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The Arithmetic book collection includes a number of manuscript workbooks from the late colonial period through the 1820s that were used by students studying arithmetic and geometry.

The Arithmetic book collection includes a small number of manuscript workbooks used by students studying arithmetic or geometry, ranging in age from the late colonial period through the 1820s.

This collection is made up of 25 incoming letters, one incoming telegram, and two notices to lumber foreman George Darling of Trufant, Michigan. He worked for the Metropolitan Lumber Company in Atkinson, Michigan, in the 1890s and 1900s. During that time, he received communications offering him foreman positions, attesting to his skill as a supervisor, recommending and following up on his 1898 stint at Usal Creek, California, informing him about labor issues, and updating him on the progress of lumber camps in Iron County, Michigan.

This collection is made up of 25 incoming letters, one incoming telegram, and two notices to lumber company foreman George Darling of Trufant, Michigan. He worked for the Metropolitan Lumber Company in Atkinson, Michigan, in the 1890s and 1900s. During that time, he received communications offering him foreman positions, attesting to his skill as a supervisor, recommending and following up on his 1898 stint at Usal Creek, California, informing him about labor issues, and updating him on the progress of lumber camps in Iron County, Michigan.

The collection includes printed letterheads for the "Metropolitan Lumber Co. LANDS, LOGS and LUMBER", Atkinson, Michigan (two versions, one illustrated); "The A. M. Harmon Lumber Company, LIMITED", Foster City, Michigan; "THE MICHIGAN TRUST CO.", Grand Rapids, Michigan; "OFFICE OF THE WHITE & FRIANT LUMBER COMPANY", Grand Rapids, Michigan (illustrated); "Golden Eagle Hotel", Sacramento, California (illustrated); "HOTEL BUTLER EUROPEAN", Seattle, Washington; OFFICE OF J. K. STACK", Escanaba, Michigan; "County of Montcalm, PROBATE OFFICE", Stanton, Michigan; and "The Bank of Escanaba", Escanaba, Michigan.