Abstract The Department of Home Economics was initially founded as the Manual Training program at the Michigan State Normal College in 1903 and taught classes in cooking, sewing, millinery, sanitation, and decoration. In 1919, the name of the department changed to Home Economics and in cooperation with the Fine Arts Department provided courses in Home Economic Design, Costume Design, and Home Decoration. The collection includes a history of department compiled for the 75th anniversary, clippings and...

Abstract The Telephone Directories collection is comprised of copies of the Official Campus Phone Directory for students, faculty, staff and administration and date from 1906 - 2008. They are arranged by type of directory and within those chronologically. The earliest versions of the Student Directories were handwritten. The University stopped publishing a telephone directory in 2008, opting for an electronic directory. With the exception of a missing issue of the...