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Detroit (Mich.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Marsh family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00047
Scope and Contents The Marsh family papers consist of original and typed transcripts of Civil War letters, the bulk of which were written by Benjamin F. Marsh to his family in Fentonville, Michigan, while serving in the 8th Michigan Infantry. There are also letters from other family members, including A. B. Fay, Ed Francis Holmes, Gordon K. Fay, Lucy A. Bacon, and Augustus Holmes.The letters describe Marsh's army experiences on the march, in camp, in battle, on provost duty, and in army hospitals as...
Dates: 1833-1887, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Michigan State Agricultural Society collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00304
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an inventory of farm machinery exhibited at the First and Second Annual Fairs of the Michigan State Agricultural Society in Detroit in 1849 and Ann Arbor in 1850. Also included is a membership card for Stephen Eldred dated 1854.

Dates: 1849, 1850, 1854
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Mrs. Edward C. Waldron collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00191
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an advertising circular (1865) announcing the opening of a general surveying office in Detroit, Michigan. The proprietor, Francis L. Thomas, great-grandfather of the donor, did surveying work in the Saginaw Bay area (circa 1845-1880).

Also included is an invitation to a masquerade ball in Chesaning, Michigan (1874).

Dates: 1865 - 1874
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Mrs. H. H. Moore collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00348
Scope and Contents

The collection contains an account book listing household expenses (1890-1908) and inventories and rents on property (1906-1912) of a Detroit, Michigan resident.

Dates: 1890 - 1912
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Republican Party Campaign materials

 Collection
Identifier: 00033
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Republican materials from Michigan and National campaigns from 1864 to the present.

Dates: 1864 - 1964
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Romney, G. Scott (George Scott), 1941-

 Person

Smith, Paul W. (Paul William), 1953-

 Person

William Hollister collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00449
Scope and Contents The collection contains two scrapbooks which detail, via newspaper clippings, magazine articles and photographs, the development of the sport of hydroplane racing during the 1940s and 1950s. The first scrapbook covers the period 1946 to 1955; the second the period 1955 to 1959. Most the material deals with racing on the Detroit River and racing personalities in the Detroit area.Both scrapbooks are preserved on microfilm. Black and white copy negatives are available for...
Dates: 1946 - 1959
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections