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Barbara Nowlin collection
Collection
Identifier: 00231
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of glass plate negatives of scenes in Lansing and Ingham County, Michigan. Images include scenes of men practicing cheerleading, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge officers of Lansing, and scenes of a horse racetrack.
Dates:
circa 1921
Campus Park and Planning records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-4.2
Scope and Contents
The records of Campus Park and Planning include sketches and maps of the Michigan State University (MSU) campus (1924-1952) including a topographical map of campus; reports and proposals about campus development and buildings; parking and traffic surveys; Alma College and MSU-Oakland University developmental plans; pamphlets about veterans at MSU, the Beal Botanical Gardens, Lansing City Planning, and correspondence between Harold Lautner, director of Campus Park and Planning, and John...
Dates:
1915 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1995
Capital Area Women's Lifestyle Magazine collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 00218
Scope and Content
The collection contains issues of Capital Area Women's Lifestyle magazine.
Dates:
2012 - 2019
Capital Professional Chefs and Cooks Association of Greater Lansing records
Collection
Identifier: c-00651
Scope and Content
The collection contains newsletters from 2007-2008 with information regarding meetings and banquets in the area both past and present that are relevant to the culinary arts as well as recipes and words from the organization's president. There are also two programs from "TasteFest" 2007 and an awards banquet in 2008.
Dates:
2007 - 2008
Chace Newman papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.37
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of personal papers of Chace Newman, including correspondence, newspaper articles, papers he authored, manuscripts, notes, drawings, collected research materials, a scrapbook of events and happenings at the college, and other materials he used to teach courses in mechanical drawing and design. There are also scripts for lectures he gave on WKAR Radio about the architecture of the home. Also include are Ruth Newman photographs which include images that are probably of...
Dates:
1894 - 1951
Chamberlain family papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-1.1.12
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of family correspondence, documents, and business records, particularly relating to Henry Chamberlain. Included are genealogies of the Chamberlain, Langdon, Woodward and Wheelock families.The letters in the early years of the collection relate to the migration of the family westward to Ohio, and then to Michigan. There is an 1830 agreement in which certain New Hampshire citizens sponsor William Chamberlain to go and scout the area above the Ohio River for...
Dates:
1795 - 1931
Charles G. Woodbury family papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.138
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the papers of the Woodbury family including, John D. Woodbury, Chester D. Woodbury and Charles G. Woodbury. The Capitol Savings and Loan folder contains correspondence, financial information, and promotional information about the bank. The Central Michigan Business College folder contains the Articles of Association.The Correspondence folders contain letters between the Chester Woodbury family and the Charles Woodbury family. The majority of the...
Dates:
1863 - 1976
Charles Hague Davis papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00387
Scope and Contents
The papers include a scrapbook (1899-1955) containing Davis' circus business correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings; and a photocopy of a biographical sketch of Davis written in 1956 by his daughter, Mildred Davis Barr; and a 1908 program for the Barnum and Bailey Circus.
Dates:
1899 - 1956
Charles Hutchinson Thompson papers
Collection
Identifier: 00024
Scope and Contents
The collection contains diaries (1891-1916), journals (1858-1869), and an account book (1859-1861) of Charles Hutchinson Thompson (1838-1916), a clerk in the State offices in Lansing, Michigan. Born in LeRoy, New York, he visited Michigan in 1845-1847 and returned to Orleans County, New York, where he attended school and held various jobs. Thompson moved to Michigan in 1856 and worked on a farm in Van Buren County until December 1857, when he was appointed porter in the State offices. He...
Dates:
1843 - 1916
Charles Rowe collection
Collection
Identifier: c-00664
Scope and Contents
The Charles Rowe collection contains photographs related to the REO Motor Company. The photographs include a row of cars at Harold Square in New York City lined up to welcome Percy F. Megargel and David Fassett back from their 12,000 mile double cross-continent auto tour in their 16 horse power REO Mountaineer. There is also an image of members of the New York Press cheering Megargel and Fassitt who are sitting in their car. There are also photographs of men at a tug-of-war...
Dates:
1906, circa 1920, undated