Scope and Contents The collection includes the annual reports of the Beal Botanical Garden and Campus Plant Collections. These reports contain general information such as plans to expand the Beal Botanical Garden in the late 1920s, Dutch Elm Disease, new plantings, and the seed exchange and labeling programs. The 1968 report contains a map and brochure of the Botanical Gardens. The 1971 report contains a rare plant list.Included is the film "MSU Panorama" (circa 1970s), with footage beginning at...

Scope and Contents The Ilgenfritz Nursery records contain catalogs, price lists, advertisement, and inventory records relating to the nursery. In addition are competitor catalogs, and general horticulture and nursery information. The collection also contains a large quantity of photographs, slides and negatives. Many of the images are of plants that were taken for catalogs or advertisements, in addition there are images of nursery scenes, plants, tractors, and homes. There are also slides of a trip to Central...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of the letterbooks of T. T. Lyon of Plymouth, Michigan, president and superintendent of the Michigan Lake Shore Nurseries, South Haven, Michigan.Volume I (1874-1876) and volume II (1875-1880) contain copies of business letters written exclusively by Lyon. Included are letters concerning loans for land improvements, ordering nursery stock, securing agents to solicit orders and advertise their nursery products, mass orders to various Granges in Michigan,...