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East Lansing (Mich.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Harley O. Dorman papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.40
Scope and Contents

The scrapbook contains postcards and photographs depicting campus life at Michigan Agricultural College, with a few scenes of Lansing and Grand Ledge. The photographs are of high quality and in excellent condition. They include scenes of buildings on campus, dorm life, canoeing on the Red Cedar River, and other college activities. The photographs have been indexed in the Photograph catalogue.

Dates: 1907 - 1909
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Henrik Joakim Stafseth papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.66
Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence, diaries, and other papers of Henrik Joakim Stafseth. Several diaries describe Stafseth's 1925-1926 tour of veterinary and other colleges in seven European countries. At this time he was an Exchange Professor at the Royal Hungarian Veterinary College.In 1945-1946 Stafseth served as Chief Veterinarian for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in China, where he was instrumental in establishing China's first modern...
Dates: 1902 - 1967
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Jam Handy Organization records

 Collection
Identifier: c-00666
Scope and Content The collection consists of a digitized film (VHS format) of "Postmark: East Lansing", a 1952 production outlining the on-campus educational facilities of Michigan State University. The film was produced by the Jam Handy Organization of Detroit, Michigan, with camera operator George Leontough, assistant Jack Tipping, MSU college news editor Alvie L. Smith serving as coordinator, and starring students Barbara Tanner Bailey '49 and James W. Hale '51. The film begins with an introduction from...
Dates: 1951 - 1952
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

James R. Stiefel papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.195
Scope and Contents The collection includes two boxes of slides that depict the Michigan State University campus during the fall and winter and also a marching band performance on the football field. There are also two scrapbooks, "Cloud burst and flood", and one without a title. The first scrapbook contains pictures of the flooding on streets in East Lansing and on the MSU campus from February 12-14, 1938, as well as views of campus from 1937. The second scrapbook contains pictures of campus in the 1930s,...
Dates: 1934 - 1952
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

John Brattin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.429
Scope and Content The John Brattin family papers consist of mainly John Brattin’s papers and correspondence, but it does contain materials and correspondence from his first wife, Alice Jane, and his mother-in-law, Kate Baker Knight. This collection covers John’s life from high school graduation until his death. Included in the collection are correspondence, work documents, photographs related to the Bowlby, Baker, and Knight families, certificates, family newsletters, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, a...
Dates: 1849 - 1995
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

John L. Whitelaw papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00379
Scope and Contents This collection includes two folders of correspondence (1945) from Brigadier General John L. Whitelaw to relatives in East Lansing, Michigan, when he was stationed in Germany during World War II. In his letters, Whitelaw describes the Ruhr Valley area and Berlin after the German surrender, and comments on the Russian soldiers, trains and the civilian food situation.The collection also contains two scrapbooks. One (1883-1900) contains nineteenth-century pictorial advertisements,...
Dates: 1883 - 1945; Majority of material found within 1883 - 1900
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

John M. Gram papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00585
Scope and Contents The John M. Gram papers contain one copy of the typescript, “Historical Development of the Grand River Road, East Lansing, Michigan.” Grand River Road was originally formed from Indian trails. The first roads were made in the corduroy fashion; commonly built by beds of branches covered with soil. The next roads were plank roads; with the Howell Plank Road Company constructing the plank road to the Capitol in 1850-1853. After the failure of plank roads, gravel was placed down as a road in...
Dates: 1996
Found in: University Archives and Historical 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

Kiwanis Club of East Lansing records

 Collection
Identifier: 00117
Scope and Content

The East Lansing Kiwanis Club records consist of general correspondence (1957-1971), weekly news bulletins (1955-1987), financial records (1956-1964; 1967-1970), and materials relating to the club's 20th Anniversary (1970) and to the projects listed above. Other materials include booklets and printed material on Kiwanis international, reports and convention programs of the Michigan district, and a scrapbook.

Dates: 1915 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1987
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Laurence H. White papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.247
Scope and Contents The Laurence H. White collection contains a story written by the group the Greek Interpreters for entry into the Baker Street Irregulars Club. Also included are personal reminiscences pertaining to Michigan State University events and activities. The manuscript story is called “The Singular Affair of Mr. Phillip Phot,” a Sherlock Holmes story written by White and other club members. The story follows Sherlock Holmes as he attempts to understand a mysterious telegram sent to him by his...
Dates: 1947, 2010-2011
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections