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Collection
Identifier: c-00327
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letter fragments, receipts, handbills, copies of a hand-written newspapers, and business and household accounts of John, Edward, and Purden Waterous, who moved from Avon, New York, to the Grand Blanc area of Michigan (circa 1830).Three ledgers - "cider books" - record the business transactions of Edward Waterous' New York distillery. Dated from 1807-1829, the ledgers note customers' names, grain and whiskey prices, and some grocery prices. A whiskey tax...
Dates:
1800 - 1910
Collection
Identifier: c-00325
Scope and Contents
This collection contains five letters relating family matters, three of them from Achsa Waters of Independence and Union, Michigan, to her family (Otis) in Steuben County, New York. She mentions visits to Oberlin, Ohio; a trip through Memphis to Vicksburg, Mississippi (1864) to teach the "colored people" and to deliver clothing from Oberlin and Union. Another letter, form Otis B. Waters of Genessee County, New York to his uncle, talks of finances and an impending trip "West" to be married....
Dates:
1860 - 1865
Collection
Identifier: MSS 421
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 4 sculptures by Wayne Hampton.
Dates:
approximately 1970-1980
Collection
Identifier: MSS 690
Scope and Contents
The Wearing Gay History collection consist of approximately 3.5 linear feet of material dating approximately from 1972 to 2019. The collection includes T-shirts, research conducted by students in relation to the T-shirts, including correspondence and interviews, and publications related to the project.
Dates:
1972 - 2019
Collection
Identifier: MSS 242 large
Scope and Contents
Collection of Webster family correspondence totaling 59 letters, dating from May 1925 to December 1945. The collection includes letters written by the Webster sisters living and working is East Africa to their other sisters in England. Jessie Webster writes from Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya, where she works with the Old East African Trading Company, among other shipping companies and businesses. Queenie writes from Johannesburg, and Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, where she and her husband...
Dates:
1925-1945
Collection
Identifier: c-00150
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Civil War letters from Webster Teachout of the 11th Michigan Cavalry to his family in Michigan. Teachout served primarily in Kentucky and Tennessee. His letters describe daily camp life and troop movements.
Dates:
1864 - 1895
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Serial-00746
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Serial-00745
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Serial-00747
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.71
Scope and Contents
Wendell Paddock papers consist of a scrapbook containing mostly receipts, also certificates, programs, letters, and invitations pertaining to Michigan Agricultural College.
Dates:
1888 - 1894
