Letters (correspondence)
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Found in 563 Collections and/or Records:
Harry H. Kimber papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.27
Scope and Contents
The Harry Kimber records consist of committee material relating to Michigan State University including the Military Affairs committee, University Publications committee, All College Educational Research Committee, Committee on American Studies Curriculum, Communications Center of Communications and Government Curriculum, Committee on International programs, committees relating to the Basic College, Improvement of Teaching Committee, and teacher education and certification committees. Other...
Dates:
1939 - 1966
Hawkins family papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.421
Scope and Contents
The Hawkins family papers contain documents collected by four generations of the Hawkins family. The heads of these four generations are John R. Hawkins (1809-1882); son, Henry J. Hawkins (1843-1915); grandson, John R. Hawkins (1881-1957); and great grandson, John Henry Hawkins (1907-2005).Most of the correspondence contained in the collection consists of letters (1850-1864) received by John R. Hawkins and his wife, Hannah, from family members and friends, most of whom lived in...
Dates:
1792-1949, 1977, 1979
Helen Strow collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.443
Scope and Contents
The Helen Strow collection consists of records pertaining to educational and international developments in the home economics field. The bulk of the collection, dating from 1947 to 1989, includes field reports, pamphlets, unpublished papers,
newsletters, photographs, and extensive correspondence relating to both international and regional home economics activities. The International and Historic Home Economics collection series contains reprints, newsletters, reports, and unpublished papers...
Dates:
1947 - 1989
Helmick family collection
Collection
Identifier: c-00688
Scope and Contents
The collections contains correspondence and diaries of the Helmick Family. The correspondence consists of letters sent by David Helmick to his family. The letters and diary pages describe his life in the military including his time during the Spanish American War. Some of the letters are incomplete. Also in the collection is a letter from Harry E. Helmick to his brother and a letter from his son, Harry Mortimer Helmick, to his sister. The letter was written five days before he passed away...
Dates:
1898 - 1918
Henrik Joakim Stafseth papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.66
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, diaries, and other papers of Henrik Joakim Stafseth. Several diaries describe Stafseth's 1925-1926 tour of veterinary and other colleges in seven European countries. At this time he was an Exchange Professor at the Royal Hungarian Veterinary College.In 1945-1946 Stafseth served as Chief Veterinarian for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in China, where he was instrumental in establishing China's first modern...
Dates:
1902 - 1967
Henry Blosser papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.253
Scope and Contents
The papers of Henry Blosser contain six folders of photocopies pertaining to the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL). "Important Events in the Evolution of NSCL" (1982) and "Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University Project" (1982-1988) outline the history of the department. Also contained in this collection is a contract between Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Energy, which discusses the additions to the laboratory and costs. A research proposal...
Dates:
1958 - 1988
Henry G. Reynolds papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-1.2.1
Scope and Contents
The Henry G. Reynolds collection of 4 volumes contains correspondence, receipts, bank deposits, purchase orders, board resolutions, and other records associated with Board of Agriculture and the Michigan Agricultural College. Of special note are papers related to the Samuel Johnson Affair (1886-1889) which culminated in the resignation of four professors and the suspension of 18 students. See Madison Kuhn collection (UA 17.107) for more information on the Samuel Johnson Affair. ...
Dates:
1886 - 1891
Henry Merriman papers
Collection
Identifier: 00139
Scope and Contents
This collection includes some of his plans and sketches for inventions such as the shoe tree, wire shoehorn, Merriman Windjammer, spacecraft toilet, roll dispenser, belt tester, lubricated bushing, Merriman valves, lug tester, and window hook test equipment.The collection also contains correspondence between the inventor and his patent attorneys, Beaman and Beaman, Merriman's New Ideas, a Merriman family history, rather lengthy memoirs entitled "The Early Years in Kent County and West...
Dates:
1887 - 1969
Henry Waldron papers
Collection
Identifier: 00005
Scope and Contents
The Henry Waldron papers include correspondence, financial statements and speeches covering the years 1832-1881.There is much material of general historical interest scattered throughout the collection. Most of it relates to Hillsdale County, Michigan. There are several items of particular historical interest. There are two letters dated May 1838 from Henry W. Johnson and Stephen Brophy, Patriot invaders, then in Toronto Prison. There is a letter dated October 24, 1871 from the...
Dates:
1832 - 1881
Herbert A. Berg papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.93
Scope and Content
This collections contains publications about the history of Michigan Agricultural College, the impact the U.S. Civil War had on agricultural extension in Michigan, the Morrill Land Grant College Act and life of Bela Hubbard, an Michigan pioneer. Also included in the Berg collection are the articles of incorporation and by-laws and some correspondence of the Michigan State University chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, the national honorary extension fraternity. There is a newspaper plate from the...
Dates:
1930 - 1969