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Personal correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Alice B. Toklas letter to Robert Haines on behalf of Gertrude Stein

 Item
Identifier: MSS 84 small
Dates: 7th October 1933
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Aubrey McCutcheon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 642
Scope and Contents

The Aubrey McCutcheon papers contain reports, articles, news clippings, correspondence, and other materials relating to South Africa Apartheid, divestment, nuclear arms, exports, human rights violations, and other topics.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1972 - 1986; 1972 - 1994
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Bessie Dean travel diary and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 74 small
Dates: 1890-1891, 1903
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Colonel I. Palle papers.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 77 small
Scope and Contents

The Colonel I. Palle papers consist of material generated during the course of the 1895 war in Madagascar. Material includes the field notes of Colonel I. Palle, maps, and correspondence. Subjects and persons mentioned in the documents include General Jacques Charles Rene Achille Duchesne, military field operations, material and food supply for the troops, and the military drive and advance to occupy Tananarive.

Dates: 1895
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Conservatorio de Música Alfredo Levy collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 443 large
Scope and Contents The Conservatorio de Música Alfredo Levy collection (1880-1996) consists of the personal files of Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Levy Nadal (1914-1999) and the music library of the Conservatorio de Música Alfredo Levy (active 1947-1962). The collection is comprised of correspondence, artifacts and ephemera, and approximately 1,000 manuscripts, first and very early editions, and printed musical scores. Notable correspondents include Gonzalo Roig, Joaquín Nin, Joaquín Nin-Culmell,...
Dates: 1880-2000
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

David Dylan Jones papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 135 large
Scope and Contents

The David Dylan Jones papers contain manuscripts, typescripts, carbon copies, and printed matter of articles, poetry and correspondence relating to his membership in the Michigan State University Railroad Club, research interests in railrod history, and more broad literary activities, including his manuscript "Death, Van Dyke Style."

Dates: approximately 1969-2000
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Donald Brody collection of a Christmas card from H. Kamuzu Banda and autograph Dr. Kenneth D. Kaunda.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 510 small
Dates: 1991 - 1999
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Donald Yates collection on Jorge Luis Borges

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 678
Scope and Contents The Donald Yates collection on Jorge Luis Borges consists of correspondence, publicity, clippings, photographs, and other ephemera relating to Borges' life and work. Of note are announcements, invitations, and poetry relating to Borges' visits to Michigan State University for his honorary doctorate in 1972 and other occasions. Other topics reflected in this collection are annotated manuscripts and correspondence with other Argentinian mystery authors, documentation on the detective genre...
Dates: 1881 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Frederick G. Alexander papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.500
Content Description The Frederick G. Alexander papers contain an album of family photographs from the Faculty Village with a few images of the Spartan Nursery school. Also included is U.S. AID MSU (Michigan State University) Seminar in Communication material and two photographs, the book "Coach's Illustrated Guide to Championship Wresting" by Lt. Frank S. Kapral. Kapral is an MSU alum and wrote a long inscription to Alexander in the book. The book also includes a letter giving the book which is dedicated to...
Dates: 1949-1968, circa 1993, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Gladys-Marie Fry papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 628
Scope and Contents

The Gladys-Marie Fry papers contain correspondence, drafts, publications, photographs, slides, research proposals, posters, newsclippings, and other materials relating to her extensive research of African-American folklore, quilts, and other topics.

Dates: 1888 - 2010
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections