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- This scrapbook contains clippings of poetry by Edgar Guest from unidentified newspapers. Guest was born in England and moved to the United States as a boy. His first poem was published in the Detroit Free Press in 1898, and he was also the only person ever to have been named Poet Laureate for the state of Michigan. He wrote over 11,000 poems during his lifetime. The scrapbook may have been kept by Alfred Seymour's wife Maude. More than 75% of the pages have not been used. Due to the item's fragility it has not been digitized in full, only its cover. Contact the library for more information.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Alfred Seymour Collection
- Description:
- Clipping from Benton Harbor.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Freeman and Seth Jones Collection
- Description:
- This small collection, created by Blanche Mabel Wood (October 4, 1882 - May 15, 1966), includes newspaper clippings about her, Mary L. "Minnie" Sherman, and John and Charlotte Broad. The Broads owned a home at 424 North Cedar Street in Lansing. Minnie was Charlotte's daughter from a first marriage. Mabel's mother died when she was five, and her father brought her to the home of the Broads, who were his distant cousins. Mabel graduated from high school in Lansing and also attended Olivet College. She was a teacher in the Lansing schools until 1949. The collection includes her correspondence with Minnie and others; samples of her poetry and other writing; clippings about her and the family she lived with; small notebooks from Minnie's club involvements in Lansing; and other biographical information.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mabel Wood Collection
- Description:
- From an undated essay found in the collection: "The Unity Club was founded October 15, 1895, by Mrs. N. B. Jones, Mrs. C. D. Dodge, and Mrs. Lillian Rork, with a membership of twelve. The first five meetings were held at the homes of the members. Dec. 19th '95 the club met at the Pilgrim Chapel on Larch Street. The membership had increased to thirty-four. The club motto is 'Be a candle in the window if you cannot be a star in the sky.'" The ame was changed in 1942 to "Unity Literary Club." And "It was first a library club. Gradually it took on civic work and charity work until at the present time it has delegates to the Club House Association Board, delegates to Ingham County Home Association, and a Visiting Nurses Association committee. The membership is now limited to seventy-five." The club was broken up into four divisions and meeting organization rotated among them. Each meeting usually involved presentation of an essay or two, a book review, news and current events, and a discussion. Topics ranged from global politics to housekeeping and family life. This collection consists of a mostly disassembled Memory Book that was likely kept by founder Mrs. Charles D. Dodge (Arta Ruhammah Jane Snyder Dodge, July 24, 1852 - January 29, 1946). The material dates from the club's beginning into the mid 1940s. Included are the club's annual handbooks, correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs and ephemera from club events, some handwritten and typed essays, photographs, and a file of correspondence from a French girl, Alice Labat, to an unnamed "Benefactress" during 1918-1920.
- Date Created:
- [1895 TO 1945]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Unity Club Collection
- Description:
- Clipping from Special to the Lansing State Journal.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Freeman and Seth Jones Collection
- Description:
- Clipping on succession of Grand Commandery to Seth H. Jones and Sir E.C. Davidson who also received several votes.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Freeman and Seth Jones Collection
- Description:
- Clipping from the Friday, October 3, 1930, Lansing State Journal newspaper, page 1.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Freeman and Seth Jones Collection
- Description:
- This collection contains one scrapbook of photographs and correspondence as well as several loose photographs of Walter G. Rogers and his family. The ten loose photographs are unidentified and contain vacation photos, outdoor shots, and individual shots of children and adults. These photographs have not been digitized. The scrapbook contains photos of numerous indiviuals including members of several families, Central Elementary School and Townsend Street School class photos, Lambda Rho Tau group at Lansing High School, and the Lansing High School softball team of 1913. The correspondence consists of wedding invitations, birth announcments, post cards, and other notes and letters. Walter G. Rogers was a Major and quartermaster general and his son Wadsworth Rogers was a lieutenant in the army. Walter G. Rogers died on September 9, 1965, having been a Lansing resident for 47 years before moving to Detroit and then West Palm Beach, Florida. He was active in many Lansing organizations and councils including Knights Templar, Spanish American War Veterans, VFW, and American Legion, and was Lansing postmaster from 1920 to 1932, among other involvements.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Walter G. Rogers
- Description:
- This collection contains materials from the YWCA Social Study Club. The Club existed from 1925 to 1987 and was an organization for friendship among married women in Lansing and to support the YWCA in the spirit of good citizenship. Contents include: a 50th Anniversary certificate, annual reports, and yearbooks with clippings and photographs. The collection was donated by the Social Study Club via Mrs. Charles E. Millar upon its closing in 1987. The library also has a large YWCA collection.
- Date Created:
- [1925 TO 1987]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- YWCA Social Study Club
- Description:
- This collection contains materials collected by Alfred Seymour related to his career in the Detroit Police Department and Lansing Police Department. While in Detroit, he provided security services for the evangelist Billy Sunday at a revival meeting in Buffalo, New York, in about 1917. Materials related to this event are included, as are extensive materials about his activities with the International Chiefs of Police, including correspondence with and about J. Edgar Hoover of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. One collection highlight is Seymour's personal statement reporting his activities during the "Labor Holiday" in Lansing on July 7, 1937. A crowd threatened to attack his jail to break out eight persons held there for strike-related activities. Seymour describes his isolation after failing to obtain support from the Mayor of Lansing, the Michigan State Police, the Governor, prosecutors, and judges. The incident was ultimately resolved without bloodshed. Seymour also collected materials from his involvement with the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police. The collection includes newspaper clippings, photographs, memorabilia, and two personal scrapbooks.
- Date Created:
- [1890 TO 1993]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Alfred Seymour Collection
