Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Mary Hammes Corbin Collection
UA.10.3.321
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
- Creator
- Corbin, Mary Hammes
- Title
- Mary Hammes Corbin collection
- ID
- UA.10.3.321
- Date
- 1919-1920, 1951-1955, undated
- Extent
- 0.75 Cubic feet
- Language
- English
Biographical Note
Mary Katherine Hammes was born October 9, 1932. She attended Michigan State College from 1951-1955 and received a degree in landscape architecture. Mary was a member of the Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning Society, catholic student organization, and the Newman Club Federation 1952-1953.
Her father, John Henry Hammes, graduated from Michigan Agricultural College in 1920 with a degree in Agriculture.
Scope and Contents note
The Mary Hammes Corbin Collection includes a scrapbook from her time at MSC. Included are photos of Mary and student life including her friends, football games, and push cart races. The scrapbook also incudes event programs, letters and cards from family, as well as materials received from campus administration. Some of these materials were originally in the scrapbook. Of note is a letter about raids on women's residences. The collection also includes football game program programs and tickets, as well as programs for various events, including some off campus. Also included are landscape architecture syllabi, Campus Capsules MSC Newsletters to parents and student receipts, fees, and schedules, and a rule sheet called West Yakely Standards. The collection also contains photographs of Mary Hammes, her parents?, her friends, Beal Garden, and a landscape architecture class. There is also a sketch of an unidentified woman, which is probably Mary Hammes. The sketch might be one that Mary described in a letter in the correspondence folder. The collection also includes photographs of her father John Hammes, in group portraits with other students.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections June 2018
Conrad Hall888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Legal Status
Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Michigan State University. Athletics. Football.
- Michigan State University. Students. Societies, etc.
- Michigan State University. Students.
Personal Name(s)
- Hammes, John
Subject(s)
- College students -- Michigan -- East Lansing
Collection Inventory
| Box | Folder | |||
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Articles 1951-1954, unknown |
5903 | 1 | ||
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Campus Capsules MSC Newsletters to Parents 1951-1952 |
5903 | 2 | ||
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Commencement Programs 1920, 1955 |
5903 | 3 | ||
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Correspondence 1953, 1955, undated |
5903 | 4 | ||
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Events Programs, Football Programs, and activities 1951-1955, undated |
5903 | 5 | ||
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Grades, Schedules, Fee receipts 1951-1955 |
5903 | 6 | ||
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MSC--information for student and alumni (includes Yakely Rules) 1954-1955, undated |
5903 | 7 | ||
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Syllabi- Landscape Architecture LA 313, LA 432 1955, undated |
5903 | 8 | ||
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Photographs- Landscape Architecture class? scenes 1955 |
5903 | 9 | ||
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Photograph- John Hammes in group photograph of students 1919 |
5903 | 10 | ||
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Photographs- Mary Hammes Corbin, Students, family, Beal Garden 1955, undated |
5903 | 11 | ||
| Box | ||||
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Scrapbook 1951-1955 |
5904 | |||
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Oversized Items Unknown, 1920, 1922 |
5905 | |||
| Box | ||||
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Sketch of unidentified woman - probably Mary Hammes Corbin undated |
5905 | |||
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Photograph Wolverine Olympic Seniors including John Hammes 1920 |
5905 | |||
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Photograph Group Portrait including John Hammes undated |
5905 | |||