Scope and Contents The Jacob Gerrish papers consist of diaries, deeds, correspondence, and receipts. Gerrish, who lived in New Buffalo, Berrien County, Michigan, kept five diaries during the years 1836-1850. He used the diaries to record his work as a carpenter and blacksmith, his dealings with lumber and land, daily expenses, religious and social activities, and weather conditions. The collection also contains a transcription of the diaries, made by E. S. Sherwood in 1916.In addition, the...

Scope and Content The Marilyn Culpepper collection contains photographs of Holt, Michigan, unidentified portraits of people, group portraits with some possibly being of Holt schools, scenes, a lumber mill and logging, log cabins, military camp with some being identified as Camp Custer, Michigan (also called Fort Custer). There are also portraits of athletics teams include, football, basketball, women's basketball, baseball and track and field. Most are the teams are unidentified except for one of the...