope and Contents
The records of the Michigan State University Faculty Associates (MSUFA) contain material pertaining to a 1977 vote concerning faculty unionization. Included in this collection are newsletters published by the MSUFA for its members; miscellany of the American Association of University Professors, which, along with the MSUFA, looked out for faculty interests; a report on salaries at Michigan State University; correspondence; news articles relating to the vote for faculty organization; and...
Dates:
1970 - 1990
Final Four Riot newspapers
Collection
Identifier: UA-28.15
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of newspapers documenting the riot that occurred in East Lansing, Michigan after the Michigan State University men's basketball team loss to Duke University in the Final Four tournament of 1999. Included are State News Full Court Press supplements (March 4 and 26), State News Commemorative Issue (March 26 containing a reprint of a March 28, 1979 article), ...
Dates:
1999