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Department of Chemistry records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.26
Scope and Contents
The records of the Chemistry Department include correspondence, department files, subject files, information on chemistry buildings, material about Alpha Chi Sigma, and material from the American Chemical Society.Correspondence includes letterpress correspondence from Robert C. Kedzie and Frank Kedzie. They include correspondence relating to the department, analysis of materials, sugar beets, and letters sent out asking for information and addresses of alumni. The letterpress...
Dates:
1879 - 2010
Department of Computer Science and Engineering records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.33
Scope and Contents
Records of the department consist of sixteen folders containing brochures, newsletters, APP & R documents, bylaws, program books, a proposal to the National Science Foundation for a Computer Development Plan and a Supplement to the plan. Annual Reports for 1967–1969 and Serials (#203, Communication Outlook) are stored separately.
Dates:
1968 - 2012
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (Plant, Soil and Microbial Science) records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.36
Scope and Contents
This collection contains miscellaneous papers from the department. The earliest record is a 19th century record book of experiments about growing beets, possibly copied from another source. The entries include “Experiments with Sugar Beets” by F. F. Tanner, “Experiments with Sugar Beets” by A. T. Stevens, “Experiments with Roots to Determine the Relative Value of Sod versus Stubble, Sand versus Clay, and Clay versus Hummus Soil for Beets, Carrots, and Ruta Bagas” by Luther H. Baker,...
Dates:
1891 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1994
Department of Entomology records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.45
Scope and Contents
The Entomology Department records consist of correspondence, reports, extension bulletins relating to entomology, and photographs. The correspondence is from members of the faculty and staff about running the department, research, grants, and teaching. The subject files section contains information about running the department, comprehensive review reports, information on the entomology club and Beta Beta Beta. The scrapbook of cyanotypes contains images of various insects, campus...
Dates:
1887 - 2013
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.48
Scope and Contents
The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife records consist of correspondence, employment opportunities, and administrative files for 1948 to 1968. The correspondence is from the department chairman and professors, other professionals (academic, government, and private sector), future and past students, and the general public. Areas of correspondence include fish ponds (creation and maintenance), fish culture, recipes, bait culture (minnows, worms, frogs), pest control (mammals, crayfish,...
Dates:
1926 - 2016
Department of Forestry records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.51
Scope and Contents
The records of the forestry department consist of research papers, correspondence, pamphlets, and field reports from various counties in Michigan. Also included is a folder of correspondence from C. O. Willets with the Agriculture Research Service, history of the Conservation Nursery at Michigan State University, and materials about maple syrup production including reports, and correspondence. Other notable topics include Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station and Xi Sigma Pi, the...
Dates:
1920 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1930 - 2010
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 Microbiology and Molecular Genetics records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.84
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of administrative, curricular, and research papers of the Department of Microbiology from its beginnings at the beginning of 1900 through 1987. Administrative files include records from the Advisory Committee (1967–1970), Executive Committee (1965–1969), Curriculum Committee (1964–1970), Graduate Committee (1964–1969), Correspondence (1967–1971), Faculty Meetings (1965–1970), Annual Reports of faculty (1952–1968), and Staff Memorandums (1967–1968). Research papers...
Dates:
1904 - 1987
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
Department of Physics and Astronomy records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.95
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records including blueprints of the Old Chemistry Building (Old Chemistry Laboratory), correspondence regarding a physics textbook, experiments, graduate opportunities, a laboratory manual, materials tests, a proposal to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and telescope advertisements from the late nineteenth century.
Dates:
1890 - 2012