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His papers include biographical material on the Howes and Holmes families and on Ithaca Civil War veteran Myron R. Holmes, and Ithaca and Gratiot County, Michigan, history.

The collection provides genealogical information on the Holmes family, especially Civil War veterans, and general information, mostly through photographs of the Gratiot County Herald newspaper, documenting families and life in Gratiot County in the early 1900s.

His papers consist of biographical material on and correspondence of the Church family, especially Ithaca, Michigan, Civil War heroes Nathan and LaFayette Church.

The collection consists mostly of correspondence of the Church family, particularly the men who were Civil War veterans. Miscellaneous accounts, a poem, and correspondence from friends are also included. The 2002 addition to the collection includes typed transcriptions of letters written by Nathan and Lafayette Church on paper and on CD, with a family tree.