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Ada Hunt Whitehouse papers
Collection
Identifier: 00124
Scope and Contents
The Ada Hunt Whitehouse papers include her personal correspondence and papers. The bulk of the materials, however, deal with the financial records of Mrs. Whitehouse, her family and the Hunt Food Shop. These records include materials concerning family property holdings such as deeds, mortgages and title abstracts. Federal, state and local tax records are also present. The papers contain Ada Hunt Whitehouse's check ledgers and statements. In addition there are other financial records such as...
Dates:
1849 - 1972
Adam L. Roof papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00001
Scope and Contents
His papers include letters (1860-1850) written while Roof was serving in the Michigan House of Representatives and later in the Senate. Six daybooks and one account book deal with Roof's real estate business and agricultural activities. The miscellaneous documents include tax receipts (1860,1861), and adoption agreement (1868), biographical notes on Roof and newspaper articles on the early history of Lyons.
Dates:
1837 - 1890
AgBio Research records (formerly called Agricultural Experiment Station)
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.7
Scope and Contents
The records of the Agriculture Experiment station include financial records and budget information, section flyers, publication lists, STAT computer system information bulletins, research reports, Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center Annual Report for 1991 and strategic plan for 2000, Department of Agriculture Inventory, 1888 to 1902, Experiment Station Inventory-Botany, 1888 to 1903, “Experiment Station Notes,” 1941 to 1949, minutes of Experiment Station Council, 1892-1923, and...
Dates:
1897 - 2017
Agriculture and Natural Resource Information Service records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-8.1.4
Scope and Contents
Subject Files. 1947-1973The series includes materials collected by Cooperative Extension editors on various issues and events related to agriculture and extension. Many of the subject files were compiled between 1940s and 1950s. One group of files contain correspondence and publications related to the American Association of Agricultural College Editors (AAACE) (1947-1973).
Arranged alphabetically.
News Releases. 1927-1989This series contains news releases...
Dates:
1927 - 1989
Alanson Royce papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00104
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of letters from Alanson Royce to his family, describing his farm in New Buffalo, Michigan, and his migration to Mornington, Missouri, where he also farmed. In his letters home Royce discusses Missouri's economy and agricultural prospects, as well as education and social conditions. There are very few references to slavery. Royce farmed in Missouri until 1862, when his pro-Union views angered local Confederate sympathizers and forced him to flee to Illinois....
Dates:
1855 - 1862
Albert A. Crane papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.47
Scope and Contents
Papers of Albert A. Crane consist of a diary (1872) and two letters between Madison Kuhn and Mrs. Neil Smith, niece of Albert Crane. Letters contain some biographical information. Diary discusses campus life, course work, and family life in Lyons, Michigan. Includes homework assignments, personal accounts, quotations, and a record of work done for the college.
Dates:
1872, 1952
Alexander B. Copley papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00320
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of miscellaneous notes and drawings of mill machinery and other papers of Alexander Copley, a flour and lumber mill operator of Champion, Jefferson County, New York. Included are three volumes (1825-1843) containing notes and drawings for the construction of mills and mill machinery, mill accounts (1837-1846) and family and farm accounts (1848-1879). Also included are a history of Alexander B. Copley and his family taken from the "Decatur Republican"...
Dates:
1822 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1822 - 1886
Alonzo and J. H. Towner papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00405
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a diary (1869-1870) of Alonzo Towner depicting farm life in Bath, Clinton County, Michigan. Added to the back of the diary are the minutes (1902-1910) of board meetings of the Perry Percheron Horse Company, a stud service operating in Perry, Shiawassee County, Michigan, recorded by the acting secretary, J. H. Towner.
Dates:
1869 - 1910; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1910
Alton Wheaton papers
Collection
Identifier: 00208
Scope and Contents
The Alton Wheaton papers contain primarily financial records and other forms of inventory that Wheaton took while working on his farm. There is also a small section on some of Wheaton’s community activities, some photographs of said activities, and two books on the Wheaton family genealogy. There are also a number of folders containing deeds and titles to various pieces of land Wheaton owned. There are also catalogs, plans, newsletters and brochures on farm topics.
Dates:
1934 - 2006
American Agri-Women records
Collection
Identifier: 00155
Scope and Contents
The American Agri-Women records are organized into nine series. While the entire collection is well worth perusing for those interested in the farming conditions and problems in the 1970s, some records are of particular importance. The file "American Agriculture Movement" (box 5, folder 11) contains information regarding a similar organization in Canada. "O.S.H.A. Testimonies" (box 4, folder 39) includes testimonies on pesticides and workers' safety. "New York Miscellaneous" (box 2, folder...
Dates:
1972-1999, 2010-2014
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