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This record group consists of various records and papers collected by the Michigan Department of State, History Division, Museum. The record group includes: Alanson Calkins papers (1836-1897); Amori B. Cook papers (1860-1877); depositions (1877-1889), one dealing with Sally Pike's interpretation of the suicide death of Mrs. Speight, the second deposition from Mary E. Gryen, concerned with murder and organized crime; Ulysses S. Grant letter (1864) to Major General Halleck; William Hinman papers (1835-1904); letters (1848-1945) from William and Elizabeth Cable, C.G. Luce, and Private David B. Swigart; Henry McConnell papers (1902-1969); marriage certificates (1852-1868) for Josias C. Clark and Anna I. Rice and for Lloyd Hulbert Sanders and Frank Adeliza Woodworth; military certificates (1852-1868) for Leonard H. Hunt, F.E. Marsh, and Frederick C. Miller; pension papers (1883-1893) of Almera Chamberlain, mother of Union soldier Private George B. Chamberlain; and Sarah Lyons Wright papers (1862-1868).

This record group consists of various records collected by the Michigan Department of State, History Division, Museum. The record group includes: an account book of Michael Q. Whelan (1876), started his first day as a stage driver for George Rice of Eagle Harbor; a diary of Morris Dilts (b. 1838, d. 1896), giving an account of his service in Company D, First Michigan Cavalry during 1861; ledgers of the Delaware General Store (1881-1882) in Delaware, Michigan, and of the Hancock Mining Company (1865-1872); letters (1872, 1883) to the Allouez Mining Company, to George Rice, and to Fred Smith, superintendent of the Allouez Mining Company; a prayer book (1877) of George Rice, written in Gaelic, with some English notations; and the proceedings of court (1859), a single item describing the evolution of a court case at Copper Harbor, Mr. Learned vs. Charles Henry.

These records document the history of Michigan. Government records with historical value are transferred to the Archives of Michigan for permanent preservation and private papers with historical value may be donated to the Archives of Michigan for permanent preservation.

The Bureau of History was responsible for archives, museums, archaeology, historic preservation, and history-related publications for state government.