Michigan Agricultural College in the Gilded Age

By the 1870s, Michigan Agricultural College (now known as MSU) was financially stable enough to start making a name for itself and shape how it would be seen by the outside world. It grew in acreage, number of buildings, and students in a time when American corporations were growing to huge proportions. The culture of the United States had large influence on the college but this influence was a two-way street. The youth-culture of colleges everywhere also impacted the rest of the country. 

 

This site is meant to shed light on how the U.S. and Michigan Agricultural College interacted with one another by studying the campus, student life, and women of M.A.C. during the Gilded Age.