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Letter to Portia Vescio at the Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections, April 13, 2013

 Item — Box: LFD 7, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of 131 postcards received at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) from 1895 to 1904. The postcards are addressed to professors and other people such as H. W. Mumford, L. R. Taft, Clinton D. Smith, R. H. Petit, J. D. Towar, Arthur Bird, D. W. Trine, as well as to the Agricultural Experiment Station. The postcards contain requests for information about crops or fruit, subscriptions for the Farm Home Reading Circle, inspections for certification and other topics.

Also included in the folder is a summary of the collection written by the donor, Edward Ross, which includes the locations from where the postcards were sent and some arranged by topic and year. Ross also made transcripts of some of the postcards. In the letter, Edward mentions that his grandfather, Charles K. Ross, would have benefited from the "Home Farm Readings" that were distributed by the Agricultural Experiment Station.

Dates

  • Creation: April 13, 2013

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Historical Collections Repository

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