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Michigan -- Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Mortimer Bradley Martin papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00533
Scope and Contents

The collection contains financial records and newspaper clippings of Mortimer Bradley Martin, a farmer in Shiawassee County, Michigan. Three account books list farm and personal expenses for 1837-1841, 1840-1849, and 1862-1906. A detailed obituary and two newspaper articles, one about Martin's violin and the other about the farm house he built, are also included.

Dates: 1837 - 1906
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Parsons family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00020
Scope and Contents The papers consist mainly of correspondence, diaries and account books of the Edward Parsons family from 1824 to 1910. Most of the material is personal correspondence between the Edward Parsons family and relatives living in Livingston and Clinton Counties, New York. A great number of letters between Edward and his father, Reverend Levi Parsons (1779-1864) are included. The contents of these letters range from Levi's concern over Edward's problems at Hamilton College (Clinton, New York) in...
Dates: 1824 - 1910
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Paul D. Bagwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-1.1.6
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, speeches, records, newspaper clippings, photographs and printed material of the public and private career of Paul D. Bagwell. The collection also includes two scrapbooks.

Dates: 1938 - 1960
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Paul Shirilla collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.512
Content Description The Paul Shirilla collection contains Michigan State University and regional flyers and bulletins relating to protests of ROTC and the Vietnam War. Also included is material about a student strike of classes. There is also an ASMSU referendum ballot or survey about the strike issues, statements from Michigan State University President Wharton, an issue of Faculty News, and an issue of Swill and Squeal. Other materials include environmental activism flyers, an MSU Environmental Teach-In...
Dates: 1970-1973, 1979, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Pierpont Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00096
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters from friends in Dexter, encouraging him to move back. They discuss agricultural prospects, politics, and local gossip. Also included are some family correspondence and rough genealogy for the Smith family.

Dates: 1829 - 1842
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Pinckney family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00490
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, invitations, programs, and certificates relating to the Pinckney family. Also included are newspapers and newspaper clippings related to the Civil War and early Lansing, Michigan, history.

Dates: 1848 - 1959
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Prohibition Party campaign materials

 Collection
Identifier: c-00371
Scope and Contents

The collection contains Prohibition Party tickets for state and local offices of Michigan.

Dates: 1884 - 1891
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

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
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Rawson Smith family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00072
Scope and Contents The Smith family papers consist mostly of Alfred Smith's letters to his parents while he was in the Army, and correspondence exchanged by family members in Michigan and New York in the years following the war. The collection also includes various documents including insurance policies, deeds, mortgages, and a lottery advertisement (1868).Subjects of particular interest from Alfred's correspondence include conditions in the Union hospital at Albany, New York (July 12, 1862);...
Dates: 1850 - 1892
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Richard F. VanderVeen papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00118
Scope and Contents This collection contains the Congressional papers and related materials of Richard F. VanderVeen from his half term in the 93rd Congress and full term in the 94th Congress of the United States House of Representatives. The bulk of the papers is correspondence from his constituents and copies of his replies to them. The subject matter is both general, such as congratulatory letters, acceptance of invitations and requests for information, and legislative, dealing with various proposed bills...
Dates: 1974 - 1976
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections