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Ephemera

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Broadcasting Services records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.3.5
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials from Broadcasting Services, WKAR-TV, WMSB, and WKAR AM/FM. Included are programming guides, meeting minutes, Federal Communications Commission channel hearings, and photographic materials. The Electronic Resources include digitized University Distinguished Professor videos from 2005 and 2007; a video of oral history interviews titled "Out of the Fields"; audio recordings of interviews of survivors and veterans of World War II living in...
Dates: 1920 - 2008
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Eugene G. Wanger papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00203
Scope and Contents The Eugene G. Wanger papers consist of unpublished manuscripts, Ingham County Historical Commission materials, R.E. Olds Museum papers, Ingham County Government papers, Michigan State Government papers, Republican political material, United States Government papers, and Tri-County Regional Planning Commission papers. The Unpublished Manuscripts series includes Memorabilia of Michigan’s Constitutional Convention, 1961-1962: A Guide to the Author’s...
Dates: 1957 - 2003
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

First Day Covers and Stamp collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-28.30
Scope and Content

The collection consists of First Day Covers (stamps) and other commemorative ephemera.

Dates: 1948-1955, 1962, 1975, 2005
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Harris Olson CUMREC records

 Collection
Identifier: UA-28.3
Scope and Contents

CUMREC records consists of historical displays for 1956-1971, financial information, a flag, slides, pins and badges, newsletters, policies, and members.

The electronic resource consists of a documentary style video called "The Celebration of an Idea, the Realization of a Dream" commemorating the 50th anniversary of CUMREC. The video gives a historical account of administrative computing, Frank Martin, and past conferences.

Dates: 1956 - 1999
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Instructional and Public Television records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.3.5.1
Scope and Contents

The Instructional and Public Television records consist of materials related to WMSB-TV and WKAR-TV including press releases, policy, brochures, reports, and program information. The collection also includes audio-visual materials such as photographs, film and video. These AV materials include Commencements and State of the University events.

Dates: 1951 - 2021
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Marilyn Frye papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 797
Scope and Contents

The Marilyn Frye papers consist of approximately 13 linear feet of material dating from 1964 to 2013. The collection contains personal and professional correspondence, administrative records, drafts and manuscripts for publication, reprinted materials, reference materials, teaching files, catalogs and other printed ephemera.

Recordings and other born-digital material will be available in our reading room.

Dates: 1964 - 2013
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Ralph F. Turner papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.149
Series Description (1) SCHOOL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 1930, 1938-1988, 1990, undated [1962-1975]. 6.33 cubic feetReports, memoranda, correspondence, notes, publications and extraneous materials relating to the function and activities of the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice. Topics range in breadth from University and student/classroom-related activities to areas of interest beyond campus boarders. Typical of these topics include: School of Criminal Justice work with the...
Dates: 1899 - 1999
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Student organizations and publications records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12
Scope and Contents The collection consists of material related to Michigan State University student organizations including brochures, event flyers, event programs, minutes, newsletters, publications, and constitutions. The material was collected from events, bulletin boards and student organization websites. Material is categorized by the name of the organization or by subject including African American groups, fraternity and sorority, international student groups, medical and dental groups, sexual...
Dates: 1957-2017, 2024, circa 2025
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Unattributed MSU History collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-26.3
Scope and Content The collection contains MSU historical materials from unknown sources. The materials include an announcement for an alumni reunion, alumni reunion program held during the Semicentennial year, Feronian Society twenty-fifth anniversary event program, program for the junior banquet for the class of 1906, a page recording weekly hours for labor for the Mechanical Engineering department in 1895, postcards of the library (Linton Hall) and Wild Garden (Beal Garden), MIAA field meet ticket,...
Dates: 1867-2012, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections