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Saginaw Bay Fish Company records
Collection
Identifier: 00009
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains business records and correspondence from 1898-1931 of four Saginaw Bay (Michigan) area fish companies: Saginaw Bay Fish Company, W.J. Orr Fish Company, Bay Port Fish Company, and the Ballard Fish Company. These records include invoices, labor accounts, bank statements, daily transactions, tax records, annual reports, founding agreements, price lists, and cancelled checks. Also included is an 1857 survey map of the southeast shore of Saginaw Bay, the tax...
Dates:
1898 - 1931
Samuel H. Abbott papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00308
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence addressed primarily to Samuel H. Abbott of Cedar Dale, Sanilac County, Michigan, from members of his family. The letters include a remedy for small pox, references to the draft and techniques of dodging it during the Civil War, concern over sale prices of farm products, especially wheat, and one letter concerning the great fires of October 1871 and the damage done by them in Sanilac County and in Ontario, Canada.Also included is a diary...
Dates:
1853 - 1903
Samuel Johnson papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.120
Scope and Contents
The early correspondence gives a description of Civil War fighting in Virginia and comments on the controversy following McClellan’s removal by Lincoln. The correspondence from the 1870s recounts Johnson’s efforts as Professor of Agriculture and deal with animal sales and purchases, grain tests, and other topics. Also included are lectures read by Johnson and Ray Stannard Baker’s student notebook of lectures given by Johnson.The second portion of the collection contains the...
Dates:
1824 - 1944
Sarah Van Hoosen Jones papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-1.1.3
Scope and Contents
The Sarah Van Hoosen Jones papers document her academic, agricultural, and civic accomplishments, and her interest in local Rochester history, but offer a very incomplete record of her activities as a farmer and a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and the Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions. In her master's thesis and scientific articles, she discusses theories of dairy farm management and animal genetics, but there is almost no information...
Dates:
1852 - 1972
School District No. 4, Dwight Township, Huron County, Michigan records
Collection
Identifier: c-00479
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of records of School District No.4 in Dwight Township, Huron County, Michigan. Included are bills, orders and receipts, insurance information, and annual reports. The records also contain a history of the school district and a volume of teacher certificates, contracts, and notes of meetings.
Dates:
1883 - 1937
Scofield family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00134
Scope and Contents
This collection consists mainly of correspondence and other papers relating to the Stephen Scofield family of Ingham County, Michigan. Much of the correspondence relates to Grace Scofield Bridger (daughter of Stephen) and is mostly personal in content. Of special interest, however, are a letter (January 24, 1858) describing land and farming conditions in Wisconsin, and a letter (May 3, 1888) relating farming news and local market prices of farm produce in Kansas. Also included are a number...
Dates:
1853-1920, undated
Shakespeare Company records
Collection
Identifier: 00071
Scope and Contents
The Shakespeare Company records consist of a history of the company, financial records, legal records, advertising and marketing records, catalogues and price lists, equipment specifications, Sport Fishing Institute materials, correspondence, and photographs. The photographs in the collection include images of fishing, fishing and golf equipment, and advertisements. There are also images of employees as well as C. W. Davis, Henry Shakespeare, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith.
Dates:
1913 - 1973
Slafter family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00037
Scope and Contents
Personal correspondence among Slafter family relatives and their close friends make up the bulk of this collection. Early letters, dated 1858, tell of the scarcity of money and suggests that barley should be planted because it is the most profitable crop. Family news and town gossip are also prominent items in the letters. A June 17, 1858 letter from another brother to William tells of killing one elk and capturing another. March 12, 1863 letter mentions the sacrifice of soldiers...
Dates:
1855 - 1891
Smith and Carpenter families papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00301
Scope and Contents
This collection contains four Civil War letters and a small diary of Josiah B. Smith, kept during his service as a bugler in the 8th Michigan Cavalry in Tennessee and Kentucky. The letters were written to Josiah's wife, Mary A. Smith. In the diary, Josiah writes about daily duties in camp, his letter writing schedule, and the condition of his health. The collection also includes an official copy of his enlistment and discharge papers.In addition, receipts for taxes on land in...
Dates:
1864 - 1913
Smith family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00074
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the business and farm records of George Anson Smith, his brother (Legrand J. Smith), and his sons (Fred, Azariel, and Frank R.), of Somerset, Hillsdale County, Michigan. George A. Smith owned several farms and with his brother operated two general stores and a grain exchange, which were later taken over by his sons. In 1856 he purchased the Gamble farm near Somerset and later purchased several other farms near it. In 1858 he and his brother built the brick store...
Dates:
1853 - 1927