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College students -- Michigan -- East Lansing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 155 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Hammes Corbin collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.321
Scope and Contents The Mary Hammes Corbin collection includes a scrapbook from her time at Michigan State College. Included are photos of Mary and student life including her friends, football games, and push cart races. The scrapbook also incudes event programs, letters and cards from family, as well as materials received from campus administration. Some of these materials were originally in the scrapbook. Of note is a letter about raids on women's residences. The collection also includes football game...
Dates: 1919-1920, 1951-1955, Undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Mary Zurburg papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.317
Content The Mary Zurburg collection contains two scrapbooks and also a list of her floor mates, reminiscences, and a biography sheet. The scrapbooks contains materials from her time as a student at Michigan State University including greeting cards, event and play programs, newspaper clippings, report cards, dance cards, tickets, marriage and birth announcements, photographs, student activity identification cards, a commencement program, play programs, and photographs and mementos from a trip to...
Dates: 1954-1958, 2014
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Maxwell A. Goodwin papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.204
Scope and Contents The papers of Maxwell A. Goodwin include a five-page reminiscence titled “Some College Memories,” and ten photographs. Although it does not go into great detail, the reminiscence describes Goodwin’s college days and life after his graduation in 1929. He includes references to his captainship of the fencing team, membership in the Eunomian Society and the ROTC cavalry and social life. He also describes his work experiences immediately following the 1929 stock market crash, and service to...
Dates: 1926 - 1929, 2004; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1929
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Michigan Agricultural College Oratorical Association records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.3.36
Scope and Contents

The records of the M.A.C. Oratorical Association contain the Treasurer’s account book, grade cards filled out by competition judges, receipts, the Secretary’s book, and two programs from the 1899 Oratorical contest. The Secretary’s book has the group’s constitution along with contest results from 1888 to 1899.

Dates: 1888 - 1906
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Michigan State University 1970 Student Strike records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-26.1
Scope and Contents

The records consist of materials related to student demonstrations and strikes in May 1970. Topics of the protests included ROTC, and the war in Vietnam. Materials include newspaper clippings, copies of student flyers, as well as press releases. There are also copies of typewritten notes of timeline of events, damage to buildings, and class attendance. There is also a flyer about Bobby Seale in the Bulletins and Announcements folder.

Dates: 1970
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Mortar Board, Sphinx Chapter records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.13
Scope and Content This collection consists of calendars, which were created and sold by Mortar Board, and a nomination form and letter from the 1984-1985 academic year. The publication MSU Woman featured articles on topics such as reproductive health, feminism, and the activities of women's groups at MSU. It was originally sponsored by Associated Women Students and Mortar Board.The collection contains eight scrapbooks documenting Mortar Board's history. Included in...
Dates: 1943 - 1989
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

MSU Young Socialist Club records

 Collection
Identifier: UA-12.3.65
Scope and Content

The collection consists of a flyer for an event sponsored by the MSU Young Socialist Club. The event was called "Revolutionary Socialism Past, Present and Future." The speakers were Robert Himmel and Harriet Talan.

Dates: circa 1961
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Nathan Taisch collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00696
Scope and Content The collection consists of eleven photographs taken by Nathan Taisch in 1929. Five of the photographs show the Michigan State College band performing at a football game. One photograph is of Wells Hall decorated with a large "S" and a banner reading "Spartans Beat Detroit." Four of the photographs are of men standing around a tower of junk for the sophomore barbeque with signs reading "U. of Detroit" and "Health Service." The final photograph is of eight men posing for a picture with the...
Dates: 1929, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Norman O. Weil collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.133
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook was complied by Norman O. Weil of Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), Class of 1917. The scrapbook contains student autographs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and bulletins which depict scenes and student life at M.A.C. from 1911 to 1917.

Dates: 1917
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Office of Institutional Research records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.11
Scope and Contents

The records of the Office of Institutional Research include a variety of reports, studies, summaries and statistics pertaining to various aspects of student and faculty composition and life, courses offered, graduate work, finances, alumni, teaching methods, the athletic program, grading, language study, and individual departments.

Dates: 1958 - 1980
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections