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- Description:
- Three ledgers from the grocery business operations of Martin A. Sweet, Mason, Michigan. Martin A. Sweet was born in about 1826 in Pennsylvania. His first wife Margarette died in 1855. They had a son Perry that year. He was married again to Lydia A. Williams in 1865, and they had two daughters, Nettie and Allie. Lydia was a dressmaker. Martin started his business with only $35 but at the end of his active days was quite successful. He built the Pioneer Block building in downtown Mason, where his "Pioneer Grocery" was located. He died on February 21, 1881, and is buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Mason. The first ledger in this collection is a "day book" for May 31, 1873 to May 25, 1874, in which Martin Sweet recorded entries with date, customer name, items purchased, prices and total, and a unique number for each transaction in the left margin. These numbers may have referred to an index of customers that is not present. This day book has been disbound and may be missing pages. Second is a receipt book from 1877 which has the name Nellie Sweet written in the front end papers. Sweet had a daughter who is listed as Nettie or Nellie in different sources, as well as another daughter named Allie. This bound volume includes an index of customers with page number references at front, and records of their purchases by date, with prices and totals. Finally, a volume of pasted-in receipts from suppliers in Jackson, Detroit, and Lansing is included, which dates from 1875 to 1877 in reverse order. This volume's binding is in poor condition. Many receipts have elaborate vignettes and typefaces. Also in the collection are two small adhesive-backed labels from the M. A. Sweet store which reads "Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Flour, Feed, Canned Goods, Oysters, &c."
- Date Created:
- [1873 TO 1877]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Martin A. Sweet 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:
- 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:
- This ledger is some type of street-related tax or property assessment record for the years 1902 to 1908 in the city of Lansing. Pages are divided into alphabetically-tabbed sections, and street names have been written in. The actual records include a resident or owner's name, some numbers which may be the measurement of street frontage of the property, dates for "1st" and "2nd" (possibly taxes paid dates), and the legal description of each property. Pasted into the back of the book is a chart dated May 1, 1905, listing the six wards of the city and categories Stone, Plank, Brick, and Tar with totaled measurements.
- Date Created:
- [1902 TO 1908]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Property Ledger
- Description:
- A girls' bookkeeping class in progress at Walter French Junior High School. Two copies.
- Date Created:
- 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- This is a collection of the papers of Jackson K. Elmer and family. Elmer was born in New York in 1840, and moved to Michigan in 1853 after the death of his father. He spent most of his adult life in Mason. He was married to Mary E. Bond in 1866, and they had a daughter Dora D. Elmer. Both his wife and daughter's correspondence and other materials including schoolwork and text books are part of this collection. Elmer was initially involved in carpentry and construction after learning the trade following public school in Rome, Michigan. He operated a carpentry and building business in partnership with a half brother Lyman W. Baker. He also served for the Union in the Civil War, first enlisting as a sergeant and then receiving promotions to second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and adjutant. There is significant correspondence with military organizations and friends, and other paperwork related to his military service. There are several warranty deeds for a piece of land in Ingham County between Mason and Lansing along the "State Road" which may have been where the Elmer, Baker, & Co. construction business or his future endeavors in mercantile, coal, and grocery was located. Elmer also owned 80 acres in Section 6, Aurelius Township, which he managed but never farmed himself. The collection also includes a large number of calling cards, carte de visite photographs and other portraits and photographs, as well as small ledgers, travel diaries, and account books. One of the earliest account books is for the Primary School Interest Fund account that was kept at the Bank of Michigan for 1839-1841, which was probably not Elmer's personal record. He used blank pages later in the volume for his household and Elmer & Baker business accounting and drafts of correspondence. This reuse of items is common in the collection, especially in bound volumes.
- Date Created:
- [1839 TO 1929]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Elmer Collection
- Description:
- A memo to H. S. Weir, Lansing, from E. F. Glenny, New York, regarding wage rate changes for J. S. Tuxbury (Salesman) and William Offerman (Shop Foreman).
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Fifty volumes of treasurer's account records and tax assessment records, from Alaiedon and Onondaga townships, Ingham County, Michigan. Keyword searchable name indexes are available for a few of the volumes; see PDF documents in Links field.
- Date Created:
- [1865 TO 1938]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Ingham County - Township Ledgers
- Description:
- This collection contains two City of Lansing payroll ledgers, one for the Health Department (August 15, 1923 to March 15, 1924), and one for Public Works (December 29, 1920 to April 25, 1923). The Public Works ledger is a typed record organized by check number, listing the name of the employee, the amount of the check, and whether the check was cashed. The pages of the ledger are placed in reverse chronological order. The Health Department has only one completed, two-sided page of records. It lists employee name, check number, amount, and whether the check was cashed. Employees were paid on the 15th and last day of each month in this time period.
- Date Created:
- [1920 TO 1924]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- City of Lansing Payroll Ledgers
- Description:
- One ledger of membership and other accounting of Lansing's Spirit No. 11 unit of the Metropolitan Club of America. Members included Firemen, Policemen, Mailmen, Postal Department workers, and Honorary Members. The ledger includes accounting for 1929 to 1938. In each category the member names are listed along with an accounting of their membership dues. Firemen are listed in groups depending on which fire house they were stationed at.
- Date Created:
- [1929 TO 1938]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Metropolitan Club of America, Spirit No. 11 - Lansing
