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Kathleen F. Lawler papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00134
Scope and Contents

The collection contains materials from the 1907 land fraud case, the Republican Speaker's Bureau and the Newberry-Ford dispute. This includes correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, newspapers, a scrapbook and photographs.

Dates: 1888 - 1938; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1938
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lamar M. Wood papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.162
Scope and Contents The Lamar M. Wood papers contain several publications from Wood’s years at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). There is a publication from the Ulyssian Literary Society, a basketball program, a football program, a journal from the Theta Kappa Nu Fraternity, and an alumni publication for the class of 1925. There is also a soil and agricultural map and report for Ogemaw County, Michigan from 1928. There is also a typescript of the 1888 Diary of Perry Wood, by Jim...
Dates: 1909 - 2000
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lansing and Taft families papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00058
Scope and Content The collection documents through correspondence, diaries, and financial records, the activity of four people over three generations. These papers span the years 1838 to 1917, with most of the material falling in the periods of 1838-1845 and 1881-1917. The 1845-1881 gap is due to the absence of a generation of records.The records of Elijah M. Lansing (1838-1845) relate to the 6th Regiment, 5th Brigade of the Michigan Militia (Washtenaw Guards). The incoming letters include a...
Dates: 1838 - 1917
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lemuel Hart collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00316
Scope and Contents

This collection contains two volumes. The first is a five-year diary kept by Lemuel Hart, a farmer in Tuscola County, Michigan, between 1875 and 1880. Hart recorded weather conditions, work performed, and expenses and receipts. The second volume is a ledger from a school in Tuscola County, recording students' attendance and grades (1885-1900). The collection also contains gas ration stamps issued to L. J. Hart during World War II.

Dates: 1875-1900, 1944
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lewis A. Wileden papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.415
Scope and Contents The collection documents Lewis A. Wileden's military service during World War I, including personal notebooks, military vouchers and orders, and personal reports. Also present is a 1919 copy of the Second Division newspaper, The Indian, a small publication about the accomplishments of the division during the war, a scrapbook of postcards and photographs of Europe, postwar correspondence with the Second Regiment Engineers, wartime newspaper clippings, and...
Dates: 1908 - 1968
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lillie S. Hallifax papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00365
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers and diaries kept by Lillie Hallifax, a school teacher from Henrietta, Jackson County, Michigan. Seven small diaries describe Hallifax's daily routine and events. The eight diary contains recipes. One diary (1912) written by a farmer of Jackson County, Michigan, mentions daily events, livestock, cold weather, and the health of acquaintances. Among the papers are poems; a teacher's certificate from Jackson County, April 21, 1879; and a marriage certificate for...
Dates: 1871 - 1913
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lyman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00128
Scope and Contents The Lyman family papers include correspondence, diaries, property deeds, newspapers, photographs, and other materials for the family of Liberty Lyman and Lucinda Sikes Lyman covering the years 1812-1910.The bulk of the family correspondence consists of letters to Lucinda Lyman from her sons and daughters, as well as letters from friends and relatives in Massachusetts. Especially interesting are the letters of the Lyman sons in California. Many vivid details are given on life in California...
Dates: 1812 - 1910
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Madge Ladd collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00389
Scope and Contents This collection contains farm diaries and accounts (1854-1871) of Josiah W. Bliss who moved from Portage, New York in 1863 to Oakland County, Michigan, and later (1869) to Kent County Michigan. Daily events and expenditures of a Rockford, Kent County farm are noted. One account book (1864) lists buyers and prices for the sale of farm animals and machinery.Also included is an account book (1852-1857) for a general store operated by Marvin Ladd in Milford, Michigan, which has also...
Dates: 1852 - 1918
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Major Allison K. Thomas collection

 Collection
Identifier: 00222
Scope and Contents

The Allison K. Thomas collection contains photographs, correspondence, books, magazines, and articles. Thomas served in Vietnam with Ho Chi Minh and helped the fight against the Japanese. The materials include correspondence from Giap, articles about Thomas, Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh, photographs of Thomas in Vietnam, excerpts from Thomas, diaries, copy of Thomas' report on Deer Mission, and photographs of Thomas' return to Vietnam in the 1990s.

Dates: 1945-1997, 2001-2011, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Manuel McCormick diary

 Collection
Identifier: c-00489
Scope and Contents

The collection includes the diary of Manuel McCormick of Lenawee County, Michigan. The entries describe his experiences, troop movements, and battles through the southern United States, particularly Tennessee, while a soldier during the American Civil War, from January 1863 through July 1864.

Dates: 1836 - 1886
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865) 2
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Alpha Zeta. Kedzie Chapter (Michigan State University) 1
American Association for the Advancement of Science 1
American Association of Social Workers 1
American Pomological Society 1
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American Veterinary Medical Association. National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners 1
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Andersonville Prison 1
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Andrews, Anne Amelia (1812-1898) 1
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Andrews, Elisha Deming (1783-1852) 1
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Austin family (Hattie Foote Austin, 1859-1952) 1
Austin, Andrew V. 1
Austin, Hattie Foote 1
Avery, Gardner 1
Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946 1
Barney, Leila Craig 1
Bingham, Kinsley S. (Kinsley Scott), 1808-1861 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
Bregger, John Taylor (1896-1981) 1
Bregger, Myra Potter 1
Brody family (Clark Louis Brody, 1879-1961) 1
Brody, Clark L., 1879-1961 1
Brody, Emma Seeley 1
Brody, James Polk 1
Brody, James Seeley 1
Brody, Lewis Kinney 1
Brody, Margaret York 1
Brown, Jean Hebert 1
Budd, Robert R. 1
Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926 1
Burdick, C. M., Mrs. 1
Burton Historical Collection 1
Byram, Harold W. 1
Calkins, Edmund Albert 1
Campbell District School (Eaton County, Mich.) 1
Carpenter, Kate M. Coad, 1880-1974 1
Central Michigan University 1
Chalkley, Lyssa. 1
Cincinnatus Association 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
Combs, William H. 1
Conference on Undergraduate Education for Social Work 1
Coppin, John S., 1904-1986 (Portraitist) 1
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Council on Social Work Education 1
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Craig, Mary Ann 1
Darlington, Henry T. (Henry Townsend), 1875-1964 1
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 1
Davis, Robert H. 1
Denison, James Henry, 1907-1975 1
Detroit Edison Company 1
Dewsbury, Donald A., 1939- 1
Dooley, Mary True 1
Dorr, Eben Pearson 1
Dorr, Mary Snyder, 1892-1966 1
Dressel, Paul L. (Paul Leroy), 1910-1989 1
Dye, Marie 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