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Collection
Identifier: c-00192
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two poems and a unpublished novel, Woodman's Trail, written by Frank Pyatt. Both the poems and the novel describe Michigan lumbering in the pine era. Pyatt wrote several fictional accounts of Michigan lumbering, largely because he was dissatisfied with historical accounts.
Also included are biographical notes from an interview with Pyatt.
Dates:
undated
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.63
Scope and Contents
Papers of George Ellis consist of a scrapbook, college songs, poems written by Ellis, and a line graph Ellis drew showing his salary increases and describing his various engineering jobs from 1907 to 1950. The scrapbook contains photographs of Ellis and his friends, a 1906 Michigan Agricultural College calendar, college songs and yells, and photographs cut from M.A.C. catalogs dating from 1899.
Dates:
1905 - 1952
Collection
Identifier: c-00661
Scope and Content
This civil war collection of George L. La Forest includes letters, a copy of an article about the shooting of President Lincoln, a copy of Lincoln's declaration of war, an image of the locomotive L. H. Tupper, the poem "Break the News Gently", a certificate of indebtedness, an advertisement for Peninsular Stove Company, and a ledger about communications received. The materials mostly refer to the New England region.The Civil Ware materials have been scanned and placed...
Dates:
1863 - 1896
Collection
Identifier: 00001
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters, legal documents, account books, bank books, school exercises and journals dealing with the Hall and Wilcox families. These two families were connected by marriage: Mrs. E. E. Hall was the daughter of Earl and Mary E. Ferdon Wilcox. Documents originate from Canaan and Columbia Counties, New York; Connecticut; Ohio; Wisconsin; Michigan; and various points in the western states. Materials deal principally with personal matters, agriculture, health, social...
Dates:
1795 - 1911
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.82
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of one poem by Collingwood read at the Decennial Reunion of the Iota Chapter of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity at Michigan State University in 1882.
Dates:
1882
Collection
Identifier: c-00623
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of issue number two from 1976 of the publication, Invitation. It contains poetry, as well as photographs and drawings.
Dates:
1976
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.35
Scope and Contents
The Irma Thompson papers consist of correspondence and memorabilia from her time as a college student including dance cards, programs for dances, and programs for events on campus. The events were held by various organizations including Feronian Society, Hesperian Society, Eclectic Society, Olympic Society, MAC Oratorical Association, Union Literary Society, as well as the alumni association. There are also a number of plays, poems and short stories written by Irma and other classmates and...
Dates:
1835 - 1964
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.319
Scope and Content
The Jere Hutcheson collection contains recordings, music scores, correspondence, programs, photographs and publications. The collection includes recorded and unrecorded music. Material in the recorded music section contains the audio recording of the work as well as supplemental material consisting of correspondence, drafts, performance programs and scores. The materials in the Unrecorded Music section contains the scores for the individual works. Also included are publications that...
Dates:
1962 - 1997
Collection
Identifier: MSS 215 large
Scope and Contents
The Jim Daniels papers (approximately 1976-2015) contain correspondence, clippings, audiovisual material, reviews, promotional material, drafts and published versions of his poetry, prose, and screenplays and journals he edited and contributed to, documenting his professional and artistic work.
Dates:
1976 - 2015
Collection
Identifier: c-00260
Scope and Contents of the Papers
This collection consists of a ledger kept by Jonathan Fox of Genesee County, New York. The earliest entries record the sale of cloth and costs of tailoring work, which may have been done by Fox. The ledger also records household expenses, some brief genealogical notes, and several poems, perhaps written by Fox's wife.
Dates:
1837 - 1908
