This Thursday, April 8, 2010, Public Services Archivist Portia Vescio will be speaking at the Ingham County Genealogical Society meeting. Portia will be giving a presentation about genealogical resources that are available in the University Archives & Historical Collections. She will also discuss rules for using the archives and what researchers can expect when they arrive in the reading room.
The presentation will be at 7:00pm at the Vevay Township Hall, 780 Eden Road, in Mason, Michigan. For questions, please contact Portia at 517-884-6442 or vescio@msu.edu.
We have a special hours change for this week only. On Friday, October 30, 2009 the University Archives and Historical Collections will be closed between 11:30AM and 1:30PM. We will be open to the public between 8:30-11:30AM and 1:30-4:30PM. Please note that the change is hours is for Friday, October 30 only. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Just a reminder that on Wednesday, October 28 Archivists from the Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections will present at the meeting of the Mid-Michigan Genealogical Society. The event begins at 7:00PM and is located at the Plymouth Congregational Church. Archivist Ed Busch and Director Cynthia Ghering will give an overview of the University Archives and Historical Collections, explain how to search for collections online, and discuss some of the genealogical resources that are in the collections.
If you have any questions about the Genealogical Society event or the change in hours, please contact us at archives@msu.edu.
Archivists from the Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections will do a presentation at the October 28, 2009 meeting of the Mid-Michigan Genealogical Society. Director Cynthia Ghering and Processing Archivist Ed Busch will give an overview of the University Archives & Historical Collections, discuss some of the genealogical collections, and explain how to search the library catalog to find collections. The event begins at 7:00PM and is located at the Plymouth Congregational Church.
Any questions about the event can be sent to archives@msu.edu. To get an advance look at descriptions of the genealogical collections, you can view our collection guide to the genealogical collections.