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- Description:
- This collection consists of one large-format newspaper-clipping scrapbook that was compiled by a descendant of R. E. Olds. The clippings primarily represent the activities of the Grand River Improvement Committee, which was formed in the early 1960s by then-Lansing mayor Willard I. Bowerman to address river cleanup and related issues. Clippings also reflect similar activities in other cities in Michigan, the U.S., and internationally. The majority date from 1963 to 1965.
- Date Created:
- [1963 TO 1965]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Grand River Improvement Committee
- Description:
- Contains one scrapbook compiled for Claud Erickson and several loose unidentified family portraits by Lansing photographers. The scrapbook is printed on the front with "Claud R. Erickson. President. The City Club of Lansing. 1970-1971." It contains newspaper clippings, "Newsline" newsletters, correspondence, and other items related to Claud Erickson's election as president of The City Club of Lansing. Claud Erickson was born in Manistee, Michigan in 1900, and died in 1993. He earned four engineering degrees from Michigan State University and worked for the Lansing Board of Water and Light for 50 years, serving for a time as director and ultimately having the Erickson Station plant named after him. He was also involved in many other sectors including Ingham County Chairman of U.S. Treasury Savings Bond Drive, the Red Cross, and the MSU Foundation, among others. The seven loose photographs appear to be from much earlier and have no relation to the scrapbook of the City Club. They have not been digitized. One photo is dated 1892. This collection was donated by Jim Perkins.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Claud Erickson
- Description:
- This scrapbook contains approximately 100 pages of newspaper clippings collected by Alfred Seymour. The clippings cover a wide variety of topics and people, many of whom appear to have been friends and acquaintances of Chief Seymour from Detroit, Lansing, and elsewhere. Many of the clippings are local obituaries and marriage announcements. There are several loose items in the book, including some receipts for tuition at M.A.C. and membership in women's guilds for Maude Seymour. Due to the item's fragility it has not been digitized in full, only its cover. An index to death notices, obituaries, engagement, marriage, and anniversary announcements found in the scrapbook is linked below. Most announcements do not include a date or newspaper source. Contact the library for more information.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Alfred Seymour Collection
- Date Created:
- [1907 TO 1983]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing YWCA
- Description:
- These records from the Greater Lansing Chamber of Commerce span the years 1913 to 1976, with the majority being from the 1960s. Most were the personal files of local realtor and Chamber board member Rollie Stebbins, with the exception of two scrapbooks for which the provenance is not known. Included are membership rosters, Board of Directors meeting packets, information on an annual conference at Tippy Dam, and annual folders which contain a mix of minutes, correspondence, meeting notices, partial membership lists, lists of prospective memberships, and other material. There are also two scrapbooks containing clippings of local and regional interest, about the Chamber and about government and other activities in the Lansing area, and some correspondence and other printed material produced by the Chamber itself. One scrapbook contains content dated 1913 to 1928; the other contains strictly newspaper clippings and dates from 1928 to 1935. For more information on the history of the Chamber of Commerce, see <a href="http://www.lansingchamber.org/?page=ChamberHistory">this link</a>.
- Date Created:
- [1913 TO 1976]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Greater Lansing Chamber of Commerce
- Description:
- This is a scrapbook that includes the headlines and articles from regular and special edition Lansing State Journal newspapers and other area papers such as the Detroit Free Press, for the day of the Hotel Kerns Fire (December 11, 1934) and about two weeks following. The articles detail names of deceased, injured, and missing, as well as follow-up investigation efforts and cleanup from the fire. A copy of the "Lansing Capital Times" (Vol. 1 No. 14, Oct. 22 - Nov. 4, 1986) with a cover story on the hotel fire is also included. The scrapbook has been made out of an old accounting ledger, and the source is unknown.
- Date Created:
- 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Hotel Kerns Fire Scrapbook
- Description:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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