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Warren Petoskey is an Odawa and Lakotah elder. He is a writer, musician, dancer, and lecturer on the history of American Indian residential schools. The collection includes materials related to his professional and personal activities and interests, biographical and historical information, copies of genealogical records, as well as personal photographs and audio recordings.

The Warren Petoskey papers is arranged into two series: Personal and Professional Files, and Oral Histories and Interviews.

Personal and Professional Fills contains correspondence regarding presentations that Petoskey has held and his professional performance, copies of genealogy and family records, writings -- including his poetry, essays, and his published memoir, Dancing My Dream, --photographs of himself and family members, certificates for language learning and earned in the course of his work as an addictions counselor, and other materials that document Warren's life as an Odawa and Lakotah elder.

The Oral Histories and Interviews series contains digital oral history interviews between Mike Smith and Warren Petoskey. It also includes recorded sermons delivered by and interviews with Petoskey.

Researchers should note that the materials that date from 1787 to 1884 are photocopy reproductions of original materials.

The collection includes mostly photocopied correspondence, court case testimony, articles, and biographical materials from various Strangite sources. A users copy is available to researchers.

The collection includes mostly photocopied correspondence, court case testimony, articles, and biographical materials from various Strangite sources. A users copy is available to researchers.

This is a collection of pamphlets and reprints drawn from different sources and arranged alphabetically.

Pillsbury was professor of psychology at the University of Michigan from 1897 to 1942; collection consists of reprints of articles an book reviews.

The Walter Pillsbury pamphlets and reprints collection consists of articles and book review on various topics in psychology, including articles about contemporary psychologists Edouard Claparede, Harvey A. Carr, James McKeen Cattell, John Dewey, Joseph Jastrow, and Clarence Stone Yoakum

Professor of dentistry at University of Michigan; personal materials relating to World War I service, speeches, correspondence, and photographs.

The Easlick collection consists of materials relating to his service in World War I with the U.S. Army Ambulance Service Section 591, including copies of Le Jubicourt Matin, a journal of the reminiscences of the men of Unit #591, bulletins, a photograph album and miscellaneous correspondence and directories. Other materials in the collection include speeches, correspondence, and miscellanea relating to his career in children's dentistry. The collection concludes with a presentation volume of remembrances received upon his retirement in 1961, a volume of remembrances received from his students in 1964, and letters of condolence.

The Donald C. Stewart collection consists of manuscripts of early drafts of his biography of Fred Newton Scott and collected Newton materials, including correspondence and articles by and about Scott. There are also cassette tape recordings of interviews with individuals who had recollections of Scott.

Primarily consists of fifty letters (1862-1864) written to his wife, Elise, while Comte was serving in Company C, 5th Michigan Cavalry. Many of the letters are written in a humorous vein as he tells of camp life, food, army clothing, picket duty, scouting and bushwhackers. He is much in earnest as he expresses his attitude toward slavery, foraging from destitute Southern families, and re-enlisting. There is an account of the battle of Gettysburg and the casualties among Michigan regiments, and also of Williamsport and Falling Waters where four Michigan cavalry regiments engaged eight infantry regiments of Lee's retreating army. Also includes a marriage certificate, miscellaneous items, and photographic portraits (tintype original and copy print).

The collection includes records of Amos, Ebenezer (Civil War correspondence), and Fred H. Gould of New York (State) and Owosso (Michigan).

The collection includes a variety of family records.

Amos Gould’s records include: personal correspondence, 1828-1872, family correspondence, 1875-1912, Civil War correspondence mostly from Ebenezer to Amos or Ebenezer’s wife and children, 1862-1864, railroad business records, 1852-1881, lumber business correspondence and papers, 1867-1882, business correspondence, 1849-1915, receipts of business transactions, 1830-1883, legal papers, including briefs, trail records, contracts land contracts, mortgages, agreements, indentures, and deeds, 1832-1885 from New York and Michigan, and more legal records and tax receipts, 1848-1932, book receipts, 1870-1879, trial records of cases Amos and his associates tried, 1842-1877, railroad receipts, 1857-1864, and letter books, day books, and account books, 1839-1935. Also included are five eagle buttons. Additional Amos Gould buttons are in the Display Items collection.

Papers relating to Ebenezer include: Civil War correspondence mostly from Ebenezer to Amos or Ebenezer’s wife and children, 1862-1864, courtship and marriage correspondence from Ebenezer to his wife Irene Beach, 1845-1866, and business correspondence and miscellaneous, including a scrapbook of obituaries and family news, 1868-1936.

Papers relating to Fred H. Gould include his diaries, 1892-1931, and personal correspondence to/from Fred, 1870-1872, and undated.

Overall the collection provides a good look at life in a small Michigan town (Owosso), multiple business interests, especially land and lumber, and personal life before, during, and after the Civil War. There are also letters from Gould’s brother-in-law, Dr. J. N. Graham, on early medical practices, such as the use of chloroform in Michigan.

Processing Notes: Due to size differences among the boxes, some boxes are shelved out of numerical orders. Boxes # 74-75, 108-120 are cubic foot boxes, the rest are .5 cubic foot boxes. Folder level processing was completed, but the inventory is at box level. Some materials are still tri-folded in their original wrappings, not in folders, or in unlabeled folders.

Washington, D. C. and Chesaning, Michigan, resident. Correspondence, research files, and photographs, largely relating to the writing of a centennial history of Chesaning, Saginaw County, Michigan.

The Mark Ireland collection includes correspondence, genealogical information collected on settlers to Chesaning, and research notes on his history Place of the Big Rock: Chesaning, Michigan, 1842-1950.

The Eric Torgersen Papers consists of literary journals, personal and professional correspondences, publicity, poetry and translation drafts, and works from Torgersen's academic career at Central Michigan University and creative career as a poet/writer from the years 1963 to 2019. Also included are multiple drafts of his "Waves" poetry journals, and drafts of other poet's poems.

The Correspondence series consists of materials spanning the years 1963-2016. The Correspondence subseries includes communications with Trogersen's contemporaries, other poets submitting poems to his poetry journal, Trogersen's book proposals, communications with publishers, and correspondences related to 'Poem of the People' and 'Waves' publications. Among the more notable correspondents are Louise Glück, Jim Harrison, Faye Kicknosway, Peter Klappert and more.

The Publicity series (1967-2013) contains various reviews on Eric Torgersen's works, programs and poster art, and (U.S.) domestic newspaper clippings. This series notably includes a review on Faye Kicknosway's work.

The Publications series (1963-2017) contains multiple editions and manuscripts of the poetry journal "Waves" volumes, mailing address lists, Eric Trogersen's published books, and many other published poetry journals. Also included in this series are a collection of Italian publishing of Torgersen's poems, Cornell's poetry journals, and a University of Tampa Poetry Review issue.

The Creative Works series (1961-2019) includes drafts of various poems written by Torgersen, drafts for book proposals, scene breakdowns, essay drafts and their correspondence, a couple of Torgersen's own translations and more. This subseries also contains multiple untitled drafts, both handwritten and typed. Some of the works that appear in this series are multiple drafts and versions of Torgersens novel "Ethiopia", book proposal drafts, and Torgersen's own translations of Nicolas Born's poems.