Michigan -- Diaries

Abstract

The collection is primarily composed of diaries by Bernice Frey Maxey (1900-2000) spanning 1916-2000. It also contains diaries from Theda Jones (1924-2005) and Mary Greer Frey (1871-1959). Bernice’s diaries were primarily written in Michigan City, IN as well as Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, MI.

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The collection is composed of a singular diary belonging to Henry L. Root for the year of 1870, who lived in Constantine, Saint Joseph, Michigan at the time.

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...

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The collection is composed of eleven diaries from 1935 to 1953 written by Patrice (Patsy) Racette Sundstrand (1924-2009) who lived in Paw Paw, Michigan.

Scope and Contents This collection contains a single diary covering the year 1912, formerly belonging to Reuben Bennett (1848-1919) in Albion, Michigan.The diary is called Miles’ Combination Diary of memorandum, and contains useful information including census numbers. Following the initial page detailing the diary’s publisher and information is an information page. While largely blank the writer’s name, R. Bennett, address, 705 North Division Street Albion, Michigan, and phone number, 182, are...