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Alton Wheaton papers
Collection
Identifier: 00208
Scope and Contents
The Alton Wheaton papers contain primarily financial records and other forms of inventory that Wheaton took while working on his farm. There is also a small section on some of Wheaton’s community activities, some photographs of said activities, and two books on the Wheaton family genealogy. There are also a number of folders containing deeds and titles to various pieces of land Wheaton owned. There are also catalogs, plans, newsletters and brochures on farm topics.
Dates:
1934 - 2006
Michigan Guernsey Breeders' Association records
Collection
Identifier: 00066
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the articles of organization and by-laws, correspondence, herd registers, pamphlets, directories, cattle sales transactions cards, photographs, meeting minutes, membership lists, a desk diary, annual reports, annual meeting programs, and miscellaneous papers of the Michigan Guernsey Breeders' Association. The bulk of this material dates between 1948 and 1958. Also included in the collection are a rough draft and a typed manuscript of an unpublished book entitled...
Dates:
1908 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1958
Nixon and Starr families papers
Collection
Identifier: 00060
Scope and Contents of the Papers
The collection contains the family papers of John W. Nixon, a pharmacist residing in Jennings, Missaukee County, Michigan. The papers include business correspondence, personal correspondence, and miscellaneous receipts and documents. Included among the family's business dealings were ownership of a grocery company in Potterville and later Levering, Michigan, run by John's son James R. Nixon; and, operation of a fruit grove in Avon Park, Florida. The collection also includes the...
Dates:
1897 - 1923
Sand Creek Telephone Company and Sand Creek Threshing Company records
Collection
Identifier: c-00394
Scope and Contents
The collection contains joint records including receipts, account records, and hardware and machinery catalogues, of the two companies operating in Sand Creek, Lenawee County, Michigan.Volume I contains business accounts from a granary (1910-1911), and from the Sand Creek Telephone Company (1915-1915). Volume 2 contains company meeting minutes of the Sand Creek Threshing Company (1917-1930). Volume 3 contains records of the Sand Creek Telephone Company (1912-1920) and the Sand...
Dates:
1910 - 1935