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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 593 Collections and/or Records:

Elizabeth Cooper Matheson diaries

 Collection
Identifier: c-00314
Scope and Contents This collection contains diaries of Elizabeth Cooper Matheson who moved with her family from Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, to Salem, Ohio in 1862, and to Riverside, Michigan in 1867. The early entries include many observations on events of the Civil War. Matheson, a Quaker, also gives details of Quaker meetings and of the Temperance Society which she joined in 1862. In addition, she describes in detail the journey from Ohio to Michigan including the crossing of Lake Erie and...
Dates: 1861 - 1873
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Elton B. Hill papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.67
Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection contains material relating to the issues that interested Hill most as a teacher and researcher. He taught a number of courses on farm appraisal and agricultural finance, and his reference material appears here. Land tenure, especially the legal and moral implications of father-son partnerships and farm ownership transfers, were of special interest to him.In addition to this, there is also a scrapbook and some memorabilia from his college days at...
Dates: 1862 - 1972
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Emil Conrad Volz papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.103
Scope and Contents

The papers of Emil Volz consist of a scrapbook containing postcards and photographs depicting student life, students, campus scenes, scenes from Pine Lake (Lake Lansing), Michigan, faculty, and athletic events at Michigan Agricultural College. It also contains programs from various campus social functions, numerous dance cards, menus, ribbons, and many items relating to football at Michigan Agricultural College.

Dates: 1910 - 1914
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

English family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00064
Scope and Contents This collection relates mainly to Albert D. English, his wife, the former Marion Brown Monteith, their daughter Jean English Wisner, and Albert's sister, Annetta English.Many letters in Albert's personal correspondence, especially those from his sister, Annetta, contain references of local historical interest. Annetta English, in her diaries and essays, recorded a great deal of the history of the Manchester, Michigan area. Albert kept personal notes in this field, and also...
Dates: 1829 - 1954
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

English Language Center records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.44
Scope and Contents

The unpublished annual reports (1962-68) of the English Language Center contain information on staff, activities, and enrollment.

Dates: 1963-1968, 2008-2014
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Eric Nies collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.516
Scope and Contents The Eric Nies collection contains scrapbook pages, a diploma, and the Eric Nies Chronicle by Nancy Nies, American Iris Society. The scrapbook pages contain photos of cadets, photos of the basketball team and photo of the baseball team with Nies. There are also event and athletic tickets, a bath ticket, a cadet certificate, dormitory regulations, Intercollegiate Athletics Rules of Eligibility, a note of punishment, and an athletic mass meeting flyer. There are also loose photographs of...
Dates: circa 1904-1907, 1915, 2006
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Eric V. A. Winston papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.396
Scope and Contents

This collection contains Winston's job promotion letters, personal correspondence, a handbook for MSU's College of Education doctoral students, and early research he conducted on Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper.

Two folders are restricted, Winston's job promotion letters and the questionnaire results he received back for his dissertation.

Dates: 1969 - 1974
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Ernest O. Melby papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.70
Scope and Contents The papers of Ernest O. Melby document his career as an educator, and are arranged into five series: Northwestern University (1934-1941), Montana State University (1941-1945), New York University (1945-1956), Michigan State University (1956-1973), Florida Atlantic University (1956-1971), and the Cleveland Conference sub series under these headings include correspondence, class materials, articles, and talks, and newspaper clippings. Two special sub series were created: one, in the NYU...
Dates: 1936 - 1974
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Esther M. Rehkopf collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.81
Scope and Contents The collection contains college memorabilia collected by Esther M. Rehkopf. This includes a postcard of the Eunomian House, 1919-1920 YMCA Handbook from Michigan Agricultural College, and a 1921 commencement program. The memorabilia also includes the M.A.C. Catalog for 1917-1918, the college handbook for 1920-1921, student directories for 1917 through 1920, rules for women, regulations for undergraduate students, an M.A.C. souvenir booklet, The Holcad newsletter, athletics schedules, and...
Dates: 1917 - 1921
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Esther Munro Vaniman papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.214
Scope and Contents

The Esther Munro Vaniman papers consist of the booklet "What Home Economics Training Can Do for You" (1930) about the home economics programs at Michigan State College (MSC, now Michigan State University). Also included are nine postcards of MSC buildings and photographs of a group shot of a picnic and several campus buildings.

Dates: 1930 - 1933
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections