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Collection
Identifier: c-00495
Scope and Contents
These papers contain the records of the Austin and Foote families of Milford from 1842 to 1907.An account book (1852-1866) and household accounts of the Foote family (1840-1878) are included as well as political tickets for Oakland County in the election of 1864. Materials on reunions of the Grand Army of the Republic and Women's Relief Corps (1890s) and articles of the Battle of Chickamauga are also included. The Civil War related materials have been scanned and put online...
Dates:
1842 - 1907
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
Collection
Identifier: c-00617
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 60 postcards from Canada, England, the United States, and 32 stereocards primarily of biblical scenes. Twenty postcards are scenes from communities in Massachusetts. Also included in the collection is a photograph of Calvin Coolidge taken by Allison B. Spence of Northampton, Massachusetts, and a tin type photograph of Martha Wonsey, Delos Wonsey and Seraph Wonsey Page (Paige).
Dates:
1904 - 1923
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.44
Scope and Contents
The Joseph W. Stack papers relate to Stack's tenure as a professor in the Department of Zoology and as curator and director of the MSU Museum. His particular areas of interest were ornithology and bird banding. Other subjects covered in Stack's papers are the university curriculum, the Inland Bird Banding Association, and Stack's work with the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Materials found in the collection include maps, bird banding records, student reports and papers, manuscripts,...
Dates:
1916 - 1953
Collection
Identifier: c-00674
Scope and Contents
This collection contains twelve stereocards depicting scenes of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (specifically Houghton). The pictures range from natural scenes to buildings and bridges. There are a few from Niagara Falls (Prospect Point and the Great Ice Bridge) and one from Mackinac Island.
Dates:
undated
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.442
Scope and Contents
The Robert Rorich collection primarily consists of photographs from Fiji, Hawaii, New Zealand, Tahiti, and Calumet, Michigan. The two stereocards in the collection are scenes from Colorado and New Mexico.
Dates:
Undated
Collection — Drawer: stereo cards
Identifier: 00000-Stereo
Scope and Content
The Stereo Card collection is an artificial collection comprised of stereograph cards from various record groups or accessions. Part of the collection is arranged alphabetically by subject, and the other half is organized according to the name of the parent record group, such as the McKibbin Family Collection.
Dates:
undated
Collection
Identifier: c-00172
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Warren of Three Oaks, Michigan dated January 7, 1913, in which the defeated candidate expresses his unwillingness to attempt to advise either President Taft, or the newly-elected Wilson.
Dates:
1913
