Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections

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Summary Information

Biography

Scope and Contents note

Administrative Information

Related Materials

Controlled Access Headings

Collection Inventory

Postcards

Summary Information

Repository

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections

Creator -

Thompson, Irma G.

Title

Irma Thompson papers

ID

UA.10.3.35

Date [inclusive]

1835-1964

Extent

1.0 Cubic feet

Language

English

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Biography

Irma Thompson was born in 1880 in Van Buren County, Michigan. While she was still in high school, the Thompson family moved to Lansing so that Irma would have the opportunity to attend college. She entered Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) in 1896 at the age of sixteen, to major in the Women’s Course. Although an off-campus student, she was very active in campus extra-curricular activities. She was class secretary, vice-president of the Art Club and a member of the Themian Literary Society. She was instrumental in establishing a comfortable and adequate lounge for other off-campus women. She graduated in 1900.

In 1905, she married Mark L. Ireland, Class of 1901, whose name appears occasionally on her dance programs.

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Scope and Contents note

The Irma Thompson papers consist of correspondence and memorabilia from her time as a college student including dance cards, programs for dances, and programs for events on campus. The events were held by various organizations including Feronian Society, Hesperian Society, Eclectic Society, Olympic Society, MAC Oratorical Association, Union Literary Society, as well as the alumni association. There are also a number of plays, poems and short stories written by Irma and other classmates and newspaper and magazine clippings. Also included are handwritten and typed “Memories,” telling of her acceptance to and years at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University).

The collection also includes a scrapbook with photographs of campus, students, and student organizations. Of note is a photograph of the class of 1900 with identification of the people. The scrapbook also includes drawings Thompson did reflecting her time as a student. There is also an athletic event tickets, score cards for College Field Day events, and handbills for the College field day ball game, and a baseball game. In addition there are programs for events and dances, biographies, addresses, and correspondence with class members.

There are also materials called “Pioneer Histories.” These consist of stories, memories, price lists and inventories of early Michigan pioneers (1820s-1950s). Also included is a hand-written collection of “Famous First Facts,” a Farmer’s almanac (1855) with handwritten notes and a “Family Almanac” (1900).

The collection also contains photographs of campus buildings, classes including human ecology, military science, a band, as well as athletics. There are also photographs of students including identified individual portraits, and student activities, dormitory life and the Eclectic Society. The collection also contains a few images of ships.

The postcards contains campus buildings, and campus scenes.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections July 1976

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

 Revised November 2009 November 2009

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status note

Copyright: Dedicated to the public. 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.

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Related Materials

Related Archival Materials

See also Madison Kuhn papers (UA 17.107)

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

• Kappa Kappa Gamma. Delta Gamma Chapter (Michigan State University). -- Chronological subdivision--1896-1900.;
• Michigan Agricultural College.
• Michigan State University. Art Club. -- Chronological subdivision--1896-1900.;
• Michigan State University. Class of 1900.
• Michigan State University. Women's Lounge.

Genre(s)

• Letters (correspondence)
• Photographs
• Poetry
• Postcards
• Programs (Publications)
• Scrapbooks

Geographic Name(s)

• Michigan -- History

Personal Name(s)

• Ireland, Mark L.
• Rogers, Mary Ireland
• Thompson, Irma G.

Subject(s)

• Dance cards
• High schools -- Michigan -- Lansing
• Home economics

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Collection Inventory

			Box	Folder
"Memories" by Irma Thompson 1964, Undated			761	1
Correspondence 1955-1969, Undated			761	2
M.A.C. Association of Washington D.C. Programs, Address Lists 1903-1904, 1907, 1920			761	3
Addresses of Class (1900) Members 1935, 1945, 1950, 1951, Undated			761	4
Biographies of Classmates Undated			761	5
Patriarchs- Programs, Address Lists 1962, 1963, Undated			761	6
Magazine Clippings- M.A.C. 1898, 1900, 1935, 1946, 1947, 1963, Undated			761	7
Newspaper Clippings- Class Members and Families 1955, 1956, 1960, 1961, Undated			761	8
Lab Experiments (Physics or Chemistry) 1898			761	9
"The High School Observer", 1896 Lansing High School 1896			761	10
Dance Programs
			Box	Folder
1897			761	11
1898			761	12
1898-1900			761	13
1899			761	14
1900			761	15
1901			761	16
1902			761	17
1903			761	18
1904, 1906, 1913, Undated			761	19
			Box	Folder
Dance and Banquet Programs 1902-1904, 1909			761	20
Social Programs
			Box	Folder
1896, 1897, 1899			761	21
1900			761	22
1902			761	23
1903, 1906, 1913			761	24
			Box	Folder
Commencement Announcements 1897, 1899, 1902, 1913			761	25
Invitations 1899, 1901, 1902, 1907			761	26
Memorabilia- Miscellaneous 1899, 1900, 1904, 1959, Undated			761	27
"The Themians", 1922 Themian Society/ Kappa Kappa Gamma 1922
			Box	Folder
"The Calethumpains" (a play) Undated			761	29
"The Faculty Meeting" (a play) Undated			761	30
"The Faculty Trial Scene" (a play) Undated			761	31
"Halloween Revels" (a play) Undated			761	32
"Midnight Spread Scene" (a play) Undated			761	33
"Nubbins" (poems and stories) Undated			761	34
Notes- Miscellaneous Undated			761	35
"Famous First Facts" Undated			761	36
Pioneer History
			Box	Folder
"Backwoods and Pioneer Life", A. M. Beadsley (Typescript copy) October 1835			761	37
"To Michigan By Water-1844", May Per Lee (Photostat copy) July 15, 1844			761	38
"My Visit to the West", Nancy Elizabeth Smith (Transcript copy) December 8, 1945			761	39
"A New Home-Who'll Follow", Mary Clavers Undated			761	40
"Osceola Mine and Locations-Upper Peninsula", Rhoda J. Donald Undated			761	41
"Pioneer Women"-"Summer Rawbles", Elizabeth F. Ellet Undated			761	42
"My Memories of Old Detroit", Hugo Erichson, M.D. Undated			761	43
"History of Livingston County", Everts and Abbot Undated			761	44
"Our Pioneer History", Mrs. Seymour Foster Undated
			Box	Folder
"Trials of Pioneer Businessmen", Enos Goodrich (Typescript copy) August 3, 1952			761	46
"Personal Recollections of Pioneer Days", Ruth Hoppin Undated			761	47
"Story of Early Day Life in Michigan-Eaton County", Margaret Lefever Undated			761	48
"Detroit in 1812", Canada Lewis Undated			761	49
"History of Oakland County", Thaddeus Seeley Undated			761	50
"The Log Schoolhouse Era in Michigan", A.D.D. Van Buren Undated			761	51
"History of Genesee County", Edwin O. Wood Undated			761	52
"County Histories" Undated			761	53
"History of Livingston County" Undated			761	54
"History of Saginaw", Michigan History Magazine Undated			761	55
"Land Lookers" Undated			761	56
"Detroit in 1835", Journal of Cyrus P. Bradley Undated			761	57
Miscellaneous Notes Undated			761	58
The Pioneer Mother Memorial Undated			761	59
Pioneer Settlement In & Adjacent to the Saginaw Valley Undated			761	60
"Michigan in 1827" Undated			761	61
Michigan Towns and Counties in 1838 Undated			761	62
Price Lists and Inventories Undated			761	63
Prices, Wages, Labor Undated			761	64
Commodity Prices Undated			761	65
			Box	Folder
Theatre Programs 1902-1904, Undated			761	66
"Farmers Almanack" 1855			761	67
"Wright's Pictorial Family Almanac" 1900			761	68
Scrapbook Re: Classmate Information Undated			761	69-70
Scrapbook - Miscellaneous Undated			761	71-72
Scrapbook remnants 1896-1899			761	73
Photographs
				Box
Buildings. Unidentified				UA Photo 31
Lighthouses				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Animals				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Art				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Athletics. Athletes				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Athletics. Baseball				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Athletics. Football				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Athletics. Track				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Buildings				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Buildings. Abbot Hall (1)				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Buildings. Armory				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Buildings. College Hall				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Buildings. Greenhouse. Interior				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Buildings. Linton Hall (Library (1)). Interior				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Buildings. Mechanical Laboratory				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Buildings. Morrill Hall (Women's Building)				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Buildings. Physics and Electrical Engineering Building (Chemical Laboratory)				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Alumni. Class reunions				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Human Ecology. Cooking				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Human Ecology. Sewing				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Mechanical drawing				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Military Science				UA Photo 31
Michigan State University. Music. Bands				UA Photo 32
Michigan State University. Scenes				UA Photo 32
Michigan State University. Scenes. Red Cedar River				UA Photo 32
Michigan State University. Students (2 folders)				UA Photo 32
Michigan State University. Students. Activities      Drawer item Photographic materials   Copy Negatives N0784A     Box Photographic materials   UA Photo 32
				Box
Michigan State University. Students. Dormitory life				UA Photo 32
Michigan State University. Students. Organizations. Eclectic Society				UA Photo 32
People. Aldrich, J. G.				UA Photo 32
People. Appleyard, Louis L.				UA Photo 32
People. Bach, Franklin A.				UA Photo 32
People. Bach, Hannah W.				UA Photo 32
People. Bailey, William James				UA Photo 32
People. Baker, Hugh P.				UA Photo 32
People. Bale, Charles W.				UA Photo 32
People. Bishop, Bessie				UA Photo 32
People. Bohn, Mabel				UA Photo 32
People. Bradford, George M.				UA Photo 32
People. Bristol, Mable E.				UA Photo 32
People. Bulkeley, Joseph A.      Drawer item Photographic materials   Copy Negatives N0199     Box Photographic materials   UA Photo 32
				Box
People. Christensen, S. L.				UA Photo 32
People. Coats, John F.				UA Photo 32
People. Dales, Oliver D.				UA Photo 32
People. Decker, Arthur J.				UA Photo 32
People. Driskel, Harry G.				UA Photo 32
People. Finch, D. B.				UA Photo 32
People. Gagnier, Edward D.				UA Photo 32
People. Garfield, Deborah				UA Photo 32
People. Good, E. S				UA Photo 32
People. Green, James C.				UA Photo 32
People. Green W. H.				UA Photo 32
People. Groups				UA Photo 32
People. Hayes, Arthur H.				UA Photo 32
People. Henderson, Harry				UA Photo 32
People. Hoyes, Inez				UA Photo 32
People. Ireland, Mark L				UA Photo 32
People. Kaylor, Charles W.				UA Photo 32
People. Kneeland, Harold S.				UA Photo 32
People. Lickly, Ralph W.				UA Photo 32
People. Littell, L. Bayard				UA Photo 32
People. Lundy, C. B.				UA Photo 32
People. Lundy, Grace M.				UA Photo 32
People. Lyons, Arthur E.				UA Photo 32
People. McClure, S. W.				UA Photo 32
People. McCue, Charles A.				UA Photo 32
People. McCune, Newell A.      Box Photographic materials   UA Photo 32     Box Photographic materials   UA Photo 33
				Box
People. Mills, Harry L.				UA Photo 33
People. Naglevoort, Bernard				UA Photo 33
People. Northrup, Robert S.				UA Photo 33
People. Norton, R. M.				UA Photo 33
People. O'Connor, Harriet				UA Photo 33
People. Paddock, Fleta				UA Photo 33
People. Palmer, Wilbur S.				UA Photo 33
People. Parks, William T.				UA Photo 33
People. Price, Eugene				UA Photo 33
People. Radford, F. L.				UA Photo 33
People. Reynolds, C. R.				UA Photo 33
People. Ross, Mary				UA Photo 33
People. Russell, W. E.				UA Photo 33
People. Sly, Frances				UA Photo 33
People. Smith, L. C.				UA Photo 33
People. Smith, Mary and Mabel				UA Photo 33
People. Stewart, John B.				UA Photo 33
People. Taylor, Lawrence H.				UA Photo 33
People. Thompson, Irma				UA Photo 33
People. Tower, Gordon E.				UA Photo 33
People. Watkins, Catharine				UA Photo 33
People. Wells, H. L.				UA Photo 33
People. White, George D.				UA Photo 33
People. Woodbury, Vesta and Mary				UA Photo 33
Ships				UA Photo 33
Ships. Battleships				UA Photo 33
Ships. Frigates				UA Photo 33
Ships. Schooners				UA Photo 33
Postcards				Drawer Postcards
Michigan State University. Buildings. Greenhouse
Michigan State University. Buildings. Williams Hall (1)
Michigan State University. Scenes
Michigan State University. Scenes. Deer Park
Michigan State University. Scenes. Fountains
Michigan State University. Scenes. Red Cedar River
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