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John and Helen Knecht scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.318
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the student scrapbooks of John Wesley Knecht and Helen Louise Norton who later married. Helen's scrapbooks contains dance cards, event programs, photos of campus and people, information about her classes, flyers for pep rallies, college circus program, notice about small pox from 1910 and a note from Maud Gilchrist say that Helen is not working hard enough at her studies.John Knechts scrapbook contains photos of athletics including football, baseball,...
Dates:
1907-1913, 1921, Undated
John Baptiste Soucie papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00581
Scope and Contents
The John Baptiste Soucie papers contain three versions of Soucie's autobiographical manuscript, Forty Years a Cookin'. There is an original, unfinished handwritten copy as was told to Soucie’s friend, Guy Lavigne, a typed version of the handwritten version, and a printed bound version that was completed by Soucie's daughter, Vera Oliver. There is also a copy of a news article originally printed in 1897 and reprinted in 1991. The article announces the...
Dates:
1884 - 1996
John Brattin family papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.429
Scope and Content
The John Brattin family papers consist of mainly John Brattin’s papers and correspondence, but it does contain materials and correspondence from his first wife, Alice Jane, and his mother-in-law, Kate Baker Knight. This collection covers John’s life from high school graduation until his death. Included in the collection are correspondence, work documents, photographs related to the Bowlby, Baker, and Knight families, certificates, family newsletters, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, a...
Dates:
1849 - 1995
John C. Beukema papers
Collection
Identifier: 00029
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the personal papers of John C. Beukema, the records of the Greater Muskegon Chamber of Commerce for the period 1931-1950, when he was secretary-manager, and papers concerning the St. Lawrence Seaway. "Greater Muskegon" covers Muskegon, North Muskegon, and the Muskegon Heights, Michigan, which were all served by a single Chamber of Commerce. Examples of the Chamber's activities include the formation of a loan agency during the Depression; sponsoring charity drives and...
Dates:
1920 - 1961
John C. Randall papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.227
Scope and Contents
The John C. Randall collection includes articles and photographs. The images in the articles consist of John Randall with other yearbooks editors, Mary Termohlen, wedding photos of Dorne Dibble and Betty Donahue, football players Dorow, McAuliffe, and Thrower, and an article from the South Bend Tribune from October 28, 1950 about Michigan State College's victory over Notre Dame. The photographs consist of campus scenes and buildings, football, basketball, KAM President Dinner,...
Dates:
circa 1948-1953
John Herbert Thomson collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.320
Scope and Contents
The John Herbert Thomson collection includes a scrapbook which contains photos of class rush, the Michigan State University campus and buildings, and students. The scrapbook also includes photos of scenes in the Upper Peninsula including Tahquamenon Falls, Newberry, Michigan 4th of July events including a wrestling match between Pittsley and McLeod, University of Michigan, one image of Crisp Life Saving Station and Lighthouse, Camp Custer 1917. Photographs not in the scrapbook include Helen...
Dates:
1897, 1917-1992
Jonathan LeMoyne Snyder papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.7
Scope and Contents
This collection contains eight series: correspondence, personal correspondence, speeches, reports, promotional literature, calendars, programs and tickets. All series represent the basic divisions of the collection prior to processing.The largest single series is correspondence, 1896-1915 (18.5 cubic feet). Contained in this series are many requests for college catalogues, many questions regarding admissions, as well as admissions requirements. Comments relative to such...
Dates:
1887 - 1918
Joseph R. Williams papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.1
Scope and Contents
The first seventeen folders of this collection contain letters of correspondence with Joseph R. Williams prior to his acceptance of the presidency of the Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). Many of these letters are from his father and other family members. Additionally, there are letters to Williams, operating as a land speculator in Ohio and Michigan, from friends and business associates in Massachusetts and New York. The letters reflect a precarious economic...
Dates:
1827 - 1867
Joseph W. Stack papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.44
Scope and Contents
The Joseph W. Stack papers relate to Stack's tenure as a professor in the Department of Zoology and as curator and director of the MSU Museum. His particular areas of interest were ornithology and bird banding. Other subjects covered in Stack's papers are the university curriculum, the Inland Bird Banding Association, and Stack's work with the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Materials found in the collection include maps, bird banding records, student reports and papers, manuscripts,...
Dates:
1916 - 1953
Josephine Wood Lowry papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00296
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters and poems written by various members of the Wood and Lowry families. Most of the letters were written to Josephine Wood Lowry of Tecumseh, Michigan. The bulk are from her mother, Sally Woods, her husband, S. B. Lowry, and her brother S. C. Woods. The letters pass on family news, describe daily life and social events, express the family's patriotism, and reminisce about pioneer life in Michigan and Minnesota. They also express an awe of the changes in life,...
Dates:
1859-1907, circa 1930