Scope and Content This collection contains papers, correspondence, articles, photographs, and scrapbooks all relating to Charles McCaffree Jr.'s coaching career. Materials include items relating to his pre-MSU days, the Porpoise Fraternity, and his time as the U.S. National Swimming Team coach. The photographs and scrapbook albums include Battle Creek High School swimming team, Iowa State College, University of Michigan, the Pan-American games, and photos of McCaffree. Awards, certificates, and plaques...

Scope and Contents The Charles Schmitter collection contains personal papers, materials relating to the Michigan State University fencing team, files relating to MSU in general and subject files. The personal papers contain correspondence, articles about Schmitter, and articles written by Schmitter. There is also correspondence and lists related to his collection of fencing books, which now reside in the Special Collections Department at the MSU Library. The records about MSU fencing include scores,...

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This collection contains Grace Bradley's teaching certificate (1869-1879) from Berrien County, Michigan, and LaPorte County, Indiana, a letter from Senator J. C. Burrows regarding her application for the position as Matron on the "Indian Service" (1898), and a school roll book from Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan (1875).

Scope and Content The John Brattin family papers consist of mainly John Brattin’s papers and correspondence, but it does contain materials and correspondence from his first wife, Alice Jane, and his mother-in-law, Kate Baker Knight. This collection covers John’s life from high school graduation until his death. Included in the collection are correspondence, work documents, photographs related to the Bowlby, Baker, and Knight families, certificates, family newsletters, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, a...

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The collection contains the naturalization certificate of John Waddell dated March 21, 1836 in New York, New York and a memo booklet recording the births and deaths in the family, 1800-1884.

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This collection consists of a discharge certificate for Joseph H. Weaver, a corporal in the 11th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry (1865). This has been scanned and placed online at http://civilwar.archives.msu.edu/collection/7-1C-37/JHWeaver/.

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This collection includes a Teacher Certificate (1922), Diploma (1922), and a felt dresser scarf with the M.A.C. (Michigan Agricultural College) logo.

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The Margaret Foster Shadduck collection contains programs, schedules, season tickets for Michigan State University Lecture-Concert Series and World Travel Series from 1968-1981. There are also Michigan State University class of 1926 reunion materials which include photographs and newsletters. Other materials include Shadduck's Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) diploma, graduation hood and a Cooperative Extension Workers creed.

Scope and Contents The Maurice Larian papers consist of manuscripts for chapters of the book Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Unit Operations. The collection also includes personal and professional correspondence during his career and his retirement. The personal correspondence folder contains letters from former students many of whom were serving in the Armed Forces during the Second World War. Professional correspondence deals with university issues and books published by...

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The Rich family papers consist of teaching certificates, contracts, and letters dealing with teaching positions for Charlotte and Lucia Rich of Kalamazoo, Michigan. They taught in various Kalamazoo County schools for forty years.