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Abrams Planetarium records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.3.7
Scope and Contents
The records of the Abrams Planetarium include proposals for its construction and operation, brochures from its dedication ceremony, and correspondence. Show scripts for programs on Stonehenge, UFOs, the moon, and a variety of other topics are included in the collection, along with other educational materials. Additionally, there are weekly schedules and publicity for the planetarium shows. The Slides series contains thousands of 35 mm slides, which were used for the planetariums shows. The...
Dates:
1960 - 2001
African Studies Center records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.3.1
Scope and Contents
The African Studies Center records contain reports for 1960-1965 on the center’s activities as well as a report on the first summer program in African languages for 1962. There are also program brochures and a program description, memo on the future of the center, and a teaching plan to eliminate racism, two issues of a student journal, and grant applications. Other materials include reports, publications and conference reports about politics and education in Africa, as well as a guide to...
Dates:
1960 - 2013
Alumni Association records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.2
Scope and Contents
Records of the Society of Alumni of Michigan Agricultural College, 1868-1913
This series includes a Minute Book (1869-1916) which contains: Constitution of 1869, signatures of members in 1885, and minutes of annual and triennial business meetings. The minutes generally do not record alumni discussion of college programs, but do include resolutions supporting the labor system, women’s education, and athletics at MAC. Most entries concern the election...
Dates:
1869 - 2019
Alumni Memorial Chapel records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-5.5.5.1
Scope and Contents
The Alumni Memorial Chapel records contain newspaper clippings and manuscripts on the history of the chapel, bids and information seeking a new organ in the early 1990s, brochures, a proposal to fix the chapel’s stained glass windows, and projects that the United States Armed Forces Alumni Association of Michigan State University undertook to update and repair the chapel. There are lists of the MSU veterans who died during service which appear on the walls of the Alumni Memorial Chapel. Also...
Dates:
1952 - 2008
Anniversary and Memorial Occasions records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-13.3.3
Scope and Contents
The collection includes commemorative programs, resolutions, reports, and addresses pertaining to various events in Michigan State University's history, from the 1899 recognition of Ten Years of Progress to the 1966 dedication of MSU's self-service postal station. Includes records of the Emancipation Proclamation Centennial.
Dates:
1899 - 1966
Asian Studies Center records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.3.3
Scope and Contents
The records consist of event flyers, newsletters, Asian Studies Papers Reprint Series booklets, seminar proceedings, a report on Inter-University Rotating Summer Program South Asian Studies, and "The Pakistan Academies for Rural Development, Comilla and Peshawar: A Bibliography, 1959-1964."
Dates:
1963 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2006
Charles C. Killingsworth papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.439
Scope and Contents
The Charles C. Killingsworth papers provide an invaluable source of material to the researcher interested in the development of American labor law, and its application to the collective bargaining process. With the exception of some material from World War I, the collection is composed of labor materials. Killingsworth served as a member of several federal agencies, as a consultant to state and private organizations and as an arbitrator and permanent umpire for many large corporations....
Dates:
1918 - 1968
Charles Press papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.200
Scope and Contents
The question of a general constitutional revision was approved by Michigan voters in April 1961. Delegates were nominated to the 1961 constitutional convention in July and elected in August. Work began in October and finished in August 1962. The revised Michigan constitution was put before the voters on April 1, 1963 and approved.Charles Press was one of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention (Con-Con). Press was assigned to the Legislative Organization Committee, and...
Dates:
1961 - 2012
Christopher Sower papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.223
Scope and Contents
The papers of Christopher Sower consist primarily of his professional writings and also includes notes, departmental memos, and reports. There are two main series: Publications, and Reports & Proposals. The Publications series contains a group of loose papers which are listed by title, however the majority of the material was kept by Sower in chronological order by year. These groupings contain all his writings including, published articles, drafts, working papers, memos,...
Dates:
1951 - 1991
Clare A. Gunn papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.288
Scope and Contents
The Clare A. Gunn papers consist of publications and visual materials relating to tourism in Michigan (including the Upper Peninsula). Of note are photographs, negatives and slides of Michigan motels, resorts, and tourist areas many of which are identified by name and owner. Also included are slides of United States, Canada and other countries showing nature scenes, tourist areas and motels. There are also publications, articles, and conference proceedings relating to tourism, recreation,...
Dates:
1940 - 2000