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Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.447
Scope and Contents
The Bamber family papers consist primarily of correspondence written or received by members of the family of Joseph S. Bamber, a farmer residing in Oakland County, Michigan. The collection includes letters (1862-1865) to Bamber from members of the Hayes family, related to the Bambers by marriage. These letters describe civilian experiences during the Civil War and contain information on food prices, the draft, and "Copperhead" activity in 1864. Also included are letters...
Dates:
1861 - 1883
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.289
Scope and Content
Barnett Rosenberg came to Michigan State University in 1961 as a founding faculty member the Biophysics Department. Rosenberg and his fellow researchers discovered cisplatin and carboplatin which were the first leading anti-cancer drugs. The collection documents the discovery of these two drugs and includes Rosenberg’s personal and business correspondence. The records of the Barros Research Institute, which further researched and developed anti-cancer drugs, are also included. In...
Dates:
1959 - 2009
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.500
Content Description
The collection contains flyers, notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings related to the creation of the Black Student Alliance and its early history from 1967 to 1969. Included are newspaper clipping editorials that Amis wrote while a student. Also included are blank forms, hate mail, and a factsheet about the Orangeburg Massacre.
The collection can be viewed online at https://onthebanks.msu.edu/Object/162-565-7729/barry-d-amis-papers-/ and ...
Dates:
1967-1970, undated
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.209
Scope and Contents
The Beatrice Paolucci papers include materials created by Paolucci during her tenure at Michigan State University, her published and unpublished manuscripts, her work on international projects, and personal records.
Dates:
1958 - 2005
Collection
Identifier: c-00496
Scope and Contents
Harman records in the two diaries the day-to-day activities of a soldier, including meals, marches, a trip on a schooner, illnesses, skirmishes, and his income and expenses. The diaries span the dates December 21, 1861 to May 27, 1863, the day that he was killed in battle at Port Hudson, Louisiana.
The other papers are photocopies of muster rolls for Harman (1861-1863) and correspondence (1881-1888) by his mother and relatives trying to secure his pension for his mother.
Dates:
1861 - 1888; Majority of material found within 1881 - 1888
Collection
Identifier: 00142
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, press releases, and related materials from the office of "Romney Volunteers" during the first six months of 1963. Also included are biographical materials, executive speeches and releases, Romney's daily schedules as Governor, photographs, newspaper clippings and campaign materials.
Dates:
1961 - 1963
Collection
Identifier: c-00245
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence (1865-1887) between members of the Noddins family of Ionia, Michigan, primarily Civil War letters from Sarah and Robert Noddins to their son, Thomas, in the Union Army. The letters often mention a son William but he is actually the son-in-law, William Hicking.Also included is a lecture on the capture of John Wilkes Booth, given on speaking tours by Luther B. Baker, who helped capture Booth. Luther Byron Baker was an officer of the U.S....
Dates:
1865 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1887
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.416
Scope and Contents
The Bessey family papers have been arranged into the following series: Biographical Data, Manuscripts and Publications, General, Correspondence, Scrapbooks, Oversized materials and Photographs.The biographical data series includes information on Charles and Ernst Bessey, and on relatives of Edith Carleton Higgins (Mrs. Ernst A. Bessey), including her mother, Ella M. (Noyes) Higgins (1851-1913); her sisters, Mabel Cornell Porter and Bertha Noyes and, her brothers, Leslie A. Higgins...
Dates:
1878 - 1968
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.258
Scope and Contents
The Betty Garlick papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs about the Spartan Nursery School.
Dates:
1948 - 1977
Collection
Identifier: c-00234
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence between members of the Bond and Newcomb families. The majority is addressed to John G. Bond, who moved to Berrien County, Michigan, in 1839. The letters are concerned with news of family and friends. Several letters trace the genealogy of the Bond family in America.
Dates:
1827 - 1855
