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Letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Genreform

Found in 60 Collections and/or Records:

Southwestern Michigan Letters

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4123
Abstract

This collection contains miscellaneous letters exchanged between various people in Southwestern Michigan between the years 1882-1958.

Dates: 1882-1958
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Southwestern Michigan Letters

The Forman Family Letters

 File
Identifier: RH-A-3452
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of newspaper articles, correspondence between Jack and Alta, and other miscellaneous correspondence. The items date from February 1945 to March 1946.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1945-1946
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / The Forman Family Letters

The Frederick and Shawn Hinga Collection

 File
Identifier: RH-A-3120
Abstract

The Frederick and Shawn Hinga Collection is comprised of various handwritten letters, pictures, Benton Harbor High School material, ledger book, financial records, and funeral service booklets belonging to the Hinga, Pope/Griffin, and Quigley/Born families of Benton Harbor and Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1926-2012
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / The Frederick and Shawn Hinga Collection

The Herschfield Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4120
Dates: Majority of material found within 1912-1919
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / The Herschfield Family Letters

Undated letter, 1946

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31141023903151], Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: Other: 1946
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / RH-A-4037, Archie Royer, Sr. Collection

Undated letter, 1943

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31141023903151], Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: Other: 1943
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / RH-A-4037, Archie Royer, Sr. Collection

Undated letter , 1947

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31141023903151], Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: Other: 1947
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / RH-A-4037, Archie Royer, Sr. Collection

Undated letter (Near end of World War II), 1940-1945

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31141023903151], Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: 1940-1945
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / RH-A-4037, Archie Royer, Sr. Collection

Yunker Family Letters

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / RH-A-213, Betty Beeby Collection

Zerbe Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RH-A-2330
Scope and Contents

This collection contains letters documenting Thomas Zerbe and Walter Boylan’s service in the United States Navy during World War Two. Correspondence between Charlotte Zerbe, previously Charlotte Boylan, and her brother Walter Boylan who served in the US Navy during World War II. Walter Boyland was stationed temporarily at Western Michigan University during 1943 for training. Also includes are five other letters by Boylan.

Dates: 1939-1954
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Zerbe Collection

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