Item: Merrill G. Burlingame Research files on MSU history, 1895-1968
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Finding Aid Title: Merrill G. Burlingame Research files on MSU history, 1895-1968
Finding Aid Collection Number: Accession 84014
Date Range of Collection: 1895-1968
Creator of Materials: Burlingame, Merrill G. [Merrill Gildea], 1901-
Content Description: The research files contained within this collection demonstrates Burlingame's research and writing activities as he worked to create A History, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana as a commemoration of the University's 75th anniversary. Burlingame used his own earlier work and reached out across the campus to gather other material compiled by staff, committee members, alumni, and University former presidents in order to assemble his text. He used an assortment of materials that ranged from short University histories prepared by himself and others to correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and reminiscences. Of particular interest is preliminary manuscript of Una B. Herrick's work, Twenty Years at Montana State University and an unpublished manuscript history by former MSU President James M. Hamilton. Other items to note include correspondence and writings by two of the original eight students from the university's inception, Lucy Stafford Peck and Tom McKee. The collection consists of six series, five of which were developed by Burlingame to organize his work, and all original folder titles have been retained in quotes, with added content information added for clarity. Series 6, however, is a hodgepodge of miscellaneous information pertaining to the university which were unorganized and gathered together during processing. Folder arrangement within each series is alphabetic.
Finding Aid URL: http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv42614
Keywords: msu history, reminiscences, montana state college (msc), music, religion, extension, engineering, quarter century club, clubs and organizations, 4-h club, agriculture and ranching
Subjects: Montana State University and Perspectives on Higher Education
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