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- Description:
- The Birt Darling Collection includes mainly what appear to be research notes for various historical articles he was working on. Subjects represented include family history (Kedzie, Seymour, Shaull), aviation (Ivan Driggs), properties (Burcham), regional history (Charlotte), archaeology, and correspondence on miscellaneous topics. There is also a typed manuscript entitled "An Account of the Capture of J. Wilkes Booth, the Assassin of Abraham Lincoln, written by Lieutenant L. C. Baker who had charge of the party which made the capture." (penciled in "should read Luther Byron Baker"), and a radio script from 1946 entitled "North Lansing Against the World." Birt Darling was a freelance writer and an editor for the Lansing State Journal for about 40 years, authored "City in the Forest", and was a leader in archaeology initiatives in Michigan.
- Date Created:
- [1927 TO 1965]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Birt Darling Collection
- Notes:
- The Kalazmazoo stage coach in Plainwell, Michigan. Several men are sitting and standing atop the stage coach. Four horses are pulling the stage coach.
- Date Created:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Photograph of a painting in Fine Arts building. Painting dates back to the mid-19th century. Four horses drawing a stagecoach full of people. Stagecoach has “Kalamazoo” lettered on the side.
- Date Created:
- 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- The Birt Darling Collection includes mainly what appear to be research notes for various historical articles he was working on. Subjects represented include family history (Kedzie, Seymour, Shaull), aviation (Ivan Driggs), properties (Burcham), regional history (Charlotte), archaeology, and correspondence on miscellaneous topics. There is also a typed manuscript entitled "An Account of the Capture of J. Wilkes Booth, the Assassin of Abraham Lincoln, written by Lieutenant L. C. Baker who had charge of the party which made the capture." (penciled in "should read Luther Byron Baker"), and a radio script from 1946 entitled "North Lansing Against the World." Birt Darling was a freelance writer and an editor for the Lansing State Journal for about 40 years, authored "City in the Forest", and was a leader in archaeology initiatives in Michigan.
- Date Created:
- [1927 TO 1965]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Birt Darling Collection
- Description:
- Four horses pull a stage coach with people sitting on top identified as Henry and Edsel Ford and their families during a parade in Dearborn, Michigan.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1924-07-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City