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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 592 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Druse papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.230
Scope and Contents This collection consists of papers, photographs, slides, and oversized materials. The bulk of the materials in the collection relate to Druse’s experience in Nigeria. Included are lecture notes for different courses; 80 slides featuring pots, baskets, houses, dolls, and masks; photographs featuring buildings, students, and individuals working with Druse; and a two issues of a Nsukka newspaper.The collection also contains several historical newspapers, an 1860 voter guide, maps,...
Dates: 1800, 1860, 1865, 1917-1964
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Joseph R. Williams papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.1
Scope and Contents The first seventeen folders of this collection contain letters of correspondence with Joseph R. Williams prior to his acceptance of the presidency of the Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). Many of these letters are from his father and other family members. Additionally, there are letters to Williams, operating as a land speculator in Ohio and Michigan, from friends and business associates in Massachusetts and New York. The letters reflect a precarious economic...
Dates: 1827 - 1867
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

Josephine Wood Lowry papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00296
Scope and Contents This collection consists of letters and poems written by various members of the Wood and Lowry families. Most of the letters were written to Josephine Wood Lowry of Tecumseh, Michigan. The bulk are from her mother, Sally Woods, her husband, S. B. Lowry, and her brother S. C. Woods. The letters pass on family news, describe daily life and social events, express the family's patriotism, and reminisce about pioneer life in Michigan and Minnesota. They also express an awe of the changes in life,...
Dates: 1859-1907, circa 1930
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Julia A. Moore collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 419 large
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one box of materials about the poetry of Julia A. Moore, who in her heyday was called the Sweet Singer in Michigan. The collective consists of family pictures, correspondence to and clippings about Ms. Moore, correspondence by H. A. Greenly, copies of published works not individually catalogued in MSU Libraries, and photocopies of three of her works.

Dates: 1847-1920
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Julian Satterthwaite papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 735
Scope and Contents

The Julian Satterthwaite papers consist of photographs, correspondence, and research materials relating to Roma (Gypsy) people, primarily within the United Kingdom.

Dates: approximately 1980-2000
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Justin Kestenbaum collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.323
Scope and Content

The Justin Kestenbaum collection contains photographic materials such as photographs, negatives, and transparencies that Kestenbaum used for his books, "Out of the Wilderness: An Illustrated History of Greater Lansing" and "At the Campus Gate: A History of East Lansing." Some of the photographs came from the University Archives and Historical Collections; others were taken by Kestenbaum himself. The photographs show people and places from the Lansing area.

Dates: undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Justo Hernandez papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 474 large
Scope and Contents

The Justo Hernandez papers consist of materials gathered from his volunteer work organizing local United Farm Workers union activities. Photographs of Cesar E. Chavez at local activities are included. These materials are also available as part of MICHILAC, an online digital resource.

Dates: 1979 - 1995
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Kathleen F. Lawler papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00134
Scope and Contents

The collection contains materials from the 1907 land fraud case, the Republican Speaker's Bureau and the Newberry-Ford dispute. This includes correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, newspapers, a scrapbook and photographs.

Dates: 1888 - 1938; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1938
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Kathryn Faner Lobban collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.388
Content Description

The collection consists of a photograph album with portraits of women and men and small images of Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) military activities. There are also photographs of Kathryn Faner Lobban and her husband Andrew Lobban. The images are in a 1927 MSC Military Ball souvenir album. Also included are photographs of musicians and MSC music faculty Alexander Schuster, Michael Press and Arthur Farwell which are inscribed to Kathryn Faner.

Dates: 1926 - 1933
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections