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Collection
Identifier: c-00045
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of handwritten notes and specifications for machinery built and installed in a grain elevator, a sawmill and flour mills by Orin D. Snow in Niles, Michigan.
Dates:
1847 - 1852
Collection
Identifier: 00010
Scope and Contents
The material in the Barnes collection encompasses the period 1846 to 1899. Barnes graduated from the University of Michigan in 1850 and settled in Lansing to practice law. After establishing his reputation, he became attorney for the Jackson, Lansing, and Saginaw Railroad. He also assumed a promotional position with the Railroad, and eventually became its secretary and general manager.Barnes was philosophically minded and frequently wrote on various social matters. The bulk of...
Dates:
1846 - 1899
Collection
Identifier: c-00310
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a farm diary of Orson Ingalls of Almont, Lapeer County, Michigan, giving prices of stock and produce. The diary also contains personal notes about daily agricultural activities, weather conditions, health, church attendance, visits to friends and attendance at funerals.
Dates:
1856 - 1864
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.5
Scope and Content
The Oscar Clute papers consist primarily of correspondence (1889-1893) during Clute's presidency at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). Also included are several articles on education and M.A.C., and information about the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The period of Clute's presidency was characterized by student unrest, political crises, and faculty turnover.
Dates:
1889 - 1893
Collection
Identifier: c-00093
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a hand-drawn map of Sylvan Township, Osceola County, Michigan. It includes sectional details and the names of the landowners.
Dates:
1868
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.248
Scope and Contents
The Osmond C. Howe collection consists of photographs, particularly portraits. Many of the photographs are carte de visite.
Dates:
circa 1880-1890
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Serial-00520
Collection
Identifier: c-00275
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Civil War letters from Othniel Gooding of the 4th Michigan Cavalry to his fiancee, Lucy Dexter of Milan, Michigan. The 4th Michigan Cavalry was organized in August 1862, and spent much of the war in Tennessee and Kentucky, in scouting and foraging work. This work brought them into frequent clashes with Confederate forces. Gooding's letters describe life in camp, as well as foraging and scouting expeditions. He also comments on Union leaders such as George Thomas...
Dates:
1862 - 1892
Collection
Identifier: 00047
Scope and Contents of the Papers
Farm and dairy records of Otis D. Tyler and son, of Portland, Ionia County, Michigan. Included are a farm diary and account book (1893-1898), herd records (1923-1932), artificial breeding receipts (1947), applications and certificates of cattle registry with the Holstein-Friesian Association of America (1909-1938), and several publications of the association (1929-1930). Folder 23 contains miscellaneous papers including receipts (1897-1912), an Ionia County Farmers'...
Dates:
1893 - 1947
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Serial-01157
