Skip to main content

MSU Libraries

Finding Aids

Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 593 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred L. Williams family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00504
Scope and Contents This collection contains letters from members of the Alfred L. Williams family of Owosso, Michigan.Most of the letters were written to Alfred L. Williams' daughter, Clara, by her sisters. The letters discuss pioneer life, the problems of being a single girl, hired help and treating illness with various home remedies. Also discussed are the development of the town, social life in Owosso and the Wesener fire in 1885, in which the block between Washington and Main streets burned....
Dates: 1885 - 1925
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Alfred P. Cannon collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-28.35
Scope and Contents

The Alfred P. Cannon collection contains two photos taken by Cannon of the Beal Pinetum and the Michigan State University forestry cabin. Cannon was a forestry student at the Ohio State University and took the photos during a visit to Michigan State.

Dates: circa 1930
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Allan S. Thompson photographs

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.424
Scope and Contents The Thompson collection consists of 1,866 glass plate negatives and three lantern slides. There are also 573 contact prints in the collection of which 494 are from the plates. Some of the prints are 8x10 inches and others are 3 ½ inch squares. The prints of the 3 ½ inch images are noted in the finding aid with the notation “(print available) 3 ½.” A list of the 8x10 inch prints can be found at the end of the finding aid. Safety film negatives (4x5) have been made of all the negatives...
Dates: 1898 - 1913
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Alliance of Queer and Ally Students records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.3.24
Scope and Content

The Alliance of Queer and Ally Students records consists of announcements, correspondence, flyers, and minutes of the organization. There are also newsletters, event flyers, and material relating to Lansing and East Lansing, Michigan, Midwestern and National LBGTA groups and women's groups. Electronic resources include meeting minutes, agendas and other student group-related text documents.

Dates: 1963 - 2014
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Alpha Phi Omega records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.9
Scope and Contents The records of Alpha Phi Omega consist of meeting minutes, newsletters, and newspaper clippings spanning from 1937 through 2005. The collection also contains nineteen scrapbooks of various dates between 1949 and 2005. There are two copies of a booklet entitled The Campus Beautiful, which contains sketches and brief descriptions and histories of Michigan State University buildings. Also included are over-sized certificates from Michigan Governor John Engler, the State of Michigan, and the Cub...
Dates: 1937 - 2017
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Alpha Phi Sorority records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.35
Scope and Contents

The records of the Beta Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi Sorority consist of one undated poem inviting the bearer to a December costume party. Also included two folders of photographs.

Dates: undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Alpha Zeta, Kedzie Chapter records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.46
Scope and Contents The Kedzie Chapter of Alpha Zeta collection consists mainly of annual group portraits taken of the members from 1902, 1905, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1921, three undated group portraits, and an undated portrait of William James Beal. There are also typed lists from the backs of the photographs listing the names of the members in the portraits. There are photographs from an exhibit done in 1979, the 1981 Future Fest, and an undated conclave. There are also congratulatory letters for the chapter's...
Dates: 1902-1937, 1979-1981
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Alton Wheaton papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00208
Scope and Contents

The Alton Wheaton papers contain primarily financial records and other forms of inventory that Wheaton took while working on his farm. There is also a small section on some of Wheaton’s community activities, some photographs of said activities, and two books on the Wheaton family genealogy. There are also a number of folders containing deeds and titles to various pieces of land Wheaton owned. There are also catalogs, plans, newsletters and brochures on farm topics.

Dates: 1934 - 2006
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Alumni Association records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.2
Scope and Contents Records of the Society of Alumni of Michigan Agricultural College, 1868-1913 This series includes a Minute Book (1869-1916) which contains: Constitution of 1869, signatures of members in 1885, and minutes of annual and triennial business meetings. The minutes generally do not record alumni discussion of college programs, but do include resolutions supporting the labor system, women’s education, and athletics at MAC. Most entries concern the election...
Dates: 1869 - 2019
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Alva True Stevens papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.117
Scope and Contents Alva True Stevens papers consist of one item, a menu and program from a "Bachelors' Banquet" held at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) in November, 1894. Stevens and sixteen other men appear in a photograph on the cover. The banquet, an end-of-the-term celebration, included an elaborate dinner, speeches, recitations, and music. There is also a folder of fourteen photos that had once been part of a scrapbook. Images are of college life, farming and college...
Dates: 1894, Undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections