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Allegan County Railroad Book
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: RH-A-4449
Abstract
The collection is composed of a notebook used in Allegan County for Michigan railways around 1858.
Dates:
approximately 1858
American Women's Poetry Miscellaneous Correspondence and Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: 03-01-exws_awpcmisc
Abstract
An assortment of individually purchased or donated correspondence and ephemera associated with American women poets or other authors.
Dates:
1865-2002; Majority of material found within Bulk 1904-1994
Archie Royer, Sr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4037
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 12 letters from Archie Royer, a former circus clown and Van Buren County resident, to his friend and fellow circus performer Bert Cole in New York. The collection also contains two pages of poems apparently composed by Royer, and a drawing with writing in Spanish.The letters in this collection detail Royer’s life on his farm in the 1940s. They range in date from November 1941 to July 1948. They are all addressed to Bert Cole (1875-?), a friend whom...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1869-1956
Art's Bike Shop Records
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4402
Abstract
This collection is comprised of materials from Art’s Bike Shop of Three Rivers, Michigan, from 1959 to 1981.
Dates:
1959-1981
Bert Byron Davis Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3564
Scope and Contents
This collection covers the time period during B.B. Davis’ life in the Philippines in the 1930s to mid-1940s. The majority of the collection contains correspondence between B.B. Davis and his wife to family and friends living in and around Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, MI, in particular Areta Williams Hibbard. Many of the letters were written to Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Lorenzo Hibbard, the latter of whom was a sister to B.B. Davis.The letters from the 1930s give an interesting insight...
Dates:
1930-1940
Besmilr Brigham-Will Inman Correspondence Collection
Collection
Identifier: 03-01-exws_brigham-inman
Abstract
The majority of this collection is correspondence between American poet Besmilr Brigham and American poet / editor Will Inman between 1977 and 1978. It also includes typescripts and proofs of Brigham's poems and short stories, as well as two photographs.
Dates:
1971-1978; bulk 1977-1978; Other: Date acquired: 1996
Betty Beeby Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-213
Scope and Contents
Most of the correspondence is letters to Norton Pearl, Betty Beeby, and Jane Beeby, but letters to other family members (Ethel, Myrtle, and Dorothy Pearl, etc) are included as well. In addition, the collection also consists of letters to Loran Post, the Dahne family, Henry Graves, the Waite family, and the Yunker family. The diaries belong to John W. Pearl, Norton Pearl (ranging from 1890 to1954), Alice Pearl, and Myrtle Pearl. The bulk of the photographs are from Glacier National Park and...
Dates:
1820-1970
Carol Bergé - Judson Crews Correspondence Collection
Collection
Identifier: 03-01-exws_berge-crews
Abstract
Collected correspondence between authors Carol Berge (1928-2006) and Judson Crews (1917-2010) from the late 1970s and mid 1980s. Also contains a few pieces of correspondence between Berge or Crews and other artists, editors, publishers, and friends In addition to the correspondence, the collection contains drafts of both Berge's and Crews' poetry and prose and includes Berge's editor's copy of the manuscript for Crews' book The Clock of Moss. The are also manuscript...
Dates:
1978-1987
Cecil Wyman collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4016
Abstract
The collection contains the checks and payment records from Porter Township, done by the Township Treasurer Cecil Wyman (1885-1970) from 1922-1924.
Dates:
1922-1924
Charity Potter Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3699
Scope and Contents
The letter is from Charity Potter to Emma Clarke sent on July 30th, 1909. Clarke appears to be Charity’s cousin. The letter starts with Charity telling Emma she is sorry for the loss of a close loved one, likely either Emma’s son or husband. Charity tries to give Emma advice on mourning and moving on. Later Charity describes a trip she took across the West to visit friends and family. She suggest that they meet with some other people when Emma feels up to it. Charity also mentions that...
Dates:
1909-07-30