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Mayo family papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-28.1
Scope and Contents Over fifty Civil War letters of Perry Mayo, written to his family in Calhoun County, Michigan, from June 1861 to May 1864, constitute the bulk of this collection. They include vivid descriptions of battles, marches, military personnel and camp life, together with observations on the conduct of the war. Also in this collection are numerous and fragmentary attempts at genealogy, with related correspondence which, in addition to Mayo, include such family names as Angell, Bryant,...
Dates: 1861 - 1966

Parsons family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00020
Scope and Contents The papers consist mainly of correspondence, diaries and account books of the Edward Parsons family from 1824 to 1910. Most of the material is personal correspondence between the Edward Parsons family and relatives living in Livingston and Clinton Counties, New York. A great number of letters between Edward and his father, Reverend Levi Parsons (1779-1864) are included. The contents of these letters range from Levi's concern over Edward's problems at Hamilton College (Clinton, New York) in...
Dates: 1824 - 1910

Perry Greeley Holden collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.26
Scope and Contents The Holden Memoirs, which were printed in a scrapbook format, includes photographs, genealogies, and reproductions of correspondence, certificates and news clippings. The collection also includes a glass portrait of a woman in a wooden box.There are also materials donated by a niece of Perry G. Holden including a photo album of car trips that Perry Holden and his wife, Carrie, took with Perry's brother, Ellsworth. They drove from Chicago to Wisconsin, South Dakota, Wyoming, ...
Dates: 1891 - 1959

Robert Hicks family papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-28.13
Scope and Content The Robert Hicks family papers consists of family documents, oral history interviews, memorabilia, and two published family histories. The bulk of the collection is contained in an album and three folders consisting of photographs, news articles, documents, family histories, and a history of the development of the "Flowerpot" subdivision in East Lansing, Michigan. The album's arrangement is based on subject content, the first part detailing the history of the Hicks family...
Dates: 1836 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1836 - 1986

Sarah Van Hoosen Jones papers

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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

Thomas-Prescott families papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00170
Scope and Contents The collection documents the lives of the Thomas and Prescott families of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. The collection contains biographical papers, genealogy/lineage records, and correspondence of family members. The bulk of the collection is the correspondence of Benjamin H. Thomas Jr., spanning the period from 1879 to 1927.The biographical papers consist of obituary notices and correspondence which discuss eligibility to join the D.A.R. and the moral character of family...
Dates: 1824 - 1960

William F. Raven papers

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Identifier: UA-17.96
Scope and Contents The William Raven papers consist of correspondence related his job as an Agricultural Extension Agent. The correspondence consists of letters to Raven requesting information, replies to his letters, a few letters from his superiors, and some letters relating to his duties as an agent. There are also a few letters in the collection from Raven himself. The Raven family materials folder contains copies of genealogical information on Edwin Morse who was Paulina Raven's husband, newspaper...
Dates: 1913 - 1915, 1981, Undated

Zee and Schober families papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.144.1
Scope and Content This collection consists of memorial books, correspondence, diaries, notebooks, school materials, scrapbooks, Elsie Zee’s teaching materials, family photographs, and genealogical papers. James Wilmer Zee and Elsie Schober Zee’s courtship love letters are also included. There are also post-World War II letters to Elsie Schober Zee and William (Wilhelm) Schober from family members in Germany and from former German P.O.W.s who worked for the Zees. The letters are in German. Many were translated...
Dates: 1908 - 1987

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Michigan Agricultural College 6
Kuhn, Madison, 1910-1985 3
Michigan State Grange 3
Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954 2
Kedzie, R. C. (Robert Clark), 1823-1902 2
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Allen family 1
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American Society of Agricultural Engineers 1
Amherst College 1
Angell family (Mary Anne Bryant Mayo, 1845-1903) 1
Baker, Roger D. 1
Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold), 1916-2007 1
Breslin, Jacweir 1
Briggs family (Katharine Cook Briggs, 1875-1968) 1
Briggs, Katharine Cook 1
Briggs, Lyman J. (Lyman James), 1874-1963 1
Bryant family (Mary Anne Bryant Mayo, 1845-1903) 1
Buell, Jennie 1
Chamberlain family (Henry Chamberlain, 1824-1907) 1
Chamberlain, Henry, 1824-1907 1
Chamberlain, Mellen, 1821-1900 1
Chapin family (Katharine Cook Briggs, 1875-1968) 1
Claremont College 1
Clute, O. (Oscar) 1
Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916 1
Cornell University 1
Coryell family 1
Court of Last Resort (Television program) 1
Crosby, Mary Lilian Wheeler 1
Curtiss family (Katharine Cook Briggs, 1875-1968) 1
Dartmouth College 1
Daughters of the American Revolution 1
Delgado, Jeanne 1
Dennis, F. G. (Frank George), 1932- 1
Dewsbury, Donald A., 1939- 1
East Jordan Fruit and Land Co., Inc (East Lansing, Mich.) 1
East Lansing (Mich.) 1
Eveline Fruit and Land Company 1
Ewart, Lowell 1
Farrall, Arthur William, 1899- 1
Freytag family 1
Gale, Ella M 1
Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970 1
Graham, Sarah Moffet, 1863-1908 1
Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.) 1
Harrison, Carter Monroe 1
Harry E. Saier Co 1
Harvard University 1
Hawkins family (John R. Hawkins, 1809-1882) 1
Hawkins, Hanna Hayward 1
Hawkins, Henry J., 1843-1915 1
Hawkins, John R., 1809-1882 1
Hawkins, John R., 1881-1957 1
Herner, Robert C. 1
Hicks family (Robert E. Hicks, 1892-1986) 1
Hicks, Robert E., 1892-1986 1
Hicks, Zoe Gladys Thurber, -1972 1
Holden, P. G. (Perry Greeley), 1865-1959 1
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 1
Hubbard family 1
Igoe, Lynn, 1937-2006 1
Johnston, Stanley, 1898-1969 1
Jones, Margaret Zee 1
Jones, Sarah Van Hoosen 1
Judson, Clarence Herbert 1
Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961 1
Kedzie family (A. S. Kedzie, 1814-1899) 1
Kedzie, A. S. (Adam Stewart), 1814-1899 1
Kedzie, D. H. (Donald Hixson) 1
Kedzie, Frank Stewart 1
Kedzie, Robert Mark 1
King, John A. (John Arthur), 1921- 1
Kinney family (Edward Porter Kinney, 1867-1955) 1
Kinney, Daniel Bishop, 1803-1879 1
Kinney, Edward Cornelius, 1844-1910 1
Kinney, Edward Porter, 1867-1955 1
Kinney, Ernest A., 1898- 1
Kinney, Frank F., 1869-1952 1
Kinney, Harry Allen, 1862-1939 1
Kirkland family (George Kirkland, 1816-1906) 1
Kirkland, George, 1816-1906 1
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway 1
Lansing (Mich.) 1
Lawrence, George H. M. (George Hill Mathewson), 1910-1978 1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Mayo family (Perry Mayo, 1839-1921) 1
Mayo, Mary Anne Bryant, 1845-1903 1
Mayo, Nelson S. (Nelson Slater), 1866-1958 1
McClernand, John A. (John Alexander), 1812-1900 1
Michigan Agricultural College. Extension Division 1
Michigan Agricultural College. Faculty 1
Michigan Agricultural College. Feronian Literary Society 1
Michigan Agricultural College. Students. Societies, etc 1
Michigan Artificial Breeders Cooperative 1
Michigan DHIA 1
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