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College campuses -- Michigan -- East Lansing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 211 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

R. H. Pettit papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.213
Scope and Contents

Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) memorabilia includes a class rivalry poster (1915), seven photographs of campus depicting an elk in the campus deer park, a group of people at Lake Lansing, M.A.C. faculty/staff circa 1899-1900, R. H. Pettit in an REO automobile, and A. J. Cook at the campus apiary. There is also one letter (1954), and one newsclipping of Professor R. H. Pettit's obituary.

Dates: 1915, 1946, 1954, undated

R. Keith Hudson papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.266
Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials from R. Keith Hudson and his wife, Lois. Hudson's materials include newspaper clippings, campus maps, two aerial photographs of campus, and a plat map of the Kellogg Reforestation Tract with labels of types of trees. Lois' materials include a 1941 menur from the Hotel Olds, a football ticket dated October 24, 1942, a basketball program dated January 10, 1941 and newspaper clippings about Michigan State University buildings and Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to...
Dates: 1939 - 1978

Ray C. Edwards papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.456
Scope and Contents This collection consists of 11 postcards of scenes and buildings of Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). Notable images include sheep grazing along Farm Lane; "the Shops" consisting of the Wood Shop, Machine Shop, Foundry, and Forge Shop; Wells Hall; interior of M.A.C. Power Plant; interior of the Chapel; Old College Hall surrounded by stumps; scenes of the Red Cedar River; and a scene of a student standing on top of the Class of 1900 fountain/horse trough as an...
Dates: 1908 - 1909

Richard Trapp papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.165
Scope and Contents

The papers include two certificates for courses in fixing Ford tractors and Dearborn Wood Brothers corn pickers. There is also student memorabilia including a football ticket, party ticket, a Michigan State College advertising card, and a program for the Dairy Department Bean Feed in 1940. Also included is a photograph of a Michigan State College Horse Management class from 1947, and photographs of campus and buildings.

Dates: 1940 - 1949

Robert B. Brown collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.424
Scope and Contents Note The Robert B. Brown collection contains motion picture film, slides, negatives and color transparencies. The film reels are mostly unidentified but may contain footage of an MSU football game, football practice, Hubbard Hall(?) in winter, Intramural building, labs and offices, children's field trip to a planetarium. Images in the collection include aerial views of Michigan State University, campus buildings, faculty and staff working, students, students in dorm rooms, classroom scenes,...
Dates: 1950-1970, undated

Robert Gartung collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.304
Scope and Contents

The Robert Gartung collection contains photographs of campus taken from 1935 to 1950 and 1984. The photos include Old Horticulture building, Entomology building, Student Services, Beaumont Tower, and the Spartan Statue. There are also photographs of the horticulture gardens next to the Old Horticulture building, the Red Cedar River in winter, as well as a photograph of Robert Gartung in graduation robes.

Dates: 1935-1950, 1984

Robert M. Williams collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.279
Scope and Contents

The Robert M. Williams collection primarily contains photographs and postcards of street scenes and daily life in the Michigan towns of Baraga, Brown City, Copper Harbor, Dryden, and L’Anse. There are also postcards and photographs of the dedication and planting of the L’Anse Township School Forest on May 23, 1930. The collection also includes photographs of Michigan State University’s Agriculture Hall, Morrill Hall, and the Physics and Electrical Engineering Building.

Dates: circa 1900s-1930s

Roberta Robinson Coulter Papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.79
Scope and Content

This collection contains a 1946 Commencement program and invitation, dance cards, program from parties and other social activities, a MSC garter, and other ephemera.

Dates: 1945 - 1946

Spartan Engineer UA 15.2 & UA 16.78

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Serial-00652
Dates: 1948-1963, 1969-1970