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- A tan leather and marbled paper-bound "Forget-Me-Not Album" presented to Mr. Wesley Emery, teacher at Lansing's First Ward (Cedar Street) School in December, 1861. The book has several engravings of classical portraits in between blank pages for signatures. Most pages are not used, but those that are were inscribed by the following former students to Mr. Emery: Louise Turner, 1863 Nelia S. Rankin 1873 Carrie M. Limebeck 1863 Nellie E. Washburn 1863 J. M. Barrett 1862 Helen Bigelow 1862 Elitha (no last name) 1862 Emma Young 1862 There is also one unsigned piece of poetry written in and dated 1874. Mr. Emery served as a teacher and school principal off and on in the early Lansing schools, in addition to running a book and stationery store with his son, and working as a traveling school book salesman throughout Michigan.
- Date Created:
- [1862 TO 1873]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Diaries, Ledgers, and Albums
- Description:
- A black marbled paper-bound ledger belonging to John H. Arbaugh. The entries in the ledger date from 1869 to 1905 and look to be household or trade accounts with various individuals and businesses. John Hill Arbaugh was the father of Frank N. Arbaugh, who was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and first came to Lansing in 1896. Frank Arbaugh eventually ran a large department store in Lansing. John's father was a friend of John Hill, a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, and named his first son after him. Most pages in the ledger are unused.
- Date Created:
- [1869 TO 1905]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Diaries, Ledgers, and Albums
- Description:
- A handwritten diary with covers missing, by an unidentified author. The diary dates from July 4, 1898, to August 18, 1899, and mentions its author's birth date as April 22, 1875. Library staff's best guess is that the author was Grace Robson, whose sister Bertha (Baker) and nephew Wendell are frequently referred to in the diary. A clipping noting the bankruptcy of the Robson Brothers mercantile business in 1899 is tucked in the diary; Grace's father Robert was one of the three brothers. The author wrote about her daily activities, including going to church, working on needlework, meeting with friends, the clothes she wore, riding "wheels" (bicycles), shopping in Lansing, and working in an office for a Mr. Davis and Mr. Page. A list of books she read in 1898 is inside the back cover. Highlights of the diary include a Phrenologist visit on December 19, 1898, and references to watching the Pilgrim Church fire and one of Lansing's early African-American families, the Dungeys, one of whom worked as a janitor in Mr. Davis' office. She mentions an Ernest Gibbs often; he may have been a suitor of hers. There are also frequent references to Lotie and Harlow (Newell). In the 1898 and 1900 Lansing City Directories, there were several businesses run by men with the last name Davis, as well as Davises who worked for several state agencies. There is only one Page, a John T. Page who was Superintendent of Public Works in 1898. No Davis was employed there in that year. The diary author did not specify the type of work she was engaged in other than writing bills, though in one instance she mentions a new German "sidewalk man" in the office. In both 1898 and 1900 directories, a Grace Robson, clerk at the Board of Public Works and resident of her parents' home at 107 N. Walnut St., is listed.
- Date Created:
- [1898 TO 1899]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Diaries, Ledgers, and Albums
- Description:
- A tan leather and marbled paper-bound "Forget-Me-Not Album" presented to Mr. Wesley Emery, teacher at Lansing's First Ward (Cedar Street) School in December, 1861. The book has several engravings of classical portraits in between blank pages for signatures. Most pages are not used, but those that are were inscribed by the following former students to Mr. Emery: Louise Turner, 1863 Nelia S. Rankin 1873 Carrie M. Limebeck 1863 Nellie E. Washburn 1863 J. M. Barrett 1862 Helen Bigelow 1862 Elitha (no last name) 1862 Emma Young 1862 There is also one unsigned piece of poetry written in and dated 1874. Mr. Emery served as a teacher and school principal off and on in the early Lansing schools, in addition to running a book and stationery store with his son, and working as a traveling school book salesman throughout Michigan.
- Date Created:
- [1862 TO 1873]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Diaries, Ledgers, and Albums
- Description:
- A black marbled paper-bound ledger belonging to John H. Arbaugh. The entries in the ledger date from 1869 to 1905 and look to be household or trade accounts with various individuals and businesses. John Hill Arbaugh was the father of Frank N. Arbaugh, who was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and first came to Lansing in 1896. Frank Arbaugh eventually ran a large department store in Lansing. John's father was a friend of John Hill, a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, and named his first son after him. Most pages in the ledger are unused.
- Date Created:
- [1869 TO 1905]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Diaries, Ledgers, and Albums
- Description:
- A handwritten diary with covers missing, by an unidentified author. The diary dates from July 4, 1898, to August 18, 1899, and mentions its author's birth date as April 22, 1875. Library staff's best guess is that the author was Grace Robson, whose sister Bertha (Baker) and nephew Wendell are frequently referred to in the diary. A clipping noting the bankruptcy of the Robson Brothers mercantile business in 1899 is tucked in the diary; Grace's father Robert was one of the three brothers. The author wrote about her daily activities, including going to church, working on needlework, meeting with friends, the clothes she wore, riding "wheels" (bicycles), shopping in Lansing, and working in an office for a Mr. Davis and Mr. Page. A list of books she read in 1898 is inside the back cover. Highlights of the diary include a Phrenologist visit on December 19, 1898, and references to watching the Pilgrim Church fire and one of Lansing's early African-American families, the Dungeys, one of whom worked as a janitor in Mr. Davis' office. She mentions an Ernest Gibbs often; he may have been a suitor of hers. There are also frequent references to Lotie and Harlow (Newell). In the 1898 and 1900 Lansing City Directories, there were several businesses run by men with the last name Davis, as well as Davises who worked for several state agencies. There is only one Page, a John T. Page who was Superintendent of Public Works in 1898. No Davis was employed there in that year. The diary author did not specify the type of work she was engaged in other than writing bills, though in one instance she mentions a new German "sidewalk man" in the office. In both 1898 and 1900 directories, a Grace Robson, clerk at the Board of Public Works and resident of her parents' home at 107 N. Walnut St., is listed.
- Date Created:
- [1898 TO 1899]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Diaries, Ledgers, and Albums