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Adrian, Michigan photograph collection, circa 1900

0.1 linear feet

Adrian, Michigan is the county seat of Lenawee County and is in Michigan's 7th congressional district. Photographs relating to life and activities in Adrian, Michigan.

This collection consists of photographs relating to life and activities in Adrian, Michigan, chiefly composite photos of buildings, residences, and street views.

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Culinary Ephemera: Fats, 1889-circa 1990s

3.5 Linear Feet (7 small manuscript boxes)

Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional materials relating to various kinds of fat used in food preparation, including lard, margarine, oil, and shortening. Publications date from 1889-1990s.

Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional materials relating to various kinds of fat used in cooking, including lard, margarine, vegetable oils, and shortening. It does not include materials specifically focused on butter, which are part of the Culinary Ephemera: Dairy collection. Publications date from 1889-1990s, with most materials concentrated in the 1900s-1950s. Brands and products of particular note include Wesson Oil, Oleomargarine, Spry shortening, and Crisco shortening.

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Michigan Masonic Publications, [185-]-[198-] (majority within 1950-1970)

7 linear feet

Programs, flyers, handbooks, newsletters, bylaws, directories, rituals, and miscellaneous publications of a variety of Masonic organizations in Michigan.

The Michigan Masonic Publications collection includes programs, flyers, handbooks, newsletters, bylaws, directories, rituals, and miscellaneous publications of a variety of Masonic organizations in Michigan. Statewide bodies and local bodies in Southeastern Michigan are most strongly represented. Although materials printed as early as the 1850s are found in the collection, the bulk of items date from the 1950s through 1970s.

Histories of organizations and proceedings of the major orders in Michigan, as well as a few reference works relating to freemasonry in general, are cataloged separately in the Michigan Historical Collections printed works catalog.

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Culinary Ephemera: Food Preservation, Circa 1860s to 1994

4.00 Linear Feet (8 small manuscript boxes.)

Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional materials relating to canning and preserving, the canned foods industry, freezing, and frozen foods. Publications date from circa 1860 to 1994.
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Arthur Lowell Papers, 1899-1901

1 folders (one folder in a manuscript box with other single-folder collections)

Consists of 10 letters from Arthur Lowell to Iva Hutchinson and 2 from Will Hutchinson to Iva Hutchinson.

Corporal Arthur J. Lowell, Company "D", 35th Infantry, U.S. Army, wrote these ten letters to Iva Hutchinson between February 14, 1900 and January 10, 1901. Lowell writes of going into the mountains to "clear out insurectos," the number of dead and captured, the use of water torture on Filipino prisoners, eating bats, his plan to translate into English the history of the Philippines that had been written on shells, the upcoming U.S. Presidential election, and a continuous thread concerning when he would be returning home. Also included are two letters from Will Hutchinson to his sister Iva Hutchinson. These are dated September 8, 1899 and May 27, 1900.

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Culinary Ephemera: Informational, 1861-2005

10 Linear Feet

Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes material that documents a variety of products, companies, services, subjects, that are otherwise unable to be categorized into another subject area. Publications date from 1861-2005, with most materials dating from the late twentieth century.

This collection contains ephemera material that documents a variety of products, companies, services, and subjects that are otherwise unable to be categorized into another subject area. It includes booklets, catalogs, pamphlets, order forms, price lists, and other promotional material.

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Winchester Cookie Cutter Collection, 1800-1900

13 Linear Feet (13 oversize drop-front boxes)

This collection is comprised of 72 nineteenth century cookie cutters--as well as a few presses and molds--made from a variety of materials such as tin, wood, plaster, and clay. These are of historical significance and rarity and were collected by Ohio resident Bruce Winchester. This collection is part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive in the Special Collections Research Center at the University of Michigan Library.

The collection is comprised of 72 nineteenth century cookie cutters--as well as a few molds and presses--made from a variety of materials such as tin, wood, plaster, and clay.

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Willow Run photograph collection, circa 1941-1945

1 folder

The Willow Run Industrial Complex was a manufacturing plant that created thousands of B-24 Liberator airplanes during World War II. The Willow Run photograph collection consists of an interior photograph of the Willow Run Bomber Plant.

The Willow Run Photograph Collection consists of an interior photograph of the Willow Run Bomber Plant.