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Alfred L. Williams family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00504
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters from members of the Alfred L. Williams family of Owosso, Michigan.Most of the letters were written to Alfred L. Williams' daughter, Clara, by her sisters. The letters discuss pioneer life, the problems of being a single girl, hired help and treating illness with various home remedies. Also discussed are the development of the town, social life in Owosso and the Wesener fire in 1885, in which the block between Washington and Main streets burned....
Dates:
1885 - 1925
Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter
Collection
Identifier: c-00521
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association Newsletter which serves as the Association's official publication.
Dates:
1978 - 1997
Baurat Theodor Reh papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 78 small
Scope and Contents
The Baurat Theodor Reh papers include correspondence, mostly dated 1939, to and from Baurat Theodor Reh, Reichsverkehrsminister Julius Dorpmüller, and others, relating to the railroad system in German South-West Africa (now Namibia). Dorpmüller was the Nazi Germany Minister of Transportation. Also in the collection is a map, charts, printed matter, and Reh's "Supf-Plakette" certificate. The materials document some of Nazi Germany's plans for post-World War II port construction, railroad...
Dates:
1929 - 1941
Berrien County records
Collection
Identifier: c-00032
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of an official canvass of votes cast in Berrien County, Michigan in the presidential election of 1848, and two bonds (1871, 1874) issued by the Township of Three Oaks to help pay for construction of the Michigan Central Railroad.
Dates:
1848, 1871, 1874
Berrien County train tickets
Collection
Identifier: c-00382
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up of miscellaneous tickets, most of them for railroad use. There are tickets from the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, Michigan Central Rail Road; Peoples Transit Company; Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road; The North-Western Line; Chicago & North-Western Railway. Also there is a lottery ticket and advertisements for the Railroad Hotel of Detroit and Pan American Exposition souvenirs.
Dates:
1868 - 1918
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 Westie papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.356
Scope and Contents
Charles Westie papers consist of publications and newspapers about Michigan State University's Centennial. In addition, the collections also holds Continuing Education publications and other MSU publications. Non-MSU publications related to continuing education are also included, as well as questionaries used for a railroad survey that Westie created. The railroad surveys are part of the data Westie used to complete his 1953 dissertation, "Reactions of Railroad Workers to a Major...
Dates:
1921 - 1971
Chicago and Western Michigan Railway Company records
Collection
Identifier: c-00402
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letterpress books containing correspondence concerning business and legal transactions of the Chicago and Western Michigan Railroad Company.
The first volume contains copies of letters written between January 15 and May 16, 1885. At that time, J. B. Mulliken was General Manager of the railroad. The second volume contains copies of correspondence written from April 27 to August 27, 1896. Charles H. Heald was the railroad's General Manager at the time.
Dates:
1885 - 1896
Clarence H. Judson papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.126
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of Clarence Judson's letters to his family, written during his years at Michigan Agricultural College. The letters describe his classes, activities, and financial situation, his experiences as a teacher during school breaks, the class strike of 1886, and a visit to the Capitol in Lansing. The collection also includes an autobiography, family history materials, genealogical charts, school records, diaries from 1888 to 1902, and a notebook Judson kept while...
Dates:
1874 - 2001
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