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Horticulture

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Lyman J. Briggs papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.137
Scope and Contents

The Lyman Briggs collection contains publications, correspondence, and articles written by Lyman Briggs. Also included is memorabilia including identification cards and passes, invitations, and Michigan State University memorabilia.

Dates: 1882-1979, Undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

New Rare Plants on Campus UA 4.2 & UA 16.120

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-00485
Dates: 1949 - 1978
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Ruel N. Wright papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.196
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a bound, typed, thesis called "The Apple and Its Culture." The thesis covers the history and botany of the apple, location and planting of an orchard, propagation, pruning, cultivation, spraying, diseases, insects, picking, packing, storing, marketing, and varieties. The volume contains a bibliography of the sources Wright used and many pasted pictures and illustrations.

Dates: 1920
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Student Horticulture Assocation records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.3.7
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a program from the Ninth Annual Fruit and Flower Show, announcements for the Annual Spring Show and printouts from the Club's website regarding the history of the club and officers for the 2008-2009, meeting and announcements for 2020-2023, The collection also includes photographs and scrapbooks highlighting the groups events for 1980-2014.

Dates: 1914, 1980-2023; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2023
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Student Organic Farm Newsletter UA 12.3.49

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-01166
Dates: 2003 - 2009
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Taped Reminiscences of Ruth Tukey Bates (audio cassette), August 30, 1978

 Item — Drawer 3
Scope and Content From the Record Group: This collection consists of an oral history recording on audio cassette tape. The recording is reminiscences of Ruth Tukey Bates (widow of Harold B. Tukey, later Mrs. Emmert Bates) made at her home in Woodland, Michigan on August 30, 1978. Bates recounts aspects of Harold Tukey's professional life, including his graduate studies at the University of Chicago, his work with embryo culture of stone fruits, his decision to move to East Lansing to head the Michigan State College Department of...
Dates: August 30, 1978
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections / Harold B. Tukey collection

William B. Drew papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.135
Scope and Contents The William B. Drew collection consists of materials from Drew’s Cinchona mission in Ecuador, reports about the effects of herbicide in South Vietnam, reports about swidden (slash and burn) to forest in Thailand, and the essay “History of the Botany and Plant Pathology Department from 1945-1973.” In this essay Drew writes about his time as a professor and head of the department and describes events in the department as well as faculty members. The collection also includes MSU...
Dates: 1943 - 2005
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William James Beal papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.4
Scope and Contents The William J. Beal papers consist of correspondence, publications, and materials relating to his work as a student at Harvard University. The material from Beal's years at Harvard includes course notes on anatomy, geology and ornithology as well as a detailed journal which Beal wrote in 1862. This journal includes comments on individuals as well as events of the period.The correspondence is not extensive but contains several letters from Asa Gray as well as a typescript copy...
Dates: 1859 - 1940
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Young Family UA 16.34

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-00763
Dates: 1971 - 1974
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections