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Collection
Identifier: 00078
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of accounts, contracts, legal depositions, miscellaneous business documents (promissory notes, checks, receipts, transfer notes, etc.), sea vessel charters, business correspondence, deeds, official statements and logbooks of merchant vessels, and other papers and volumes related to business of Nesmith and Sons, Shipbrokers.Of special interest are a series of letters and documents (November 15 - December 14, 1850) regarding the disposal of the unclaimed...
Dates:
1825 - 1896
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.117
Scope and Content
The collection contains Paul C. Morrison's research on the the origins of place names in Michigan.The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper clippings that Morrison collected. Also contained are student papers, as well as Morrison’s own research. In addition to Michigan names, origins for California, Nebraska, Ohio, and other U.S. States' names are in the collection.
Dates:
1943 - 1966
Collection
Identifier: MSS 531 large
Scope and Contents
The San Francisco Pride 2015 Ephemera Collection includes more than 225 items of ephemera, including brochures, stickers, postcards, pinback buttons, business cards, and realia such as a condom and a luggage tag. They represent a wide range of businesses, medical practices, nonprofit organizations, social service agencies, religious organizations, and other entities with connections to the LGBTQ community in San Francisco.
Dates:
2015
Collection
Identifier: c-00338
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence for the most part addressed to John Strange of Oneida, Eaton County, Michigan, and to his spouse Orinda (nee Sprague), from members of their families in Massachusetts and New York.
The letters are concerned with family matters -- births, deaths, and marriages -- and flavored with pious comments. Beginning in 1849, the correspondence includes much discussion of California and the Gold Rush, and of travel to the West.
Dates:
1832 - 1869
Collection
Identifier: MSS 748
Scope and Contents
The Stanford University against Apartheid collection contains mailings, reports, fliers, and other ephemera relating to Stanford University students' protests against Apartheid and nuclear energy.
Dates:
1977 - 1996
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.418
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials from both Jennie and James Towar. The correspondence of Jennie Towar Woodard is addressed to family members as well as correspondence from those family members. The bulk of this correspondence prior to the second World War came from her brother, James. The letters of the latter half of the collection are from nieces and nephews. In general, the letters are chatty and relate some of the social or economic condition of the times. One exception to this are the...
Dates:
1882 - 1956
Collection
Identifier: c-00118
Scope and Contents
The Warden family papers include correspondence (1832-1831), personal diaries (1876-1886), poetry, a teaching certificate (1874), and a brief family tree.The earliest correspondence in the collection includes a number of letters (1832-1835) to Warden from friends in Scotland. The remainder of the letters are mostly from family members living in various places in Michigan. Civil War period correspondence includes letters to Warden from Major Dean, a family friend serving with the...
Dates:
1832 - 1886