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Jones family papers, 1860-1950 (majority within 1860-1900)

0.8 linear feet (2 boxes) — 1 oversize folder

Papers of Michigan family including Joseph Comstock Jones, school superintendent and textbook publisher; Alice Van Hoosen Jones, teacher in East Saginaw, Michigan, and daughter of Van Hoosen farm owners Sarah Taylor and Joshua Van Hoosen; papers of Elisha Jones, half-brother of Joseph and professor of Latin at University of Michigan. Collection primarily comprised of correspondence, 1860-1950, and photographs, circa 1860s-1910.

The Jones family papers are comprised of correspondence, photographs, genealogy material, and other family papers. The bulk of correspondence is that of Alice Van Hoosen Jones, 1876-1950. She corresponded with her sister, Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen, her parents, Sarah and Joshua Van Hoosen, among other friends and family members. The papers also include correspondence of J.C. Jones, 1860-1902; papers of Elisha Jones, 1871-1888, including correspondence related to his European travels and legal papers; and photographs of J.C. Jones, his sister, Sarah, and Alice Van Hoosen Jones.

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Photographs, circa 1860s-1910

2 folders, 1 oversize folder

Box 2

(Two case photographs of J.C. Jones as a child, one with his sister, Sarah, and one as a young man; portraits of Jones, Alice Van Hoosen Jones, and the home they lived in (prior to their marriage) in East Saginaw, Michigan (circa 1885); a photo of the University of Michigan class of 1880 reunion; and a diploma containing print of Pontiac, Michigan, High School, 1876 (Ac).)