Chace Newman Papers
UA.17.37

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator - Donor
Newman, Chace E.
Title
Chace Newman papers
ID
UA.17.37
Date [inclusive]
1894-1951
Extent
1.0 Cubic feet  also oversized photographs and 1 scrapbook
Language
English

Preferred Citation note

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Biographical Note

Chace Newman was an assistant professor of drawing and design in mechanical engineering at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) from 1897 until his retirement in 1939. Newman started his career at M.A.C. as a clerk in the mechanical department in 1892. He was given the title of professor emeritus of engineering drawing upon his retirement. Newman was an active promoter for the founding of East Lansing and served on its first city council in 1907, when it officially became a city. He also drew the first East Lansing city map in 1913. (A photocopied version can be found in the University Archives, MSU Campus Maps, 1879-1930, Drawer 15.) Newman was also a founder and charter member of the Peoples Church in East Lansing. He died on November 2, 1953.

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Scope and Contents note

This collection consists of personal papers of Chace Newman, including correspondence, newspaper articles, papers he authored, manuscripts, notes, drawings, collected research materials, a scrapbook of events and happenings at the college, and other materials he used to teach courses in mechanical drawing and design. There are also scripts for lectures he gave on WKAR Radio about the architecture of the home. Also include are Ruth Newman photographs which include images that are probably of M.A.C. included a flooded river and bridge, an elk, and children in period dress.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections

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

Revision Description

  January 2012

Conditions Governing Access note

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status note

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use note

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Michigan Agricultural College.

Genre(s)

  • Course materials
  • Lectures
  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Manuscripts
  • Photographs
  • Scrapbooks

Geographic Name(s)

  • East Lansing (Mich.) -- History

Personal Name(s)

  • Newman, Ruth
  • Noll, Victor Herbert, 1900-

Subject(s)

  • Architectural design -- Study and teaching
  • Architecture -- Designs and plans
  • College buildings -- Michigan -- East Lansing
  • Landscape gardening
  • Mechanical drawing -- Study and teaching
  • Universities and colleges -- Faculty

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Collection Inventory

Box Folder

Correspondence 1894-1951 

 4003 1

Newspaper Articles 1894-1951 

 4003 2

Papers [including two papers on the history of East Lansing, dated 1916 and 1927] 1916-1945 

 4003 3-4

Bachelor's Banquet Program November 9, 1894 

 4003 5

Course Materials – Mechanical Drawing 1892 

 4003 27

Course Materials – Drawing and Design in Landscape Gardening (Course 1C/2C) 1916-1917 

 4003 30

Course Materials – Bridges –[photos, clippings and postcards] ca. 1900-1940 

 4003 6

Course Materials – Architectural Drafting and Design Manual (Course # 403C) 1938 

 4003 7

Course Materials – Architecture (Course # 403C) 1937-1938 

 4003 8

Course Materials – Outline of Styles of American House Architecture (Course # 105B) 1941 

 4003 9

Course Materials – American Residence Architecture: Southern Colonial Style (Course #105B) n.d. 

 4003 10

Course Materials – House Architecture - Lectures (Course # 309) n.d. 

 4003 11

Course Materials – House Architecture – Critique (Course # 309) 1937 

 4003 12

Course Materials – House Architecture – Manual (Course #309) 1941 

 4003 13

Course Materials – House Architecture – Reference Set (Course #309) n.d. 

 4003 14

Course Materials – Architectural Orders and Styles n.d. 

 4003 15

A Course in Linear Perspective – Original manuscript and drawings (Materials also used for Course # 302C) 1931-1932 

 4003 16

A Course in Linear Perspective – Original marked (edited) version 1931 

 4003 17

A Course in Linear Perspective – Final version with blueline drawings 1931 

 4003 18

A Course in Linear Perspective - Display copy (with photo of MAC Powerplant #1 and Shops alley) 1931 

 4003 19

A Course in Linear Perspective - Sales Copy 

 4003 20

Radio Talks – “Architecture of the Home” 1935 

 4003 21

Radio Talks – “Architecture of the Home” 1937 

 4003 22

Radio Talks – “Planning the Home” 1928 

 4003 23

Pen & Ink Drawings/ Lettering Samples n.d. 

 4003 24

Lettering by Thomas Wood Stevens 1916 

 4003 25

Lettering Samples undated 

 4003 25

The Spectrum and the Wall (color plates) undated 

 4003 26

The Pencil Portfolio undated 

 4003 29

Drawings and Designs in Landscape Gardening undated 

 4003 30

Ruth Newman Photographs 

 4,003 31
Volume

Scrapbook 235: MSU Photos and clippings 1915-1945 

 SB 235
Box

Oversized Photographs 

 OS 14

Engines. Steam. 

Michigan State University. Buildings. Linton Hall 

Michigan State University. Buildings. Williams Hall. 

Michigan State University. Buildings. Mechanical Engineering. Machine shops. 

Michigan State University. Buildings. Union Literary Society Building