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Michigan -- Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

U.S. Treasury Department circular

 Collection
Identifier: c-00457
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a circular relating that the Comptroller of the Treasury will be established and that customs collectors may withhold expense money from collected taxes.

Dates: 1792
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Vernon J. Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00022
Scope and Contents The Vernon J. Brown papers consist of a typewritten manuscript, "70 years - 17 Governors" and a reprint of Brown's published reminiscences of pioneering history and farm life in the area of Ingham County, Michigan. The former document includes personal impressions of prominent men in Michigan government and education, including the seventeen governors with whom Brown worked and served, from Hazen Pingree to G. Mennen Williams. Brown, who was owner and editor of the ...
Dates: 1959
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Warren O. Goodwin papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00157
Scope and Contents This collection is divided into three main series: Personal, Business, and Publications.The Personal series is arranged into subgroupings: Confidentially U.S.A., The Muckraker, Correspondence, Corruption, Court Cases, and Clippings. These are followed by folders dealing with diverse subjects. The Muckraker and Confidentially U.S.A. were Goodwin's attempt to publish his saga of corruption in the federal government. The clippings were to be included in his monographs. Goodwin's...
Dates: 1893 - 1974
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Wessel Whittaker papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00038
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters addressed to Wessel Whittaker of New Buffalo, Michigan. His correspondents discuss agricultural prices and supplies in Milwaukee, construction of the Monroe-New Buffalo Railroad, and the Wing Party in New Buffalo. One letter (1838) was written by Millard Fillmore, then a member of Congress. Fillmore asked for information about land which he owned in Berrien County, Michigan.

Dates: 1837 - 1840
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William H. Combs Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.116
Scope and Contents The papers are organized into five series: Tennessee Papers, Michigan Papers, Michigan State University Papers, Volumes, and Photographs.Included in the Tennessee papers are his book Tennessee: A Political Study, published in 1940 in collaboration with William E. Cole, preliminary drafts of chapters and correspondence relating to subjects in the book. Other materials include a "Biennial Report of the University of Tennessee (1936-1938),"...
Dates: 1936 - 1979
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William H. Osborne diary

 Collection
Identifier: c-00488
Scope and Contents

The diary includes the records of expenses and earnings for Osborne's farm in 1864 as well as personal entries. Also included are cash accounts involving work in the legislature and a record of bounty funds paid to Osborne for recruitment of Civil War soldiers.

Dates: 1864
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Zolton Ferency papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.180
Scope and Contents

The Zolton Ferency papers consists of "A Survey of the Political Climate in Michigan," "Zolton Ferency, Democrat for State Senate: a Lifetime of Leadership," and a film of the Michigan Democratic Commission.

Dates: 1966 - 1968
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections