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Collection
Identifier: c-00260
Scope and Contents of the Papers
This collection consists of a ledger kept by Jonathan Fox of Genesee County, New York. The earliest entries record the sale of cloth and costs of tailoring work, which may have been done by Fox. The ledger also records household expenses, some brief genealogical notes, and several poems, perhaps written by Fox's wife.
Dates:
1837 - 1908
Collection
Identifier: c-00296
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters and poems written by various members of the Wood and Lowry families. Most of the letters were written to Josephine Wood Lowry of Tecumseh, Michigan. The bulk are from her mother, Sally Woods, her husband, S. B. Lowry, and her brother S. C. Woods. The letters pass on family news, describe daily life and social events, express the family's patriotism, and reminisce about pioneer life in Michigan and Minnesota. They also express an awe of the changes in life,...
Dates:
1859-1907, circa 1930
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Serial-00873
Collection
Identifier: MSS 387 large
Scope and Contents
The Judith Minty papers (1937-2011) contain the bulk of Minty’s handwritten and typed manuscripts of all published and unpublished writing throughout her adult life including the complete manuscripts to Yellow Dog Journal, Dancing the Fault, Letters to My Daughters, The Mad Painter Poems, and Killing the Bear and partial manuscripts for Lake Songs and Other Fears, In the Presence of Mothers, and Walking with the Bear. The collection also contains correspondence with fellow poets, friends,...
Dates:
1937-2011
Collection
Identifier: MSS 419 large
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one box of materials about the poetry of Julia A. Moore, who in her heyday was called the Sweet Singer in Michigan. The collective consists of family pictures, correspondence to and clippings about Ms. Moore, correspondence by H. A. Greenly, copies of published works not individually catalogued in MSU Libraries, and photocopies of three of her works.
Dates:
1847-1920
Collection
Identifier: c-00532
Scope and Contents
The Karl L. Rommel collection consists of photocopies of Civil War letters and documents. Correspondents include Harrison Traphagan, David R. Frego, Robert A. Moon, "Augustus", L. A. Hall, and "Robert". Harrison Traphagan enlisted in Company I, 3rd Michigan Cavalry on September 9, 1861 at age 21. Mustered in October 1861, his letters (1861-1862) mention daily army life and combat activity. Traphagan died of disease at New Madrid, Missouri on April 9, 1862. He was buried in the...
Dates:
1861 - 1865
Collection
Identifier: c-00294
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of primarily of poetry written by Margaret and Lawrence Abbott, generally dealing with agricultural themes. It also contains several volumes of "Peninsula Poets", published by the Poetry Society of Michigan.
Dates:
1959 - 1972
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.1
Scope and Contents
The papers of Liberty Hyde Bailey span the years 1855-1958. The majority of the materials were received from the Liberty Hyde Birthsite Bailey Museum in South Haven, Michigan. The collection contains correspondence, writings by Bailey, newspaper and magazine clippings and photographs. The collection also includes reproductions of botanical drawings. The correspondence includes three Christmas cards from Bailey to his wife; a collection of business letters; a letter from China in...
Dates:
1852 - 1958
Collection
Identifier: MSS 567 large
Scope and Contents
The Meow Press collection contains a sample of chapbooks produced by the company.
Dates:
1993 - 1997
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.77
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials pertaining to Milton E. Muelder's service with the Office of Military Government in Germany, spanning the years 1939-1958. Included are maps, plans, reports, policy directives, correspondence on postwar educational programs in Germany, de-Nazification, and the military government division of Germany by the Allied Forces (United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia) after the war.There are also materials written by Muelder during his tenure...
Dates:
1939 - 2000
