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Department of Geology records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.53
Scope and Contents
The records consist of correspondence, field trip reports, inventories of the department, financial statements, experiment station notes, material relating to the Works Progress Administration, the military college program during World War II, science fraternities, annual report materials. There are also records relating to the Glacial Institute. Graduate Assistants’ files during World War II are marked with an asterisk (*).Graduate Assistant files contain applications, program...
Dates:
1920 - 2010
Department of Military Science/ROTC records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.17.1
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of records relating to the Michigan State University Military Science Department/ROTC. The class materials folder contains a receipt listing the uniform items issued to students, a syllabus for MS 102 chronologically listing the subjects covered in the class and chapters in the ROTC manual, and a list of basic concepts and their definitions. There is also a folder of correspondence relating to the creation of a trophy for the top member on the MSU rifle team to be...
Dates:
1885 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1986
Dillman S. Bullock papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.412
Scope and Contents
The majority of the papers are correspondence from Bullock and his wife, Katie, and to his mother, Mrs. C. A. Bullock of Hadley, Michigan. The letters contain details of missionary work, life in South America, political and social affairs in Chile and Argentina, and personal matters. Also covered in Bullock's letters is his work and interest in natural history, especially wildlife. An account of a trip Bullock took to Isla Dela Mocha in 1932 is included in the correspondence which discusses...
Dates:
1901 - 1967
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
Dixie Durr papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.264
Scope and Contents
The Dixie Durr papers contain dance and theater records dating from the 1950s up to the mid-2000s. Her academic materials contain information about the dance curriculum such as when specific dance classes were offered and what they involved. There are also materials about the transformation of the dance major and its stages as a major, minor, specialization, and eventual merger with the Department of Theater. Records of dance workshops in which Dixie Durr's students...
Dates:
1950 - 2006
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 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 Yates collection of Rodolfo Walsh correspondence, writings, and other materials
Collection
Identifier: MSS 595 large
Scope and Contents
The Donald Yates collection of Rodolfo Walsh correspondence, writings, and other materials contain published and typed writings by Walsh, photographs, and other materials primarily sent to Yates by Walsh. The topics of correspondence range from discussing mystery writing to Walsh's first-hand experience with Revolucion Libertadora's coup of 1955 which overthrew Juan Peron's government and the growing violence around him.
Dates:
1953 - 1995
Donald Yates collection on Jorge Luis Borges
Collection
Identifier: MSS 678
Scope and Contents
The Donald Yates collection on Jorge Luis Borges consists of correspondence, publicity, clippings, photographs, and other ephemera relating to Borges' life and work. Of note are announcements, invitations, and poetry relating to Borges' visits to Michigan State University for his honorary doctorate in 1972 and other occasions. Other topics reflected in this collection are annotated manuscripts and correspondence with other Argentinian mystery authors, documentation on the detective genre...
Dates:
1881 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990
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