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Edwin Holmes papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00109
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Edwin Holmes' Civil War letters to family and friends. His letters deal primarily with his health and with family matters. There are frequent references to his brother Augustus and stepbrother Alvah Marsh (see c.108, c.110).Also included in this collection are several letters from Holmes' stepbrother Frank Marsh, describing his work in an army hospital in Detroit.These materials have been transcribed, scanned and placed online at ...
Dates:
1862 - 1864
Edwin Hubbard papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00013
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three letters (1850-1852) written by Edward Hubbard to his wife Harriet Woolcott Hubbard, relating his experiences in the California gold rush. There is also one letter from J.N. Woolcott to his parents, possibly relations of Harriet Woolcott Hubbard's, describing life in the Nevada gold fields (1859). Also included is the Hubbards' marriage certificate (1842) and ambrotype wedding photographs of Edwin and Harriet.Photographs in glass negatives...
Dates:
1842 - 1859
Edwin R. Havens papers
Collection
Identifier: 00016
Scope and Contents
The Edwin Havens papers consist of letters and diaries written by Havens while serving in the Seventh Michigan Cavalry during the Civil War. The letters of 1862 concern the training period of the regiment at Camp Kellogg, Grand Rapids, Michigan. In February of 1863, the regiment was sent to Washington, D.C., and was later involved in campaigns at Gettysburg, Richmond, Petersburg, and the Shenandoah Valley. Havens' letters contain details of important battles, as well as the...
Dates:
1838 - 1926
Edwin R. Osband diaries
Collection
Identifier: c-00136
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three diaries (1861-1864) of Edwin R. Osband of Wayne County, Michigan, kept during his service in the Civil War.The diary entries express alarm at the "profanity and wickedness" among the soldiers (December 23, 1861), describe exorbitant prices in Nashville (February, 1862), and predict that "the war will not be of long duration" (January 9, 1862). There are also comments on a dispute over pay among members of the regiment (1862), and reports on food...
Dates:
1861 - 1866
Edwin Willits papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.4
Scope and Content
The Edwin Willits papers consist of correspondence, financial records, Willits' inaugural address at Michigan Agricultural College, and various education-related materials, primarily concerning natural science.
Dates:
1884 - 1889
EJ Magazine (Knight Center for Environmental Journalism) UA 16.67
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Serial-01164
Dates:
2005 - 2011
Elaine Harrison papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00654
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a program and ephemera related to the rededication of the Michigan State Capitol on November 19-20, 1992. The items were collected by Elaine Harrison, who served as a volunteer hostess for the event.
Dates:
1992
Elanore Thompson papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.210
Scope and Contents
One photograph of Michael Joseph Foley. The photograph is black and white but hand tinted with color. MSU Scan ID #3091.
Dates:
Undated
Elbert S. Kelsey collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.520
Scope and Contents
The Elbert Kelsey papers contain correspondence, photographs, live stock show program, dance card, Michigan Association of Teachers of Vocational Agriculture anniversary booklet, MSC diploma, certificate and fraternity pins. The correspeonce includes letters to and from Kelsey on a variety of subjects including agriculture, state of Michigan income tax, and legislation. Kelsey recieved letters back from Governor Romney, Duffy Daugherty, Elton Hill, Tim Skubik, and politicians. Kelsey also...
Dates:
1926-1930, 1955-1986
Eleanor Clapp Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00575
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the book "Sparrow Tales: Memories from the Graduates" compiled by Eleanor Clapp Smith and Gloria Smith Bouterse and published in 1987. It is a compilation of personal stories, newspaper clippings, and photographs of the nurses that graduated from the Edward W. Sparrow Hospital School of Nursing in Lansing, Michigan. The book covers the first graduating class of 1899 to its final graduating class of 1961. In 1961,...
Dates:
1987