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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 563 Collections and/or Records:

Lee Roy Walker papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.49
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two letters written to Frank N. Elliott from Lee Roy Walker describing Walker’s work as a county extension agent in Marquette County from 1915-1945.

Dates: 1960
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

LeMoyne Snyder papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.97
Scope and Content The LeMoyne Snyder papers document the professional life of an expert in forensic medicine from his early medical practice in Lansing, Michigan to his later years as a "medicolegal expert" in Paradise, California. The collection covers Snyder's career from 1934 to 1984, with the bulk of the collection dating from the 1950s and 1960s. The Correspondence series consists of 3.5 cubic feet of Snyder's correspondence which does not directly relate to his activities with the Court of...
Dates: 1917 - 1984
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Leo M. Christensen papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00174
Scope and Contents I. PERSONAL MATERIALS. 0.5 cubic feetMaterials largely from Leo Christensen’s high school and college days. Includes commencement programs, college handbook, banquet and event programs, report cards, papers, valentines, Christmas cards, fraternal/honorary organizational materials, as well as the wedding invitation to Eva (Patterson) and Leo Christensen’s wedding.Arranged largely chronologically. II. CORRESPONDENCE. 4.0 cubic feetThis...
Dates: 1837 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1880
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival collection

 Collection
Identifier: 00228
Scope and Content The Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival collection include materials dating from the initial idea and first festival in 1986 through 2010 and were collected by Falcone's widow, Betty Beryl Falcone. The collection includes brochures and programs, meeting minutes, lists of festival winners, and information about Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. There are also scrapbooks and photographs, sound recordings of Leonard Falcone performing, a video recording of the Friday Evening...
Dates: 1986 - 2010
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Leonard Falcone papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.133
Scope and Contents The materials in this collection span from 1916, with photographs of Falcone's arrival to the United States from his native Italy, until 1985, with news clippings and an itinerary outlining the upcoming tour of the Falcone Alumni Band.The most comprehensive range of materials in this collection are contained in Falcone's personal collection of scrapbooks. In particular, the early volumes provide much information on Falcone during his early years, including concert programs from...
Dates: 1916 - 2014
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Leroy Augenstein papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.188
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two letters Augenstein wrote giving his suggestions for the hiring of a successor to Michigan State University President John Hannah. Also included in the collection are numerous newspaper articles about Augenstein’s death in a plane crash in 1969.

Dates: 1969 - 1972
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

LeRoy Barnett papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.273
Scope and Contents This collection is made up of three different sections with materials relating to the Michigan State University Department of Geography and Barnett's research relating to the buffalo bone and mammoth ivory trade. The MSU Department of Geography series includes photocopies of materials on faculty, department history, newsletters, and Lawrence Sommers.The buffalo bones trade series consists of Barnett's 1979 dissertation "An Historical Geography of the Nineteenth Century Buffalo...
Dates: 1842-2009, Undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Leroy S. Foltz papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.17
Scope and Contents

This collection consists mainly of publications credited to Leroy S. Foltz over his distinguished career. Also included is personal correspondence between Foltz and organizations in which he was a member, and correspondence with John Hannah, president of Michigan State College (now Michigan State University), as well as newspaper clippings, talks given on education by Foltz and letters to the editor of various newspapers.

Dates: 1922-1970, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lester Paige Breckenridge papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.8
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Breckenridge’s responses to correspondence including information about his attempts to patent an automatic recording machine, his position at Yale, and Jeme Tien Yow, a colleague and friend living in Peking, China.

Dates: 1892 - 1925
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Leta C. Steinestel collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00161
Scope and Contents This collection contains a letter to Leta C. Steinestel, describing the death of her cousin, who was killed in action in France in 1918. The collection also includes official information relating to the graves of American soldiers buried in France or Belgium; a pamphlet for American soldiers on leave in the Riviera, suggesting things to see and do; and a copy of "Le Pantheon de La Guerre," a pamphlet describing a French artist's war memorial paintings. This collection also contains several...
Dates: 1919, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections