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Nonfiction films

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Reel #1, circa 1928

 Item — Reel 897
Scope and Contents

A REO-Grams newsreel. Children at Walter French Junior High School in Lansing (MI) perform mock wedding ceremonies. A style show hosted by the Retail Dry Goods Association takes place in the Hotel Olds Ballroom in Lansing.

Dates: circa 1928
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections / REO Motor Car Company records / (12) Films / REO Grams by REO Olds. Co.

REO Motor Car Company records

 Collection
Identifier: 00036
Dates: 1904 - 1976
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Robert B. Brown collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.424
Scope and Contents Note The Robert B. Brown collection contains motion picture film, slides, negatives and color transparencies. The film reels are mostly unidentified but may contain footage of an MSU football game, football practice, Hubbard Hall(?) in winter, Intramural building, labs and offices, children's field trip to a planetarium. Images in the collection include aerial views of Michigan State University, campus buildings, faculty and staff working, students, students in dorm rooms, classroom scenes,...
Dates: 1950-1970, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Scenes of Saigon (negative only), undated

 Item — Reel 353
Scope and Contents

MSU Police Advisor Carl Rumpf shoots everyday scenes in Saigon City, including furniture making, ladies wearing nón lás (conical hats), people working in shops, various modes of transportation used in Saigon, farming, and children.

Dates: undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections / Vietnam Project records / Audiovisual Materials / Film

School of Journalism film

 Collection
Identifier: c-00436
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a 16 mm, color/sound film (25 minutes) entitled "The Spirit of Freedom" which shows Benjamin Franklin touring a modern newspaper plant and his visit to an elementary classroom where students are using the newspaper.

Dates: 1974
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

School of Labor and Industrial Relations records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.70
Scope and Contents

The records consist of conference proceedings, publications, reports, and conference and workshop brochures. There is also material from the Labor Program service including conference and workshop flyers as well as publications. Also included are Labor Advisory Committee materials and a report to the Michigan State University president from the Long Range Planning Committee.

Dates: 1957 - 1997
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Talking Sense #17: Commercial Farm License Plates, 1955

 Item — Reel UA-F002638
Scope and Content From the Collection: 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: 1955
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections / Unattributed MSU History collection / A.2014.0005

Talking Sense #18: Farmers' Week Special, 1955

 Item — Reel UA-F002640
Scope and Content From the Collection: 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: 1955
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections / Unattributed MSU History collection / A.2014.0005

Thailand Project records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.7
Scope and Contents Records of the Thailand Project include a large amount of correspondence between alumni, professors, and education officials in Thailand with administrators and members of the "back-up" team at Michigan State University, as well as some from various American and international agencies connected with the project. Records document the development of the three-party contract to begin the project; and preliminary, official University, consultant, and miscellaneous reports document the progress...
Dates: 1950 - 1970
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Vice President for University Relations records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-8
Scope and Contents The collection is divided into series. Series 1. Office of the Director of University Relations The records consist of annual reports (1948-1968), and subject files on events, people, and achievements associated with the university, (1950-1970). Series 2. James Denison James Denison’s papers as director of the department contain correspondence and subject files on various prominent and controversial topics including,...
Dates: 1948 - 2016
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections