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Avery family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00230
Scope and Contents

This collection contains family correspondence between members of the Avery family, including C. S. and Ellen Avery of Bucks Flat, California, and Edward Avery of Fort Junction, Iowa. The letters are primarily concerned with family matters, though C. S. Avery's letters also discuss agriculture in California. The collection also contains receipts and a deed for Sarah Avery of Three Oaks, Michigan.

Dates: 1868 - 1891
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Benjamin Y. Collins papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00265
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a mortgage for land in Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan, sold to Benjamin Y. Collins by Frederick and Catherine Rehlow (1876), and a certificate attesting the payment of the mortgage (1879).

Dates: 1876, 1879
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Berrien County records

 Collection
Identifier: c-00032
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an official canvass of votes cast in Berrien County, Michigan in the presidential election of 1848, and two bonds (1871, 1874) issued by the Township of Three Oaks to help pay for construction of the Michigan Central Railroad.

Dates: 1848, 1871, 1874
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Chamberlain family papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-1.1.12
Scope and Contents The collection consists of family correspondence, documents, and business records, particularly relating to Henry Chamberlain. Included are genealogies of the Chamberlain, Langdon, Woodward and Wheelock families.The letters in the early years of the collection relate to the migration of the family westward to Ohio, and then to Michigan. There is an 1830 agreement in which certain New Hampshire citizens sponsor William Chamberlain to go and scout the area above the Ohio River for...
Dates: 1795 - 1931
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Gilbert B. Avery papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00229
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of tax receipts, a deed, and copies of deeds for land owned by Gilbert B. Avery of Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan.

Dates: 1860 - 1880
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Grace E. Bradley papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00235
Scope and Contents

This collection contains Grace Bradley's teaching certificate (1869-1879) from Berrien County, Michigan, and LaPorte County, Indiana, a letter from Senator J. C. Burrows regarding her application for the position as Matron on the "Indian Service" (1898), and a school roll book from Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan (1875).

Dates: 1869 - 1898
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

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Deeds 2
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Education, Primary -- Indiana 1
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Family histories 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- Michigan 1
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LaPorte County (Ind.) 1
Lansing (Mich.) 1
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Legal instruments 1
Michigan -- Politics and government 1
Mortgage loans -- Michigan 1
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Practice of law -- Massachusetts 1
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
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Avery family (C. S. Avery) 1
Burrows, Julius C. (Julius Caesar), 1837-1915 1
Chamberlain family (Henry Chamberlain, 1824-1907) 1
Chamberlain, Henry, 1824-1907 1
Chamberlain, Mellen, 1821-1900 1
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Clute, O. (Oscar) 1
Dartmouth College 1
Harvard University 1
Michigan Agricultural College 1
Michigan. State Board of Agriculture 1
Olivet College 1
Rock Island Arsenal (Ill.) 1
Winans, Edwin Baruch, 1826-1894 1
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