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Otis D. Tyler papers

 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
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Parmalee family collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00529
Scope and Content

The collection consists of a ledger of farm records which contains a register of students from Michigan State University who visited the farm with their class in the years 1922-1928 and some memoirs which are not dated. Also included are numerous newspaper and magazine articles which describe Parmalee and his farm.

Dates: 1900 - 1930
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Parsons family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00020
Scope and Contents The papers consist mainly of correspondence, diaries and account books of the Edward Parsons family from 1824 to 1910. Most of the material is personal correspondence between the Edward Parsons family and relatives living in Livingston and Clinton Counties, New York. A great number of letters between Edward and his father, Reverend Levi Parsons (1779-1864) are included. The contents of these letters range from Levi's concern over Edward's problems at Hamilton College (Clinton, New York) in...
Dates: 1824 - 1910
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Pendleton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00295
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, a majority from relatives and school friends of Lottie Pendleton (later Mrs. George W. Bailey) whose home was in Cleveland, Ohio, and who attended college at Adrian, Michigan. The letters (1854-1862) are largely from students at Albion and Oberlin Colleges and the University of Michigan, discussing future visits and the infrequency or shortness of letters written or received. Also included is a letter from her brother, Harry, describing events of the...
Dates: 1774 - 1887
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Pere Marquette Lumber Company records

 Collection
Identifier: 00031
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection consists of tax receipts, deeds, ledgers, cash books, correspondence, and miscellaneous legal papers having to do with the Pere Marquette Lumber Company. There is also a journal and cash book of the company store, cash book of the Ludington Water Supply Company, and miscellaneous papers of the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad.

Dates: 1860 - 1912
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

R. W. Choate papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00396
Scope and Contents

The collection contains an account book (1877-1895), receipts, and medicinal recipes of Choate, who operated a farm and general store in Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Michigan.

Dates: 1877-1895, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Ransom E. Olds papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00027
Scope and Content The Ransom E. Olds papers are divided into two sections. The first section consists of Olds' personal papers. Included in this section are Olds' love letters to Metta Woodward (June 6, 1864-September 2, 1950), whom Olds married in 1899, Olds' philanthropic activities, his daybooks and two journals of the Olds family trip to Europe. The second section deals with Olds' business activities from 1904 to 1947. Included are correspondence series of Olds Motor Works and REO and several...
Dates: 1884 - 1950
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

REO Motor Car Company records

 Collection
Identifier: 00036
Dates: 1904 - 1976
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Ruth Robbins Monteith collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00403
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of an account book (1854-1862) of a general store and a district school attendance roll (1852) for the towns of Cobleskill, Richmondville, and Fulton, New York. Also included is a typewritten carbon copy of historical notes taken by the donor from Allegan County, Michigan, as well as records relating to people, localities and early institutions.

Dates: 1852
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Saginaw Bay Fish Company records

 Collection
Identifier: 00009
Scope and Content Note This collection contains business records and correspondence from 1898-1931 of four Saginaw Bay (Michigan) area fish companies: Saginaw Bay Fish Company, W.J. Orr Fish Company, Bay Port Fish Company, and the Ballard Fish Company. These records include invoices, labor accounts, bank statements, daily transactions, tax records, annual reports, founding agreements, price lists, and cancelled checks. Also included is an 1857 survey map of the southeast shore of Saginaw Bay, the tax...
Dates: 1898 - 1931
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

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American Mythic Theater 1
Andersonville Prison 1
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Andrews, Anne Amelia (1812-1898) 1
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Angoulême, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d', 1778-1851 1
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Benton, Frank, 1852-1919 1
Bliss, Josiah W. 1
Boy Scouts of America. Troop 1 (Brighton, Mich.) 1
Brattin, Alice Jane, 1914-1983 1
Brattin, John, 1915-1995 1
Breslin, Jacweir 1
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Brody, Margaret York 1
Bunn, Sarajah 1
Chamberlain family (Henry Chamberlain, 1824-1907) 1
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Chamberlain, Mellen, 1821-1900 1
Choate, Rodney W. 1
Clute, O. (Oscar) 1
Coggan, Blanche B. (Blanche Brown) 1
Coggan, Forrest Winston 1
Combs, William H. 1
Continental Insurance Company 1
Curry, John 1
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 1
Dartmouth College 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
Detroit Edison Company 1
Dike, George K. (George Kimball), 1918- 1
Douglas, Nancy 1
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 1
East Lansing Woman's Club 1
Eastman National Business College (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) 1
Eaton Brothers (Firm) 1
Farley Brothers Farm (Albion, Michigan) 1
Farley, Garfield 1
Farley, W. E. 1
Faul, Henry 1
First Baptist Church (Jackson, Mich.) 1
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Foo, Charles T. 1
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Foote, Henry King 1
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Francis, Charles 1
Francis, Simeon 1
Franklin County Immigration Society (Franklin County, Kan.) 1
Frederick C. Jenison Insurance Agency (Lansing, Mich.) 1
French, Jeremiah 1
Friday, David, 1876-1945 1
General Federation of Women's Clubs 1
Gilchrist, Maude 1
Gould, Lucius E. 1
Grand Army of the Republic 1
Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada 1