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Hackley and Hume Papers
Collection
Identifier: 00097
Scope and Contents
The Hackley and Hume papers contain the business records of several inter-related Michigan-based business firms and some of the private papers of the families of Charles Henry Hackley and Thomas Hume. The papers span the years 1859-1955. The papers document lumbering and lumber investments in Michigan and other states. The papers also document Charles Henry Hackley and Thomas Hume, both prominent timbermen and philanthropists, as well as other family members. Hackley and Hume were active...
Dates:
1859 - 1955
Harry S. Wilt papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.53
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of publications concerned with the field of agriculture including Quarterly of the Alpha Zeta, the magazine for the agriculture fraternity which contains updates by schools. Scribener’s Lumber and Log Book gives tables for measurements and guides for aspects of the lumber trade. Notable is the catalog for W.S. Hannah and Sons Poultry, a business owned by the father of MSU...
Dates:
1882 - 1948
Herbert A. Hitchens collection
Collection
Identifier: c-00640
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a photograph of an exhibition load of white pines in Otsego Lake which was prepared for the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893.
Dates:
circa 1893
John Baptiste Soucie papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00581
Scope and Contents
The John Baptiste Soucie papers contain three versions of Soucie's autobiographical manuscript, Forty Years a Cookin'. There is an original, unfinished handwritten copy as was told to Soucie’s friend, Guy Lavigne, a typed version of the handwritten version, and a printed bound version that was completed by Soucie's daughter, Vera Oliver. There is also a copy of a news article originally printed in 1897 and reprinted in 1991. The article announces the...
Dates:
1884 - 1996
Slafter family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00037
Scope and Contents
Personal correspondence among Slafter family relatives and their close friends make up the bulk of this collection. Early letters, dated 1858, tell of the scarcity of money and suggests that barley should be planted because it is the most profitable crop. Family news and town gossip are also prominent items in the letters. A June 17, 1858 letter from another brother to William tells of killing one elk and capturing another. March 12, 1863 letter mentions the sacrifice of soldiers...
Dates:
1855 - 1891
Wilson family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00051
Scope and Contents
The majority of this collection is made up of 58 small volumes, all within the boxes. Volume 1 is farm accounts, 1863-1868, kept by George W. Wilson of Delhi Township, Ingham County. Volumes 2-53 are diaries kept by George W. Wilson, 1868-1922, telling of social events and life on his Aurelius, Ingham County farm. At the back of each diary is an account of the year's expenditures. Volumes 54-55 are diaries kept by Arthur G. Wilson, son of George W. Wilson, also an Aurelius farmer, containing...
Dates:
1863 - 1925