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Update (Revitalization of Animal Agriculture in Michigan) UA 16.34
Verne H. Church papers
This collection consists of a manuscript, "Personal Recollections of the Government Crop Reporting Service", written in 1943 by Verne H. Church (1875-1949). Church was the first Agricultural Statistician in Michigan for the Bureau of Crop Estimates, known today as the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. He held this position from 1914 to 1942. Church's autobiography serves as a history of the methods used by agricultural statisticians for crop reporting in Michigan during those years.
Vernon J. Brown papers
Waldron family papers
Walter G. Kirkpatrick papers
The bulk of the collection consists of Kirkpatrick's daily appointment books from 1939-1950. Other materials in the collection consist of one publication credited to Kirkpatrick, a report on his travels in Europe and an annual report from the Antrim County Agricultural Agent. The collection also contains five 16mm films: four related to the Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America and one related to the Antrim County [Michigan] USO War Fund Drive.
Warden family papers
Wessel Whittaker papers
This collection consists of letters addressed to Wessel Whittaker of New Buffalo, Michigan. His correspondents discuss agricultural prices and supplies in Milwaukee, construction of the Monroe-New Buffalo Railroad, and the Wing Party in New Buffalo. One letter (1838) was written by Millard Fillmore, then a member of Congress. Fillmore asked for information about land which he owned in Berrien County, Michigan.
William D. Baten papers
The William D. Baten papers consist of reports and articles written by Baten about mathematics and statistics. There are also articles that relate to statistics and agriculture including topics on corn, weather, spore measurements, fertilizer, sugar beets, milk, potatoes, and surface area of fruits. There are also reports related to statistics and home economics. The reports are arranged alphabetically by title with multiple reports per folder.
William F. Raven papers
William H. Osborne diary
The diary includes the records of expenses and earnings for Osborne's farm in 1864 as well as personal entries. Also included are cash accounts involving work in the legislature and a record of bounty funds paid to Osborne for recruitment of Civil War soldiers.