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- Description:
- This small collection includes single albums, diaries, and ledgers from various sources, gathered by David Caterino, most likely from estate sales. Each item in the collection has its own sub-record with digitized material associated when possible.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Diaries, Ledgers, and Albums
- Description:
- This small collection contains personal memorabilia and correspondence collected by mother and daughter Ursula M. Greene Lowell (1861-1936) and Ruth Lowell Oliver (1902-1994). Ruth was Ursula's only child with her husband Herbert "Bertie" J. Lowell (1861-1935). Among Ursula Greene Lowell's materials are several cabinet card photographs and tiny matted tintype photos, most taken in New York State, and all but one (S. A. Greene) are unidentified. There are some pieces of family correspondence dating from 1802 to 1847. Ruth Lowell Oliver was born when both of her parents were 40 years old. Based on a small amount of her memorabilia, she attended Lansing High School in approximately 1919-1921. She also attended both Michigan Agricultural College (Michigan State University) and Michigan State Normal School (which became Eastern Michigan University). In census records she was listed as a teacher. Her husband Glen A. Oliver (1889-1970) was 15 years older and a farmer. They lived in a rural area near Wacousta in Clinton County, where their parents and grandparents had lived, for most of their lives. They did not have children. Ruth's memorabilia includes several photographs of women's sports teams from M. A. C. dated 1922-1925. There is also a photograph printed on pink paper of a bonfire, "Michigan Aggie Bonfire, Nov. 10, 1922." The collection contains approximately 120 letters sent to Ursula Greene between 1882 and 1888, with their original envelopes, and another 38 letters and postcards between Ruth Lowell and her parents from about 1919, also with envelopes. This collection appears to have been an estate sale purchase by David Caterino, who then left the collection to the Capital Area District Libraries.
- Date Created:
- [1802 TO 1927]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Greene-Lowell-Oliver Collection
- Description:
- This small collection contains items owned by Cory Ellsworth Johnson and Major Stickney Johnson, with information on the items provided by the donor. Materials include autograph albums with small items enclosed; documents from the First National Bank of Lansing Business College, the Interlake Business College, the Lansing Artificial Stone Co., A. D. Hensel, and Hall Lumber Company; a reprint of a Charles Dickens essay; a calligrapher's eraser; a monogram "J" for sealing wax; and an F. N. Arbaugh charge plate for Mrs. Richard Frazier. The collection also contains four early photographs. Two (circa 1886) are of the Interlake Business College building at the northeast corner of Washtenaw and Washington streets, which was operated by Professor William A. Johnson. This building also housed the L. D. Goss Furniture Store, the Lansing Music Co. Ltd., McCall's Bazar, Lansing Ice Co., the One Price Shoe Store, and other businesses. One of the photographs is one of few known images of horse-drawn streetcars in Lansing. A portrait of "Grandma Johnson" from the Savigny & Christmas studio, as well as a photo of Major Johnson, his mother, and their dog Jess at their farm house, are also included.
- Date Created:
- [1884 TO 1937]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Johnson Family Collection
- 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