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Thomas-Prescott families papers
Collection
Identifier: 00170
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the lives of the Thomas and Prescott families of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. The collection contains biographical papers, genealogy/lineage records, and correspondence of family members. The bulk of the collection is the correspondence of Benjamin H. Thomas Jr., spanning the period from 1879 to 1927.The biographical papers consist of obituary notices and correspondence which discuss eligibility to join the D.A.R. and the moral character of family...
Dates:
1824 - 1960
Tom Mosmiller papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 683
Scope and Contents
The Tom Mosmiller papers consist of personal and professional records created and collected by Mosmiller, including correspondence, reports, promotional material, research material, and photographs. There are extrensive records and memorabilia from men's movement organizations such as National Men & Masculinity Conferences, Changing Men, National Organization for Men Against Sexism, California Men's Gatherins, and California Anti-Sexism Men's Political Caucus. Mosmiller's biographical...
Dates:
1978 - 2019
Towar family papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.418
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials from both Jennie and James Towar. The correspondence of Jennie Towar Woodard is addressed to family members as well as correspondence from those family members. The bulk of this correspondence prior to the second World War came from her brother, James. The letters of the latter half of the collection are from nieces and nephews. In general, the letters are chatty and relate some of the social or economic condition of the times. One exception to this are the...
Dates:
1882 - 1956
Vincent Klingler papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 641
Scope and Contents
The Vincent Klingler papers contain reports, fliers, correspondence, photographs and mailings relating to Klingler's activism as Chairperson of the Coalition to Stop Rhodesian and South African Imports, the United People’s Campaign against Apartheid and Racism (UPCAAR), and the Philadelphia Coalition for Justice in Angola. Topics include U. S. longshoremen and dock worker strikes against unloading Rhodesian exports of chrome, asbestos, and nickel on the "African Neptune" and "African Sun,"...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1973 - 1978
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
Warren O. Goodwin papers
Collection
Identifier: 00157
Scope and Contents
This collection is divided into three main series: Personal, Business, and Publications.The Personal series is arranged into subgroupings: Confidentially U.S.A., The Muckraker, Correspondence, Corruption, Court Cases, and Clippings. These are followed by folders dealing with diverse subjects. The Muckraker and Confidentially U.S.A. were Goodwin's attempt to publish his saga of corruption in the federal government. The clippings were to be included in his monographs. Goodwin's...
Dates:
1893 - 1974
William B. Drew papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.135
Scope and Contents
The William B. Drew collection consists of materials from Drew’s Cinchona mission in Ecuador, reports about the effects of herbicide in South Vietnam, reports about swidden (slash and burn) to forest in Thailand, and the essay “History of the Botany and Plant Pathology Department from 1945-1973.” In this essay Drew writes about his time as a professor and head of the department and describes events in the department as well as faculty members. The collection also includes MSU...
Dates:
1943 - 2005
William H. Combs Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.116
Scope and Contents
The papers are organized into five series: Tennessee Papers, Michigan Papers, Michigan State University Papers, Volumes, and Photographs.Included in the Tennessee papers are his book Tennessee: A Political Study, published in 1940 in collaboration with
William E. Cole, preliminary drafts of chapters and correspondence relating to subjects in the book.
Other materials include a "Biennial Report of the University of Tennessee (1936-1938),"...
Dates:
1936 - 1979
William H. Doxtader collection
Collection
Identifier: 00132
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of family Civil War records and a photocopied history of the 36th Indiana Infantry. Albert and Daniel Doxtader both served in that regiment. Philander Doxtader served in the 115th New York Regiment.
Personal papers, newsclippings and diaries of Guy O. Doxtader are also present.
Dates:
1850 - 1958
World War II press photographs of Japanese Americans
Collection
Identifier: MSS 229 small
Scope and Contents
The press photos of Japanese Americans during World War II contains 14 photographs. The majority depict events related to the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during the war. Many were taken in San Francisco or Los Angeles, though locations in other parts of the United States are also represented.
Dates:
1942 - 1945