Collections | Archives and Manuscripts

Thomas Kenworthy papers

Collection

Identifier: c-00194

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two deeds from the government land office in Bronson, Michigan, for land purchased by Thomas Kenworthy.

Dates: 1839

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Thomas L. Graves papers

Collection

Identifier: c-00276

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two tax receipts and three deeds for land owned by Thomas L. Graves in Berrien County, Michigan.

Dates: 1864

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Thomas-Prescott families papers

Collection

Identifier: 00170

Scope and Contents The collection documents the lives of the Thomas and Prescott families of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. The collection contains biographical papers, genealogy/lineage records, and correspondence of family members. The bulk of the collection is the correspondence of Benjamin H. Thomas Jr., spanning the period from 1879 to 1927.The biographical papers consist of obituary notices and correspondence which discuss eligibility to join the D.A.R. and the moral character of family...

Dates: 1824 - 1960

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Thomas V. Atkinson papers

Record Group

Identifier: UA-17.274

Scope and Contents The records of Thomas V. Atkinson contain the four series: Academic Specialists Appointment System, Instruction, Network Communication Committee, and Other. The materials reflect Atkinson’s original arrangement, categorization and folder titles. The first folder contains "TVA Submissions to the Archives" written by Atkinson which provides information on Atkinson's labeling system, and history and background of Atkinson's involvement with the various committees. The next folder "Index of...

Dates: 1972 - 2008

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Thomas Wright diary

Collection

Identifier: c-00009

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the diary of Thomas Wright (1831-1841) as it was published in the Tecumseh Herald in 1955, with a brief history of Tecumseh, Michigan. Wright's diary chronicles his relocation in 1831 from Massachusetts to Michigan, where he bought a farm. Earliest entries in the diary detail his journey across Lake Erie in a crowded boat that carried 250 passengers "of every age and condition".

Dates: 1955

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Thome and Frisbie Shoe Store records

Collection

Identifier: 00072

Scope and Contents

The collection includes the general account (1899-1941), correspondence (1924-1941), and income and sales tax returns (1924-1941) of the Thome and Frisbie shoe store in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan. The collection covers the period from 1899 to 1941, the year in which Thome died and the business was sold.

The collection also contains welfare and relief receipts (1937-1941), notes for bank loans (1935-1940), and the company's bank book for the years 1930-1941.

Dates: 1899 - 1941

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Thompson family genealogy

Collection

Identifier: c-00519

Scope and Contents

The collection contains an unbound printing of "A genealogy of the descendants of John Thompson of Plymouth, Mass.: Also sketches of families of Allen, Cooke and Hutchinson" by Charles Hutchinson Thompson of Lansing, Michigan.

Dates: 1890

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Timely Topics publication

Collection

Identifier: c-00697

Scope and Content

The collection consist of the February 5, 1897 issue of Timely Topics. The periodical was edited and published by Henry R. Pattengill in Lansing, Michigan. The periodical bills itself as "weekly nonpartisan news" including "history, science, politics, geography and literature." The contents are national and international in scope except for some of the advertisements which are local in nature.

Dates: 1897

Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections