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Collection
Identifier: c-00407
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of account books dealing with the various business enterprises of Horace D. Moore. Also included are account books and miscellaneous papers relating to his general store operations, his hotel (the Sherman House), and to his personal and household accounts.
Dates:
1856 - 1925; Majority of material found within 1856 - 1900
Collection
Identifier: 00148
Scope and Contents
The Horner Woolen Mills collection consists primarily of correspondence and financial records, the bulk of which date from 1903 to 1919.The correspondence series, including general correspondence, letterpress copies of outgoing letters, and quotations and estimates, relate mostly to the mill's activities between 1907 and 1914. These partially document daily operations; the company's investment in real estate in Michigan and Oklahoma; and its interest, as contract creditors to the...
Dates:
1892 - 1961
Collection
Identifier: c-00523
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a journal that belonged to John M. York who owned a general store in Ionia County, Michigan. The journal dates mostly from 1899 to 1901 with a portion dating from 1922. Also within the journal are the recordings of 1913 auction sales by George Kelner. This journal may be connected with the ledger in another collection (c.00524); both were found in the home of Ludwig C. Winters by the donor.
Dates:
1899 - 1922; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1901
Collection
Identifier: c-00101
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the farm account book of James Hall, a resident of Bedford, Calhoun County, Michigan. He used it to record expenses, purchases, and work performed.
Dates:
1875 - 1908
Collection
Identifier: 00026
Scope and Contents of the Papers
The James Taylor papers include correspondence, receipts, and other materials dealing with his business and personal activities. Throughout the correspondence there are numerous letters concerning education, particularly at the college level. One letter, dated February 26, 1865 gives a good account of academic life at the University of Michigan. The collection also contains personal correspondence about life in general. Most of the receipts pertain to Taylor's agricultural implement business...
Dates:
1855 - 1900
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.446
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of Frederick C. Jenison's papers for the period 1907-1939. Included are personal and business records, primarily expenditure reports. The personal correspondence includes copies of letters that Jenison sent. The papers are most complete for the 1930s, less complete for the 1920s, and rather incomplete for the period 1910-1920. One significant portion of the collection consists of check stubs, both personal and business, for most of the period 1907-1939....
Dates:
1877 - 1939
Collection
Identifier: c-00003
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of account books kept by Jeremiah French, a resident of Williston, Vermont, listing farm and household expenditures.
Dates:
1797 - 1821
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.429
Scope and Content
The John Brattin family papers consist of mainly John Brattin’s papers and correspondence, but it does contain materials and correspondence from his first wife, Alice Jane, and his mother-in-law, Kate Baker Knight. This collection covers John’s life from high school graduation until his death. Included in the collection are correspondence, work documents, photographs related to the Bowlby, Baker, and Knight families, certificates, family newsletters, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, a...
Dates:
1849 - 1995
Collection
Identifier: c-00418
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a ledger belonging to John Curry who operated a harness shop in Dansville, Michigan and tax receipts (1882-1904) for land in Ingham County, Michigan.
Dates:
1882 - 1904
Collection
Identifier: 00093
Scope and Contents of the Records
John Rummel & Company, Inc. was a general store in Sebewaing, Michigan. These records give fairly good insight into the financial operations of a small town general store, which operated mainly on credit in times of prosperity and depression. The volumes include: Cash Books (1912-1938), Journals (1905-1937), Ledgers (1909-1938), Order Books (1912-1918), Purchase Journals (1912-1938), and Work Sheets (1919-1933). The folders contain advertising copy (1916-1937), correspondence regarding...
Dates:
1905 - 1938
