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Letters (correspondence)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 561 Collections and/or Records:

American Society of Civil Engineers, Michigan Section, records

 Collection
Identifier: 00153
Scope and Content

The collection contains administrative records of the organization including membership records, treasurers' reports and budgets, meeting minutes, committee files, annual reports, general correspondence, and publications. Some biographical data on membership is included. Registration examinations, results and related correspondence are also included, but are restricted.

Dates: 1937 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1977
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Andrea Sandstrom papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00566
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a letter from Hilaire du Berrier, a reporter on foreign affairs, to Andrea Sandstrom and a short biography of du Berrier. In 1959 Sandstrom wrote to du Berrier as a teenager for a school paper assignment. She was inquiring whether a report he wrote about South Vietnam was true and his reasons for writing the article. Du Berrier wrote to Sandstrom his reasons for the article. He wrote about Ngo dinh Diem as the leader of Vietnam and General John O'Daniel's support...
Dates: 1959, 1999
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Anniversary and Memorial Occasions records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-13.3.3
Scope and Contents

The collection includes commemorative programs, resolutions, reports, and addresses pertaining to various events in Michigan State University's history, from the 1899 recognition of Ten Years of Progress to the 1966 dedication of MSU's self-service postal station. Includes records of the Emancipation Proclamation Centennial.

Dates: 1899 - 1966
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Ansel Wells papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00065
Scope and Contents The Ansel Wells papers consist of diaries, letters, and a tuition receipt. Wells kept the two diaries (1860, 1861-1862) while he was living in Pharsalia, New York. The brief daily entries record his farm work, social life, and religious activities. The tuition receipt (1859) represents Wells' attendance at the Cincinnatus Academy in Cincinnatus, New York. Six letters (1847-1853) from H. P. Herrick to his family in Pharsalia describe his life as a student at Amherst College and as a teacher...
Dates: 1847 - 1862
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Anthony Koo papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.363
Scope and Content This collection contains both professional and personal documents of Anthony Koo, dating from the 1940s through the 1990s. A significant portion of the collection is composed of materials relating to the post-World War II Far Eastern Commission (FEC), including press releases, meeting agendas and minutes, and informational materials circulated among committee members. Several other FEC-era documents address these issues as well, but are not "official" FEC materials. Koo's involvement in...
Dates: 1923, 1944-1995
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Argentina Project (Balcarce) records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.13
Scope and Contents

Records of the Argentina Project (Balcarce) consist of official reports and staff reports, personal and official staff correspondence, and preliminary studies and drafts of the project. Also included are financial and funding records, administrative records, and information on Argentina and agriculture.

Dates: 1957 - 1975
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Arne Gerald Kettunen papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.89
Scope and Contents The Arne Kettunen papers include correspondence, printed materials on extension programs and committees, and information on youth activities, as well as correspondence relating to several hunting and fishing trips taken with various members of the Cooperative Extension Service. Of special interest is his work with the Finnish Relief Fund and Finnish Extension Program. His scrapbook contains material relating to his years as a student at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State...
Dates: 1913 - 1957
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Arthur A. Crozier papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.193
Scope and Contents The papers consist of a photocopy of a letter Crozier wrote to his father on May 4, 1879. In the letter, he mentions his upcoming graduation and his desire for a teaching position. He also writes that he is enclosing an article on evolution and discusses which professors on campus believe in evolution. In addition, he mentions a sermon he attended and goes on to describe several religious articles he read and the topic of a religious class. The religious topics do not involve...
Dates: 1879
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Arthur Carmichel papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00241
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three letters from Arthur Carmichel to family members in Virginia, discussing family matters as well as agriculture in Virginia. One letter (1814) mentions the results of a battle won by American forces in the War of 1812.

Dates: 1814, 1818
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Arthur E. Lyons collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.226
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a letter to Arthur Lyons from Robert McCarthy about the campaign to build the Michigan State University Memorial Union. The letter describes how much had been pledged at that time, how much area businesses had pledged and compared their support with community support of Kansas University and Purdue University’s unions. The letter also explains that the H. G. Christman Construction company will do the work and supplies will be bought in Lansing. Also included is a...
Dates: 1924, 1976
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections