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University Libraries records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.15
Scope and Contents
The collection has numerous documents concerning the structure and development of the library. There are many newspaper clippings regarding events at the library and discussing library policies. There are also handbooks and pamphlets that give insight on how one would find publications. Correspondence, policy, and meeting minutes are also included in this collection. The collection also holds records of the First Midwest Academic Library Conference held at MSU in 1956. A detailed...
Dates:
1872 - 2021
University of Nigeria Program records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.4
Scope and Contents
The records of the University of Nigeria Program include administrative and faculty records, procedural and funding records, contracts, syllabi and teaching records, as well as accounting records. Materials also include documents pertaining to United States Agency for International Development (AID), information on personnel, recruitment efforts, correspondence, project shipments, purchasing orders, records on Nigerian visitors to the U.S., Peace Corps, East Lansing/Nsukka correspondence,...
Dates:
1958 - 1970
University of the Ryukyus Project records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.16
Scope and Contents
Series 1: HISTORICAL FILE. 1955, 1956, 1959, 1963, undated. 9 items. Publications, introductions to reports, articles, news releases, etc., which summarize the history of the project. No arrangement.Series 2: Records of the Michigan State University Advisory Group - Ryukyus Office. Consists of sub-series 1-6.1. LIST OF MEMORANDA FOR THE RECORD. 1964-1966. 1 item. Chronological list of memoranda and letters...
Dates:
1944 - 1975
Vincent Klingler papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 641
Scope and Contents
The Vincent Klingler papers contain reports, fliers, correspondence, photographs and mailings relating to Klingler's activism as Chairperson of the Coalition to Stop Rhodesian and South African Imports, the United People’s Campaign against Apartheid and Racism (UPCAAR), and the Philadelphia Coalition for Justice in Angola. Topics include U. S. longshoremen and dock worker strikes against unloading Rhodesian exports of chrome, asbestos, and nickel on the "African Neptune" and "African Sun,"...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1973 - 1978
Waldo family papers and the Waldo Travel Agency records
Collection
Identifier: 00042
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of personal correspondence, notes, reports, and financial records. The majority of these relate to Mortimer Waldo's activities in Russia and Finland from 1916 to 1918.Letters to family and friends written from 1916 to 1917 describe life in Siberia and comment on the political situation in the United States and the entry of the U.S. into the First World War. Later letters (1918) concentrate on the Finnish Civil War. Those dating from after 1919 primarily...
Dates:
1904 - 1991
Walter Adams papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.13
Scope and Contents
Walter Adams' papers contain administrative subject files, speeches, and correspondence from his short term as President of Michigan State University. Subject files contain monographs, correspondence, and other documents related to the various schools and departments of the university, and to student affairs. Includes a proposal for a Russian and Eastern European Studies Center. Correspondence deals primarily with state and community issues, with some from the Board of Trustees and from the ...
Dates:
1969
Walter Bradford Barrows papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.2
Scope and Content
The Walter Bradford Barrows papers consists of letterpress copies of correspondence (3 volumes, 1896-1900, 1904-1906, 1905-1910), correspondence (1893-1915), bird lists (1850-1914, undated), migration records (1903-1908), advertisements, newspaper articles, Michigan Bird Life (1912), and photographs.
Dates:
1850 - 1961
Warren family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00007
Scope and Contents
This collection primarily contains correspondence, diaries, religious materials, and legal documents of the Warren family of Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters (1879-1899) from Albert L. Warren to his parents (Caroline C. and Rev. Waters Warren) and brothers (Edward K. and Frederick P.). Albert L. Warren was an itinerant watch repairman who tried prospecting gold, teaching, farming, selling wholesale groceries and later patent medicine,...
Dates:
1830 - 1966
Warren O. Goodwin papers
Collection
Identifier: 00157
Scope and Contents
This collection is divided into three main series: Personal, Business, and Publications.The Personal series is arranged into subgroupings: Confidentially U.S.A., The Muckraker, Correspondence, Corruption, Court Cases, and Clippings. These are followed by folders dealing with diverse subjects. The Muckraker and Confidentially U.S.A. were Goodwin's attempt to publish his saga of corruption in the federal government. The clippings were to be included in his monographs. Goodwin's...
Dates:
1893 - 1974
Wesley Fishel papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.95
Series Description
(1) BIOGRAPHICAL FILES. 1940-1948, 1955-1977, undated. 0.2 cubic feet
This series provides a broad overview of Wesley R. Fishel's professional life. Included are resumes, academic appointment papers and award certifications received by the scholar. Materials in the first nine folders reflect the beginnings of Fishel's early academic career, such as his appointment as an instructor of political science at UCLA. This series is arranged chronologically by subject.(2) ...
Dates:
1921 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1977