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Edna Z. Emley papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00406
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence and various other papers of Edna Z. Emley (nee Osterrout), of Mason, Michigan, and her family. The earliest letters (1836-1851) are to Bernhard Stohlmann of Allen, Hillsdale County, Michigan, a relative of the paternal great-grandmother of Emley's first husband, Clifford Migrants. Most of these letters are written in German and pertain largely to personal matters of Stohlmann and his friends still living in Germany. This correspondence is not...
Dates:
1836 - 1941
Mary E. Bennett papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00126
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two teacher certificates (1861) and one teacher contract (1861) issued to Mary E. Bennett of Williamstown Township, Ingham County, Michigan.
Dates:
1861
Naomi Carrier Schopp papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00116
Scope and Contents
The papers of Naomi Carrier (Mrs. William) Schopp consist mainly of correspondence of Mrs. Schopp, of Eaton and Ingham Counties, Michigan, her mother, Mrs. Joseph J. (Ada) Taylor, of Eaton County, and other relatives and friends. Included are correspondence between Mrs. Taylor, her sister, Nettie, and their mother, Marilla Collins.Of interest are letters from Nettie (1893) describing the difficult birth of her child, from Ada (1914) discussing household tasks, and from M. A. Wilson...
Dates:
1891 - 1942
Putnam family collection
Collection
Identifier: c-00208
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials relating to social and political issues in Michigan during the World War I era. They include pamphlets circulated by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association advocating women's suffrage. It also includes pamphlets and sample ballots from the Michigan Anti-Saloon League concerning a proposed "Beer and Wine Amendment" to the state constitution, which would set up protection for the liquor trade. Other materials relate to voter registration procedures,...
Dates:
1918-1919, circa 1925
Works Progress Administration Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: 00264
Scope and Contents
he collection consists of a Works Progress Administration scrapbook with clippings and photos about projects in the Lansing, Jackson and Ingham county and surrounding areas. The cover of the scrapbook is titled "WPA Scrapbook sponsored by Fred L. Fulton 5th District, pastepot and scribe Phil Johnson, cartoonist L.E. Tedman,and features a cartoon of Fred Fulton on the cover.
The scrapbook includes are newspaper clippings about the projects, cartoons and drawings by L.E. Tedman about Fulton...
Dates:
1936-1937, undated