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College sports -- Michigan -- East Lansing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Postmark East Lansing, circa 1950

 Item — Reel 2163
Scope and Contents

This film was done in the format of a letter home from an MSC student to a younger brother, describing the college and its student body, c. 1950. It features speeches by President John A. Hannah, and shows campus buildings, including Old Wells Hall, Fairchild Auditorium, Shaw Hall, and Quonset huts (used as married housing at the time).

Dates: circa 1950
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections / Football records / Audiovisual Materials / Film

Ralph Crissman Sweeney collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.521
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two photo albums. The first album contains 235 photos of various sizes and covers Ralph Crissman Sweeney's life from 1910 to 1920. Included are photos of him and his family, Michigan Agricultural College's campus and buildings, railroad construction, the Michigan State Capital, Michigan Governor Woodbridge Ferris being sworn in, school football photos, and Williams Hall after it burned down. The second album contains 435 photos and 40 loose photos and...
Dates: 1910 - 1920, 1924 - 1935, 1947, 1952
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Ralph H. Young papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.114
Scope and Contents The Ralph Young papers are divided into four series. Series 1, Correspondence, is arranged alphabetically by subject. The correspondence covers Young's last years as Athletic Director (1951-1952) and consists mainly of letters to directors at other institutions and agencies such as the N.C.A.A. Series 2, Individual Sports, is composed of materials dealing with individual varsity sports. This series not only contains materials related directly to the varsity sport but also an extensive...
Dates: 1902 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1958
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Soccer (Sports Information Office) records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-8.1.3.3
Scope and Content

The collection consists of the publication, Michigan State Soccer.

Dates: 1966 - 2008
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Spartan Nation publication

 Collection
Identifier: UA-28.28
Scope and Contents

The collection contains issues of Spartan Nation Magazine created by Hondo S. Carpenter. The issues contain articles about Michigan State University athletics. Included are paper issues from volume 2 and 3 which are from 2010 and 2011 and electronic versions beginning in 2011.

Dates: 2010 - 2016
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Sports Information records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-8.1.3
Scope and Contents The collection consists of eight series. These are Athletic Record Books; Reference Materials and Drafts for Spartan Saga; News Releases; Media Guides; Miscellaneous Materials; Audiovisual Materials; Oversized; and Serials.ATHLETIC RECORD BOOKS, 1884-1964. 1.3 cubic feet, 8 volumesThese volumes list team members, coaches and scores for both varsity and freshman sports at Michigan State University. The results of yearly high school track meets held at MSU and intramural...
Dates: 1884 - 2016
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Student organizations and publications records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12
Scope and Contents The collection consists of material related to Michigan State University student organizations including brochures, event flyers, event programs, minutes, newsletters, publications, and constitutions. The material was collected from events, bulletin boards and student organization websites. Material is categorized by the name of the organization or by subject including African American groups, fraternity and sorority, international student groups, medical and dental groups, sexual...
Dates: 1957-2017, 2024
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Swimming records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-4.3.10
Scope and Contents

These records contain swimming championships programs for 1941, 1959, 1960, 1962, a handout of land exercises for competitive swimming from 1956, and a memo about judging by lanes from 1956. Also included are 22 volumes of scrapbooks which contain newspaper articles about the Michigan State University swim team, local high school and recreational teams, as well as some articles about swimming on the national level.

Dates: 1932 - 1962
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Swimming (Sports Information Office) records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-8.1.3.10
Scope and Contents

This collection contains Big Ten Men’s Swimming programs and Michigan State University Men Varsity swimming record times for various meets from 1941 to 1954, and a summary of the 1969 Big Ten Swimming and Diving Relays. There are also programs from 1997 to 2009 for the Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving teams.

Dates: 1959 - 2009
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Tennis (Intercollegiate Athletics) records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-4.3.6
Scope and Contents

The Intercollegiate Athletics Tennis collection consists of a program from the 80th Annual NCAA Tennis Championships held at Michigan State University June 15-20, 1963.

Dates: 1963 - 1963
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections