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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 97 Collections and/or Records:

Curtain Time UA 16.118

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-00872
Dates: 1982, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Department of Anatomy records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.11
Scope and Contents

The collection contains published (1916-38) and unpublished (1958-1972) annual reports for the Department of Anatomy. The annual reports of the department of Anatomy provide a general overview of the department's activities, along with specific data on enrollment, faculty activities, and services performed by the department.

There is also correspondence on Frank Chamberlain's "Atlas of Avian Anatomy" (1943).

Dates: 1916 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1938
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Department of Dairy Science records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.37
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a variety of records relating to the Dairy Department at Michigan State University. Included are pamphlets and information handouts on various dairy subjects. Also included are records of the Michigan Artificial Breeders Cooperative, Inc. and the Michigan Dairy Herd Improvement Association. There are also scrapbooks showing Dairy Department events as well as folders of photographs.

Dates: 1921 - 1999
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Department of Effective Living records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-22.25
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 11 volumes of Effective Living course syllabi and readings; original minutes of the Basic Education Planning Committee and the Curriculum Committee (March-May, 1944); a “confidential” report of an undated faculty survey relating to the establishment of the Basic College and the Effective Living courses. The collection is arranged chronologically.

The collection also includes unpublished annual reports for 1945-1953.

Dates: 1946 - 1951
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Department of English records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.43
Scope and Contents The records contain department newsletters, brochures, and writing guides. Also included is “English as a Subversive Activity: An Unofficial Guide for English Majors at MSU,” issues of the journal Gypsy Scholar: a Graduate Forum for Literary Criticism, “A Half Century Ago: Michigan in the Great Depression” Symposium Proceedings, a placement test for freshmen, and plagiarism policies. There are also photographs of English Department faculty and staff some of which are identified. Annual...
Dates: 1872 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1938 - 2007
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Department of Religious Studies records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.102
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a departmental brochure, course listings for spring 1958, syllabi and reading lists for classes 307 – 309, and unpublished annual reports (1957, 1959 – 1963, 1965 – 1969).

Dates: 1943 - 1969
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Eben Mumford papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.91
Scope and Contents The papers of Eben Mumford contain case notes, data, and manuscripts of rural communities and land utilization studies of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Professional correspondence, research data, manuscripts, research notes from the agriculture experiment station, standard of living in Michigan projects, the rural church project, and Michigan school districts are also found in Mumford’s papers. Also included are class notes, possibly from classes Mumford taught.The...
Dates: 1915 - 1940
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Edgar L. Kirk papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.271
Scope and Contents The papers consist of materials related to Edgar Kirk and the Richards Quintet. The materials include three binder scrapbooks with photographs, performance programs, letters, and newspapers clippings. There are also two photograph albums relating to the 1984 China trip of the Richards Quintet, one album contains photographs, the other album contains photographs and clippings which are written in Chinese. The collection also contains two LP records of the Richards Quintet: Anton Reicha's...
Dates: 1965 - 1986
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Edward H. Ryder papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.40
Scope and Contents The Edward H. Ryder collection contains correspondence, travel information from his trip around the world in 1923 and personal remembrances, including memorials and programs. Also found in the collection are materials pertaining to his wife, Georgia Smyth Ryder. The collection also contains correspondence to and from both Edward and Georgia Ryder. It includes copies of their original birth certificates as well as their obituaries. The bulk of the material relates to Edward Ryder and his...
Dates: 1854 - 1955
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Elinore Winburne papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.108
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of papers related to Winburne’s ultimately successful fight to receive pension benefits from Michigan State University. It includes correspondence from the MSU Equal Opportunity Program as well as correspondence from the Board of Trustees.

Dates: 1970 - 1971
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections