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Abiel Gerrish papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00272
Scope and Contents

The Abiel Gerrish papers include deeds for property owned by Gerrish in Berrien and Van Buren Counties, Michigan, receipts for taxes paid on that property, personal notes of hand for loans Gerrish made, and an official list of all Gerrish's deeds registered in Berrien County.

Dates: 1855 - 1882
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Benjamin F. Fish papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00298
Scope and Contents

This collection contains letters, receipts for taxes and merchandise, property listings, and business agreements reflecting the varied business and property interests of Benjamin F. Fish. Fish was a legal agent and businessman operating in Berrien County, Michigan, and the Chicago area in the 1830s through 1870s. Also included is a graduation announcement from Dowagiac Public Schools for 1879.

Dates: 1769-1903, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Benjamin Y. Collins papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00265
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a mortgage for land in Three Oaks, Berrien County, Michigan, sold to Benjamin Y. Collins by Frederick and Catherine Rehlow (1876), and a certificate attesting the payment of the mortgage (1879).

Dates: 1876, 1879
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Berrien County Draft Board records

 Collection
Identifier: c-00233
Scope and Contents

The records of the Berrien County Draft Board include lists of the draft registrants, those with exempt or non-exempt status, and those drafted for service in World War I.

Dates: 1917 - 1918
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Berrien County, Michigan school records

 Collection
Identifier: c-00034
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two primary school teachers' registers' from Ward No. 1, Berrien Springs, Berrien County, Michigan, recording daily attendance.

Dates: 1869 - 1871
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Berrien County records

 Collection
Identifier: c-00032
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an official canvass of votes cast in Berrien County, Michigan in the presidential election of 1848, and two bonds (1871, 1874) issued by the Township of Three Oaks to help pay for construction of the Michigan Central Railroad.

Dates: 1848, 1871, 1874
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Berrien County tax receipts

 Collection
Identifier: c-00041
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of tax receipts for land in Berrien County, Michigan.

Dates: 1838 - 1901
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Bond family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00234
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence between members of the Bond and Newcomb families. The majority is addressed to John G. Bond, who moved to Berrien County, Michigan, in 1839. The letters are concerned with news of family and friends. Several letters trace the genealogy of the Bond family in America.

Dates: 1827 - 1855
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Chamberlain family papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-1.1.12
Scope and Contents The collection consists of family correspondence, documents, and business records, particularly relating to Henry Chamberlain. Included are genealogies of the Chamberlain, Langdon, Woodward and Wheelock families.The letters in the early years of the collection relate to the migration of the family westward to Ohio, and then to Michigan. There is an 1830 agreement in which certain New Hampshire citizens sponsor William Chamberlain to go and scout the area above the Ohio River for...
Dates: 1795 - 1931
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Crosby family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00268
Scope and Contents The Crosby family papers consist primarily of diaries kept by family members in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Michigan. Hale E. and Mary Chamberlain Crosby, who lived in Concord, New Hampshire and later Ashby, Massachusetts, kept a journal recording their work, their religious and social activities. The Crosbys moved with Mary's parents, the Chamberlains, to New Buffalo, Michigan in 1844.Their son, J. Birney Crosby, was sent from Michigan to Massachusetts in 1860 to attend...
Dates: 1838 - 1900
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

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Berrien County (Mich.). Draft Board 1
Burrows, Julius C. (Julius Caesar), 1837-1915 1
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Chamberlain, Henry, 1824-1907 1
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Clute, O. (Oscar) 1
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Perham family (Henry Perham, 1840-1917) 1
Perham, Elizabeth 1
Perham, Henry 1
Rock Island Arsenal (Ill.) 1
Savage, Daniel 1
St. John, William F. 1
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 12th (1862-1866) 1
United States. Selective Service System 1
Wilcox, Oliver A. 1
Winans, Edwin Baruch, 1826-1894 1
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