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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

Berrien County, Michigan school records

 Collection
Identifier: c-00034
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two primary school teachers' registers' from Ward No. 1, Berrien Springs, Berrien County, Michigan, recording daily attendance.

Dates: 1869 - 1871
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Bond family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00234
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence between members of the Bond and Newcomb families. The majority is addressed to John G. Bond, who moved to Berrien County, Michigan, in 1839. The letters are concerned with news of family and friends. Several letters trace the genealogy of the Bond family in America.

Dates: 1827 - 1855
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

Dorothy Payne collection

 Collection
Identifier: 00274
Content Description The collection consists of materials Dorothy Manning Payne collected about Benjamin Fish and other historical topics. The collection is organized into materials related to Benjamin Fish and general historical materials. The Benjamin Fish materials contain personal as well as professional correspondence, contracts and deeds, and receipts. The historical materials include receipts for goods shipped by boat, an Ann Arbor Mineral Springs ticket, a printed booklet titled "A Brief Narrative of the...
Dates: 1839 - 1900
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Isaac O. Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00226
Scope and Contents

This collections contains an agreement between Erastus Clarke and Isaac O. Adams regarding the sale of land in Berrien County, Michigan. It also contains two business letters to Adams from an attorney, N. Bacon.

Dates: 1837 - 1838
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Martha C. Bradley papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00238
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a letter from Martha C. Bradley to Nancy Kimball, describing the sinking of her husband's whaling ship and sending family news. Also included is a deed for land in Berrien County, Michigan, sold by Mrs. Bradley in 1866.

Dates: 1851, 1866
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Michigan State Grange records

 Collection
Identifier: 00187
Scope and Contents The records of the Michigan State Grange are held by the MSU Archives and the Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The MSU Archives holds the Grange records from the following counties: Allegan, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Otsego, Ottawa, Shiawassee, St. Joseph, Van Buren,...
Dates: 1873 - 2009
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Thomas C. Bradley papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00236
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of material relating to Bradley's police work, including orders, payrolls, affidavits, and correspondence. It includes some material relating to his medical leave from the 12th Michigan, as well as his post-war career.The civil ware related materials have been transcribed, scanned and put online at ...
Dates: 1853 - 1880
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Warren family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00007
Scope and Contents This collection primarily contains correspondence, diaries, religious materials, and legal documents of the Warren family of Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters (1879-1899) from Albert L. Warren to his parents (Caroline C. and Rev. Waters Warren) and brothers (Edward K. and Frederick P.). Albert L. Warren was an itinerant watch repairman who tried prospecting gold, teaching, farming, selling wholesale groceries and later patent medicine,...
Dates: 1830 - 1966
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

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