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Collection
Identifier: c-00088
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters, deeds, tax receipts, mortgages, money order receipts, and newspaper clippings of the Dimick family of Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan. The letters deal with family matters as well as political and economic issues on both the national and the local level.
Dates:
1881 - 1908
Collection
Identifier: c-00123
Scope and Contents
The Dunks family papers consist primarily of correspondence addressed to Oliver Dunks of Detroit and Coldwater, Michigan, the bulk of which is dated in the 1860s. The letters discuss business, agriculture, and social activities in Southern Michigan. Several also deal with important aspects of the Civil War period, such as "Copperhead" feeling in the North, the election of 1864, and Lincoln's assassination.Of particular interest are letters from Julius Dunks discussing the...
Dates:
1836 - 1877
Collection
Identifier: 00275
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the publication East Lansing Info which corresponds to their website https://eastlansinginfo.news
Copies have been printed since early 2021.
Webpages have been saved with the Internet Archive https://archive.org
Dates:
2021-2022
Collection
Identifier: 00203
Scope and Contents
The Eugene G. Wanger papers consist of unpublished manuscripts, Ingham County Historical Commission materials, R.E. Olds Museum papers, Ingham County Government papers, Michigan State Government papers, Republican political material, United States Government papers, and Tri-County Regional Planning Commission papers. The Unpublished Manuscripts series includes Memorabilia of Michigan’s Constitutional Convention, 1961-1962: A Guide to the Author’s...
Dates:
1957 - 2003
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.441
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photocopies of letters written by William Fraser, Eugene Law, and Fred E. Miller to John C. Fraser, his wife Mrs. Eliza M. Fraser or John Fraser (father of William and John C.) The letters describe their life at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). They write about work, classes and activities. Other topics included the buildings, professors, weather, sports and politics.
Dates:
1866 - 1881
Collection
Identifier: c-00253
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two political pamphlets promoting Henry Ford's candidacy for the U.S. Senate from Michigan (1918), and a pamphlet published by Ford pointing out the evils of smoking (1914).
Dates:
1914 - 1918
Collection
Identifier: 00057
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the legal and business correspondence of James H. Thompson covering the years 1911 to 1913. The collection is divided into four sections: business which consists of correspondence concerning real estate, The Original Gas Engine Company, stocks and investments; legal matters and politics concerning Thompson's law practice, the election of 1912 and congratulatory letters; personal consisting of correspondence relating to Mason activities, genealogy of Thompson's...
Dates:
1911 - 1913
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.422
Scope and Contents
The James J. Blanchard collection consists primarily of material relating to his congressional career, dating between 1974 and 1982. The collection is arranged in thirty-one series, which include Blanchard's personal files; the records of both his Washington and district offices; materials from five key Blanchard staff members; files relating to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, the Chrysler bail-out, and all of Blanchard's campaigns, including the 1982 gubernatorial...
Dates:
1965 - 1984
Collection
Identifier: c-00188
Scope and Contents
The Josiah Littlefield papers contain a portion of Littlefield's unpublished autobiography, in which he describes his early life on a farm in Monroe County, Michigan (1850-1865), as well as biographical materials. The collection also contains four ledgers from Littlefield's mill, recording workers' hours and business transactions, property tax receipts, and a map showing Littlefield-owned land in Clare County, Michigan.One ledger may be from a lumber camp (Gilmore Camp 1893-1895)...
Dates:
1879 - 1958
Collection
Identifier: c-00061
Scope and Contents
This typewritten autobiography contains discussions of numerous social, political, and economic issues connected with Grennell's newspaper, the Detroit News, and legislative activities. A microfilm copy of the collection is available.
Dates:
1930
