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Clara Waldron collection
Collection
Identifier: c-00415
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials assembled by the donor, mostly relating to the early settlers and history of Lenawee County, Michigan. Included are deeds, mortgages, and other legal documents (1821-1880) of Tecumseh, Michigan, as well as accounts of a gristmill (1849, 1858). There is also a written report (1899) of a legislative trip to Bay City by the Joint Committee on State Affairs and Private Corporations of the Michigan House of Representatives to investigate Michigan's then new beet...
Dates:
1821 - 1925; Majority of material found within 1821 - 1899
David Van Tine papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00414
Scope and Contents
Legal documents of David Van Tine, operator of a furniture factory in Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan are included in this collection. Among the documents are deeds, mortgages, and Van Tine's last will and testament (1892).
Dates:
1837 - 1897
Elizabeth Chandler papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00098
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of newspaper reprints of nine letters written by Elizabeth Chandler of Lenawee County, Michigan, describing her pioneer experiences in the period 1830 to 1834. The letters were published by the Yale Publishing Association in 1926.
Dates:
1926
Elton B. Hill papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.67
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection contains material relating to the issues that interested Hill most as a teacher and researcher. He taught a number of courses on farm appraisal and agricultural finance, and his reference material appears here. Land tenure, especially the legal and moral implications of father-son partnerships and farm ownership transfers, were of special interest to him.In addition to this, there is also a scrapbook and some memorabilia from his college days at...
Dates:
1862 - 1972
Hawkins family papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.421
Scope and Contents
The Hawkins family papers contain documents collected by four generations of the Hawkins family. The heads of these four generations are John R. Hawkins (1809-1882); son, Henry J. Hawkins (1843-1915); grandson, John R. Hawkins (1881-1957); and great grandson, John Henry Hawkins (1907-2005).Most of the correspondence contained in the collection consists of letters (1850-1864) received by John R. Hawkins and his wife, Hannah, from family members and friends, most of whom lived in...
Dates:
1792-1949, 1977, 1979
John Shaw papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00286
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of deeds and receipts of John Shaw of Lenawee County, Michigan. Also included is a Civil War letter describing battles around Richmond, Virginia, a letter licensing Shaw as a minister of the Christian Church of Adrian and Rome, Michigan (1867).The Civil War letter has been transcribed, scanned and placed online at ...
Dates:
1838 - 1872
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
Lenawee County school records
Collection
Identifier: c-00358
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the school census of District 7 of Tecumseh Township, Lenawee County, Michigan, June 16, 1906. Listed are the names of school children, teachers, and courses offered.
Dates:
1906
Manuel McCormick diary
Collection
Identifier: c-00489
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the diary of Manuel McCormick of Lenawee County, Michigan. The entries describe his experiences, troop movements, and battles through the southern United States, particularly Tennessee, while a soldier during the American Civil War, from January 1863 through July 1864.
Dates:
1836 - 1886
Mr. and Mrs. Evie Sager collection
Collection
Identifier: c-00355
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an account book of a medical practice in Fairfield, Lenawee County, Michigan, and a list indicating the age of members of the Morse family at death.
Dates:
1875-1879, undated
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