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Letters (correspondence)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 562 Collections and/or Records:

Perry Greeley Holden collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.26
Scope and Contents The Holden Memoirs, which were printed in a scrapbook format, includes photographs, genealogies, and reproductions of correspondence, certificates and news clippings. The collection also includes a glass portrait of a woman in a wooden box.There are also materials donated by a niece of Perry G. Holden including a photo album of car trips that Perry Holden and his wife, Carrie, took with Perry's brother, Ellsworth. They drove from Chicago to Wisconsin, South Dakota, Wyoming, ...
Dates: 1891 - 1959
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Peter Randall letters

 Collection
Identifier: c-00528
Scope and Contents

This collection includes Civil War letters written by Peter Randall, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, to his wife, Mary while he was serving in the Union Army on February 26, 1864. Peter enlisted in Company F, 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery. Peter never saw combat so his letters describe daily life in Army camps. Also included is a letter of condolence to Mary from Randall's Sergeant.

Dates: 1864
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Phi Beta Kappa records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.7
Scope and Content

The collection consists of the constitution and by-laws of the chapter, meeting announcements and minutes, committee information, correspondence between 1945 and 1977, and copies of the Key Reporter from 1948-1959. There are also two volumes: reports supporting the application for forming a chapter at Michigan State University (1959) and the Phi Beta Kappa Report for 1965.

Dates: 1944-1990, 2006
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Phi Sigma Society records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.11
Scope and Content The records of Phi Sigma contain member materials, correspondence, dues information, event announcements and the history of the organization. Correspondence includes letters from the Graduate Research Club inquiring to organizations about becoming an honorary fraternity, information from the national chapter about petitions of other organizations that wished to become Phi Sigma chapters, letters from individuals accepting or declining membership, the publication of ...
Dates: 1921 - 1958
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Philip Elton Gunby papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.158
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the program to the Water Carnival of 1954, a photograph montage featuring images of Michigan State College joining the Big Ten in 1948 and the 1953 Rose Bowl, a newspaper clipping from the Columbus Dispatch (OH) regarding Michigan State University's centennial, a 1955 MSU centennial first day cover stamp, and a letter outlining the achievements of Philip Gunby.

Dates: 1948 - 1955
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Pierpont Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00096
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters from friends in Dexter, encouraging him to move back. They discuss agricultural prospects, politics, and local gossip. Also included are some family correspondence and rough genealogy for the Smith family.

Dates: 1829 - 1842
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Pinckney family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00490
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, invitations, programs, and certificates relating to the Pinckney family. Also included are newspapers and newspaper clippings related to the Civil War and early Lansing, Michigan, history.

Dates: 1848 - 1959
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Porter family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00179
Scope and Contents The Porter family papers consist of correspondence and printed materials relating to members of the Porter, Prindle, and Pierce families, primarily to Grace Porter Pierce of Grand Ledge, Michigan. The daughter of Henry and Emma Prindle Porter, she married William Pierce in 1898.The collection contains letters between family members primarily dealing with family concerns. It also includes a series of letters from Bert Porter, Grace Porter Pierce's brother, who served with the 8th...
Dates: 1836 - 1957
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

R. E. Carpenter letter

 Collection
Identifier: c-00121
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a letter from R.E. Carpenter of Oskaloosa, Iowa (1861). In this letter Carpenter expresses his anger at the secessionists and his eagerness to join the Union forces. This letter has been transcribed, scanned and placed online at http://civilwar.archives.msu.edu/collection/7-1C-1D/carpenter/.

Dates: 1861
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections