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Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.68
Scope and Contents
The papers of Katharine Cook Briggs contain two scrapbooks, three folders of genealogical information, and several of her published and private works. The first scrapbook by Cook contains images of Michigan Agricultural College campus, dance cards, concert programs, letters, and other memorabilia. The album begins in 1889 and contains materials through 1894. The second scrapbook consists of a joint photo album in which Cook and Mary Lilian Wheeler demonstrate various photographic printing...
Dates:
1889 - 1956
Collection
Identifier: 00134
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials from the 1907 land fraud case, the Republican Speaker's Bureau and the Newberry-Ford dispute. This includes correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, newspapers, a scrapbook and photographs.
Dates:
1888 - 1938; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1938
Collection
Identifier: c-00012
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an article by L. P. Pettitt entitled "Short Story of the Passenger Pigeon" (1953) explaining the methods used in Michigan from 1870-1880 to capture large numbers of these birds. The birds were then shipped to cities in the Midwest. Pettitt also discusses different theories on the cause of the extinction of the passenger pigeon.
Dates:
1953
Collection
Identifier: 00174
Scope and Contents
I. PERSONAL MATERIALS. 0.5 cubic feetMaterials largely from Leo Christensen’s high school and college days. Includes commencement programs, college handbook, banquet and event programs, report cards, papers, valentines, Christmas cards, fraternal/honorary organizational materials, as well as the wedding invitation to Eva (Patterson) and Leo Christensen’s wedding.Arranged largely chronologically.
II. CORRESPONDENCE. 4.0 cubic feetThis...
Dates:
1837 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1880
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.374
Scope and Contents
The papers of Lloyd G. Wilson consist of lab notebooks about sulfur dioxide and sulfate research related to plants, other research, reprints of his articles, presentations and other of his faculty papers. Also included is material related to a cellulolytic fungi project he worked on at the Wright Air Development Center. The collection also contains materials related to the design and construction of the Michigan State University Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory as...
Dates:
1939 - 1990
Item
Identifier: MSS 231 codex
Item
Identifier: MSS 169 codex
Dates:
approximately 1850-1879
Item
Identifier: MSS 230 small
Collection
Identifier: c-00082
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a brief historical sketch of Mesick, Michigan, by Margaret C. Walling, entitled "Mesick Past and Present." Walling discusses the early history of Mesick from its establishment by Howard Mesick in the 1830s, including the development of local businesses.
Dates:
undated
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.14
Scope and Contents
The papers document Dye's professional life and reflect her interest in Nutrition research, the teaching of Home Economics at the college level, and women's changing roles in contemporary American society. Included are speeches and manuscripts written by Dye, records relating to the College of Home Economics (later called Human Ecology), correspondence, notes, journal reprints, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia. The records relating to the College of Home Economics consist primarily of...
Dates:
1896 - 1973
