Farmers -- Michigan
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Burt and Ila Wermuth papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.430
Scope and Contents
The Burt and Ila Wermuth papers consist of materials related to the Wermuths' time in the Grange. Included are lectures given by the Wermuths and others, Grange bulletins, a copy of the October 1944 Michigan Patron, information on pageants, lectures and essays by various state of Michigan professors, an October 1950 Grange Master Address, radio talks, the Master Farmers of Michigan member list and history, as well as activity, games, and music suggestions. Also included is material related...
Dates:
1926-1973, Undated
Delatos H. Goldsmith papers
Collection
Identifier: 00180
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the diaries of Delatos H. Goldsmith. The entries contain the day's weather, his activities, and who visited that day. He wrote what he paid or was paid for goods and services. The entries center around activities related to the farm. The entries contain little personal information. He also rarely mentions his wife by name or her activities. Goldsmith also includes names in his entries but has little or no explanation of their relationship to him.Also...
Dates:
1906 - 1929
Department of Sociology records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.113
Scope and Contents
The records consist of reports and publications, information about graduate studies, materials related to rural sociology, and curriculum materials. There are also graduate student manuals, an undergraduate student manual, and department meeting minutes. Reports of note include Students’ Beliefs About Post-War Problems, 1944; Social Backgrounds of MSU Athletes, circa 1962; Centennial Farms in Michigan, 1956; Social Effects of the Depression, 1938; and Utopian Communities in the United...
Dates:
1937-2012, 2021, undated
Farley Brothers Farm records
Collection
Identifier: c-00400
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of farm accounts and business papers of the Farley Brothers (Garfield and W. E. Farley) of Albion, Michigan, growers and dealers in grain, feeder cattle, fruit, and evergreens. Included are freight bills for shipping cattle and produce, bills from the D. M. McAuliffe Farm Implement firm for various purchases, receipts, letters, and a few newspaper articles about the cattle and fruit businesses.The volumes are ledgers of the farm's expenditures and...
Dates:
1896 - 1948
Michigan CROP collection
Collection
Identifier: 00253
Scope and Content
This collection consists of materials from the Christian Rural Overseas Program (CROP) relating to Michigan. Included in the collection are minutes of the CROP Board of Managers, proclamations, incorporation materials, and flyers from their 25th anniversary. Also included is a scrapbook and several photographs and negatives of rail cars being loaded and shipped with beans, the Heifer Project, and the Friendship Acres where people donated part of their harvest to the Michigan CROP.
Dates:
1950 - 1983
Michigan Future Farmers of America records
Collection
Identifier: 00236
Scope and Contents
The Michigan Future Farmers of American records include American Farmer Degree applications, membership materials including rosters and applications, competition materials, Michigan FFA newsletters, meeting minutes, national convention proceedings, manuals, pamphlets and programs, photographs, leadership conference materials, state convention materials, audio and video cassettes of conventions.
Dates:
1929 - 2002
Michigan Master Farmers records
Collection
Identifier: UA-28.2
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials relating to Michigan Master Farmers which was sponsored by the Michigan Farmer newspaper and Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) to honor outstanding farmers. Materials include nomination letters and questionnaires, newsclippings about the master farmers and their farms, biographical information on medal winners, minutes of meetings, and information on miscellaneous activities. Folder date refers to the year of induction....
Dates:
1926 - 1951
Ted F. Jackson papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.382
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of research by Ted F. Jackson, D.V.M., and Frederic Halbert into dairy cattle that were fed polybrominated biphenyl (PBB)- contaminated food, and the publication of their article in the Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association in 1974. The collection also contains Jackson's Doctor of Veterinary Medicine diploma (1944), a Registered Veterinarian certificate from the State of Michigan (1954), and slides and photographs of his veterinary practice. A...
Dates:
1944 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1976