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Gardner Avery diary

 Collection
Identifier: c-00534
Scope and Contents This collection includes handwritten and typed transcripts of Gardner Avery's daily journal for the year 1900. The journal describes the purchase and sale of livestock, daily farm routines, the weather, and activities of family and friends. Also included are biographical data written by Avery's granddaughter, Virginia (Avery) Meeth, on the 157th New York Infantry's actions in the Civil War; and a photocopy of an editorial written by Avery to the "Journal of Agriculture," a Detroit, Michigan,...
Dates: 1900

George Dair diary

 Collection
Identifier: c-00315
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a diary kept by George Dair, supervisor of Joyfield Township, Benzie County, Michigan. The diary deals with rural life in Benzie County. Early entries include information about Michigan weather, traveling routes, purchases of goods, and agricultural activities. The latter part of the diary includes entries of Joyfield Township records dealing with such matters as tax assessment rolls, the township voting count, and township finance.

Dates: 1865 - 1869

Hall family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00408
Scope and Contents

The collection contains diaries, account books for the household and farm, tax receipts, and miscellaneous papers of the Ernest Hall family. Included are three diaries (1932-1946) of Susannah Lindsey Hall, wife of Ernest Hall.

Dates: 1893 - 1950

Harold Tubbs papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00171
Scope and Contents This collection contains typed copies of two interviews of old pioneers of Northern Michigan conducted by Harold Tubbs, District Game Supervisor. In the first interview Mrs. Elizabeth Foley of Grayling recalls her early experiences in Grayling and lumbering in the late 1800s. The second interview is with Matt Jordan, a native of Iosco County, who discusses his skills in hunting and trapping. The collection also includes a journal kept by O.H. Perry of Cleveland, Ohio, during an elk hunting...
Dates: undated

Henry T. Darlington papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.505
Scope and Contents

This collection contains twenty small notebooks that are filled with Darlington's handwritten notes. All of the notebooks relate back to Darlington's expeditions, interests, publication notes, Michigan history, and Botany 314 class. Included are notes related to Dr. Beal's seed viability experiment from 1930 and 1940.

One notebook is restricted until 2055, because it contains student grades.

Dates: 1911 - 1944

Henson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.449
Scope and Contents These papers contain the diaries of Fred T. Henson from 1907 to 1969. Henson was a farmer in Richland Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. The diary entries cover his daily activities, the weather, chemicals used on crops, his wife Gladys' activities, genealogical data on Kalamazoo County residents, obituaries, and wedding announcements. Henson also describes his service days in World War I, including a stay in East Lansing, Michigan where he was a member of the Michigan Agricultural...
Dates: 1907 - 1970

Hooper family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00117
Scope and Contents

The Hooper family papers consist primarily of correspondence between members of the Hooper and Goodwin families living in Oakland and Lapeer Counties, Michigan. The letters discuss family news, agriculture, and the activities of various family members. The collection also includes poetry, recipes, tax receipts, a deed, expense accounts, and an agricultural diary.

Dates: 1861 - 1910

J. S. Preston papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00370
Scope and Contents

This collection contains twenty small diaries of J. S. Preston describing farm life in Shelby Township, Macomb County, Michigan, 1875-1895. At the end of each volume are yearly farm and household expense accounts. The folders contain receipts and newspaper clippings found within the volumes.

Dates: 1875 - 1895

Jackson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00140
Scope and Contents

The Jackson family papers consists of the farm diary (1869) of H. L. Jackson of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Also included are tax receipts for land in Kalamazoo County (1881-1893) and Allegan County (1883-1888).

Dates: 1869 - 1930

Jean Hebert Brown collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-28.5
Scope and Contents

The Jean Hebert Brown family collection contains day books/diaries of Jennie Kedzie Stone, an autobiography of George A. Stone, and the Kedzie family history book, "Kedzies and Their Relatives," and its supplement, "A Century and a Year."

Dates: 1882, 1896, 1925-1940

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Letters (correspondence) 34
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Agriculture -- Michigan 16
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 15
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Scrapbooks 9
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 8
Michigan -- Social life and customs 8
Postcards 8
Ledgers (account books) 7
Frontier and pioneer life -- Michigan 6
Michigan -- Politics and government 6
Lansing (Mich.) 5
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College students -- Michigan -- East Lansing 4
Education, Higher -- Michigan 4
Education, Primary -- Michigan 4
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Michigan 4
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Taxation -- Michigan 4
Deeds 3
Education -- Michigan 3
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Farm management -- Michigan 3
Jackson County (Mich.) 3
Kalamazoo County (Mich.) 3
Lapeer County (Mich.) 3
Michigan -- Description and travel 3
Microfilms 3
Minutes (Records) 3
Oakland County (Mich.) 3
Poetry 3
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Agricultural colleges -- Michigan 2
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Agriculture, Cooperative 2
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Barry County (Mich.) 2
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs) 2
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Clinton County (Mich.) 2
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Detroit (Mich.) 2
East Lansing (Mich.) 2
Farmers -- Michigan 2
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Ingham County (Mich.) -- Maps 2
Iosco County (Mich.) 2
Journals (accounts) 2
Legal forms 2
Legislation -- Michigan 2
Lenawee County (Mich.) 2
Livingston County (Mich.) -- Maps 2
Lumbering -- Michigan 2
Macomb County (Mich.) 2
Manners and customs 2
Michigan -- Religion 2
New York (State) 2
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Sermons, American 2
Shiawassee County (Mich.) 2
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Agricultural laws and legislation -- Michigan 1
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Agriculture -- California 1
Agriculture -- Costs 1
Agriculture -- Michigan -- Ingham County 1
Agriculture -- Michigan -- Saint Joseph County 1
Agriculture -- Michigan -- Societies, etc. 1
Agriculture -- New York (State) 1
Allegan (Mich.) 1
Allegan County (Mich.) 1
Almont (Mich.) 1
Ann Arbor (Mich.) 1
Ashby (Mass.) 1
Automobile industry and trade -- Michigan 1
Bank notes 1
Baptists 1
Bath (Mich.) 1
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Michigan State University. Office of the President 2
Reo Motor Car Company 2
Republican Party (Mich.) 2
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 2
Abbot, Theophilus Capen, 1826-1892 1
Abbott, Samuel H., 1853-1903 1
Alpha Zeta. Kedzie Chapter (Michigan State University) 1
American Association for the Advancement of Science 1
Andersonville Prison 1
Andrews family (Elisha Deming Andrews, 1783-1852) 1
Andrews, Anne Amelia (1812-1898) 1
Andrews, Betsey Lathrop (1788-1859) 1
Andrews, Elisha Deming (1783-1852) 1
Anonymous 1
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
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
Burdick, C. M., Mrs. 1
Burton Historical Collection 1
Calkins, Edmund Albert 1
Campbell District School (Eaton County, Mich.) 1
Carpenter, Kate M. Coad, 1880-1974 1
Central Michigan University 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
Craig, Frank 1
Craig, Mary Ann 1
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 1
Darlington, Henry T. (Henry Townsend), 1875-1964 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
Dooley, Mary True 1
Eastern Michigan University 1
Eastman National Business College (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) 1
Eaton Brothers (Firm) 1
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation 1
Felker, Peter H. 1
Foote family (Hattie Foote Austin, 1859-1952) 1
Foote, Henry King 1
Foote, Minera Henderson 1
Franklin, Amos 1
Grand Army of the Republic 1
Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada 1
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company 1
Granger, Edward G. 1
Greenback Labor Party (U.S.) 1
Halbert, Frederic, 1945- 1
Hall family (Ernest Hall) 1
Hallifax, Lillie S. 1
Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.) 1
Henson family (Fred T. Henson) 1
Henson, Fred T. 1
Henson, Gladys 1
Henson, Thomas 1
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 1
Hoyt family (Susan E. Hoyt) 1
Hoyt, Susan E. 1
Igoe, Lynn, 1937-2006 1
Ingham County (Mich.). Health Department 1
Jackson, Ted Fremont 1
Johnson, Samuel, 1839-1916 1
Judson, Clarence Herbert 1
Kedzie family (A. S. Kedzie, 1814-1899) 1
Kedzie family (Frank Stewart Kedzie, 1857-1935) 1
Kedzie, A. S. (Adam Stewart), 1814-1899 1
Khan, Akhter Hameed 1
Knight, Kate Baker 1
LaSelle, Edward Lester 1
Ladd, Madge 1
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway 1
Lathrop, Joseph 1
Lehr, Milton H. 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Malone, Ann McCormick 1
McClernand, John A. (John Alexander), 1812-1900 1
McCormick family 1
McKibbin family (Clifford Worden McKibbin) 1
McKibbin, Clifford W. 1
McKibbin, Emma Augusta 1