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Collection
Identifier: 00098
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection were accumulated by Jennie Dewar, who was active in the Auxiliary and the Military Order of the Lizard, and her husband, Neil A. Dewar, who was a member of the A. J. Babcock Camp. They provide only fragmentary documentation of the three organizations and reveal surprisingly little about the political activities of the United Spanish War Veterans, even though most of the records date from the 1920s and 1930s, the period during which agitation for veterans'...
Dates:
1918 - 1957
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.34
Scope and Contents
The A. W. Sutton papers contain receipts from Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) for room and board, subscriptions to "The College Speculum", and enrollment fees from 1881-1883. The collection also contains a few pieces of handwritten poetry as well as quotes.
Dates:
1881 - 1883
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.307
Scope and Content
The Albert Drake papers contain poetry anthologies and newsletters of student poetry from Drake's time as a professor at Michigan State University. There are also submissions of artwork and poetry, for Drake's personal publication, The Happiness Holding Tank. The artwork submissions include black, line-drawn, intricate prints as well a one color print. The subjects range from early 1900s-style women with large bonnets and randomly placed eyeballs, to...
Dates:
1969 - 1972
Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.7.50
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one issue of the student publication, Barbarian Yop, circa 1984. The issue is described as "a Left Bank Publication." The issue contains poetry and humorous stories.
Dates:
circa 1984
Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.7.39
Scope and Content
The collection contains an issue of the Blanket, a Michigan State University student arts magazine. The magazine featured poems, etchings, drawings, and lithographs.
Dates:
1973
Collection
Identifier: c-00178
Scope and Contents
The Brownson family papers consist of correspondence between members of the Brownson, Johnson, and Allured families, as well as essays, poetry, and a sermon.Many of the letters are to Oscar Brownson of Pontiac and Evart, Michigan. Brownson entered Oberlin College in 1843, but a year later he returned to Pontiac to teach school. Several letters from a cousin, Franklin Barber, urged him to join the United States Navy, where he could get a free medical training. Brownson received...
Dates:
1843 - 1931
Collection
Identifier: c-00555
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three letters addressed to members of the Buzzard Family of Detroit, Michigan. The first letter (1844) discusses the sale of mills and mentions one mill that was destroyed by fire. A letter written in 1849 by three members of the Buzzard family reports their arrival in Chicago to pick up a load of wheat to be carried to St. Clair, milled, and then delivered to Buffalo. The third letter (undated) contains a poem "Indian Lament" about the mistreatment of Indians by...
Dates:
1844, 1849, Undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 716
Abstract
This collection consist almost exclusively of Casa de Unidad publications, from monographs to it serial publications "El Barrio" and its newslettertype accompaniments "Notas del Barrio", "Herencia del Barrio", and "Calendario del Barrio". Also includes poetry chapbooks like the Coffee House Series all dated from the early 1980s to the 1990s. Other items include flyers and announcements for cultural events to cultivate and promote interests in Latino cultural heritage in the Detroit area....
Dates:
1981 - 2003
Collection
Identifier: UA-28.16
Scope and Contents
This collection records the history of Cedar Camp, a cabin in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, used by a group of Michigan State University Extension staff as a deer hunting retreat. The documents were collected by John McKinney. The collection consists of computer printed documents, photocopies, and computer printed photographs. Included are yearly camp summaries with rosters; correspondence; maps; accounts of camp life; and miscellaneous hunting articles. Also included, is poetry about...
Dates:
1952 - 2004
Collection
Identifier: 00092
Scope and Content
The materials in these papers consist mainly of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and statements concerning Case's military career, his efforts to re-establish the CCC, the establishment of Citizens for Conservation, Inc., the 1958 Senate race, the Michigan Department of Economic Development, and the Youth Conservation Corps. Also included are poetry written by Case and a number of booklets on a variety of subjects which he collected.
Dates:
1934 - 1962, 1976; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1962
