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Stebbins Real Estate Collection
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Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
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- Description:
- This collection consists of nearly 400 boxes of real estate listing cards and other material for addresses throughout the greater Lansing area, including both commercial and residential properties. It was created in the course of business by the Advance Realty Co. of Lansing, founded by C. Rowland Stebbins. Records make up two series: standard (card) files, and large files. The 4" x 6" card format was a common way real estate listings were recorded and shared by agencies, especially in the 1950s and beyond with the advent of simple card and photo printing systems. Large files are similar but sometimes include rough sketches of a property or a neighborhood section, correspondence, and/or larger newspaper clippings, with most material on 8 1/2" x 11" office paper as opposed to the smaller cards. Materials are organized by street address. A typical address file will include at least one of the following: -Photograph of property -Negative (usually Kodak Brownie format) of property -Sales listing card or sheet, detailing the structure, lot, location, any notes on showing the property for agents, notes on sale price and date. The 4" x 6" sales listing cards usually have a half-tone photograph of the property on the reverse. -Newspaper clippings (classified advertisements or articles) -Sales agent solicitation records -Rental property information -Vacant property information Occasionally odd items such as a housekey have been found in the files. The material was created and maintained by the Advance Realty Co. of Lansing. Advance was founded by C. Rowland "Rollie" Stebbins, the grandson of Cortland B. Stebbins, who was an editor of the Lansing Republican newspaper as early as 1857. The Stebbins family was prominent in Lansing business and local government for several generations.
- Date Created:
- [1927 TO 1972]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Stebbins Real Estate Collection
- Description:
- ***Indexing for this series is not yet complete; please contact the library if you do not see your street listed.*** This series of the Stebbins Real Estate Collection is the main portion of real estate records, including over 300 boxes of address files. Materials are organized by street address. A typical address file will include at least one of the following: -Photograph of property -Negative (usually Kodak Brownie format) of property -Sales listing card, detailing the structure, lot, location, any notes on showing the property for agents, notes on sale price and date. The sales listing cards usually have a half-tone photograph of the property on the reverse. -Newspaper clippings (classified advertisements or articles) -Sales agent solicitation records -Rental property information -Vacant property information Occasionally odd items such as a housekey have been found in the files. The large files series sometimes contains files for addresses that are represented in this series, so it is best to check both locations.
- Date Created:
- [1927 TO 1972]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Stebbins Real Estate Collection
- Description:
- This series of the Stebbins Real Estate Collection is the second largest portion of the materials, consisting of 27 boxes of address files. Materials are organized by street address. This series has been indexed by the names of the streets included, so a search of real estate collections should include consultation of these boxes to see if a given address is included. Cross referencing from the Stebbins Standard Card Files has been done. A typical address file will include at least one of the following: -Sales listing sheet, detailing the structure, lot, location, any notes on showing the property for agents, notes on sale price and date. -Correspondence with seller or others -Sketch of neighborhood/plat section, or sketch of property -Newspaper clippings (classified advertisements or articles) -Sales agent solicitation records -Rental property information -Vacant property information Photographs and negatives are rarely found in this series.
- Date Created:
- [1927 TO 1972]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Stebbins Real Estate Collection
- Description:
- This collection consists of nearly 400 boxes of real estate listing cards and other material for addresses throughout the greater Lansing area, including both commercial and residential properties. It was created in the course of business by the Advance Realty Co. of Lansing, founded by C. Rowland Stebbins. Records make up two series: standard (card) files, and large files. The 4" x 6" card format was a common way real estate listings were recorded and shared by agencies, especially in the 1950s and beyond with the advent of simple card and photo printing systems. Large files are similar but sometimes include rough sketches of a property or a neighborhood section, correspondence, and/or larger newspaper clippings, with most material on 8 1/2" x 11" office paper as opposed to the smaller cards. Materials are organized by street address. A typical address file will include at least one of the following: -Photograph of property -Negative (usually Kodak Brownie format) of property -Sales listing card or sheet, detailing the structure, lot, location, any notes on showing the property for agents, notes on sale price and date. The 4" x 6" sales listing cards usually have a half-tone photograph of the property on the reverse. -Newspaper clippings (classified advertisements or articles) -Sales agent solicitation records -Rental property information -Vacant property information Occasionally odd items such as a housekey have been found in the files. The material was created and maintained by the Advance Realty Co. of Lansing. Advance was founded by C. Rowland "Rollie" Stebbins, the grandson of Cortland B. Stebbins, who was an editor of the Lansing Republican newspaper as early as 1857. The Stebbins family was prominent in Lansing business and local government for several generations.
- Date Created:
- [1927 TO 1972]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Stebbins Real Estate Collection
- Description:
- This series of the Stebbins Real Estate Collection is the second largest portion of the materials, consisting of 27 boxes of address files. Materials are organized by street address. This series has been indexed by the names of the streets included, so a search of real estate collections should include consultation of these boxes to see if a given address is included. Cross referencing from the Stebbins Standard Card Files has been done. A typical address file will include at least one of the following: -Sales listing sheet, detailing the structure, lot, location, any notes on showing the property for agents, notes on sale price and date. -Correspondence with seller or others -Sketch of neighborhood/plat section, or sketch of property -Newspaper clippings (classified advertisements or articles) -Sales agent solicitation records -Rental property information -Vacant property information Photographs and negatives are rarely found in this series.
- Date Created:
- [1927 TO 1972]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Stebbins Real Estate Collection
- Description:
- ***Indexing for this series is not yet complete; please contact the library if you do not see your street listed.*** This series of the Stebbins Real Estate Collection is the main portion of real estate records, including over 300 boxes of address files. Materials are organized by street address. A typical address file will include at least one of the following: -Photograph of property -Negative (usually Kodak Brownie format) of property -Sales listing card, detailing the structure, lot, location, any notes on showing the property for agents, notes on sale price and date. The sales listing cards usually have a half-tone photograph of the property on the reverse. -Newspaper clippings (classified advertisements or articles) -Sales agent solicitation records -Rental property information -Vacant property information Occasionally odd items such as a housekey have been found in the files. The large files series sometimes contains files for addresses that are represented in this series, so it is best to check both locations.
- Date Created:
- [1927 TO 1972]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Stebbins Real Estate Collection