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Nell Pemberton-Rosenzweig papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00540
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a photocopy of an unpublished manuscript, "Journey into the Wilderness," a narrative history of the Pemberton family of Mecosta County, Michigan from 1863 to 1907. In her book, the author and illustrator, Nell Pemberton-Rosenzweig, also tells how she became interested in her family history and came to write their story. The author describes the adventures her grandparents had as they moved west, and the hardships they endured because of harsh weather, poor...
Dates: 1978

Thomas Wright diary

 Collection
Identifier: c-00009
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the diary of Thomas Wright (1831-1841) as it was published in the Tecumseh Herald in 1955, with a brief history of Tecumseh, Michigan. Wright's diary chronicles his relocation in 1831 from Massachusetts to Michigan, where he bought a farm. Earliest entries in the diary detail his journey across Lake Erie in a crowded boat that carried 250 passengers "of every age and condition".

Dates: 1955

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Agriculture -- Michigan 5
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Michigan 3
Benzie County (Mich.) 2
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Michigan -- Religion 2
Photographs 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Account books 1
Agriculture -- Iowa 1
Agriculture -- Nebraska 1
Agriculture -- Wisconsin 1
Ann Arbor (Mich.) 1
Autobiographies 1
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 1
Bus lines -- Michigan 1
Business records -- Michigan 1
Clergy -- Michigan 1
College students -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
Deeds 1
Deerfield (Mich.) 1
Detroit (Mich.) 1
East Lansing (Mich.) 1
Erie County (N.Y.) 1
Family farms 1
Family histories 1
Farm life -- Michigan 1
Finance, Personal -- Michigan 1
Frontier and pioneer life 1
Greenville (Mich.) 1
Howell (Mich.) 1
Hubbardston (Mich.) 1
International travel 1
Iowa -- Description and travel 1
Kentwood (Mich.) 1
Lenawee County (Mich.) 1
Livingston County (Mich.) 1
Local government -- Michigan 1
Massachusetts 1
Massachusetts -- Description and travel 1
Mecosta County (Mich.) 1
Melvindale (Mich.) 1
Melvindale (Mich.) -- Maps 1
Merchants -- Michigan 1
Methodist Church -- Michigan 1
Mexico -- Description and travel 1
Nebraska -- Description and travel 1
New York (State) -- Description and travel 1
Ohio -- Description and travel 1
Pennsylvania -- Description and travel 1
Pleasant Ridge (Mich.) 1
Pleasant Ridge (Mich.) -- Maps 1
Postcards 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1844 1
Putney (Vt.) 1
Rationing -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Savannah (Ga.) 1
Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 1
Songbooks 1
Stones River, Battle of, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1862-1863 1
Taxation -- Michigan 1
Tecumseh (Mich.) 1
Temperance -- Societies, etc. 1
The M.A.C. record 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music 1
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Vermont -- Description and travel 1
Wisconsin -- Description and travel 1
Women 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation -- United States 1
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Andre family (Samuel Andre, -1881) 1
Andre, Samuel 1
Baker, Waldo 1
Boutell family (Lorenzo Boutell, 1802-1876) 1
Farr, George 1