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Parsons family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00020
Scope and Contents
The papers consist mainly of correspondence, diaries and account books of the Edward Parsons family from 1824 to 1910. Most of the material is personal correspondence between the Edward Parsons family and relatives living in Livingston and Clinton Counties, New York. A great number of letters between Edward and his father, Reverend Levi Parsons (1779-1864) are included. The contents of these letters range from Levi's concern over Edward's problems at Hamilton College (Clinton, New York) in...
Dates:
1824 - 1910
Paul D. Bagwell papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-1.1.6
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, speeches, records, newspaper clippings, photographs and printed material of the public and private career of Paul D. Bagwell. The collection also includes two scrapbooks.
Dates:
1938 - 1960
Penny Gardner papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 562 large
Scope and Contents
The Penny Gardner papers contain correspondence, photographs, clippings, pamphlets, t-shirts, and other ephemera relating to Gardner's activism on behalf of the Lesbian/LGBTQ+ community, including records documenting her participation in the 1991 Ride for Reproductive Freedom, her leadership within the Council on Aging, and other organizations.
Dates:
1977 - 2015
Porter family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00179
Scope and Contents
The Porter family papers consist of correspondence and printed materials relating to members of the Porter, Prindle, and Pierce families, primarily to Grace Porter Pierce of Grand Ledge, Michigan. The daughter of Henry and Emma Prindle Porter, she married William Pierce in 1898.The collection contains letters between family members primarily dealing with family concerns. It also includes a series of letters from Bert Porter, Grace Porter Pierce's brother, who served with the 8th...
Dates:
1836 - 1957
Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.116.1
Scope and Content
The collection contains materials that the Quello Center collected about James H. Quello’s career as an FCC commissioner and acting chairman (1974-1999). Materials includes copies of speeches, statements, news articles, reports and a small amount of correspondence. An index provides an itemized list of the documents up to 2005. Of particular interest are Quello’s correspondence, statements, and speeches related to children’s programming, the fining of Howard Stern, and personal...
Dates:
1974 - 2017
Railroad Club records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.3.10
Scope and Content
Railroad Club records are comprised of records related to the club and include invitations to club activities, membership information, and a brochure related to Project 1225 (restoration of the Pere Marquette engine). Also included is a print of a drawing of locomotive 1225 drawn by W. Berkomoas produced by the club. Historical Railroad records include records collected by club members and are comprised of forms, labels, stubs, rate information and a copy of the Chicago and Grand...
Dates:
1883 - 1981
Ralph and Kate Lickley papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.434
Scope and Contents
Lickley's work and inventions were directed toward the improvement of railroad locomotives. Included in the papers are blueprints, U.S. Patent Office papers and related correspondence, and interoffice correspondence and machine specifications from the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.The collection also includes a mimeographed history of Wright Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan, written by Lickley in 1935; a mimeographed letter (May 12, 1938) describing the...
Dates:
circa 1860s-1939, Undated
Richard F. VanderVeen papers
Collection
Identifier: 00118
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the Congressional papers and related materials of Richard F. VanderVeen from his half term in the 93rd Congress and full term in the 94th Congress of the United States House of Representatives. The bulk of the papers is correspondence from his constituents and copies of his replies to them. The subject matter is both general, such as congratulatory letters, acceptance of invitations and requests for information, and legislative, dealing with various proposed bills...
Dates:
1974 - 1976
Robert Eldon Brown papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.83
Scope and Contents
Robert E. Brown's papers include research notes from the American colonial period, and professional correspondence from his career as a historian.The research notes series are divided into three groups, (Massachusetts, New York City, and Virginia) which correspond to three of his books: Middle Class Democracy and the Revolution in Massachusetts, 1691-1780, Carl Becker on History and the American Revolution, and...
Dates:
1940 - 1989