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Ansel Wells papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00065
Scope and Contents The Ansel Wells papers consist of diaries, letters, and a tuition receipt. Wells kept the two diaries (1860, 1861-1862) while he was living in Pharsalia, New York. The brief daily entries record his farm work, social life, and religious activities. The tuition receipt (1859) represents Wells' attendance at the Cincinnatus Academy in Cincinnatus, New York. Six letters (1847-1853) from H. P. Herrick to his family in Pharsalia describe his life as a student at Amherst College and as a teacher...
Dates: 1847 - 1862
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Argentina Project (Balcarce) records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.13
Scope and Contents

Records of the Argentina Project (Balcarce) consist of official reports and staff reports, personal and official staff correspondence, and preliminary studies and drafts of the project. Also included are financial and funding records, administrative records, and information on Argentina and agriculture.

Dates: 1957 - 1975
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Austin and Foote families papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00495
Scope and Contents These papers contain the records of the Austin and Foote families of Milford from 1842 to 1907.An account book (1852-1866) and household accounts of the Foote family (1840-1878) are included as well as political tickets for Oakland County in the election of 1864. Materials on reunions of the Grand Army of the Republic and Women's Relief Corps (1890s) and articles of the Battle of Chickamauga are also included. The Civil War related materials have been scanned and put online...
Dates: 1842 - 1907
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Bagg family papers

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Identifier: c-00251
Scope and Contents The Bagg family papers contain a letter of welcome from residents of Savannah, Georgia, to George Washington, during his visit to Savannah in 1791. Also included are letters to Dr. Joseph Bagg and his wife, Eliza, of Detroit, Michigan. Two letters from Eliza's sister, Abby Billings, send family news and complain about housework (1843, 1844). A letter from the Baggs' son-in-law, W.G. Austin, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, describes the presidential election of 1844. School compositions by the Baggs'...
Dates: 1791, 1839-1844, 1878
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Bagley family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00018
Scope and Contents The Bagley family papers includes the personal papers of David M. Bagley, his wife, Bennette Bagley, his son, William, and his grandson, Laurence. The material, dating from 1830 to 1932, is arranged by family member. Bennette Bagley's papers contain personal correspondence from friends and family members in England wishing her a safe journey to America in 1833, and her will and estate papers of 1888.David M. Bagley's papers include correspondence relating to the Civil...
Dates: 1830 - 1932
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Benjamin M. Harman papers

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Identifier: c-00496
Scope and Contents

Harman records in the two diaries the day-to-day activities of a soldier, including meals, marches, a trip on a schooner, illnesses, skirmishes, and his income and expenses. The diaries span the dates December 21, 1861 to May 27, 1863, the day that he was killed in battle at Port Hudson, Louisiana.

The other papers are photocopies of muster rolls for Harman (1861-1863) and correspondence (1881-1888) by his mother and relatives trying to secure his pension for his mother.

Dates: 1861 - 1888; Majority of material found within 1881 - 1888
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Bessie Dean travel diary and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 74 small
Dates: 1890-1891, 1903
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

Chancey G. Robinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00162
Scope and Contents The bulk of the C. G. Robinson papers consists of the originals plus photocopies of Robinson's diaries, 1884-1890 and 1892-1895. Robinson recorded the weather daily, and he described his daily chores and seasonal activities, such as cider pressing in autumn and "sugaring off" in spring. William Rayner apparently raised prize-winning swine, which Robinson took to state fairs throughout the Midwest. Robinson's papers include letters from other area swine-farmers and a copy of the constitution...
Dates: 1884 - 1896
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Charles J. Monroe papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-1.1.14
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters, notes, reports and maps from Monroe's survey work. Also included are Monroe's notes about bills he introduced in the Michigan State Senate in the 1880s, and a diary kept during a trip to Europe, Egypt, and England in 1904.

Dates: 1858 - 1914
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Clarence H. Judson papers

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Identifier: UA-10.3.126
Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of Clarence Judson's letters to his family, written during his years at Michigan Agricultural College. The letters describe his classes, activities, and financial situation, his experiences as a teacher during school breaks, the class strike of 1886, and a visit to the Capitol in Lansing. The collection also includes an autobiography, family history materials, genealogical charts, school records, diaries from 1888 to 1902, and a notebook Judson kept while...
Dates: 1874 - 2001
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

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Boy Scouts of America. Troop 1 (Brighton, Mich.) 1
Brattin, Alice Jane, 1914-1983 1
Brattin, John, 1915-1995 1
Bregger, John Taylor (1896-1981) 1
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Brody, James Polk 1
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Brody, Lewis Kinney 1
Brody, Margaret York 1
Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926 1
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Calkins, Edmund Albert 1
Campbell District School (Eaton County, Mich.) 1
Carpenter, Kate M. Coad, 1880-1974 1
Central Michigan University 1
Chalkley, Lyssa. 1
Cincinnatus Association 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
Combs, William H. 1
Conference on Undergraduate Education for Social Work 1
Coppin, John S., 1904-1986 (Portraitist) 1
Cornell University. School of Agriculture 1
Council on Social Work Education 1
Craig, Frank 1
Craig, Mary Ann 1
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 1
Davis, Robert H. 1
Dean, Bessie, 1869-1917 1
Denison, James Henry, 1907-1975 1
Detroit Edison Company 1
Dewsbury, Donald A., 1939- 1
Dooley, Mary True 1
Dressel, Paul L. (Paul Leroy), 1910-1989 1
Dye, Marie 1
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 1
East Lansing Woman's Club 1
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Eastman National Business College (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) 1
Eaton Brothers (Firm) 1
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation 1
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Foote, Henry King 1
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Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941 1
Giefel, Marjorie 1
Gilchrist, Maude 1
Grand Army of the Republic 1
Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada 1
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 1
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 1
Halbert, Frederic, 1945- 1
Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.) 1
Hannah, John A., 1902-1991 1
Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 1
Harman, Benjamin M. 1
Harper, Ernest Bouldin 1
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Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 1
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