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Broadside newspaper (Flint, Mich)

 Collection
Identifier: 00259
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a full run of 24 issues of Broadside newspaper published in Flint, Michigan from 2009-2014. The newspaper includes articles related to issues in Flint as well as national issues, poetry, commentary, and photographs. Other topics incude people and business in the Flint community. MSU professor, Bonnie Bucqueroux, contributed articles to the newspaper.

Dates: 2009 - 2014

C. W. Neff collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00256
Scope and Contents

This collection contains four account books listing expenses for a family living in Flint, Michigan, and later Toledo, Ohio, in the years 1908-1922. The books are very detailed and list expenses for food, clothing, rent, travel, entertainment, and household furnishings.

Dates: 1908 - 1922

Dewar family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00492
Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection consists of 22 letters from Sgt. Donald M. Dewar, stationed with the United States Air Force in the Netherlands East Indies, to his mother, Jennie (Mrs. Neil A.) Dewar and sister Marion in Flint, Michigan, in 1944 and 1945. These letters reflect the day-to-day life of the military bases fairly remote from the actual fighting, and contain no references to actual warfare.The balance of the correspondence consists of letters, notes, and cards from Mrs....
Dates: 1922 - 1948; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1948

Harry C. Hill collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00655
Scope and Contents

This collection includes seventy six post cards that depict pictures of a variety of local and national topics. The topics include businesses, farming/agricultural tools, historic events, war, military, music, festivals, ceremonies, Native Americans, presidents, senators, governors, the University of Michigan, saw mills, logging, and transportation. It appears that Harry C. Hill, of Flint, Michigan, is the creator of most of the postcards.

Dates: 1941 - 1954

Manly Miles papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.449
Scope and Contents The four letters were written by Manly Miles to his brother, Isaac. Three dated 1848 were written while he was at Western Reserve College, and the fourth, dated 1850, while he attended Rush Medical College. Typewritten copies are included for each. Letters dated 1848 provide descriptions of Western Reserve College and various professors. There are references to fellow Michigan students C. Bartlett, I. T. Hinman, H. A. Goodale, and Doc Kenny, and to family matters and members including an...
Dates: 1848 - 1888

Marsh family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00047
Scope and Contents The Marsh family papers consist of original and typed transcripts of Civil War letters, the bulk of which were written by Benjamin F. Marsh to his family in Fentonville, Michigan, while serving in the 8th Michigan Infantry. There are also letters from other family members, including A. B. Fay, Ed Francis Holmes, Gordon K. Fay, Lucy A. Bacon, and Augustus Holmes.The letters describe Marsh's army experiences on the march, in camp, in battle, on provost duty, and in army hospitals as...
Dates: 1833-1887, undated