Handbooks and manuals
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Agricultural equipment catalogs collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 495 large
Scope and Contents
The Agricultural Equipment Catalogs collection consists of approximately 3,500 agricultural machinery sales catalogs, promotional brochures, price lists, owner’s manuals, and illustrated parts lists dating from the late 19th century through the 1940s. The major emphasis lies in tractors and threshers, but the entire range of farm equipment can be found in these catalogs, representing some 150 different manufacturers and suppliers—primarily Midwestern firms, with a limited representation of...
Dates:
1902-2014; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1950
Associated Women Students records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.1.9
Scope and Content
This collection contains constitutions, undated correspondence between future attendees of Michigan State and the association, which include such information as formal sorority rush and a list of freshman books required for fall semester 1944. There are also blank forms that a student would fill out for the council, including student information sheets, petition for offices and chairmanships in organizations, certificate of service for cooperative extension work and a sickness report form. ...
Dates:
1948 - 1967
Children, Youth, Families and Communities records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.9
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials created and managed from Michigan 4-H Youth Development activities as well as activities that staff, members, and volunteers participated during the years 1920 to 1998. These records include awards, clippings, correspondence and meeting minutes (1950 – 1955, 1991 – 1998), guides, conferences (1920 – 1977), organizations, programs, publications, audiovisual materials, and oversized material.Conference records are for the National 4-H Club Camp...
Dates:
1912 - 2006
College of Human Medicine records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-15.13
Series Description
OFFICE OF THE DEAN. Correspondence, miscellaneous papers, and speeches of Dean Hunt; correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Dean Weston, Dean Abbett and Dean Davis; Acting Dean Colenda; Associate Deans Howell, Johnson, Kohrman, Lyons, and Potchen and Executive Assistant Richmond. John C. Howell was involved in much of the early CHM planning and was Associate Dean for Curriculum. Arthur Kohrman was Associate Dean for Academic Programs as well as being an early member at the...
Dates:
1946 - 2018
Computer Laboratory records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.32
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records of the Michigan State University Computer Laboratory. The records consist of plans, computer manuals, and reports during the creation and early days of the Computer Laboratory; computer system notices; bulletins; fact sheets; and other working papers of the organization as it evolved into Academic Computing and Network Services (ACNS) and Academic Technology Services (ATS). Electronic Resources includes issues of the electronic newsletters ...
Dates:
1955 - 2010
Department of Anthropology records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.13
Scope and Contents
Anthropology Department records include course examinations (1964-1968), curriculum records, financial records (1964-1969), reports, and graduate program records. There is also a folder on a student strike in 1970. Other materials include College of Human Medicine curriculum and department records.
Dates:
1961 - 2008
Department of Physics and Astronomy records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.95
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records including blueprints of the Old Chemistry Building (Old Chemistry Laboratory), correspondence regarding a physics textbook, experiments, graduate opportunities, a laboratory manual, materials tests, a proposal to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and telescope advertisements from the late nineteenth century.
Dates:
1890 - 2012
Department of Sociology records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.113
Scope and Contents
The records consist of reports and publications, information about graduate studies, materials related to rural sociology, and curriculum materials. There are also graduate student manuals, an undergraduate student manual, and department meeting minutes. Reports of note include Students’ Beliefs About Post-War Problems, 1944; Social Backgrounds of MSU Athletes, circa 1962; Centennial Farms in Michigan, 1956; Social Effects of the Depression, 1938; and Utopian Communities in the United...
Dates:
1937-2012, 2021, undated
Dora Hall Stockman papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-1.1.11
Scope and Contents
Dora Hall Stockman was an East Lansing, Michigan resident and was actively involved in local affairs. The collection contains a typed transcript of her autobiography, correspondence, publications, and newspaper clippings of the various activities in which she participated.Stockman's primary interest was in the State Grange. As an active member she helped establish county Granges throughout the state and held several state offices including that of State Grange Lecturer (1914-1930)....
Dates:
1910 - 1948
Lambda Chi Alpha records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.21
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photographs, a scrapbook, a film and DVD copy of the Junior 500 pushcart race. The photographs are of the members of the fraternity and are mostly composites of head shots. There is also one photograph of a water carnival float. The scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper clippings and memorabilia of events of the fraternity. The film contains footage of the 1968 Junior 500 pushcart race. It is in color but has no sound. Also included in the collection are a...
Dates:
1922-2005, 2010