Manuscript Collections

 Ann Harvey interviews her brother-in-law Gilbert VanderMale, who shares his experiences as a soldier during the World War II, such as being drafted into army and serving overseas in Europe in the 44th Infantry Division.

 This collection contains 17 letters from Daniel Halbert, Company H, Sixth Michigan Infantry, 1862-1866, to his cousin, Maria Halbert. Three of the letters were written upon his return to civilian life, and describe his attendance at Albion Commercial College.

 Contains correspondence of Soloman Kroll, of Company C, Eighth Michigan Infantry, to his family, Sept. 11, 1861 to June 6, 1862; Jerome Kroll, Company A, Twentieth Michigan Infantry, to his family, Jan. 12, 1862 to Aug. 23, 1872; Henry Bedlegram of Kipps Corners, Mich., to his uncle, Nov. 6, 1864 and Jan. 26, 1870; Francis Fuller, Company D, Fourteenth Michigan Infantry, July 29, 1864; and Monroe Loomis, of Victor, Mich., July 29, 1862.

 This is the second collection documenting the career of Henry Albert Potter. Both collections (see also MS 89-535) were donated by Mrs. Arthur H. (Elizabeth) Ruddy, a descendant of Potter. This collection is arranged according to the following series: Papers, 1862-1902. Consists of letters of Henry Albert Potter to his family in Ovid, Mich. Describes marches and camp life. Includes citations and correspondence with the United States War Dept. Also includes the diary of W.P. Simmons. Simmons is not a member of the Fourth Michigan Calvary, at the time of this writing, his regiment and company are unknown. The diary, written between Sept. 9, 1863 and Nov. 1, 1863, describes the Battle of Chickamauga and Wheeler's Raid.

This accession contains records from State Representative Kyra Harris Bolden dated 2019 through 2022. The accession includes correspondences with constituents, photographs from events, legislative material related to bills and committees, office operations, and media interaction. Representative Bolden was elected to the 35th Representative District (Southfield) in 2019, so a significant amount of her work revolved around the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact the crisis had on her district.

Discharge paper of George Vedder, private, Company B, Third Regiment of Michigan Infantry Volunteers, May 25, 1866. 

Letters from the Civil War, both from the battlefront and home, from families in Coldwater, Mich. and Campbell, N.Y.

 This collection contains This collection consists of a photostat letter from Henry Gilbert dated October 10, 1863, and a photostat letter from W.F. Jenkins dated June 22, 1905.

 This collection consists of a letter from Eugene Joseph Stocking, Camp Buford, Oct. 4, 1863, to his parents. The letter includes a list of battles in which Stocking participated.

 This collection contains general orders, newspaper clippings, publications, and other memorabilia from the Civil War.

 This collections consists of letters written to the Jackson family during the Civil War period. In addition, it also includes a verse that was presented at the laying of the cornerstone of the Soldiers' and Sailors Monument in Detroit. Most of the letters were written by a close friend of the family, Sergeant Sanford Douglass Payne of Company H, Eight Michigan Calvary. Payne's letters to Elizabeth Caroline Wilcox Jackson and her daughter, Elizabeth Prudence Jackson, describe life as a soldier serving in Kentucky and Tennessee. The letters often refer to Charles Jackson, son of Elizabeth Caroline and brother of Elizabeth Prudence. Charles served in the Second Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Company G. This collection includes letters that describe the leg injury (and amputation) suffered by Charles while on picket duty at Petersburg, Virginia in June of 1864. Charles never recovered from his wounds, dying on July 1, 1864.

This collection consists of photocopies of letters from Edson Conrad, Company G., 8th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Volunteers, to his family and dating 1862-1863. 

 This collection consists of twenty-three discreet items (18 folders), which are arranged chronologically. Most of the documents date from the Civil War period.

This collection consists of seventeen interviews of members of the Lake Huron coastal community of Rogers City, Michigan, as well as fisheries professionals, who experienced the buildup of Chinook salmon fishing in Rogers City in the late twentieth century and the Lake Huron Chinook salmon fishery crash in the mid-2000s.

This collection consists of the discharge certificate for Jacob Strickle, 14th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, 1865