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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

Honors College records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.9
Scope and Contents

The records of the Honors College consist of independent study reports (1972-1974), and Honors College Student Handbook (undated), information on graduate study, and miscellaneous pamphlets and papers (1956-1970). There are also published and unpublished annual reports and serials. The Electronic Resources includes correspondence in the form of e-mail memos and attachments, and recruitment materials from 2013-2015.

Dates: 1956 - 2015
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Infrastructure Planning and Facilities records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-5.13
Scope and Contents The Physical Plant records include reports, summaries, evaluations, and facility surveys for the Michigan State University campus. Information is primarily of a technical nature. Also included are 13 aerial photographs of campus which show the entire campus as of April, 1967. The numbers referred to are those used by the photographer and also relate to the accompanying small-scale grid finding aid.Other photographs in the collection include campus farms, farm houses, campus...
Dates: 1941-2023
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Institute of Water Research records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-11.2
Scope and Content The Institute of Water Research records contain annual reports for 1965 to 1970, water and wastewater management program descriptions, budget records, research faculty directories, funding applications, water resources curriculum, and a pictorial description of Michigan State University's Water Quality Managment Program.The electronic resources includes five progress reports for the MSU WATER Project, which focused on protecting the Red Cedar Watershed, from 2001-2003. Also...
Dates: 1964 - 2008
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

International Studies and Programs records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9
Scope and Contents The collection contains International Studies and Programs records relating to international programs that Michigan State University participated in, as well as councils and committees about international programs and participation that MSU was involved in. Topics include rural and third-world development, international universities, foreign service, and programs available through MSU. The records contain reports to the Ford Foundation (1961-1970), which was a primary source of funding, as...
Dates: 1943 - 2016
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Iwao Ishino papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.348
Scope and Content The Iwao Ishino papers contain both personal and professional materials. There is also a small of amount of material relating to Mary Kobayashi Ishino.Personal materials include photographs of his family as well as school and U.S. Army entrance documents. Professional materials include memos, notes, correspondence, reports and publications relating to his career. The collection files are arranged in roughly chronological order. Ishino had originally organized them...
Dates: 1933 - 2010
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Joseph W. Stack papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.44
Scope and Contents The Joseph W. Stack papers relate to Stack's tenure as a professor in the Department of Zoology and as curator and director of the MSU Museum. His particular areas of interest were ornithology and bird banding. Other subjects covered in Stack's papers are the university curriculum, the Inland Bird Banding Association, and Stack's work with the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Materials found in the collection include maps, bird banding records, student reports and papers, manuscripts,...
Dates: 1916 - 1953
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lifelong Education Programs records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.3
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of records of the Continuing Education Service which was the predecessor for Life Long Education Programs. The records contain miscellaneous pamphlets and newsletters, various materials related to the "Cap and Gown" series of programs (1955, undated), papers about continuing education and extension, and a few payroll/finance/budget records. Also includes the “Atlas of Continuing Education Centers” (1963).

Dates: 1948 - 1993
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lou Anna K. Simon papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.20
Scope and Content

The collection contains a brochure describing Simon's strategic positioning initiative for the university. The electronic resources includes correspondence in the form of e-mail memos, a video of President Simon at Michigan AgExpo 2009, and two videos from the induction of President Simon into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2016.

Dates: 2005 - 2016
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lyman Briggs College records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-15.15
Scope and Contents The records consist of subject files including newsletters, committee files, student handbooks, background information on the Lyman Briggs School, faculty and dean's reports, awards, advisory council, publications, a canoe race, faculty meetings, Holmes Hall annual reports, files about course subject areas, and materials related to the 25th, 30th and 35th anniversaries of the Lyman Briggs School. Also included are scrapbooks related to Lyman J. Briggs and the Lyman Briggs...
Dates: 1968 - 2021
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

M. Peter McPherson papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.19
Scope and Contents This collection contains office files from Michigan State University President Peter McPherson, who was president from 1993-2004. The Calendar series contains McPherson office and appointment calendars. The Correspondence files contain chronological files as well as topical files of particular importance. Annual reports, research reports, and special reports produced for and by McPherson are in the Reports series. McPherson's annual State of the University addresses and some commencement...
Dates: 1993 - 2004
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections