Mrs. Robert E. Onweller collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains miscellaneous and unrelated materials found in a Hudson, Michigan drugstore when the donor's husband bought it. They include a ledger (1866-1878) of S.S. Johnson and Company, a furniture factory; a small ledger (1875) containing medicinal recipes belonging to Marvin M. Maxon, druggist and former owner of the store; a personal diary (January-May 1877) of Mrs. Laura O'Conor of Seneca Falls, New York; a ledger and cash book (1879-1887) of the Eaton Brothers Company, Hudson furniture dealers; a notebook containing minutes of meetings (1882-1883) of the Utica Gun Club, Utica, Michigan, and household accounts; a ledger (1887-1893) kept by Percy Kelley, recording wheat shipments with H.A. Chapman and Company; a journal (1916-1917) containing a records of charges of a local telephone company; and some correspondence, drawings, and notes.
Dates
- Creation: 1865 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.
Extent
0.33 Cubic Feet (, 9 folders and 6 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Gift of Mrs. Robert E. Onweller, 1962-07-06.
Legal Status
Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.
Subject
- Eaton Brothers (Firm) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Mrs. Robert E. Onweller Collection
- Status
- 4 Published And Cataloged
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Historical Collections Repository
Conrad Hall
943 Conrad Road, Room 101
East Lansing MI 48824 US
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu