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Frobenius Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3493
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of family letters written to Mary Kammerer Frobenius, Frank Frobenius and his daughter, Ruth Frobenius Hamill from the years 1882 to 1948. This collection was originally part of A-55, Kalamazoo Valley Museum.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1882-1948
Galesburg Girl Scouts Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4209
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of several materials addressed to Glowing Embers, a Girl Scout Troop of Galesburg, Michigan, ranging from the 1930 to 1971. Material includes meeting notes, reports, registration lists, badges, and other various materials.
Dates:
1930-1971
George F. Pierrot Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3566
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a copy of the World Letters, a geography education textbook consisting of correspondence from George F. Pierrot, a well-known Detroit-based TV personality and frequent speaker at the Detroit Institute of Art. Beginning in Northern Ireland and ending in Punjab, India, the correspondence in question served to provide some geographical information about various localities in Europe, Africa, and Asia, in 1937, in the form of a travel narrative written by George Pierrot...
Dates:
1937-1939
“Harry” Civil War Letter
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3353
Scope and Contents
Harry goes into great detail about the pursuit of John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate soldiers who raided Ohio during June and July of 1863. By the time he writes the letter Morgan has been captured by Union troops but he does give information about what his unit did in chasing Morgan and his men. Also mentions General Shackelford and the Battle of Salienville. It is very difficult, without further information, to identify the soldier of this letter. Some searching was done looking at Ohio...
Dates:
1863-08
Hollister Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4323
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters, diaries, and legal documents from the Hollister family who lived in Burr Oak, Michigan and Hamilton, Illinois during the mid-1800s and early 1900s.Several letters are to and from Albert N. Hollister (1842-1915) and his mother Mary (Hollister) Shaw née Newcomb (1821-1905) and his younger sister (Mary) Lillian Hollister (1848-1866). The bulk of these letters were written during a long illness that claimed Lillian’s life in 1866 and the period...
Dates:
mid-1800s to early 1900s
Hope Luder Civil War Letters Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3474-AC-2011-069
Abstract
The collection is composed of twelve letters, a few envelopes, and a book mail-order form compiled by Hope Luder from 1862 to 1879.
Dates:
1892-1879
Howard Hilles-Corinne Roosevelt Robinson Correspondence Collection
Collection
Identifier: 03-01-exws_hilles-robinson
Abstract
Correspondence of the poet Howard Hilles and the poet and younger sister of President Theodore Roosevelt, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. Includes handwritten poems exchanged by the two poets and photographs.
Dates:
1913-1938
John Esch Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3578
Abstract
This collection is mostly comprised of family letters, dealing mostly with the Holden and Ashley families. The range of dates is from 1858 to 1964. Although the majority of the letters are between 1858 till about 1920. These letters are mostly addressed to Harriet and Jerome Ashley from their children, Harriet’s siblings and their children. Harriet and Jerome lived in Calhoun county Michigan for a majority of their lives.
Dates:
1858-1964
Judith Moffett Literary Correspondence Collection
Collection
Identifier: 03-01-exws_moffett
Abstract
Collected correspondence between writer, English professor and translator Dr. Judith Moffett (1942-) and other poets and writers. Over 400 letters, notes, postcards, and cards all addressed to Dr. Moffett covering a period from 1963 to 1996. Includes letters from George Abbe, Isaac Asimov, Peter Beagle Marvin Bell, Wendell Berry, David Bromwich, Paul Engle, Seamus Heaney, Donald Justice, Lisel Mueller, Alicia Ostriker, Grace Schulman, Paul Zelinsky and others.
Dates:
1964-1999; Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1969-1985; Other: Date acquired: 1998
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