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Edward Pettengill papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.450
Scope and Contents
The Edward Pettengill collection consists of four photographs and an invitation to the 1895 MAC Junior Hop. The invitation probably belonged to Perry Holden. The photographs include a group portrait probably taken around 1890 or 1891 when Edward Pettengill was at Michigan Agricultural College. Edward Pettengill is labeled "Edd." The other photographs include a portrait of Berto Holden in military uniform, 1892; Perry Holden; and a man identified only as "Mr. Holden," who, the donor...
Dates:
1892-1895, Undated
Edward Roscoe Bender papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.33
Scope and Contents
The Edward Bender scrapbook contains photographs of friends, athletic events, class rivalry posters, and activities at Michigan Agricultural College. Also included are postcards, ribbons, greeting cards, and programs relating to campus activities.
Dates:
circa 1912
Edward Ross collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-28.32
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1895 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1904
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
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