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Letters (correspondence)

 Subject
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Found in 563 Collections and/or Records:

Herbert Baer papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.330
Scope and Contents

The Herbert Baer papers consist of letters Baer sent to his family during his freshman year at Michigan State College (now Michigan State University). In the letters he writes about his activities, events attended, his student job in the kitchen and a little bit about his classes. He also writes a little bit about World War II and mentions rationing.

Dates: 1941 - 1942

Herman H. Halladay papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-1.1.13
Scope and Contents This collection contains letters and newspaper clippings pertaining to the development of Walter J. Hayes State Park near Clinton, Michigan. Herman Halladay, a Clinton resident and Secretary of the Michigan State Board of Agriculture, was one of the first to suggest creating a state park at Wamplers Lake in the heart of the Irish Hills. Interest in the project was aroused through Halladay's friend, T. F. Marston, who was with the State Conservation Department. Through the help of the members...
Dates: 1922 - 1931

Herman M. Slatis papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.105
Scope and Contents

The Herman M. Slatis papers contain correspondence written by Slatis to various people during his time at Michigan State University. The majority of the letters are to Alexander Sokoloff about his work with the Tribolium confusum, or confused floor beetle. Sokoloff was a faculty member at the Department of Genetics at the University of California in Berkeley, California. The letters include notes on his work with the beetles and also include personal correspondence between the two men.

Dates: 1963 - 1972

Hicks family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00004
Scope and Contents

The Hicks family papers include three letters (1841-1846) from members of the Younglove family to William and Nabby Hicks which discuss family affairs, crop conditions in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and the state of the Democrat and Whig parties in New York. Also included are a Civil War pass (1861) issued to George Hicks at St. Louis, Missouri, a contract (1871) for the building of a home, and a widow's government pension (1878) granted to Nabby Hicks.

Dates: 1841 - 1878

Hideya Kumata papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.94
Scope and Contents The Hideya Kumata papers consist primarily of materials related to Kumata’s job as a professor of communications. The majority of these materials are undated.The bulk of these papers consists of original research data that Kumata used when working on papers, such as anonymous surveys, tests, and computer printouts processing survey data. Most of the research data is undated. The only date found indicated some of the computer printouts were from 1966.In addition to...
Dates: 1956-1966, undated

History Club records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-12.3.4
Scope and Contents

Records of the History Club consist of meeting minutes, treasurers' reports, correspondence, programs and procedures.

Dates: 1949 - 1964

Hooper family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00117
Scope and Contents

The Hooper family papers consist primarily of correspondence between members of the Hooper and Goodwin families living in Oakland and Lapeer Counties, Michigan. The letters discuss family news, agriculture, and the activities of various family members. The collection also includes poetry, recipes, tax receipts, a deed, expense accounts, and an agricultural diary.

Dates: 1861 - 1910

Howard C. Rather papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.442
Scope and Contents The Howard C. Rather papers consists of Rather's correspondence and diaries documenting his experiences as an Army officer during World War I. Covering the time period of January 1918 to May 1919, the collection includes descriptions of the people Rather dealt with every day, and the conditions he lived in, both in the States and in France. His letters home describe his training at Camp Custer, Michigan; Camp Jackson, South Carolina; Camp Merritt, New Jersey; and Saumur Artillery School,...
Dates: 1918 - 1919

Howard Linder papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.322
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters from Howard Linder to his wife while he was in the war, military insignia pins, patches, diaries, and photographs.

Dates: 1943-1945, 1952

Howard Remus Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.413
Scope and Contents This collection contains primarily the personal and official correspondence of Howard Remus Smith. Also in the collection are much of Hazel R. Smith's (nee Neu) correspondence with family and friends around the country, and financial papers of the Smiths. Of special interest is Smith's correspondence with Karl Ulmanis, president of Latvia and a one-time student of Smith's at the University of Nebraska. There is information about the Smith family in letters. Smith was active in the...
Dates: 1895 - 1963