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Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.259
Scope and Contents
The Sidney Stevens collection contains an Michigan Agricultural College Bulletin from 1912 that advertises the college. The bulletin has photographs of the Agriculture Building, Engineering Hall, Wells Hall, Abbot Hall, Williams Hall, the Women's Building [Morrill Hall], the college band, the college post office, the forest nursery, the main dairy barn and a panoramic photograph of a vista near the main entrance of campus. There are also M.A.C. postcards of cannons in front of Wells Hall,...
Dates:
1912, 1914, Undated
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 591
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 400 postcard-sized artworks, including paintings, photographs, drawings, prints, beadwork, collages, and written statements. Most artwork was created by progressive women artists in South Africa. Most works are anonymous.
In addition to the physical postcards, in series one, there is additional digital material, including descriptions of the postcards and photographs of their original order, in series two.
Dates:
1989 - 1990
Collection
Identifier: MSS 561 small
Scope and Contents
11 postcards and 7 stereoscopic photographs of life in Southern Africa. Topics covered include gold mining, African villages and people, agricultural laborers, politicians, and De Beers Mines in Kimberly, South Africa. Countries covered include South Africa, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and many unknown locations. The photographs are from approximately 1900-1910. Many of the stereoscopic photographs are dated 1901 and printed in England.
Dates:
approximately 1900-1910
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.252
Scope and Contents
The Steven Stardevant collection consists of 18 postcards and photographs taken by Roscoe Ellsworth Brightup of Michigan Agricultural College football, military science, buildings, unidentified groups, and Theodore Roosevelt.
Dates:
circa 1900-1915
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.418
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials from both Jennie and James Towar. The correspondence of Jennie Towar Woodard is addressed to family members as well as correspondence from those family members. The bulk of this correspondence prior to the second World War came from her brother, James. The letters of the latter half of the collection are from nieces and nephews. In general, the letters are chatty and relate some of the social or economic condition of the times. One exception to this are the...
Dates:
1882 - 1956
Collection
Identifier: UA-26.3
Scope and Content
The collection contains MSU historical materials from unknown sources. The materials include an announcement for an alumni reunion, alumni reunion program held during the Semicentennial year, Feronian Society twenty-fifth anniversary event program, program for the junior banquet for the class of 1906, a page recording weekly hours for labor for the Mechanical Engineering department in 1895, postcards of the library (Linton Hall) and Wild Garden (Beal Garden), MIAA field meet ticket,...
Dates:
1867-1989, undated
Record Group
Identifier: UA-15.5
Scope and Contents
The records of the Basic College include nine volumes of the University College Quarterly, for the years 1962 to 1974; correspondence; information on the courses and departments within the Basic College; minutes and supporting documents of the Basic College Curriculum Committee; department head meeting minutes; summary of course grades; reports; and information for students on career and placement opportunities. Of note are reports and studies on General Education and the establishment of...
Dates:
1944 - 1980
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
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.17
Scope and Contents
Papers of Walter Newton consist of one scrapbook, containing programs, tickets, greeting cards, postcards, party invitations, photographs, and news clippings describing activities of the Phi Delta Society, athletic events, and campus life. Also included is Michigan Agricultural College memorabilia, as well as handouts from a surveying class, and a 1911 Commencement program.
Dates:
1909 - 1928
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
