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- Description:
- Three local guides leading Metta and Ransom Olds on camel during a 1922 trip to Egypt. On the back of the photograph is "Order No. 31. Mr. and Mrs. Olds trying out Egyptian horesless carriage in 1922. Chapter XV."
- Date Created:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Handwritten letter from Wells G. Brown, Treasurer and Manager of the Original Gas Engine Co., to R. E. Olds. Under Olds' name is written "Daytona Beach, Fla." The letterhead is Original Gas Engine Co.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A package of 14 documents related to a dispute between brothers Charles E. and James Frank Duryea regarding dates their automobile was produced. Items include correspondence (some with R. E. Olds), copied magazine and newspaper clippings, testimonial statements, and a small flyer on the history of the Duryea business.
- Date Created:
- [1931 TO 1943]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Correspondence between Emory Whipple Olds (R. E. Olds' brother) regarding accounts. Blue imprint Curved Dash Oldsmobile image from Milwaukee.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An undated piece of letterhead from the Ancient Accepted Scottish Right of Grand Rapids, Michigan, containing signatures of several men with addresses throughout Michigan cities. R. E. Olds of Lansing signed the list.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A letter to A. Sandberg, Office and Budget Manager, Oldsmobile, from A. C. Baird, Resident Comptroller, Chevrolet-Atlanta, regarding the payroll record for David O. Davis.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Contains revenue stamp signed "6-16-1900 R.E.O." by Ransom E. Olds.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Check no. 5, signed "RE Olds."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A letter to A. Sandberg, Office and Budget Manager, Oldsmobile, from J. F. Wardle, Chevrolet-Baltimore, regarding the payroll record for David Odell Davis.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A letter to John C. Austin, the superindendent of Olds Hall in Daytona Beach, Florida, from Ransom E. Olds. The letter is on Olds Tower Building letterhead.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- On Original Gas Engine Co. printed letterhead, listing R. E. Olds as President. The envelope is addressed to R. E. Olds, Daytona Beach, Florida. [Note: The envelope that is paired with this item was given number 024 by the donor, but it does not have a separate catalog record. A scan of the envelope is posted here with the financial statement.]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A memo from the Axle Plant to Mr. Dykstra regarding Department No. 4 Foreman William A. Kelly (employee no. 9640). Signed by a R. D. Reilly, Superintendent of Axle Plant Division A.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Correspondence between Emory Whipple Olds (R. E. Olds' brother) regarding accounts. Blue imprint Curved Dash Oldsmobile image from Milwaukee.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An original sepia-tone photograph of an 1897 car by the Olds home at 321 South Grand Avenue in Lansing. The print is damaged and has been mounted to a buff colored card. On the back in pencil: "43577."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A handwritten accounting of Olds Motor Works branch house or office receipts. Cities include Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville, New York City, and Toronto.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An unused envelope with return address "After five days return to Reolds Farms Co., Oldsmar, Fla." Includes color illustration of the Old Tampa Bay area showing the location of Oldsmar in relation to Tampa, Clearwater and Belleair, and St. Petersburg, Florida.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A three-fold brochure for the Ideal Engine Co., R. E. Olds, Chairman.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An application for employment by Frank J. Dwyer of 918 Genesee Street, Lansing.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A color illustrated letterhead of Oldsmobile, possibly that of a dealer, unidentified. In pencil on the letterhead is "Dear Sir, I have 18 of your Cars."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A memo from Samual Hitchens (employee no. 9776) of the Plant Protection Dept., to Roy Lee, Salary Payroll, requesting an extra day off work.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An application for employment by Percy B. Mackenzie of Cleveland, Ohio.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Stock certificate no. 109 for ten shares of capital stock to R. E. Olds.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Unused envelope with Ideal Power Lawn Mower Co. machines pictured and text in green ink.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A single sheet biographical statement about Ransom E. Olds produced by the Advance Press Service "of successful Men, compiled by experienced newspaper men for general newspaper reference by The Writers Press Association." This document has the Advance Press Service ID number O-2201.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Regarding REO Car Company dividend. REO factory image with company name in car headlight.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Written on back: "House at Edmund Place, Detroit, 1898-1901." The female passenger is not identified.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An inter-office memo to Mr. A. Sandberg, Lansing, from E. R. Pierson, Chicago Zone, regarding a pay discrepancy for employee Miss Arvada B. Roche.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A description of an annual financial report for Olds Motor Works, on letterhead featuring vignettes of the factories at Detroit and Lansing and an Olds vehicle. The words "Detroit, Mich., U.S.A." were struck out, with Lansing, Mich., U.S.A. added below, in red.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A promissory note to pay P.F. Olds & Son $15.72 for the purchase of one No. 2 1/2 gas vapor engine.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Certificate no. 53 for 5 shares of the Lansing Improvement Company to R. E. Olds.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Drawn on the Olds Motor Vehicle Co. account; signature area has been torn off.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A memo to F. G. Sander from A. Sandberg concerning S. S. Stone of the Chicago Zone.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A check or instructions to pay $99.50, signed by P. E. Hardy, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A single sheet biographical statement about Ransom E. Olds produced as part of an advertisement sheet series by the Monroe Auto Equipment Company. The sheet is Advertisement M-80 and lists three places where it would appear in 1949 publications.
- Date Created:
- 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A letter to D. K. Laub from E. W. Schuon, Divisional Comptroller, Olds Motor Works Division (signed for him by Roy R. Lee) regarding variations in his name on ECRP-4 and Certificate No. 5050 forms.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Curved Dash Oldsmobile letterhead
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A memo from Kenneth Laub to S. E. Skinner requesting a month's salary in advance.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- For R. E. Olds' 80th birthday on June 3, 1944, over 600 letters of congratulation were collected and bound. This is Olds' letter of thanks for the gift, as well as one copy of an example letter, from C. M. Burdick, and a photograph of Olds with the bound letters, all on one sheet of paper. The collection contains two copies of this item.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A letter to E. G. Schuon, Divisional Comptroller, Oldsmobile Division, from L. D. Crusoe, Divisional Comptroller, Fisher Body Division. The letter is in regards to employment records of Alfred F. Debicki.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A letter to A. Sandberg, Olds Motor Works, from H. M. Switzer, Paymaster, United Motors Service Inc., concerning employee records for Melvin J. Deer.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Certificate no. 45244 for 48 shares of the Guardian Detroit Union Group Inc. to Ransom E. Olds.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A memo to A. Sandberg, Lansing, Michigan, from G. H. Smith, Philadelphia Zone, regarding the personnel record of William H. Roth.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A memo to D. S. Eddins, General Sales Manager, Lansing, to J. H. East, Branch Manager, Washington, D. C., regarding a pay change for a Mr. McGuan of the Washington branch.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Certificate no. 198 for 300 shares of the Grand Ledge Face Brick Company to R. E. Olds.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A handwritten list of what appears to be automotive parts, sent on an internal memo form to E. C. Burke.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A copy negative of a photograph of an 1897 Olds car in a "driveway" of an unidentified home. The same image as item 2007-12-001.103. With Linn Camera Shop envelope.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Certificate no. 01120 for 500 shares of the Detroit Bankers Company to R. E. Olds.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A certificate naming R. E. Olds as the holder of 1/10th interest in the Priceless Properties mine in Ontario.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Regarding stockholders' meeting. Olds Motor Works letterhead with factory vignettes and Curved Dash Olds image
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A typed resignation letter from D. Kenneth Laub to S. E. Skinner, General Manager of the Olds Motor Works.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Includes revenue stamp signed "REO 7/23/98."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An exterior photograph of the R. E. Olds home at the corner of Kalamazoo and Grand. This photograph was likely taken within a few years after its completion, based on the model of car in the photograph. It is said to be the first home in Lansing with an attached garage.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An advertising booklet for the Reo car produced by R. M. Owen & Co., the Lansing sales agent. The booklet gives a daily rundown with snippets of poetry, related to the Reo's participation in the 1907 Glidden Tour of cars from Cleveland to New York.
- Date Created:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Check no. 12, signed "RE Olds."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Stock certificate no. 5 for 250 shares of common stock to R. E. Olds. The General Utilities Holding Company was formerly known as Muscle Shoals Gas Company. The certificate is signed "Ransom E. Olds," a rare form of his signature.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Stock certificate no. 49 for 500 shares to the Southeastern Securities Corporation. Signed by R. E. Olds as President. Includes assignment form.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Correspondence between Emory Whipple Olds (R. E. Olds' brother) regarding accounts. Blue imprint Curved Dash Oldsmobile image from Milwaukee.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A memo from Roy R. Lee to D. N. Taylor regarding the accounts of employee D. Kenneth Laub.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Contains revenue stamp signed "R.E.O. 6/2/00" by Ransom E. Olds.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Certificate no. 66 for 1,000 shares of the Reolds Farms Company to R. E. Olds, Trustee. The certificate does not have the raised company stamp in the lower left "seal" area.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A memo to F. G. Sander from L. L. Linehan, Oakland Zone Manager, regarding forms for employee Mr. Buchanan.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Letter from R. E. Olds to W. S. Dunlop, Superintendent of Olds Hall in Daytona Beach, Florida. Letterhead is of the Olds Tower Building.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A letter from the U.S. Treasury Department to F. G. Sander, Olds Motor Works, regarding compensation to a Fred J. Johnson and his immigration status.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A handwritten resignation note to Mr. Sandberg from R. D. Nowlin.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Certificate for 200 shares of capital stock in P. F. Olds and Son to Wallace S. Olds. The certificate is signed by P. F. Olds as President and R. E. Olds as Secretary. Has the Michigan state seal as vignette.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Regarding Fire Alarm box. Olds Motor Works letterhead with factory vignettes.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Stock certificate no. 11 for one share capital stock to R. E. Olds. Signed by R. E. Hardy as Secretary and R. E. Olds as President. Three revenue stamps cancelled "OMVC 1/27/99" on back. Perhaps the only certificate known on the Olds Motor Vehicle Company that is signed by R. E. Olds, although issued more than a year after the company was organized. Nine certificated were issued on September 7, 1897 (nos. 1-9). Certificate 10 whereabouts are not known.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An original example of the company catalog.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An unused real photo postcard showing President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt rode with MAC President Jonathan Snyder and inventor Ransom E. Olds in a REO Motor Car down east Michigan Avenue to campus. Roosevelt is sitting in the back seat of the car with Snyder. Olds is driving the car. Beside Olds is William Loeb, Roosevelt's secretary. Roosevelt gave the commencement address at the 50th anniversary of MAC (Michigan State University) in East Lansing, Michigan. A streetcar is visible in the background. Added in ink to the blank right panel of the postcard is the text "When I had the pleasure of giving Theodore Roosevelt a ride in a Reo Car."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An unnumbered bank check made out to P. F. Olds for $800. It is endorsed on the back by Mrs. P. F. Olds.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An application for employment by Mrs. Nettie M. LeClear of 1018 South Grand Avenue, Lansing.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A memo to A. N. Corcoran, Flint, to W. I Gibson, Detroit, concerning employee David C. Settles of Los Angeles.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Stock certificate no. 210 for 150 shares of common stock to R. E. Olds.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An engraved program for the first annual Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers (ALAM), at the Hotel Astor in New York. The cartoon in the center pages regarding the Selden Vehicle was done by Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Reuben "Rube" Lucius Goldberg. RE Olds was one of the organizers of this event; this is his personal program. Note that blank sides of program pages were left out of the scanned version.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A memo to Mr. John C. Hall, Superintendent, Olds Hall, regarding Olds' upcoming travel to Charlevoix. Written on Ransom E. Olds' letterhead with Olds Tower Building address and small vignette of the building.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A letter from the U.S. Treasury Department to F. G. Sander, Olds Motor Works, regarding compensation to a Fred J. Johnson and his immigration status.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A group of four Curved Dash Oldsmobile cars on a road under moss-covered trees, in Florida. The passengers of each car are not identified, with the exception of R. E. Olds, who is in the darker suit in the car at the far left. The photograph is marked "W. R. M.," "Ormond," and an unclear number that may be "555." Likely this photograph was taken by a photographer or studio with the initials "W. R. M." in the town of Ormond, Florida, which is near Daytona Beach where R. E. Olds eventually owned an apartment building.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Regarding incorporation of REO of New York. Early REO letterhead with banner covering REO automobile. "REO" in pencil.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An unused envelope with return address Ransom E. Olds, Lansing, Mich. and "Return in 5 days." On the back, "Hotel" has been written in black ink.
- Date Created:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A cropped corner of a photograph showing an 1897 Olds car in front of the Sparrow mansion at 506 South Washington Avenue. See item 2007-12-001.102 for full image.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A memo to W. J. Mead of Detroit with initials "RNM" regarding a financial statement. The memo is on letterhead with the word "Oldsmobile" in front of a cloud. Includes a carbon copy.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An application for employment by Aleta Wier of 621 East Elm Street, Lansing.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Regarding experimental room in Detroit factory. Olds Motor Works letterhead with factory vignettes.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A copy negative of a photograph, showing an 1897 Olds car in front of the Edward R. Sparrow mansion at 506 South Washington Avenue. This is the full image from which item 2007-12-001.101 was printed and cropped. With Linn Camera Shop envelope.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A letter to A. Sandberg, Office and Budget Manager, Oldsmobile, from R. T. Murphy, Resident Comptroller, Chevrolet Motor Division (Buffalo, N. Y.). The letter is in regard to an employment record for William H. Roth.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Letter to R. E. Olds from C. D. Barker on General Motors Oldsmobile Divison letterhead.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A blank Olds Motor Works Purchasing Department order form, No. 21251, including an illustration of an Olds vehicle. The back side contains some accounting notes in pencil for various cities.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An application for employment by M. J. (Miner Joseph) McGuan of Washington, D. C.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An application for employment by Miss Luella A. Dankenbring of 1512 Sunset Avenue, Lansing.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An unused envelope with return address "R. E. Olds Company, Olds Tower Building, Lansing 2, Michigan" and "Return in 5 days."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A photograph of an 1897 Olds car in a "driveway" of an unidentified home. A man, a woman with a fur or scarf, and a little girl are seated in the car. Note on back: "Ransom's Horseless Carriage with Geo., Gladys, and I in it. Mrs. S."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Factory vignette letterhead imprint; early photocopy.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Check no. 35. Contains revenue stamp signed "June 6th 1900 R. E. O." by Ransom E. Olds.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A photo of R. E. Olds and two unidentified passengers in an 1897 model Olds which is the same model as the one in the Smithsonian Institution. Lansing's first gas-powered car. Written on back: "R. E. Olds first build this car in 1897."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Certificate no. 48 for one share of the Reolds Farms Company to James H. Thompson. The certificate does not have the raised company stamp in the lower left "seal" area.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A later copy of the same image as 2007-12-001.095. Typed on the back: "First residence with attached garage - 1895." This home was located at 321 South Grand Avenue.
- Date Created:
- 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- An inter-office memo to a Miss Cogswell in the Salary Payroll Dept., from the Employment Department, regarding employee Leon Squier. Letterhead is Olds Motor Works Division, General Motors Corporation.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Original reprint of article "The 'Reo' Detachable Tonneau Side Entrance Touring Car" by Hugh Dolnar, from the January 1905 issue of the Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal.
- Date Created:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A studio portrait of Ransom E. Olds, taken sometime in the 1920s. The photographer is not identified. On the back of this photograph is written "R. E. Olds, chairman of Board of Reo Car Co."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Stock certificate no. 72 for one share of capital stock to Ransom E. Olds.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
