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This collection contains papers of the Baker family of Lansing, Michigan. Materials include correspondence, memoirs, scrapbooks, photographs, and published and unpublished biographies and family histories. Family members most prominently represented in the collection are Luther Byron Baker (1830-1896), his son Luther Henry Baker (1872-1944), his grandson Maurice Jacobs Baker (1903-1971) and his great grandson Luther Henry Bud Baker (1931-2008). Luther Byron Baker, familiarly known as Byron, served in the First District of Columbia Cavalry during the Civil War. In April 1865, he participated in the manhunt for Abraham Lincolns assassin, John Wilkes Booth. He was present at Garretts barn when Booth was shot and Booths accomplice, David Herold, surrendered. Afterward, he was present at the interment of Booths body. The collection contains letters and other materials documenting Byrons Civil War service, his pre-Civil War time at Oberlin College (1851-1853), his post-Civil War years in Lansing, Michigan and his 1889-1894 traveling lectures on the John Wilkes Booth manhunt. Later materials document the lives of Byrons descendants and other family members. Letters and scrapbooks document Luther Henry Bakers time as a student at Michigan Agricultural College, his career as a school principal, his courtship of his future wife and his time as East Lansing City Councilman (1912-1916) and Mayor (1925-1928). Maurice Jacobs Baker explains his political views and reflects on current events in two essays from the 1930s, while other materials pertain to his job as a trade publications editor. Materials of Luther Henry Bud Baker document his time as a grade school student, his time as a Michigan State College student, his United States Army service and his career publishing trade magazines (He inherited this business from his father.). Letters from spouses, siblings and cousins round out the collection, and family histories and biographies provide information on Baker ancestors and connected families.

This collection includes a set of blueprints documenting the design of the Ransom E. Olds mansion in Lansing, Michigan. They include elevations and floor plans. The drawings were conserved in 2005 at the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.

This collection contains architectural drawings of the Orlando M. Barnes Mansion in Lansing. The structure was located at 137 W. Main Street and was demolished in 1957.

Printed topographical map covering 7.5 minutes of longitude in parts of Ingham and Eaton Counties as well as a southern portion of the city of Lansing, Michigan. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 2000 feet.

Printed map of Lansing, Michigan in 1888. Map is encapsulated and divided into 2 pieces. No scale given.

Printed map of Lansing, Michigan in 1888. Map is encapsulated and divided into 2 pieces. No scale given.

Printed map for a report by the Lansing City Planning Commission showing the building being added to Lansing, Michigan from 1926 to 1936. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 3000 feet.

Printed wall map of Lansing, Michigan in 1908. The map is divided into 2 pieces and encapsulated. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 400 feet.

Printed wall map of Lansing, Michigan in 1908. The map is divided into 2 pieces and encapsulated. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 400 feet.

Printed map of Lansing,Michigan showing the business names in the business district of the city about the year 1930. No scale given

Printed map of a subdivision in Lansing, Michigan in 1901. There is some repair work don on this embrittled map. No scale given.

Hand drawn plat of a block in downtown Lansing, Michigan as platted in 1882. Scale on original is 1 inch equals 80 feet.

Hand drawn. Encapsulated. Key attached obscuring part of page 1. This map shows the location of buildings in part of Lansing, Michigan in 1868. The map also shows the material the buildings were made of in order to assess the fire risk. Scale on original is 1 inch equals 50 feet.

Hand drawn. Encapsulated. Key attached obscuring part of page 1. This map shows the location of buildings in part of Lansing, Michigan in 1868. The map also shows the material the buildings were made of in order to assess the fire risk. Scale on original is 1 inch equals 50 feet.

Printed aerial photographs showing the extent of flooding in and around East Lansing, Michigan in April of 1975. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 290 feet.

Map of the grounds of Michigan State University from 1875, then the Michigan Agricultural College, in East Lansing. No scale given.

This map shows the survey done near the townsite of Lansing in Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties, Michigan in 1847, the year of the city's founding.

Reproduction of a hand stenciled map of Lansing and East Lansing, Michigan in 1920. 'M.A.C.' in East Lansing is for the Michigan Agricultural College campus. This is the core campus of Michigan State University. The scale on the original is 2 inches equals 1/4 mile.

Printed topographical map covering 7.5 minutes of longitude in parts of Clinton, Ingham and Eaton Counties as well as a northern portion of the city of Lansing, Michigan. The scale on the original is 1 inch equals 2000 feet.

Hand drawn map of part of the demonstration garden designed by Dr. William James Beal on the Campus of Michigan Agricultural College (Michigan State University) in 1895. Scale on original is 1 inch equals 50 feet.