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Mable A. Babion collection
Collection
Identifier: c-00220
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of handwritten recipes, school essays and clippings of home remedies. It also includes two ledgers: the first contains the accounts of the Dykeman's station (on the New York Central Railroad) in 1869-1870, the second records household expenses and recipes for an unidentified family (1868).
Dates:
1862 - 1894
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
Pendleton family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00295
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, a majority from relatives and school friends of Lottie Pendleton (later Mrs. George W. Bailey) whose home was in Cleveland, Ohio, and who attended college at Adrian, Michigan. The letters (1854-1862) are largely from students at Albion and Oberlin Colleges and the University of Michigan, discussing future visits and the infrequency or shortness of letters written or received. Also included is a letter from her brother, Harry, describing events of the...
Dates:
1774 - 1887
R. W. Choate papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00396
Scope and Contents
The collection contains an account book (1877-1895), receipts, and medicinal recipes of Choate, who operated a farm and general store in Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Michigan.
Dates:
1877-1895, undated