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The Cosam T. and William Bartlett family papers contain correspondence related to the Civil War service of several Bartlett family members, who were in the Union Army and Union Navy.

The Cosam T. and William Bartlett family papers contain correspondence related to the Civil War service of several Bartlett family members, who were in the Union Army and Union Navy. Most of the papers relate to Cosam T. Bartlett, including a document authorizing his leave of absence from the 9th New York Cavalry Regiment in October 1861, and several letters regarding his service onboard the Union gunboat Daylight. On August 21, 1862, he requested specific information about pay rates and enlistment policies for the Navy and Marine Corps, and offered his services as a local recruiter. In other letters, he described life onboard the ship. One undated petition, signed by several crew members of the Daylight and the Princeton, is a protest of unhygienic living conditions. An undated letter concerns the peace movement and the justification for conscription. Other material in the collection relates to Cosam's brothers William and York, who served in the Army and Navy, respectively, and wrote to their family of their own experiences. York served on the Brigantine during the war, and William spent time at a hospital recuperating from a wound. Phila, a cousin of the Bartlett brothers, also wrote a detailed letter about contemporary politics regarding the war and about the military (September 8, 1862).

Negatives of images of people, holiday celebrations, buildings in Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Marshall, Lansing, and Homer, Michigan, and floods in Homer and Battle Creek. In Box 3 there are negatives of the costumed elephants and camels of Ringling Circus in Lansing, 1913, and a costume parade of Buffalo Bill's "circus," really a wild west, 1913, probably also in Lansing.

This collection of film negatives, 1899, 1913, and undated, was originally housed in three Eastman Negative Albums with tissue paper sleeves. Sometimes more than one negative was stored in a sleeve. Volume I is now housed in Box 1 of the collection, Volume II is now housed in Box 2, and Volume VI is now Box 3. It is highly likely that volumes III-V once existed, however, they were not donated to the Clarke. The negatives in each volume are each numbered in their own sequence, beginning with number one and continuing to 92 or 100. Descriptive notes, written in pencil, sometimes quite brief, written by Linn, were included at the end of each volume about single negatives or groups of negatives. In at least one case Linn refers to himself, Box 1 Negative #36 “Myself of Pond.” Some images are of Linn’s friends or relatives. For example, in Box 1, Negative #30 is described as “Dessie and Father at lake.” These notes were used to describe the negatives. The processors added additional description, as needed. Negatives are undated unless other noted.

Volume I (Box 1) consists of 92 negatives, 1906-1910, and undated, of men, women, children, and groups of people, mostly in Homer, engaged in various activities, including with pets. A bakery fire in Homer, Michigan, 1907, is documented as is men grossly dressed as women at Homer, Marshall in 1908. Some of the females are described as “Marshall girls.”

Linn Negatives 1-9: Of particular interest, negatives 4, 5, and 7 show different angles of Homer’s main street.

Linn Negatives 10-19: Negative 18 is of a man ice skating, and negative 19 is of a woman ice skating. Both negatives are dated 1906.

Linn Negatives 20-29: Negative 20 is of a fire in a Bakery, 1907

Linn Negatives 30-39: Negative 30 is of a woman standing in a lake holding onto a canoe, and a man is sitting in the canoe. Negative 31 is of a man handing a woman a flower who is sitting on grass. Negative 33 is of a woman hanging off the back of a wagon. Negative 38 is of a horse race. Negative 39 is of a baby sitting in a baby carriage.

Linn Negatives 40-49: Negative 42 is a group of people sitting together in a room with a man holding a baby doll. Negative 4 is a group of people sitting together in a room, and one man is holding a cat. Negative 46 is of a young girl sitting in a chair. Negative 47 is of two boys fighting at school, with a group of boys around them watching.

Linn Negatives 50-59: Negative 50 is of a woman holding a large cat. Negative 52 is of a fancy passenger car on the end of a train. Negative 56 is a group of people sitting together in a room wearing odd hats and clothing. Negative 59 is of a small child standing on a porch with a ball in their hands.

Linn Negatives 60-69: Negative 61 is of a baby propped up on a couch with pillows and a young child standing next to the couch.

Linn Negatives 70-79, 1908: Negative 71a is of a small boy in a chair with a ball between his legs. Negative 71b is the same small boy from 71a sitting in a chair with a gun across his lap. Negative 71c is the same small boy from 71a but standing on a porch holding onto a gun. Negative 72 is of a man standing with a large dog in front of him. Negative 73 is of two men standing with a large dog

Linn Negatives 80-89, 1907-1908: Negative 81a is of a couple with a baby. The woman and baby are sitting in a chair and the man is leaning over the back of the chair. Negative 81b is of the same baby in 81a sitting alone in a large chair. Negative 82a-82b is of a boy outside with shovel in hand. Negative 82c is of same boy from 82a-b but he is standing on a porch. Negative 83a is of a baby sitting in a large chair. Negative 83b is of same baby from 83a but lying in a wicker baby carriage. Negative 87 is of two little girls standing on a porch. Negative 89 is of a group of men (?) dressed up in various costumes such as clowns and gross women. Negative 92 is a close up of one of the men in this negative.

Linn Negatives 90-92: Negative 91 is of a skinny shaggy dog. Negative 92 is of a man (?) dressed in a long dress. The man has a type of cage over his head. In his right hand is a small baseball bat, and on his left is an oversized baseball glove with text that reads “Presented to the “Girls” of Marshall Aug 19” 08 at Homer by the Homer “Biz” men.” This man is part of a group picture in negative 89 which is titled “Marshall Day at Homer 1908.” A copy of Negative 92 is located in the folder along with the negative.

Volume II (Box 2) consists of 100 negatives, 1906-1910, and undated. Besides people, the negatives document floods at Homer and Albion, Michigan, 1907, and a flood at Battle Creek, Michigan, 1909. Other Michigan areas and celebrations are documented including: Lyon Lake and Gull Lake, 1909, Homer 1906, Kalamazoo River, 1910, Homer High School, 1908, Homer, 1909 and Kalamazoo, 1908. Linn’s rooms in Stone House, Homer High School, and Jones Bowling Alley are also documented.

Linn Negatives 1-10: Of particular interest, negatives show Flood at Homer, Michigan, flooded streets and fields, 1907.

Linn Negatives 11-20: Flood at Homer, Michigan, flooded bridges and railroad tracks, 1907.

Linn Negatives 21-30: Flood at Homer, Michigan, 1907, and at Battle Creek, Michigan, 1909. Land bridge in Homer is flooded in negative 25.

Linn Negatives 31-40: Flood at Battle Creek, Michigan in 1909. Negative 32: of a flooded neighborhood. Flood at Albion, Michigan in 1907. Negative 36: of collapsed stores in flood waters. Negative 40: of a woman standing in wooded area at Lyon Lake, Michigan in 1909.

Linn Negatives 41-50: Lyon Lake, Michigan, 1909, individual portraits of woman and man standing in forested area. Gull Lake, Michigan, 1909, negatives of Lake and surrounding landscape.

Linn Negatives 51-60: Homer, Michigan Main Street, 1906. Also, Gull Lake, Michigan, scenic pictures, 1909. Negative 59: labeled “Flashlight at Linn’s [home] 1906” shows six women sitting around a table, playing cards.

Linn Negatives 61-70: Negative 61: Fourth of July at Homer, Michigan in 1906. Negative 62: “Mrs. William Raby’s Father” is of a man sitting in a chair. Lyon Lake, Michigan, in 1910. Marshall, Michigan, in 1908. Negative 65 is of the old dam at Homer, Michigan in 1906. Negatives 66-67: labeled Breakfast at Linn’s [home], and Flashlight at Linn’s [home]. Negative 69: Bird eye view of Homer, Michigan.

Linn Negatives 71-81: Kalamazoo River 1910. Negative 77: Jones Bowling Alley in 1908. Negative 78: Two kittens on blanket outside in 1908. Negative 79: Homer High School.

Linn Negatives 82-91: Marshall Day at Homer, Michigan in 1908. Negatives 87-89 are Linn’s rooms in Stone House, with very elaborate decorations. Negatives 90-91: Born and King in 1909.

Linn Negatives 92-100: Homer, Michigan 1909. Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1908.

Volume VI (Box 3) consists of 100 negatives, 1899, 1912-1913, mostly 1913. Besides people and pets, Ringling Brothers Circus elephants and camels, in costume in Lansing, 1913 (Negatives 41a-44c), and the Buffalo Will “Circus” parade, really a Wild West (Negatives 94a-100), also in 1913, presumably also in Lansing, are included. The parade includes a variety of costumed riders, notably Native Americans, a buggy and a fake longhorn bull on a wagon float.

Linn Negatives 1-9, 1899, 1913: Of particular interest negative 2a-2b, two children playing by fort with pails, bowls and stool.

Linn Negatives 10-19, 1912-1913: 16a-16d, Man and woman skating on lake. 19a-19c, little boy sitting in front seat of car.

Linn Negatives 20-29, 1913: 25a-26b, Woman with hoe gardening in backyard with little girl. 26b-26c, little girl in wide brimmed hat playing with something in her lap.

Linn Negatives 30-39, 1913: 33b, women on teeter totters. 34a, women playing with may pole. 36b-37a, men swinging on may pole. 38a-38c, men and women on swing set.

Linn Negatives 40-49, 1913: 41a-44c, Ringling Brothers Circus, elephants eating grass, men in costume putting carriage seat on elephant and man in costume leading a camel in costume by the reins. 48a-48c, women swimming and canoeing.

Linn Negatives 50-59, 1913: 59a-59b, man using water pump to pump water into a cup for a woman.

Linn Negatives 60-69, 1913: 61a, owl starring straight at camera. 63a, two women sitting in rocking chairs on front porch, one holding a little boy in her lap and has a little girl by her side. 66a-69a, woman and her dog in front yard.

Linn Negatives 70-79, 1913: 70a-70b, woman and her dog in front yard. No photo is slot 71 (Helen Lury and her dog June 24, 1913). 74a, little boy and girl standing on sidewalk with some sort of wooden toys. 75a-75b, two men and three women sitting in decorated car with elk head on front grill.

Linn Negatives 80-89, 1913; 89a, two men and little boy with stick in his hand.

Linn Negatives 90-100, 1913: 94a-100, Buffalo Bill Circus, men in Native American clothing, riding horses and holding flags. Men in carriage with some kind of longhorn bull behind them on top of carriage.

The collection was scanned in 2012 at 600 dpi as tif files. Box 4 includes scans of Boxes 1-3, the inventory of the scanned images, and 4 CDs of the scans and inventory.

Processing Note: Each processor processed one of the three volumes in the collection. For expediency’s sake, each box was handled as a separate unit. All negatives measure 5.5 x 3.5 inches unless otherwise noted. All the negatives are in good condition. A few have bits of paper stuck to them.

This collection consists primarily of outgoing correspondence written by David C. Cottrell of the American Expeditionary Forces while he served in France during the First World War. He wrote most letters to his sweetheart, Ethel M. Jury of Stockton, California, and discussed the weather and local scenery, life in the army, and other aspects of his experiences overseas.

This collection consists primarily of correspondence written by David C. ("Dave") Cottrell of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during the First World War. The majority of the letters are addressed to his sweetheart, Ethel M. Jury of Stockton, California, with a handful addressed to her mother, Annis. Most of the letters are numbered, and Cottrell wrote almost weekly between October 11, 1917, and April 13, 1918, the week of his death. He noted his intention to write every Sunday, as that was the only day on which the soldiers regularly had leisure time. His letters focus on his daily life in France and include descriptions of the rainy weather, scenery, and townspeople. He also frequently commented on the mail service between soldiers and their correspondents in United States and on the slow speed of transatlantic mail steamers, which occasionally caused letters to arrive out of order. Though he was aware of censorship, he nevertheless described life in the army and commented about soldiers' attitudes on a range of topics, including a generally negative opinion of the YMCA (November 9, 1917). He also frequently wrote about dogs and news received from Ethel, who mentioned her siblings and mutual friends; the later letters reflect a temporary rift in the couple's relationship, apparently mended by early April. Cottrell's letters to Ethel's mother have similar content, with an increased focus on some of her English acquaintances, who also corresponded with Cottrell during the war. Ed B. Hall of Company D, "319th Engineers," wrote the final letter (September 1, 1918) to Annis Jury; he mentioned his recent quarantine and desire to visit Stockton on a furlough.

The non-correspondence items are three newspaper clippings related to potential German propaganda in Stockton's libraries, to conditions at Camp Kearney, and to the death of David C. Cottrell, as well as several pressed flowers, all but two of which are attached to letters.

Michigan organization formed to oppose public aid to non-public schools and students, variously known as CAP, and the Council Against Parochiaid. Minutes of meetings, correspondence, and other materials relating to their support of Proposal C in the Michigan election of 1970, and their opposition to Proposal H (the Voucher Plan) in the election of 1978.

These papers from the files of Kathryn Boucher, Executive Director of CAP, contain organizational and campaign materials in addition to newspaper clippings covering the two major state ballot proposals of the 1970's concerning public aid to non-public schools and students in the state of Michigan. The collection includes lists, bulletins, news releases, financial statements, mailings, workshop materials, papers from local coalitions, poll results and legal materials in addition to papers from the organization, United We Can, and a file containing "pro-parochiaid" materials. Also in the collection are notices and minutes of meetings for the years 1970-1972 and 1977-1978, and correspondence, 1970-1973, and 1977-1978. The 1970 correspondence record a variety of personal positions of Michigan Education Association members on the issue of parochiaid.

The records of the Council for International Living, at the University of Michigan, contain administrative files, bylaws, financial records, meeting minutes, house policies, and newsletters.

The records of the Council for International Living at the University of Michigan encompass the years 1949-1966. They are divided into four series: Topical, Houses, Photographs, and Printed Works.

The Topical series (six folders) is arranged alphabetically and includes background materials, bylaws, clippings, financial records, and minutes of board of trustee meetings. The folders, for the most part, contain only scattered records. The minutes are the most valuable for charting activities of the Council. For researching student life in the residence houses, the Houses series (8 folders) includes background information, financial records, house policies, and minutes from house meetings. It is arranged alphabetically by house name, and like the topical series, its files are quite incomplete. The Photographs series (one folder) consists of one 8X10 black and white print (undated and unidentified) of a group of international students. Finally, the Printed Works series (4 folders) includes various annual reports, constitutions, manuals, and newsletters.

Unit established within the office of the Vice-President for Student Affairs of the University of Michigan as counseling information clearinghouse which later accepted responsibility for counseling in areas of student mental health problems, problem pregnancy, marital relations, human sexuality, and racial and minority affairs. Records include minutes from various committees within Counseling Services; topical files; reports put out by Counseling Services; and printed materials.

The records of Counseling Services provide a unique look at the response of the university to the non-academic needs of the student body. The records span the years 1956-1992; the bulk of the materials covers 1968-1976. The records are divided into four series: Minutes; Topical Files; Reports; and Printed Works.

This collection consists of two volumes and eight receipts and fragments relating to the Coventry Factory Fire Engine Company of Anthony, Rhode Island, between 1864 and 1894. Included are the Company's meeting minutes for their annual Fourth of July/Independence Day meetings.

This collection consists of two volumes and eight receipts/manuscript fragments relating to the Coventry Factory Fire Engine Company of Anthony, Rhode Island between 1864-1894. Included are the Company's meeting minutes for their annual Fourth of July/Independence Day gathering.

These papers likely belonged to Arthur J. Matteson, secretary of the company between 1888-1893.

Volume one is titled "Coventry Factory Fire Engine Company" and was written inside a "Writing Book." It contains all July 4th meeting minutes between 1864 and 1881.

Volume two contains July 4th meeting minutes as well as minutes for meetings on other dates, such as August 3, 1893, or September 15, 1893.

The Covington family album contains formal studio portraits of members of the Covington family and other individuals taken in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland around the 1860s. The volume also includes two colored lithographs.

The Covington family carte-de-visite album (13cm x 16cm) contains 25 carte-de-visite and 7 tintype photographs of members of the Covington family and other individuals; an empty paper frame is laid into the volume. The formal studio portraits, which show men, women, and children, were taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Wilmington, Delaware; and other locations around the 1860s. One man is shown with a cigar or similar object in his mouth. Two colored lithographs depict a young girl waking up on "Christmas Morning" and a yellow "Persian Rose." The album's brown leather cover has tooled geometric designs and two metal clasps.

This collection contains letters that Joshua Cowell wrote to his wife Mary in Meridian, New York, while working in Colorado and Wyoming, as well as additional correspondence to Joshua and Mary Cowell.

This collection contains 6 letters related to Joshua and Mary Cowell of Meridian, New York. William Cowell, Joshua's brother, wrote a letter to the Cowell family with family news from his home in Denver, Colorado, on February 26, 1867. The next 4 letters, from Joshua to Mary Cowell, pertain to Joshua's work in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Denver, Colorado, from September 6, [1867]-March 28, 1869. He discussed the rough nature of Cheyenne's residents, casualties after a recent gunfight, and differences between Cheyenne and Denver, particularly regarding the availability of lodgings and board. He also reported on a failed meeting between whites and Native Americans and described his life and finances in Denver. The final item is an undated letter to the Cowell family from Martha Wilson in Denver, Colorado, with news of local acquaintances and of the town's recent growth, exemplified by the founding of a newspaper and plans to construct a hotel.

This collection is made up of receipts and other financial records pertaining to the Cozzens House Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, between 1867 and 1868. Three letters relate to an 1868 legal dispute between the hotel's later lessees and the real estate company Credit Foncier of America.

This collection (140 items) contains 137 receipts, bills, and checks related to the initial furnishing and continuing supply of food for the Cozzens House Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, between 1867 and 1868. The collection also contains are 3 letters respecting an 1868 legal dispute between the hotel's later lessees and the real estate company Credit Foncier of America.

The Correspondence series (3 items) contains 1 letter to John W. Little of Newburgh, New York, and 2 to Charles G. Little pertaining to a legal dispute between the hotel's owners, the Credit Foncier of America, and a new lessee, Seth W. Hale. The dispute concerned furnishings left behind by the building's first tenants, Edward Cozzens and John M. Bettman. A letter by James W. Savage provides a history of the hotel's ownership and furnishings (October 22, 1868).

Financial papers (137 items), which comprise the bulk of the collection, include checks, receipts, and bills of lading between Edward Cozzens & Co. and local and national merchants. The papers reflect the company's initial attempts to furnish the building and the hotel's ongoing needs after opening. Early documents include an account for the purchase of glassware, serving dishes, furniture, and décor. Later material concerns food, beverages, and ice. Receipts also document the hotel's advertising costs and the need for a commercial job printer to produce menus and stationery. Many of the shipping receipts concern the Chicago & North-Western Railway Company.