Showing Collections: 61 - 70 of 750
Bessey family papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.416
Scope and Contents
The Bessey family papers have been arranged into the following series: Biographical Data, Manuscripts and Publications, General, Correspondence, Scrapbooks, Oversized materials and Photographs.The biographical data series includes information on Charles and Ernst Bessey, and on relatives of Edith Carleton Higgins (Mrs. Ernst A. Bessey), including her mother, Ella M. (Noyes) Higgins (1851-1913); her sisters, Mabel Cornell Porter and Bertha Noyes and, her brothers, Leslie A. Higgins...
Dates:
1878 - 1968
Betty Garlick papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.258
Scope and Contents
The Betty Garlick papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs about the Spartan Nursery School.
Dates:
1948 - 1977
Bill Beachler papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 588 large
Scope and Contents
The Bill Beachler papers contain photographs, realia, correspondence, news clippings, concert programs of Lansing-area gay and lesbian music performance organizations, records of his activity with local Gay rights organizations, including Pride PAC, the Lansing Area AIDS Network (LAAN), Michigan Pride, among others. Also of note are records of his work with the city of East Lansing and the Michigan Department of Transportation, including proposals for the development of the downtown East...
Dates:
1950 - 2016
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
Brazil Project records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.11
Scope and Content
Records of the Brazil Project include a large amount of correspondence and personal data of staff; budget and administrative records; and reports, both official and miscellaneous. Some of these are in Portuguese. Also included is a large amount of information on the country of Brazil and suggestions for Americans going to Brazil.
Dates:
1956 - 1977
Brownson family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00178
Scope and Contents
The Brownson family papers consist of correspondence between members of the Brownson, Johnson, and Allured families, as well as essays, poetry, and a sermon.Many of the letters are to Oscar Brownson of Pontiac and Evart, Michigan. Brownson entered Oberlin College in 1843, but a year later he returned to Pontiac to teach school. Several letters from a cousin, Franklin Barber, urged him to join the United States Navy, where he could get a free medical training. Brownson received...
Dates:
1843 - 1931
Building records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-4.9.1
Scope and Contents
The collection contains specifications, correspondence, bills, and blueprints of many campus buildings. The collection is split into four series. The Buildings series contains files related to buildings. The buildings are arranged alphabetically. The Subject Files series contains files that are not related to specific buildings. These include reports, files containing material on several buildings, grounds, lighting, tunnels and conduits, drains, and swamp land sales,...
Dates:
1856 - 1987
Burt and Ila Wermuth papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.430
Scope and Contents
The Burt and Ila Wermuth papers consist of materials related to the Wermuths' time in the Grange. Included are lectures given by the Wermuths and others, Grange bulletins, a copy of the October 1944 Michigan Patron, information on pageants, lectures and essays by various state of Michigan professors, an October 1950 Grange Master Address, radio talks, the Master Farmers of Michigan member list and history, as well as activity, games, and music suggestions. Also included is material related...
Dates:
1926-1973, Undated
Buzzard family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00555
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three letters addressed to members of the Buzzard Family of Detroit, Michigan. The first letter (1844) discusses the sale of mills and mentions one mill that was destroyed by fire. A letter written in 1849 by three members of the Buzzard family reports their arrival in Chicago to pick up a load of wheat to be carried to St. Clair, milled, and then delivered to Buffalo. The third letter (undated) contains a poem "Indian Lament" about the mistreatment of Indians by...
Dates:
1844, 1849, Undated