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Collection
Identifier: 00145
Scope and Contents
The Miller Dairy Farms records of their ice cream enterprise is comprised of 1 general account book from 1900-1904; 28 ice cream order books from 1910-1932; 10 receipt books from 1930-1948; 3 expense journals from 1943-1950; and various other account volumes from 1930-1945. There are receipts from 1902-1949; correspondence from 1910-1949; various financial papers from 1912-1945; and advertisements and customer lists. A 75th anniversary edition of the Miller's Farm News...
Dates:
1900 - 1979
Collection
Identifier: 00048
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection is made up of 16 volumes. The first two volumes are a diary (1880-1883) and an account book (1885-1914) kept by John W. Miller, a farmer in Mendon, St. Joseph County, Michigan. The next 13 volumes are diaries (1911-1923) also kept by John W. Miller.The diaries describe daily farm life. Frequent reference is made to prayer meetings and tell of events in Kalamazoo and St. Joseph Counties. At the back of each volume is a record of income and expenses for...
Dates:
1880 - 1923
Collection
Identifier: c-00533
Scope and Contents
The collection contains financial records and newspaper clippings of Mortimer Bradley Martin, a farmer in Shiawassee County, Michigan. Three account books list farm and personal expenses for 1837-1841, 1840-1849, and 1862-1906. A detailed obituary and two newspaper articles, one about Martin's violin and the other about the farm house he built, are also included.
Dates:
1837 - 1906
Collection
Identifier: c-00348
Scope and Contents
The collection contains an account book listing household expenses (1890-1908) and inventories and rents on property (1906-1912) of a Detroit, Michigan resident.
Dates:
1890 - 1912
Collection
Identifier: 00115
Scope and Contents
This collection contains miscellaneous and unrelated materials found in a Hudson, Michigan drugstore when the donor's husband bought it. They include a ledger (1866-1878) of S.S. Johnson and Company, a furniture factory; a small ledger (1875) containing medicinal recipes belonging to Marvin M. Maxon, druggist and former owner of the store; a personal diary (January-May 1877) of Mrs. Laura O'Conor of Seneca Falls, New York; a ledger and cash book (1879-1887) of the Eaton Brothers Company,...
Dates:
1865 - 1930
Collection
Identifier: c-00335
Scope and Content
Collection consists of an account book of a general store in Charlotte, Michigan.
Dates:
1846 - 1847
Collection
Identifier: c-00377
Scope and Contents
The collection contains three ledgers (1911-1914, 1918-1919, and 1927-1931) and one daybook (1927-1931) of the N. Bigelow and Sons Company, a hardware and plumbing store in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan.
Dates:
1911 - 1931
Collection
Identifier: c-00291
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one account book of N. M. Thomas of Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, recording prices for agricultural products and labor. The collection also contains brief personal notes, such as descriptions of the weather.
Dates:
1837 - 1860
Collection
Identifier: 00060
Scope and Contents of the Papers
The collection contains the family papers of John W. Nixon, a pharmacist residing in Jennings, Missaukee County, Michigan. The papers include business correspondence, personal correspondence, and miscellaneous receipts and documents. Included among the family's business dealings were ownership of a grocery company in Potterville and later Levering, Michigan, run by John's son James R. Nixon; and, operation of a fruit grove in Avon Park, Florida. The collection also includes the...
Dates:
1897 - 1923
Collection
Identifier: c-00342
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the minutes of meetings (1844-1852) of a Baptist church society of Calhoun and Jackson Counties, Michigan, and the articles of incorporation (1876) of the First Baptist Church of Springport, Michigan. Also included are two receipts, one for the purchase of a bell (1887) and the other for the purchase of a grave stone (1879), and a large account book listing the prices of various items (1844-1889).
Dates:
1844 - 1889
