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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
Arnold W. Miller papers
Collection
Identifier: 00008
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, receipts, account books, and diaries relating mainly to Arnold W. Miller, a Saginaw County, Michigan, farmer. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters from friends and relatives of Miller, residing in Kansas, Vermont, and Massachusetts. The letters include information on agricultural and business conditions, as well as the family's intense interest in spiritualism. One folder contains correspondence from Jasper Miller, who corresponded...
Dates:
1847 - 1928
Bagley family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00018
Scope and Contents
The Bagley family papers includes the personal papers of David M. Bagley, his wife, Bennette Bagley, his son, William, and his grandson, Laurence. The material, dating from 1830 to 1932, is arranged by family member. Bennette Bagley's papers contain personal correspondence from friends and family members in England wishing her a safe journey to America in 1833, and her will and estate papers of 1888.David M. Bagley's papers include correspondence relating to the Civil...
Dates:
1830 - 1932
Burt and Ila Wermuth papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.430
Scope and Contents
The Burt and Ila Wermuth papers consist of materials related to the Wermuths' time in the Grange. Included are lectures given by the Wermuths and others, Grange bulletins, a copy of the October 1944 Michigan Patron, information on pageants, lectures and essays by various state of Michigan professors, an October 1950 Grange Master Address, radio talks, the Master Farmers of Michigan member list and history, as well as activity, games, and music suggestions. Also included is material related...
Dates:
1926-1973, Undated
Michigan State Grange records
Collection
Identifier: 00187
Scope and Contents
The records of the Michigan State Grange are held by the MSU Archives and the Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The MSU Archives holds the Grange records from the following counties: Allegan, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Otsego, Ottawa, Shiawassee, St. Joseph, Van Buren,...
Dates:
1873 - 2009
Missaukee Grange No. 918 records
Collection
Identifier: 00106
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the grange charter, as well as correspondence, reports, report forms, membership lists, and insurance policies for the Grange hall. Other materials from Grange No. 918 are applications for Degree of Pomona (the highest rank in a Subordinate Grange), fund-raising information, five volumes of meeting minutes (1904-1935, 1961-1967) and two dues account books (1901-1912, 1946-1966).Materials from Granges 1836 and Grange 1847, also from Missaukee County, are...
Dates:
1901 - 1967