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Lansing (Mich.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

Sears, Roebuck and Company photographs

 Collection
Identifier: c-00588
Scope and Contents

These photographs are of the different locations of Sears stores in the Lansing, Michigan area. Each photo is 16”x 20”. Five images depict the Automotive Center, Retail Store, and Farm Store in downtown Lansing. Four images are of the Frandor Shopping Center site, one is of the pre-construction site. One image is a store advertisement.

Dates: circa 1920 - circa 1960
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Stebbins family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00014
Scope and Contents A manuscript copy of Stebbins' book A History of Plymouth Church (of Lansing) written in 1893 is included. Stebbins compiled an autobiography entitled Sketches of My Life, which he was completing at his death in 1901. A copy of the text is included, as well as his diaries, account books and newspaper clippings on railroads.Other materials in the papers are those of his children Arthur C. and Bliss Stebbins and Susan...
Dates: 1741 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1821 - 1940
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

T. T. Lyan letter

 Collection
Identifier: c-00054
Scope and Contents

A typed transcript of a letter written by T. T. Lyan, an agent for the Detroit and Howell Railroad, concerning a proposed extension of service from Plymouth to Lansing, Michigan.

Dates: 1869
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

The State Republican newspaper

 Collection
Identifier: c-00513
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the fiftieth anniversary edition of "The State Republican" newspaper published in Lansing, Michigan.

Dates: 1905
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Timely Topics publication

 Collection
Identifier: c-00697
Scope and Content

The collection consist of the February 5, 1897 issue of Timely Topics. The periodical was edited and published by Henry R. Pattengill in Lansing, Michigan. The periodical bills itself as "weekly nonpartisan news" including "history, science, politics, geography and literature." The contents are national and international in scope except for some of the advertisements which are local in nature.

Dates: 1897
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Town family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00132
Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of letters between Oka and Sarah Ann while he was in Lansing, Michigan. Sarah Ann's letters deal mainly with family matters and the farm. In his letters, Oka describes Lansing and the politics of the Constitutional Convention and the legislature.Their son, Carlton, married Nellie Faling and the couple settled in Clam Lake, Michigan (now Cadillac), where they ran a store. A series of letters from Nellie to her family in 1875-1876 describes their...
Dates: 1830 - 1932
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Treiber family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00151
Scope and Contents The Treiber papers consist of correspondence, family history, and teaching certificates. John Treiber's letters to his wife, which make up the bulk of the collection, were written in 1872 and 1873 when he was sailing on the Great Lakes and working as a lumberjack in Oconto, Wisconsin. Mary Treiber's letters from family and friends (1869-1889) discuss everyday matters such as sick babies, sharecroppers, and family activities. Correspondence from Marion Howell of Lansing describe life in the...
Dates: 1863 - 1889
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Triennial Capsule Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: c-00190
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a letter from the Triennial Capsule Committee of Lansing Community College to Michigan State University, thanking MSU for its donation of materials to the capsule. Also included are a list of other donors and their donations and a program from the Lansing Bicentennial Celebration at the capsule dedication.

Dates: 1976
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association of Greater Lansing records

 Collection
Identifier: 00239
Scope and Contents

The U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association of Greater Lansing collection contains newsletters, activity flyers, financial records and trip materials. There are also newsletters from other U.S.-China Peoples Friendship groups, press releases from the Chinese embassy, material about regional conferences, and magazines about China in English.

Dates: 1976 - 1985
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Vada Wolfe Derry collection

 Collection
Identifier: 00185
Scope and Contents The collection of Vada Wolfe Derry consists of a photograph of "The Children of Isaac Clinton Wolfe" (circa 1908), a photo album, and a scrapbook. The photo album contains photographs, presumably of the family of Vada Wolfe Derry, dated 1927 to 1940. The album contains many pictures of Mervin, who was her son, from a baby through childhood. The album also contains photographs of Horsehead Lake, Michigan; Houghton Lake, Michigan; Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Michigan; Traverse City,...
Dates: 1908 - 1940
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections