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Jonathan W. Austin papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00334
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a farm account book (1841-1851) and bills and receipts (1840-1863) of Jonathon W. Austin, a resident of Lenawee County, Michigan. Also included are two letters (1851, 1854) to Austin, one of which discusses the hard times in Dundee, Monroe County, Michigan.

Dates: 1840 - 1863
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Liberty Hyde Bailey papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.1
Scope and Contents The papers of Liberty Hyde Bailey span the years 1855-1958. The majority of the materials were received from the Liberty Hyde Birthsite Bailey Museum in South Haven, Michigan. The collection contains correspondence, writings by Bailey, newspaper and magazine clippings and photographs. The collection also includes reproductions of botanical drawings. The correspondence includes three Christmas cards from Bailey to his wife; a collection of business letters; a letter from China in...
Dates: 1852 - 1958
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Lickly family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00434
Scope and Contents The Lickly family papers contain Civil War letters (1862-1864) of William Lickly, James Lickly, and Albert Barber, to and from friends and relatives. They were members of the 18th Michigan Infantry Regiment. The letters contain articulate descriptions of military life and occasional commentary on the condition of "Negroes in the South." The post-war letters are concerned with Michigan farm life and religious activities. Note: A spelling change sometime between 1864 and 1866 added an "e" to...
Dates: 1862 - 1874
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Mary Taylor Hale correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: c-00330
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the correspondence was written by friends and relatives in Michigan and California in the period 1864-1880 to Mary Taylor, later Mrs. Richard Hale, a school teacher residing in Milford, Michigan

In addition to education and the problems of teaching, such topics as the Civil War, the draft, election politics, and farming activities are discussed.

Also included are the courtship letters (1842) of John Taylor of Milford and Jane Wark of New York City.

Dates: 1835 - 1880
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Mattoon family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00019
Scope and Contents This collection consists of letters, diaries and financial notebooks of various members of the Mattoon family. Most of the early letters (1835-1859) were collected by Charlotte B. Sweet Lindley, who was related to Nancy Agnes Amy Lindley Mattoon by marriage. Much of Mrs. Lindley's family lived in New York, and most of the early letters relate to this state. There are scattered letters from Michigan in the earlier years, and a large number of letters from Shiawassee, Clinton, and Alcona...
Dates: 1727 - 1977
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Michigan Bean Company records

 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
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Michigan Future Farmers of America records

 Collection
Identifier: 00236
Scope and Contents

The Michigan Future Farmers of American records include American Farmer Degree applications, membership materials including rosters and applications, competition materials, Michigan FFA newsletters, meeting minutes, national convention proceedings, manuals, pamphlets and programs, photographs, leadership conference materials, state convention materials, audio and video cassettes of conventions.

Dates: 1929 - 2002
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Michigan State Grange records

 Collection
Identifier: 00187
Scope and Contents The records of the Michigan State Grange are held by the MSU Archives and the Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The MSU Archives holds the Grange records from the following counties: Allegan, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Otsego, Ottawa, Shiawassee, St. Joseph, Van Buren,...
Dates: 1873 - 2009
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

O. G. Dunckel papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00024
Scope and Contents This collections consists primarily of Civil War letters from O. G. Dunckel to his family in Michigan. Dunckel's letters describe army life and Sherman's campaigns, but he was much more concerned with family matters and the state of the farm in his absence. Also included are three letters from other members of the Price family serving with Dunckel.The collection also contains two documents. The first is a contract (1853) between Dunckel and a group of Chippewa Indians living on...
Dates: 1853 - 1865; Majority of material found within 1863 - 1865
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Pierpont Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00096
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters from friends in Dexter, encouraging him to move back. They discuss agricultural prospects, politics, and local gossip. Also included are some family correspondence and rough genealogy for the Smith family.

Dates: 1829 - 1842
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

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Annual reports 3
Branch County (Mich.) 3
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Livingston County (Mich.) 2
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Michigan Agricultural College 5
Michigan State University. Cooperative Extension Service 4
Michigan State Grange 3
Farmers' Week (East Lansing, Mich.) 2
Kuhn, Madison, 1910-1985 2
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Michigan Agricultural College. Extension Division 2
Michigan Master Farmers 2
Michigan State University. Board of Trustees 2
Michigan State University. Department of Agricultural Economics 2
National Grange 2
Abbott, Samuel H., 1853-1903 1
Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954 1
Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946 1
Bamber family (Joseph S. Bamber, 1835-1907) 1
Bamber, Albert M., 1860-1883 1
Bamber, Herbert, 1858-1937 1
Bamber, Joseph S., 1835-1907 1
Beal, W. J. (William James), 1833-1924 1
Beef Project NC-1 (Project) 1
Bingham, Kinsley S. (Kinsley Scott), 1808-1861 1
Breslin, Jacweir 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
Carleton, Will, 1845-1912 1
Chamberlain family (Henry Chamberlain, 1824-1907) 1
Chamberlain, Henry, 1824-1907 1
Chamberlain, Mellen, 1821-1900 1
Clute, O. (Oscar) 1
Dartmouth College 1
Dickerman, James 1
Dickerman, Samuel 1
Dunckel, Oshea G. 1
Dunks, Fred S. 1
Faling, Charles 1
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation 1
Francis, Charles 1
Friday, David, 1876-1945 1
Future Farmers of America 1
Future Farmers of America. Michigan Association 1
Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada 1
Harvard University 1
Hayes family (Joseph S. Bamber, 1835-1907) 1
Hill, Elton B. (Elton Brainard), 1894-1980 1
Hogberg, Maynard 1
Hunt, William 1
Johnson, Samuel, 1839-1916 1
Jones, Sarah Van Hoosen 1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum 1
Lickly family (William Lickly) 1
Michigan 4-H Youth Programs 1
Michigan Agricultural College. Farmers' Institutes 1
Michigan Agricultural College. Students 1
Michigan Artificial Breeders Cooperative 1
Michigan DHIA 1
Michigan Farm Bureau 1
Michigan Sheep Breeders Association 1
Michigan State College 1
Michigan State College. Agricultural Experiment Station 1
Michigan State College. Student Grange 1
Michigan State College. Students. Societies, etc 1
Michigan State University. Agricultural Experiment Station 1
Michigan State University. Alumni and alumnae 1
Michigan State University. Broadcasting Services 1
Michigan State University. Class of 1881 1
Michigan State University. Class of 1882 1
Michigan State University. Class of 1883 1
Michigan State University. Class of 1904 1
Michigan State University. Department of Animal Science 1
Michigan State University. Department of Dairy Science 1
Michigan State University. Department of Farm Management 1
Michigan State University. Department of Poultry Science 1
Michigan State University. Faculty 1
Michigan State University. History 1
Michigan State University. Horticulture Department 1
Michigan State University. Libraries 1
Michigan Woman's Christian Temperance Union 1
Michigan. Department of Agriculture. State Bean Industry Committee 1
Michigan. Department of Public Instruction 1
Michigan. State Board of Agriculture 1
Moral Re-armament (Organization) 1
Mumford, Eben 1
Mumford, F. B. (Frederick Blackmar), 1868-1947 1
Northern Beef Demonstration Center 1
Olivet College 1
Predmore, Miles C. 1
Price family (Lewis Price) 1
Ritchie, Harlan D. 1
Rock Island Arsenal (Ill.) 1
Saddle and Sirloin Club 1
Sigma Chi Fraternity 1
Smith family (George Anson Smith, 1825-1885) 1
Smith family (Rawson Smith, 1814-1895) 1
Smith, Abigail 1
Smith, Alfred A. 1
Smith, Hazel Neu 1
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