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College buildings -- Michigan -- East Lansing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Chace Newman papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.37
Scope and Contents This collection consists of personal papers of Chace Newman, including correspondence, newspaper articles, papers he authored, manuscripts, notes, drawings, collected research materials, a scrapbook of events and happenings at the college, and other materials he used to teach courses in mechanical drawing and design. There are also scripts for lectures he gave on WKAR Radio about the architecture of the home. Also include are Ruth Newman photographs which include images that are probably of...
Dates: 1894 - 1951
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Fidelis Fuester Hill collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-28.40
Content Description

This collection consists of three photographs of the fire that consumed the first Wells Hall on February 11, 1905.

Dates: 1905
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Florine Folks Plumb papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.198
Scope and Contents The collection consists of the poem "The 25th Anniversary of 4-H Clubs" written in 1940 by Plumb and newspaper and magazine articles from 1940, 1942, 1961, and 1983 about her being judged best in a contest and winning an REO touring car. Also included are two scans of a photograph of Plumb and her family in the touring car from 1910. The collection also contains a 1920 Baccalaureate Service Program and a 1920 M.A.C. (Michigan Agricultural College) Band Concert Program. ...
Dates: 1910 - 1991
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Harold J. McGarvey collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.311
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs and negatives of buildings, some during construction, at Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) taken by Harold J. McGarvey. There are also photographs and negatives of what appears to be the East Lansing area.

Dates: 1937, 1939
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Kellogg Center records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-5.5.3
Scope and Contents

Kellogg Center records consist of one scrapbook (1951) containing photographs of the Center's dedication ceremony, brochures, Guest Services information booklets, Visiting Chef Series flyers, and "The Story of the Kellogg Center" from 1951.

Dates: 1951 - 2002
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lenore Nixon Johnson collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.212
Scope and Contents The collection consists of photographs and postcards. The photographs are of the 1913 winter term Union Literary Society party and an image of three women holding decorations for a party possibly in association with the Sororian Literary Society. The postcards consist of Michigan State University buildings including the Poultry Plant, Armory, Wells Hall #2 decorated with banners and an unlit bonfire in the front, Women's Building, an aerial view of campus, and a drawing of the...
Dates: 1909 - 1913; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1910
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Linda Oliphant Stanford papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.256
Scope and Contents The Linda O. Stanford papers contain research files and photographs for the book MSU Campus--Buildings, Places, Spaces by Stanford and C. Kurt Dewhurst. The research files comprise 1.5 cubic feet, followed by 0.5 cubic feet of photograph files. Also included are slides that Stanford used for teaching and for the book. The slides include images of Michigan State University buildings and grounds as well as maps and a few historical photos. Both series are...
Dates: 1983 - 1991
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Brown collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.285
Scope and Contents

The Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Brown collection contains photographs and glass negatives of Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). Images include a garage on the site where College Hall stood, the train station/depot on campus, the power house, and student cap night from 1923.

Dates: 1922 - 1930
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Postmark East Lansing, circa 1950

 Item — Reel 2163
Scope and Contents

This film was done in the format of a letter home from an MSC student to a younger brother, describing the college and its student body, c. 1950. It features speeches by President John A. Hannah, and shows campus buildings, including Old Wells Hall, Fairchild Auditorium, Shaw Hall, and Quonset huts (used as married housing at the time).

Dates: circa 1950
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections / Football records / Audiovisual Materials / Film

R. Keith Hudson papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.266
Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials from R. Keith Hudson and his wife, Lois. Hudson's materials include newspaper clippings, campus maps, two aerial photographs of campus, and a plat map of the Kellogg Reforestation Tract with labels of types of trees. Lois' materials include a 1941 menur from the Hotel Olds, a football ticket dated October 24, 1942, a basketball program dated January 10, 1941 and newspaper clippings about Michigan State University buildings and Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to...
Dates: 1939 - 1978
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections