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Samuel Johnson papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.120
Scope and Contents
The early correspondence gives a description of Civil War fighting in Virginia and comments on the controversy following McClellan’s removal by Lincoln. The correspondence from the 1870s recounts Johnson’s efforts as Professor of Agriculture and deal with animal sales and purchases, grain tests, and other topics. Also included are lectures read by Johnson and Ray Stannard Baker’s student notebook of lectures given by Johnson.The second portion of the collection contains the...
Dates:
1824 - 1944
Sand Creek Telephone Company and Sand Creek Threshing Company records
Collection
Identifier: c-00394
Scope and Contents
The collection contains joint records including receipts, account records, and hardware and machinery catalogues, of the two companies operating in Sand Creek, Lenawee County, Michigan.Volume One contains business accounts from a granary (1910-1911), and from the Sand Creek Telephone Company (1915-1915). Volume Two contains company meeting minutes of the Sand Creek Threshing Company (1917-1930). Volume Three contains records of the Sand Creek Telephone Company (1912-1920) and the...
Dates:
1910 - 1935
Sarah Van Hoosen Jones papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-1.1.3
Scope and Contents
The Sarah Van Hoosen Jones papers document her academic, agricultural, and civic accomplishments, and her interest in local Rochester history, but offer a very incomplete record of her activities as a farmer and a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and the Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions. In her master's thesis and scientific articles, she discusses theories of dairy farm management and animal genetics, but there is almost no information...
Dates:
1852 - 1972
Sarajah Bunn account book
Collection
Identifier: c-00078
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the account book of Sarajah Bunn, a shoemaker and leather worker. The accounts, listed by customer, cover the years 1793-1840 and all entries were made in pounds, shillings, and pence. Bunn resided in a town called Columbia, but the county or state is not mentioned. At a later date the account book was used as a scrapbook, with articles and poems affixed through page 27.
Dates:
1793 - 1840
Simeon Francis account books
Collection
Identifier: c-00347
Scope and Contents
The collection contains of account books of a general store operated by Simeon Francis in the town of Three Oaks, Michigan. Also included is a folder containing miscellaneous financial records relating to wholesale suppliers.
Dates:
1871 - 1875
Stebbins family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00014
Scope and Contents
A manuscript copy of Stebbins' book A History of Plymouth Church (of Lansing) written in 1893 is included. Stebbins compiled an autobiography entitled Sketches of My Life, which he was completing at his death in 1901. A copy of the text is included, as well as his diaries, account books and newspaper clippings on railroads.Other materials in the papers are those of his children Arthur C. and Bliss Stebbins and Susan...
Dates:
1741 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1821 - 1940
Susan E. Hoyt papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00346
Scope and Contents
The collection contains nine diaries and three account books documenting farm life by Susan E. Hoyt who resided in McMinnville, Tennessee for many years. The Hoyt family moved from Michigan to Tennesee in the 1870s. Susan moved to Vassal, Michigan in 1925. The collection also contains transcripts of letters by Susan Hoyt and other family members. Correspondents include Susan's mother Clarinda Hoyt, her sister Claribel Hoyt Hart and her husband Lemuel P. Hart, her brother Scott Hoyt, and...
Dates:
1875 - 1932
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
Towar family papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.418
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials from both Jennie and James Towar. The correspondence of Jennie Towar Woodard is addressed to family members as well as correspondence from those family members. The bulk of this correspondence prior to the second World War came from her brother, James. The letters of the latter half of the collection are from nieces and nephews. In general, the letters are chatty and relate some of the social or economic condition of the times. One exception to this are the...
Dates:
1882 - 1956
Tower Guard records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.2.45
Scope and Content
The records of the Tower Guard consist of minutes, reports, correspondence, memos, agendas, and scrapbooks. The records have been created by the students in the organization and are rather informal and vary in their content. In addition, there are a large number of undated records.
The minute book contains a brief history of the Tower Guard and minutes of the meetings from 1933 to 1944. The administrative folder contains the Articles of the Tower Guard and the Preamble. The agendas...
Dates:
1933 - 2012