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Collection
Identifier: 00274
Content Description
The collection consists of materials Dorothy Manning Payne collected about Benjamin Fish and other historical topics. The collection is organized into materials related to Benjamin Fish and general historical materials. The Benjamin Fish materials contain personal as well as professional correspondence, contracts and deeds, and receipts. The historical materials include receipts for goods shipped by boat, an Ann Arbor Mineral Springs ticket, a printed booklet titled "A Brief Narrative of the...
Dates:
1839 - 1900
Collection
Identifier: c-00270
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two deeds for property owned by members of the Friedel family in Berrien County, Michigan.
Dates:
1854, 1874
Collection
Identifier: c-00231
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a tax receipt (1844) for Cyrus Barnes of LaPorte, Indiana and a mortgage (1870) for land purchased by George W. Barnes in Three Oaks, Michigan.
Dates:
1844, 1870
Collection
Identifier: c-00229
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of tax receipts, a deed, and copies of deeds for land owned by Gilbert B. Avery of Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan.
Dates:
1860 - 1880
Collection
Identifier: 00097
Scope and Contents
The Hackley and Hume papers contain the business records of several inter-related Michigan-based business firms and some of the private papers of the families of Charles Henry Hackley and Thomas Hume. The papers span the years 1859-1955. The papers document lumbering and lumber investments in Michigan and other states. The papers also document Charles Henry Hackley and Thomas Hume, both prominent timbermen and philanthropists, as well as other family members. Hackley and Hume were active...
Dates:
1859 - 1955
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.421
Scope and Contents
The Hawkins family papers contain documents collected by four generations of the Hawkins family. The heads of these four generations are John R. Hawkins (1809-1882); son, Henry J. Hawkins (1843-1915); grandson, John R. Hawkins (1881-1957); and great grandson, John Henry Hawkins (1907-2005).Most of the correspondence contained in the collection consists of letters (1850-1864) received by John R. Hawkins and his wife, Hannah, from family members and friends, most of whom lived in...
Dates:
1792-1949, 1977, 1979
Collection
Identifier: c-00117
Scope and Contents
The Hooper family papers consist primarily of correspondence between members of the Hooper and Goodwin families living in Oakland and Lapeer Counties, Michigan. The letters discuss family news, agriculture, and the activities of various family members. The collection also includes poetry, recipes, tax receipts, a deed, expense accounts, and an agricultural diary.
Dates:
1861 - 1910
Collection
Identifier: c-00226
Scope and Contents
This collections contains an agreement between Erastus Clarke and Isaac O. Adams regarding the sale of land in Berrien County, Michigan. It also contains two business letters to Adams from an attorney, N. Bacon.
Dates:
1837 - 1838
Collection
Identifier: c-00237
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two deeds for property in LaPorte County, Indiana. One deed is for land sold to Luther Case; the second for land sold to Nathaniel Case. James Bradley was acting for the estate of Horace B. Hibbard.
Dates:
1847
Collection
Identifier: c-00375
Scope and Contents
The collection contains items collected by J. G. Hays of East Lansing, Michigan, including a contract between the Fort Pitt Coal Company of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and William and David Rinehart and John Hays (September 23, 1867); a deed for property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (September 17, 1881); and a road map of Ohio for bicycle travelers, published by C. S. Mendenhall, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dates:
1867, 1881, undated
