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Business correspondence, political advertising, and letters of Albert J. Dann.

The collection consists mainly of Dann’s business correspondence concerning advertisements for his newspaper, printing jobs, bills, receipts for his equipment, and supplies purchased. There is one official ballot for a Lake Odessa election in 1918 and political advertising, 1918-1919. Of special note are 32 letters from various Michigan soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, during World War I, describing the countryside and conditions after the armistice. These letters were published in the Lake Odessa Wave.

The papers include correspondence about Hart's printing business, biographical materials, and newspaper clippings and photographs about people in Lake Odessa, Michigan.

The papers mostly consist mostly of correspondence about Hart’s printing business and examples of his printing work. Also included (1 folder each) are: Biographical Materials (copies), Photographs, undated, and Newspaper Clippings (copies) about Lake Odessa People, 1930s-1950s.