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R. Nathaniel Dett papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00206
Scope and Contents
The collection includes scores of Dett's music, autographed sheet music, newspapers clippings, a program from a concert of Dett's music, and a copy of the Fisher Edition News, a music industry publication.
Dates:
1913 - 1943
Ransom E. Olds papers
Collection
Identifier: 00027
Scope and Content
The Ransom E. Olds papers are divided into two sections. The first section consists of Olds' personal papers. Included in this section are Olds' love letters to Metta Woodward (June 6, 1864-September 2, 1950), whom Olds married in 1899, Olds' philanthropic activities, his daybooks and two journals of the Olds family trip to Europe. The second section deals with Olds' business activities from 1904 to 1947. Included are correspondence series of Olds Motor Works and REO and several...
Dates:
1884 - 1950
Robert T. Anderson papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.1
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of four articles "Le Pentateuque Samaritan Chamberlain Warren," 1970; "Mount Gerizim: Navel of the World" from "Biblical Archaelogist," Fall 1980; and "The Michigan State University Samaritan Collection" from "Biblical Archaelogist," March 1984.
The collection also contains the Samaritan Manuscripts with preface by Anderson on microfilm.
Dates:
1970 - 1984
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
University Archives and Historical Collections records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.7
Scope and Contents
The records of the University Archives and Historical Collections consist of brochures and flyers, published guides to the Historical Collections, a records control manual (1973), Disaster Plans, photographs, a time capsule, a DVD (2005) highlighting the Archives’ resources, and other publications.The Electronic Resources include images used in the University Archives and Historical Collections Calendar for 2003 and 2004; digital photographs and documents from the UAHC sponsored...
Dates:
1969 - 2019
Warren family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00007
Scope and Contents
This collection primarily contains correspondence, diaries, religious materials, and legal documents of the Warren family of Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters (1879-1899) from Albert L. Warren to his parents (Caroline C. and Rev. Waters Warren) and brothers (Edward K. and Frederick P.). Albert L. Warren was an itinerant watch repairman who tried prospecting gold, teaching, farming, selling wholesale groceries and later patent medicine,...
Dates:
1830 - 1966
William Hollister collection
Collection
Identifier: c-00449
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two scrapbooks which detail, via newspaper clippings, magazine articles and photographs, the development of the sport of hydroplane racing during the 1940s and 1950s. The first scrapbook covers the period 1946 to 1955; the second the period 1955 to 1959. Most of the material deals with racing on the Detroit River and racing personalities in the Detroit area.Both scrapbooks are preserved on microfilm. Black and white copy negatives are available for...
Dates:
1946 - 1959