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Collection
Identifier: c-00688
Scope and Contents
The collections contains correspondence and diaries of the Helmick Family. The correspondence consists of letters sent by David Helmick to his family. The letters and diary pages describe his life in the military including his time during the Spanish American War. Some of the letters are incomplete. Also in the collection is a letter from Harry E. Helmick to his brother and a letter from his son, Harry Mortimer Helmick, to his sister. The letter was written five days before he passed away...
Dates:
1898 - 1918
Collection
Identifier: MSS 289 large
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The Henderson Stock Company was the longest running traveling repertory theatre company in Michigan. Founded in Otsego, Michigan in 1898 by Richard Henderson, the company toured theatres and opera houses throughout the mid-west and the east coast until 1991. Spanning the late 1890's to the 1950's, the collection consists of over 200 photographs, theatre business papers, account books, some personal correspondence, a memoir, some original handwritten scripts and over 230 copies of typed...
Dates:
1900-1951
Collection
Identifier: 00192
Scope and Contents
The Henrietta Marsh Thompson sheet music collection consists of one volume of sheet music collected and bound by Thompson. The majority of the 44 songs were composed between 1860 and 1868. Several songs refer to the Civil War and there is also some Christmas music. Some of the sheet music is torn and some pages have sections missing. The volume was unbound due to deterioration of the spine.This sheet music has been scanned and placed online at ...
Dates:
1850 - 1895
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.439
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters of congratulations, personal papers, and papers of the Lansing Rotary Club relating to Henrik E. Stafseth.
Dates:
1960 - 1972
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.66
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, diaries, and other papers of Henrik Joakim Stafseth. Several diaries describe Stafseth's 1925-1926 tour of veterinary and other colleges in seven European countries. At this time he was an Exchange Professor at the Royal Hungarian Veterinary College.In 1945-1946 Stafseth served as Chief Veterinarian for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in China, where he was instrumental in establishing China's first modern...
Dates:
1902 - 1967
Collection
Identifier: c-00565
Scope and Contents
"From Murfreesboro to Chickamauga and Libby Prison" is a photocopy of a typed document, which was made from an original dictation of Dr. Henry Goodale's experience as a surgeon in the Civil War. Goodale served in the 21st Michigan Infantry. The events he described occurred between June 24, 1863 and November 24, 1863. The account tells of his experience in battle at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga; how he helped wounded soldiers both on and off the battlefield; and his time as a...
Dates:
undated
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.253
Scope and Contents
The papers of Henry Blosser contain six folders of photocopies pertaining to the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL). "Important Events in the Evolution of NSCL" (1982) and "Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University Project" (1982-1988) outline the history of the department. Also contained in this collection is a contract between Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Energy, which discusses the additions to the laboratory and costs. A research proposal...
Dates:
1958 - 1988
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.165
Scope and Content
The scrapbook contains photographs of various recreational activities in southern Lower Michigan circa 1900-1910. Included are scenes of swimming, camping, fishing and boating. The volume also has photographs of unidentified people.
Dates:
1900 - 1910
Collection
Identifier: c-00648
Scope and Contents
This collection contains four copy prints made from tintypes. The photographs are of Henry Cadwell of Lansing, Michigan. According to the back of one portrait, Cadwell was a moving contractor, gravel pit owner, operator of Lansing Water Sprinkler, a farmer, and a stove wood and lumber supplier.
Dates:
undated
Collection
Identifier: c-00253
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two political pamphlets promoting Henry Ford's candidacy for the U.S. Senate from Michigan (1918), and a pamphlet published by Ford pointing out the evils of smoking (1914).
Dates:
1914 - 1918