Letters (correspondence)
Subject
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Found in 563 Collections and/or Records:
Hanchett family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00552
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of four letters between members of the Hanchett family of New York, which discuss family and personal matters, as well as their respective travels in the west (Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin) and Louisiana. The first letter from Mary Ann Hanchett to Elijah Hanchett in 1826, describes her travels in Michigan and Ohio. The next letter from Josiah and Nancy Hanchett and their son Lewis, who moved to Detroit in 1829, gives descriptions of people and life in Detroit. This...
Dates:
1826 - 1853
"Hannah Archives" Project records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.1.12.2
Scope and Contents
The "Hannah Archives" Project records consist of the written recollections, as well as transcripts of the oral history interviews and the tape recordings from which they were made. The written statements focus almost entirely on the accomplishments of the Hannah administration, while the transcripts tend to stress the interviewees' career-related experiences. Most are prefaced with a short biographical statement prepared by Denison. Also included in the records is Denison's correspondence...
Dates:
1946 - 1973
Harald S. and Marguerite I. Patton papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.437
Scope and Contents
Harald Patton papers primarily document his World War I experiences. The correspondence consists of letters written by Patton to Marguerite Irene Taylor, who later became his wife, friends and relatives, and dates almost entirely from 1915 to 1919. Included is a journal (in letter form) describing his voyage to England in 1915 on the troopship Northland. There are also postcards, photographs, and a scrapbook.Marguerite Patton papers includes correspondence, articles of...
Dates:
1884 - 1941
Hardenbergh family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00527
Scope and Contents
The Hardenbergh family papers is a collection of letters written by various members of Catharine's family between 1858-1866. The letters written by James and Solomon Hardenbergh (b. 1835; d. 7-7-1864), (an older and her youngest brother, respectively) and Charles Stanton, one of Catherine's sons-in-law, reflect on various aspects of military life and the campaigns in which they participated. They also make frequent reference to the diseases which took the lives of many Union soldiers. The...
Dates:
1858 - 1866
Harley Krapohl papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00574
Scope and Contents
The Harley Krapohl papers consist of letters, photocopies of newspaper clippings, and a partially released Federal Bureau of Investigation file regarding the arrest and trial of George Viereck for violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act in 1943. Viereck was an author who was a suspected Nazi propagandist in the United States prior to and during World War II. Senator Donald Riegle obtained the F.B.I. file for Mr. Krapohl, a former employee of the state of Michigan, through the...
Dates:
1940-1943, 1989; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1943
Harold Bond Fields papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.211
Scope and Contents
This collection contains research compiled by Harold Bond Fields. One set of research notes pertains to Captain Ransford D. Bucknam. This research is composed of newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, correspondence, and some rough drafts of a biography on Bucknam. The last will and testament of Bucknam’s adoptive mother, Julia A. Elliott, is also included. Another set of research notes relates to Edward H. Ryder, dean and history professor at Michigan State University. This...
Dates:
1894-1988, undated
Harold G. Marcus papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-17.309
Scope and Content
The Harold G. Marcus papers consist of research notes, drafts, correspondence, and personal papers. Also included are photocopies of reports from American, British and Italian archives, photographs, pamphlets, offprints, and unpublished papers.It should be noted that Ethiopia does not use the Gregorian calendar.CAREER RECORD
This series includes notes from undergraduate classes and an academic record from Boston University, correspondence and other material relating to...
Dates:
1852 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2003
Harriette Irving Robson papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.3
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Michigan Agricultural College class registration cards, health certificates, a transcript and personal correspondence regarding a teaching position in Cincinnati and an oversize collage of photographs from her education at the Thomas Normal Training School in Detroit, Michigan.
Dates:
1896 - 1907
Harrison Outwater papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00141
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two Civil War letters of Harrison Outwater from the 1st New York Artillery. In the first letter, written to his uncle, Outwater discusses the desperate condition of Confederate deserters arriving at his camp in Bridgeport, Alabama in 1863, and the high rate of reenlistment among the Union soldiers at that time. The second letter, written in 1865 from "the once rebel city of Savannah", describes the attitude of local women toward Union songs and the...
Dates:
1863, 1865
Harry Begian papers
Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.272
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of materials related to Harry Begian’s career at Michigan State University. These consist of band performance information, clippings, and photographs. The photographs include groups, band formations, and people. Notable people in the photographs are Governor William Milliken, MSU President Clifford Wharton, Jack Breslin, Clarence "Biggie" Munn, Randall J. Spicer, and Harry Begian.
Dates:
1957 - 1984