Collections

Collection includes 264 glass-plate negatives of people, some identified as living in Clare or Isabella County, Michigan, and some miscellaneous images, undated [1880-1920].

Collection of 264 glass-plate negatives measuring either 4 inches x 6 inches or 4 inches x 5 inches, mostly unidentified, and all undated [1880-1920]. Included in the collection are portraits and group images of men, women, and children, as well as some buildings, instruments, a band, camping with tents, and horses and buggies. A few identified images are Godon Ripenburg of Clare, Michigan, the Clare Bakery, two Fish family gravestones of Isabella County, Michigan, John D. Oren of Michigan, and the ferry "Manistee." The creator is unknown. There are also two positive images, one of a seated woman cut down into an oval shape on a broken glass plate. The other is a small, partial black and white print of a church and factory taken from negative #97.

Federal census for Michigan show John D. Oren (born about 1868) lived in Duplain, Clinton County, Michigan, in 1910 and in Seneca, Lenawee County, Michigan, in 1930; David Fish (born about 1833) lived in Denver Township, isabella County, Michigan, in 1900; and Gordon Ripenburg (born about 1883) lived in Clare, Michigan, from 1910 to 1918.

The collection consists mainly of records, books, and other instructional materials on various types of dancing, and related activities, which Ryan collected or wrote and then used for her classes. Also included are biographical materials and photographs.

The collection is valuable to any researcher studying different types of dancing and the teaching dancing. The collection consists mainly of records, books, and other instructional materials on various types of dancing that Ryan collected or wrote and used for her classes. A few biographical materials in the collection (Box 9) relate to her biography, teaching notes, and some photographic materials of Ryan. Other photographs (Box 10) related to Physical Education.

Records include reports, membership records, receipts, correspondence, books and miscellaneous of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Billy Cruson Post No. 347 and auxiliary Women’s Relief Corps (WRC) No. 95 of Breckenridge, Michigan.

The collection consists of various reports, membership records, receipts, correspondence, books and miscellaneous of the two GAR organizations of Breckenridge, Michigan, 1892-1919, undated. The collection is divided by series into WRC No. 95 and GAR No. 347, then it is organized alphabetically and chronologically.

The WRC’s Membership Records folder contains transfer cards, two rosters and a copy of the organization’s bylaws. The WRC’s Ritual Items folder contains music, songs, programs and ritual leaflets.

Of note in GAR No. 347, Quartermaster Ledger, 1892-1917, there is a handwritten note on the inside back cover in pencil, “Pres shot Sept 14, 1901,” referring to the assassination of President William McKinley. Several pages in this volume are loose.

Henderson-Ames Company was a Michigan-based badge, uniform and patriotic paraphernalia manufacturer. Included are several letters of correspondence (Box 4) and one catalog of badge options (Box 5).

Processing Note: Approximately 1.25 cubic ft. of duplicate books, papers and miscellaneous items were withdrawn and returned to the donor, Breckenridge Public Library, as per the donor agreement. Less than .25 cubic ft. of materials were copied, due to folding damage, the originals were included in the withdrawn and returned items to Breckenridge Public Library. Additionally, four ritual books and two national encampment journals were separately cataloged. The WRC and GAR Applications for Membership were originally pamphlets and were repeatedly folded and unfolded. Particular care should be taken with these documents as they are prone to tearing.

Records include reports, membership records, correspondence, and miscellaneous of the GAR, Sons of Union Veterans, and Woman's Relief Corps.

The collection consists of various reports, membership records, correspondence, and miscellaneous of the three GAR organizations of East Tawas, Michigan, 1888-1924, undated.

The collection includes birth and death certificates, and burial permits for Alma and Gratiot County, Michigan.

The collection consists of Alma, Michigan, death certificates, 1897-1905; Gratiot County death certificates, 1906-1966; Gratiot County burial permits, 1951-1965; and Gratiot County birth certificates, 1965, which are chronologically filed.

The papers include her research notes and cassette tapes of oral history interviews for Fuller's master's thesis on the topic of sports.

The collection includes her research notes and cassettes of oral history interviews she compiled for her master's thesis.

Papers include published materials, meeting minutes, and organizational records of three units of the Modern Woodmen of America and Koopman family papers.

The majority of the Koopman Papers focus upon the activities of the Modern Woodmen of America, particularly Camp 7660 (Falmouth, Michigan), and include correspondence, by-laws, membership certificates, catalogs, and financial records. The minutes of Camp 10399 of Butterfield are also included. Some Koopman family correspondence and miscellaneous materials complete the collection.

Boughey Series 1, 1896-1934, and undated, includes biographical material, correspondence, an assortment of financial and banking records, legal records, and miscellaneous, such as catalogs, township charts, and newspaper clippings.

The collection, Series 1, 1896-1934, and undated, includes biographical material, correspondence, an assortment of financial and banking records, legal records, and miscellaneous, such as catalogs, township charts, and newspaper clippings.

The collection was processed in two parts. First, three processing students in the Archives also processed 12 boxes, 12 volumes, and 2 oversized folders, approximately 8 cubic ft. This section is Series 1, which is described below. A separate Scope and Contents Note and Box Listing follows for each of the student’s box/es with their surname on both their box/es and scope notes/box listing follows after page 16 of this finding aid. This section is Series 2, which is described in a separate finding aid.

The biographical material includes such as licenses, cards, photographs, and copies of federal census for Michigan related to the Bougheys, Ruth’s wedding invitation, 1921, and personal correspondence and receipts of the Bougheys. There is a Bible Study Notebook of Margaret Wheelock, undated. Her relationship to the Bougheys is as of yet unknown.

Personal, business, and political correspondence, including some on postcards and in telegrams, are included. Of note is personal correspondence regarding Herbert P. Boughey’s stay in the Battle Creek Sanitarium and in the State Psychopathic Hospital, Ann Arbor, 1917-1925 (Box 3 and others). Additional Battle Creek Sanitarium correspondence are found throughout the boxes processed by the class.

Some of the political correspondence with Chase S. Osborn, about the state and national Republican committees and national convention, 1912-1930 (Box 3). Osborn was governor of Michigan, 1911-1913. See also Box 1 processed by B. White, and Boxes 1-2 processed by S. Wonsey. There is also personal correspondence with Governor Fred W. Green, 1928, in Series 2, Box 1 processed by M. Morgan.

Other correspondence of note includes personal correspondence between Herbert Boughey and Simon Redbird, a Native American, 1928-1931. Additional correspondence with Redbird is in Box 2, Series 2, processed by F. McDaniel and Series 2, Box 1 processed by A. Grove.

Most of the Carp Lake Lumber Company business correspondence dates from 1911 to 1934. There is numerous business correspondence with various companies mostly regarding lumber, and also for other supplies, including telephone services, railroads, insurance, and hotels. Many companies are documented but one of the most known is Hannah Lay Mercantile Company of Traverse City. Bliss and Van Auken Lumber Company are also included. There are also letterpress books, 1902-1923 (6 volumes). Oversized materials include maps and timber estimates related to the lumber business.

Financial and banking records in the collection include bank statements, check stubs, cash books, and cancelled checks mainly with First National Bank, Traverse City, but also with First Peoples State Bank and People’s Saving Bank of Traverse City, Cadillac State Bank, Leelanau County Bank, of Michigan, and People’s Bank, Blytheville, Arkansas, among others. There are numerous receipts for clothing, food, hotel stays, furniture, gifts, and other supplies. It is often difficult to tell if the receipts are for personal or business reasons. Also included are stock records and financial volumes.

Legal records include various deeds, land contracts, mortgages, business and insurance papers. Other more miscellaneous materials found in the collection include catalogs, and land and township charts, which may be for lumber or real estate purposes. A copy of Herbert F. Boughey’s codicil to his last will, 1931, and the last will and testament of Grace Boughey, 1931, are in Series 2, Box 1 processed by F. McDaniel.

Processing Note: Non-Michigan materials, duplicates, reading materials, material of a peripheral nature were removed from the collection during processing. Extremely dirty and moldy materials were also removed, with material of importance being photocopied. Extremely acidic materials were also photocopied and the originals were then withdrawn from the collection.

The Shaker collection includes a wide variety of materials written by or about Shakers.

The collection consists mostly of photocopied material written by or about Shakers. Most of the collection was copied from materials found either in the Clarke Historical Library or ordered via inter-library loan. The only materials which are originals in the collection are the Journal of Shaker Studies issues, (the) Clarion, the Correspondence, and Duffield’s Notes.

Materials are organize into the following topical series: Bibliographies, Broadsides, Correspondence (Duffield’s with Shaker organizations), Fiction, Fiction-Tangental (materials that appeared to be about Shakers but was not), Narratives, Nonfiction, Notes (Duffield’s), Periodicals, Poems, Vital Statistics, and Shaker Journals. The series are organized alphabetically, except the Shaker Journals, which are filed last as they require a larger box than the rest of the collection.

Within each series, materials are organized alphabetically by author’s last name or by title, if the author is unidentified. Periodicals include mailing lists and related materials for the Journal of Shaker Studies, various issues of the Manifesto, The Shaker, and (the) Clarion. The Shaker Journals are photocopied manuscripts of journals written by Shakers.

A later addition (Acc#67521) includes articles (copies) with typed transcripts and miscellaneous materials, such as photographs, brochures, postcards, sewing instructions (patterns), and other materials.

Processing Note: All published books and periodicals in the collection have been separately cataloged.

The collection contains biographical materials, correspondence, field notes, legal documents, receipts of the Sylvester Sibley family, along with a Speech of Hon. H.H. Sibley on the Territories and Our Indian Relations.

Jeffers papers consist mostly of diaries belonging to him, his parents, wife, and other relatives, describing their daily lives in Binghamton (New York), Lone Tree (Nebraska), and Palo, Michigan, as well as Ira’s participation in the Civil War and his work as a barber and furniture dealer.