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Letters (correspondence)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Justus Gage papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-1.1.9
Scope and Contents The papers of Justus Gage contain two volumes of indexed correspondence concerning his position on the State Board of Agriculture. The letters relate to the Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), including discussion of faculty appointments, discipline at the College, construction projects and progress at the farms. There are summaries of the periodic State Board of Agriculture meetings as well. There is also a folder containing loose newspaper clippings and...
Dates: 1863 - 1874
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Katharine E. Cook Briggs papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.68
Scope and Contents The papers of Katharine Cook Briggs contain two scrapbooks, three folders of genealogical information, and several of her published and private works. The first scrapbook by Cook contains images of Michigan Agricultural College campus, dance cards, concert programs, letters, and other memorabilia. The album begins in 1889 and contains materials through 1894. The second scrapbook consists of a joint photo album in which Cook and Mary Lilian Wheeler demonstrate various photographic printing...
Dates: 1889 - 1956
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Kathleen F. Lawler papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00134
Scope and Contents

The collection contains materials from the 1907 land fraud case, the Republican Speaker's Bureau and the Newberry-Ford dispute. This includes correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, newspapers, a scrapbook and photographs.

Dates: 1888 - 1938; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1938
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lewis Griffin Gorton papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.6
Scope and Content

The Lewis Griffin Gorton papers consist of correspondence during Gorton's years as president of Michigan Agricultural College. Also included is Gorton's inaugural address.

Dates: 1893 - 1895
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lewis Ransom Fiske papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.2
Scope and Content

The Lewis Ransom Fiske papers include presidential reports to the State Board of Agriculture, two published speeches, an address, correspondence, financial papers, a student petition, and biographical information on Fiske. One item of interest is the two articles in the Michigan Farmer Newspaper (Fl. 10) which describe in detail the expense, effort,and process of clearing land for the original campus area.

Dates: 1855 - 1862
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Oscar Clute papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.5
Scope and Content

The Oscar Clute papers consist primarily of correspondence (1889-1893) during Clute's presidency at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). Also included are several articles on education and M.A.C., and information about the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The period of Clute's presidency was characterized by student unrest, political crises, and faculty turnover.

Dates: 1889 - 1893
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

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

Ralph H. Young papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.114
Scope and Contents The Ralph Young papers are divided into four series. Series 1, Correspondence, is arranged alphabetically by subject. The correspondence covers Young's last years as Athletic Director (1951-1952) and consists mainly of letters to directors at other institutions and agencies such as the N.C.A.A. Series 2, Individual Sports, is composed of materials dealing with individual varsity sports. This series not only contains materials related directly to the varsity sport but also an extensive...
Dates: 1902 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1958
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Robert S. Shaw papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.11
Scope and Content

The Robert Shaw papers contain correspondence (1891-1940), publications, petitions, reports, legislation, council, and other university-related information, news clippings, an article on the sugar beet, and biographical papers, including honorary degrees and a memorial.

Dates: 1890 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1941
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Samuel Johnson papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.120
Scope and Contents The early correspondence gives a description of Civil War fighting in Virginia and comments on the controversy following McClellan’s removal by Lincoln. The correspondence from the 1870s recounts Johnson’s efforts as Professor of Agriculture and deal with animal sales and purchases, grain tests, and other topics. Also included are lectures read by Johnson and Ray Stannard Baker’s student notebook of lectures given by Johnson.The second portion of the collection contains the...
Dates: 1824 - 1944
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections