Lansing (Mich.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:
Novo Engine Company records
Collection
Identifier: c-00391
Scope and Contents
The collection contains advertising bulletins and engine catalogs of the Novo Engine Company of Lansing, Michigan, manufacturers of industrial power equipment. Also included is a sales training brochure containing a short history of the firm.
Dates:
1914 - 1946
Onn Mann Liang papers
Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.295
Scope and Content
The Onn Mann Liang collection contains a scrapbook, photographs, 1926 Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) diploma, travel and work documents, and Chinese permits. The scrapbook contains photographs of MSC campus scenes, friends, and scenes. They also reflect his interest in bridges, engineering and architecture and include scenes from Chicago and Buffalo, New York. The photographs include graduation, family photos, and wedding photographs. There are also photographs of...
Dates:
circa 1922-1971, 2013
Orlando Barnes papers
Collection
Identifier: 00010
Scope and Contents
The material in the Barnes collection encompasses the period 1846 to 1899. Barnes graduated from the University of Michigan in 1850 and settled in Lansing to practice law. After establishing his reputation, he became attorney for the Jackson, Lansing, and Saginaw Railroad. He also assumed a promotional position with the Railroad, and eventually became its secretary and general manager.Barnes was philosophically minded and frequently wrote on various social matters. The bulk of...
Dates:
1846 - 1899
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
Plummer Snyder papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00515
Scope and Content
This collection contains a copy of Michigan Senate Resolution No. 275, adopted March 4, 1974. The resolution is a memorial tribute to Plummer Snyder given because he was considered "a fine individual and civic leader."
Dates:
1974
Ransom E. Olds papers
Collection
Identifier: 00027
Scope and Content
The Ransom E. Olds papers are divided into two sections. The first section consists of Olds' personal papers. Included in this section are Olds' love letters to Metta Woodward (June 6, 1864-September 2, 1950), whom Olds married in 1899, Olds' philanthropic activities, his daybooks and two journals of the Olds family trip to Europe. The second section deals with Olds' business activities from 1904 to 1947. Included are correspondence series of Olds Motor Works and REO and several...
Dates:
1884 - 1950
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
Roger Ault collection
Collection
Identifier: c-00433
Scope and Contents
The collection contains copies of the North Lansing Gazette, Spring 1978; A Wind Gone Down: Smoke into Steel, 1978; Mary Chase Perry Stratton and her Pewabic Pottery, 1978. All three publications deal with local history in Michigan.
Dates:
1978
Roy C. Vandercook papers
Collection
Identifier: 00011
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters, newspaper clippings, legal documents related to Roy C. Vandercook and his various careers. Most significant in the collection is the bulk of correspondence concerning the Michigan National Guard and the 1913 copper strike. Vandercook was responsible for the majority of military action and exchanged a great deal of letters with Governor Woodbridge Ferris. Included are also letters discussing various phases of the U.S. occupation of the...
Dates:
1849 - 1957
Ruth Radimersky collection
Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.451
Scope and Contents
The postcards in this collection were sent between 1935 and 1937 to Ruth Steidte from George Radimersky, a Foreign Language professor at Michigan State College (MSC, now Michigan State University). The postcards are primarily the MSC campus and include buildings and gardens. Postcards of other Michigan locations (Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, East Lansing, Lansing, Marshall, and Olivet) as well as several postcards of Madison, Wisconsin are also part of the collection. Many of the messages on...
Dates:
1935 - 1937