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Joseph Canavan reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: c-00039
Scope and Contents

In these reminiscences, Joseph Canavan recalls some of his experiences as a fireman for the Pere Marquette Railway Company (ca.1920). Canavan discusses his work, problems and conditions during a number of railroad trips in Southwestern Michigan.

Dates: undated

Kennedy family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00068
Scope and Contents The Kennedy family papers consist of seven letters. The earliest (1817) was written by a young woman describing a mid-winter journey home through western New York by wagon sleigh. Five letters in the collection were written by Frederick A. Kennedy to this wife Caroline while he was serving in the Michigan State legislature in Detroit in 1846. Kennedy discusses current actions of the legislature, including the passage of a bill to pay legislators $3.00 per day; and the initial defeat and...
Dates: 1817 - 1862

Manistee & North-Eastern Railroad Company booklet

 Collection
Identifier: c-00499
Scope and Contents

This collection contains one General Safety booklet issued by the General Safety Committee for the employees of the Manistee & Northeastern Railroad Company.

Dates: 1913

Pere Marquette Lumber Company records

 Collection
Identifier: 00031
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection consists of tax receipts, deeds, ledgers, cash books, correspondence, and miscellaneous legal papers having to do with the Pere Marquette Lumber Company. There is also a journal and cash book of the company store, cash book of the Ludington Water Supply Company, and miscellaneous papers of the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad.

Dates: 1860 - 1912

Roy C. Vandercook papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00011
Scope and Contents This collection consists of letters, newspaper clippings, legal documents related to Roy C. Vandercook and his various careers. Most significant in the collection is the bulk of correspondence concerning the Michigan National Guard and the 1913 copper strike. Vandercook was responsible for the majority of military action and exchanged a great deal of letters with Governor Woodbridge Ferris. Included are also letters discussing various phases of the U.S. occupation of the...
Dates: 1849 - 1957

The Inside Track collection

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Identifier: c-00625
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of five issues of the magazine, The Inside Track. The issues span May 1981 to April 1982. Three issues are from 1981 (Volume 12, Nos. 3-5), and two issues are from 1982 (Volume 13, Nos. 1-2). These magazines cover a wide variety of topics related to Michigan railroading.

Dates: 1981 - 1982

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Pere Marquette Railway 3
Ann Arbor Railroad Carferry 1
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Baldwin, Henry P. (Henry Porter), 1814-1892 1
Bingham, Kinsley S. (Kinsley Scott), 1808-1861 1
Burrows, Julius C. (Julius Caesar), 1837-1915 1
Calkins, Edmund Albert 1
Campbell District School (Eaton County, Mich.) 1
Campbell, Lewis D. (Lewis Davis), 1811-1882 1
Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879 1
Christiancy, Isaac Peckham, 1812-1890 1
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 1
Ferris Institute 1
Ferris, Woodbridge N., 1853-1928 1
Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad 1
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 1
Goodell, William, 1792-1878 1
Houghton Copper Rolling Mills 1
Huddleston, Eugene L., 1931- 1
John Wesley College 1
Johnson, Henry W., (Abolitionist) 1
Jones, David 1
Judson, Clarence Herbert 1
Kennedy family (Frederick (Fred) A. Kennedy, 1811-) 1
Kennedy, Frederick (Fred) A. 1
Kennedy, J. Benton, Captain 1
Kuhn, Madison, 1910-1985 1
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway 1
Manistee and Northeastern Railroad Company 1
Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857 1
Michigan Agricultural College 1
Michigan Southern Railroad 1
Michigan State Police 1
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Michigan State University. Class of 1886 1
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Noggle, Frank D. 1
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 1
Sutro, Adolph, 1830-1898 1
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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865) 1
Van Antwerp, Fred 1
Waldron, Henry, 1819- 1
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 1
Whig Party (U.S.) 1
Williams family (Alfred L. Williams, 1808-1886) 1
Williams, Alfred L. (Alfred Leonzo Williams) 1
Williams, B. O. (Benjamin Oliver Williams) 1
Williams, Clara 1
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