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- Description:
- The MAC Woman's Building, which opened in 1900. It was later renamed Morrill Hall, and was demolished in 2013.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Description:
- An unidentified MAC military cadet. Military training had occurred on campus from early times, and was formalized with the establishment of the Department of Military Science in the 1884-1885 school year. It was the precursor to the S. A. T. C. (Student Army Training Corps), which became the R. O. T. C. (Reserve Officers Training Corps).
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Description:
- This small collection contains personal memorabilia and correspondence collected by mother and daughter Ursula M. Greene Lowell (1861-1936) and Ruth Lowell Oliver (1902-1994). Ruth was Ursula's only child with her husband Herbert "Bertie" J. Lowell (1861-1935). Among Ursula Greene Lowell's materials are several cabinet card photographs and tiny matted tintype photos, most taken in New York State, and all but one (S. A. Greene) are unidentified. There are some pieces of family correspondence dating from 1802 to 1847. Ruth Lowell Oliver was born when both of her parents were 40 years old. Based on a small amount of her memorabilia, she attended Lansing High School in approximately 1919-1921. She also attended both Michigan Agricultural College (Michigan State University) and Michigan State Normal School (which became Eastern Michigan University). In census records she was listed as a teacher. Her husband Glen A. Oliver (1889-1970) was 15 years older and a farmer. They lived in a rural area near Wacousta in Clinton County, where their parents and grandparents had lived, for most of their lives. They did not have children. Ruth's memorabilia includes several photographs of women's sports teams from M. A. C. dated 1922-1925. There is also a photograph printed on pink paper of a bonfire, "Michigan Aggie Bonfire, Nov. 10, 1922." The collection contains approximately 120 letters sent to Ursula Greene between 1882 and 1888, with their original envelopes, and another 38 letters and postcards between Ruth Lowell and her parents from about 1919, also with envelopes. This collection appears to have been an estate sale purchase by David Caterino, who then left the collection to the Capital Area District Libraries.
- Date Created:
- [1802 TO 1927]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Greene-Lowell-Oliver Collection
- Description:
- Several students in period costume dance on a lawn on the Michigan Agricultural College campus. According to the Lansing State Journal, June 15, 1920, a large Commencement Week pageant was held with over 500 students participating. Part of the event was a "review of the nation's history."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Description:
- The MAC football team. The player in the middle is wearing a whilte sweater with the "MAC" initials logo. The man in the center back row is Coach John Macklin. This photograph appears on page 26 of the book "Spartan Football: 100 Years of Gridiron Glory" by Ken Hoffman with Larry Bielat.
- Date Created:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Bird's eye of REO Motor Co. S Plant, State Capital, State Office Building, Pavilion, Potter Park, R.E. Olds Hall, Michigan Agricultural College, Masonic Temple, Washington St., Showing Prudden Bldg., Durant Automotive Plant, Olds Motor Works, St. Lawrence Hospital.
- Date Created:
- 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Y.M.C.A., City Hall, State Capitol by night, High School, Industrial School, Women's Building, M.A.C., Library at M.A.C., Agricultural College at M.A.C., REO Motor Car Co., The Sparrow Hospital, Public Library, Bathing at Pine Lake, East Side Park, Wells Hall, Michigan Agricultural College,
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection