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James Henry Denison papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.62
Scope and Contents
The James Denison papers include materials that were accumulated throughout Denison’s life. Denison’s personal papers consist primarily of correspondence, diaries, and newspaper clippings about himself. Also included are articles, stories, and poems written by Denison. Among the articles are several drafts of a piece he wrote about Mackinac Island, Michigan.
The bulk of the papers center around Denison’s professional career and in particular his career with the Michigan Office of...
Dates:
1925 - 1970
James William Ochs collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.341
Scope and Content
The James William Ochs collection contains six folders of photographs taken by James during his time at Michigan State College (now Michigan State University). The photos show student activities including sports. The sports photos include basketball, both intercollegiate and intramural, football, and boxing. Of particular interest are the photos of the annual Class Rivalry between freshmen and sophomores at the college showing the tug of war and defending the flag. Also included in the...
Dates:
circa 1948
Ralph Crissman Sweeney collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.521
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two photo albums. The first album contains 235 photos of various sizes and covers Ralph Crissman Sweeney's life from 1910 to 1920. Included are photos of him and his family, Michigan Agricultural College's campus and buildings, railroad construction, the Michigan State Capital, Michigan Governor Woodbridge Ferris being sworn in, school football photos, and Williams Hall after it burned down. The second album contains 435 photos and 40 loose photos and...
Dates:
1910 - 1920, 1924 - 1935, 1947, 1952
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
Recreational Sports and Fitness Services records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-7.11
Scope and Contents
The Intramural and Recreative Services records consist of brochures about programs and services, bulletins and schedules of events, a report of activities and student participation for 1973-1974, lists of sports clubs, and guidelines.The materials from the MSU Sailing Club are from 1947 through 1990s. This includes club registration papers, orientation documents, club articles, by-Laws, newspaper clippings and club advertisements, racing schedules and results; student and...
Dates:
1947 - 2012
Sports Information records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-8.1.3
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of eight series. These are Athletic Record Books; Reference Materials and Drafts for Spartan Saga; News Releases; Media Guides; Miscellaneous Materials; Audiovisual Materials; Oversized; and Serials.ATHLETIC RECORD BOOKS, 1884-1964. 1.3 cubic feet, 8 volumesThese volumes list team members, coaches and scores for both varsity and freshman sports at Michigan State University. The results of yearly high school track meets held at MSU and intramural...
Dates:
1884 - 2016
Student organizations and publications records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-12
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of material related to Michigan State University student organizations including brochures, event flyers, event programs, minutes, newsletters, publications, and constitutions. The material was collected from events, bulletin boards and student organization websites. Material is categorized by the name of the organization or by subject including African American groups, fraternity and sorority, international student groups, medical and dental groups, sexual...
Dates:
1957-2017, 2024, circa 2025
Swimming records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-4.3.10
Scope and Contents
These records contain swimming championships programs for 1941, 1959, 1960, 1962, a handout of land exercises for competitive swimming from 1956, and a memo about judging by lanes from 1956. Also included are 22 volumes of scrapbooks which contain newspaper articles about the Michigan State University swim team, local high school and recreational teams, as well as some articles about swimming on the national level.
Dates:
1932 - 1962
Swimming (Sports Information Office) records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-8.1.3.10
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Big Ten Men’s Swimming programs and Michigan State University Men Varsity swimming record times for various meets from 1941 to 1954, and a summary of the 1969 Big Ten Swimming and Diving Relays. There are also programs from 1997 to 2009 for the Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving teams.
Dates:
1959 - 2009
University Archives and Historical Collections records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.7
Scope and Contents
The records of the University Archives and Historical Collections consist of brochures and flyers, published guides to the Historical Collections, a records control manual (1973), Disaster Plans, photographs, a time capsule, a DVD (2005) highlighting the Archives’ resources, and other publications.The Electronic Resources include images used in the University Archives and Historical Collections Calendar for 2003 and 2004; digital photographs and documents from the UAHC sponsored...
Dates:
1969 - 2019