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College buildings

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

James W. Faulkner collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.312
Scope and Contents This collection consists of photographs and negatives from Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) dating to 1948 of the stadium rededication and the MSC-UM football Game, the Spring Parade and Water Carnival, a spring flood on the Red Cedar River, a ROTC Unit, and MSC buildings, including construction on the Union building, the Physics-Astronomy Building, Beaumont Tower, the Auditorium, the library (present-day Museum), Mason Hall, the Music building (labelled as Home...
Dates: 1947 - 1948
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Linda Eoline Landon papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.124
Scope and Contents

The Linda Landon papers consist of an undated photograph album of Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) from circa 1875-1876.

Dates: undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Linda Oliphant Stanford papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.256
Scope and Contents The Linda O. Stanford papers contain research files and photographs for the book MSU Campus--Buildings, Places, Spaces by Stanford and C. Kurt Dewhurst. The research files comprise 1.5 cubic feet, followed by 0.5 cubic feet of photograph files. Also included are slides that Stanford used for teaching and for the book. The slides include images of Michigan State University buildings and grounds as well as maps and a few historical photos. Both series are...
Dates: 1983 - 1991
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Madison Kuhn collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.107
Scope and Contents The Madison Kuhn collection consists of materials accumulated by Kuhn during his tenure as University Historian. This collection, which was drawn from his reference files, constitutes only a small portion of the total documentation which he donated to the Archives. A large number of manuscript materials have been transferred, based on their provenance, to other University Archives collections. This collection deals largely, but not exclusively, with the history of Michigan State...
Dates: 1827 - 1966
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Office of Facilities Planning and Space Management records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-4.7
Scope and Contents

The Office of Facilities Planning and Space Management records consist of materials relating to accessibility of buildings for handicappers (disabled persons). The materials include memos, reports and evaluation of buildings. Also included are versions of the Handicapper Transition Plan report. The files labeled as “Handicappers” include memos, articles, and reports.

The collection includes unpublished reports for the Office of Space Utilization.

Dates: 1965 - 1989
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Office of the Vice President for Finance, Operations, and Treasurer records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-5
Scope and Contents

The records of the Office of the Vice President for Finance, Operations, and Treasurer consist of a list of MSU property (1964), a proposal for a Geosciences Center at MSU (undated), and a memorandum (undated). Also included are Annual Reports for 1959, 1967, 1969, 1990, and 1995.

The Electronic Resources include correspondence in the form of e-mail memos and attachments.

Dates: 1959 - 2015
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Public Relations records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-8.1
Scope and Contents The Public Relations office records consist of subject files relating to campus, photographs, video recordings, annual reports, negatives and electronic resources. Topics of the subject files concern motion pictures, the MSU Centennial, magazine articles, conferences and workshops and many others. The photographs in the collection include images of conferences and workshops on campus, people, buildings, campus life, commencement, student activities and organizations, student awards,...
Dates: 1943 - 2004
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Publications Office records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-8.1.2
Scope and Content

The collection consists of brochures and other publications. There are also photographs of campus, students, staff, cheerleaders, Spartan Marching Band, football games, track, and golf.

Dates: 1963-1989, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Sidney Stevens collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.259
Scope and Contents The Sidney Stevens collection contains an Michigan Agricultural College Bulletin from 1912 that advertises the college. The bulletin has photographs of the Agriculture Building, Engineering Hall, Wells Hall, Abbot Hall, Williams Hall, the Women's Building [Morrill Hall], the college band, the college post office, the forest nursery, the main dairy barn and a panoramic photograph of a vista near the main entrance of campus. There are also M.A.C. postcards of cannons in front of Wells Hall,...
Dates: 1912, 1914, Undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

The State News records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.7.2
Scope and Contents The records of the State News consist of a style book from 1929, a handbook from 1972 and an undated handbook possibly from the 1970s. There are also sample banners (Complete issues selected to show varying banners) (1925-1954) and selected issues (selected on basis of headline or relevance to University or East Lansing history). Also included are a few issues of the supplements including “Collage,” “MSU Extra,” and “Counterpoint.” Also included are...
Dates: 1925 - 1999
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections