Indians of North America -- Michigan
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Addie E. Milks diary
Collection
Identifier: c-00548
Scope and Contents
This collection contains excerpts from Addie E. Milks' diary detailing the history and genealogy of the Sloan and McCormick families, as well as early pioneer life in Michigan territory.A majority of the excerpts pertain to Addie's mother, Ann McCormick Malone, and her dramatic experiences during the Revolutionary War as well as her family's subsequent move to Taymouth Township, near the Flint River, Michigan.Also included in the excerpts are comments about relations...
Dates:
1922
Alfred L. Williams family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00504
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters from members of the Alfred L. Williams family of Owosso, Michigan.Most of the letters were written to Alfred L. Williams' daughter, Clara, by her sisters. The letters discuss pioneer life, the problems of being a single girl, hired help and treating illness with various home remedies. Also discussed are the development of the town, social life in Owosso and the Wesener fire in 1885, in which the block between Washington and Main streets burned....
Dates:
1885 - 1925
Anthropological Series UA 3.19
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-00143
Dates:
1971, 1974, 1979-1981
Grace L. Hooper manuscript
Collection
Identifier: c-00673
Scope and Content
The Grace L. Hooper papers consist of the manuscript "By Trek and Sail to Grand Traverse" written by Grace L. Hooper. It is a pioneer history focusing on Antrim County in northern Michigan from its exploration by Europeans in the mid-1600s through its settlement up to the Civil War. Chapters include: In Time Gone By; Missionaries Come to Grand Traverse; Waukazooville or Northport; The First Churches; Elk Rapids; Tis A Matter of Record; Kewadin on Elk Lake; Clam River and...
Dates:
undated
Urban Policy and Planning Library records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.15.6
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials received from the Urban Policy and Planning Library. The materials primarily relate to Native American education issues in Michigan. There are several reports from the Michigan Department of Education and the Michigan Commission on Indian Affairs. The collection contains two issues of Wassaja, a national newspaper of Indian America, from 1982; and two issues of Pointing the Way, a Native...
Dates:
1972 - 1982