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Collection
Identifier: c-00129
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters received by Frank J. Jenkins, a resident of Fostoria, Michigan. The letters, primarily from Pitt Potter, discuss law practice in Woodville, Texas, and describe the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Also included are agreements to lease farm land in exchange for labor or taxes in Tuscola County, Michigan.
Dates:
1882 - 1893
Collection
Identifier: 00160
Scope and Contents
The collection is divided into eleven series:FARM INCOME TAX RECORDS. 1942-1966. This series contains accounting information for federal income taxes and farm business analyses.JOURNALS. 1948-1965. This series contains journals consisting of income and expense accounts with some subsidiary ledgers.DIARIES. 1931-1979. This series contains mainly diaries of George Bitzer and one diary of Tula Bitzer. MISCELLANEOUS. 1921-1968. This series...
Dates:
1905 - 1967
Collection
Identifier: c-00231
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a tax receipt (1844) for Cyrus Barnes of LaPorte, Indiana and a mortgage (1870) for land purchased by George W. Barnes in Three Oaks, Michigan.
Dates:
1844, 1870
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.421
Scope and Contents
The Hawkins family papers contain documents collected by four generations of the Hawkins family. The heads of these four generations are John R. Hawkins (1809-1882); son, Henry J. Hawkins (1843-1915); grandson, John R. Hawkins (1881-1957); and great grandson, John Henry Hawkins (1907-2005).Most of the correspondence contained in the collection consists of letters (1850-1864) received by John R. Hawkins and his wife, Hannah, from family members and friends, most of whom lived in...
Dates:
1792-1949, 1977, 1979
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.253
Scope and Contents
The papers of Henry Blosser contain six folders of photocopies pertaining to the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL). "Important Events in the Evolution of NSCL" (1982) and "Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University Project" (1982-1988) outline the history of the department. Also contained in this collection is a contract between Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Energy, which discusses the additions to the laboratory and costs. A research proposal...
Dates:
1958 - 1988
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9
Scope and Contents
The collection contains International Studies and Programs records relating to international programs that Michigan State University participated in, as well as councils and committees about international programs and participation that MSU was involved in. Topics include rural and third-world development, international universities, foreign service, and programs available through MSU. The records contain reports to the Ford Foundation (1961-1970), which was a primary source of funding, as...
Dates:
1943 - 2016
Collection
Identifier: c-00226
Scope and Contents
This collections contains an agreement between Erastus Clarke and Isaac O. Adams regarding the sale of land in Berrien County, Michigan. It also contains two business letters to Adams from an attorney, N. Bacon.
Dates:
1837 - 1838
Collection
Identifier: c-00375
Scope and Contents
The collection contains items collected by J. G. Hays of East Lansing, Michigan, including a contract between the Fort Pitt Coal Company of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and William and David Rinehart and John Hays (September 23, 1867); a deed for property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (September 17, 1881); and a road map of Ohio for bicycle travelers, published by C. S. Mendenhall, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dates:
1867, 1881, undated
Collection
Identifier: 00110
Scope and Contents of the Records
Efforts covering a sixty-year span to improve farm markets through the pooling of farm commodities, the organization of growers and shippers, promotional marketing and advertising, and bean research are documented in letters, newspaper clippings, articles and legal documents in the collection. In these records are correspondence, memoranda and articles on state and federal agricultural subsidy programs and restrictions. There also is the Wickes Corporation merger, documented through notes,...
Dates:
1906 - 1980
Collection
Identifier: c-00155
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a detailed contract between Moses P. Breckenridge, John Dribble, and N. J. Taylor, all of Westfield, Massachusetts. The contract specifies the type and size of house Dribble and Taylor were to build for Breckenridge. The collection also contains several of Breckenridge's receipts and a telegram notifying him of a relative's death (1864).
Dates:
1853 - 1871
