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- Description:
- A snapshot of Billy Sunday standing next to a car.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Alfred Seymour Collection
- Description:
- From a group of more than 80 letters, telegrams, and other materials from or concerning the International Association of Chiefs of Police and Alfred Seymour's involvement, this is 85 pages of correspondence dating from 1932 to 1940. Seymour was a charter member of the organization and served as its president for a time. While active in the I. A. C. P., he worked to support the appointment of J. Edgar Hoover as Director of the new Federal Bureau of Investigation. Several letters between Hoover and Seymour are part of this correspondence.
- Date Created:
- [1932 TO 1940]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Alfred Seymour Collection
- Description:
- This is a group of four clippings of special full illustraton pages from the Michigan State Digest. The pages are to do with Lansing, and include a page each on: "Lansing's Guardians of the Peace" (the Lansing Police Department, with portraits of officers and Chief Alfred Seymour at center) Public officials (portraits of city department heads, aldermen, and other municipal leaders) "Varied Industrial Activity" (photographs of ten manufacturing facilities and city utility plants) "Lansing's Welfare Societies" and "The Lansing Life Underwriters Association" (portraits of people active in both of those areas) The Michigan State Digest was an independent newspaper published in Lansing from about 1926 to 1950.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Alfred Seymour Collection
- Description:
- Chief Alfred Seymour at left, with a large crowd outside a long building with several roof vents. The photograph was taken on October 29, 1916, during evangelist Billy Sunday's "campaign" in Detroit (September 10-November 6, 1916). Sunday likely met Seymour in Detroit, and then asked him to serve as security during his Buffalo, New York, stop in early 1917.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Alfred Seymour Collection
- Description:
- A souvenir photo card of an open topped touring car labeled "P.U.C. 139" with a sign board at the side that reads "At Glen Cove on Pike's Peak." There are eight passengers in the car. The photograph is labeled "K. Killion, Colorado Springs Driver. Policemen Hamburg. Dr. and Mrs. Amos Ogden Taylor, Altoona, Penn., Chief and Mrs. Alfred J. Seymour, Lansing, Mich. June 28, 1928." A second copy of the card reads "Driver J. Killian, Colorado Springs. Schliewen, Hamburg, Germany. Chief and Mrs. Alfred J. Seymour, Lansing Michigan."
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Alfred Seymour Collection
- Description:
- A snapshot of evangelist Billy Sunday, Chief Alfred Seymour, and an unidentified man.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Alfred Seymour Collection
- Description:
- Materials related to the events of the C.I.O. sit-down strikes and the "labor holiday" on June 7th, 1937. The group includes newspaper articles and a personal statement of Chief Seymour handwritten by him and typed with slight revisions. Strikes in Lansing occurred at the REO plant, the Capitol City Wrecking and Lumber Company, with threats of action at other locations in the city. On the "labor holiday" itself, City Hall, the Knapps department store, and many other businesses were closed due to the various threats. A crowd threatened to attack the jail to break out prisoners being held on strike-related charges, and Seymour was not supported by the Mayor, the State Police, the Governor, Prosecutors, or Judges in his attempts to prevent incident, though it was ultimately resolved without bloodshed.
- Date Created:
- 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Alfred Seymour Collection
- Description:
- A group of banquet programs and notes from Lansing Police Department annual banquest, a 1935 Lansing Traffic Club banquet, Chief Seymour's retirement farewell, and other events. Some items are in PDF format and are linked below. The attached files also include photographs of a souvenir cast metal trolley car from the Traffic Club banquet in 1935.
- Date Created:
- [1925 TO 1937]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Alfred Seymour Collection
- 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
- Description:
- This is a group of nine newspaper clippings on various topics, collected by Alfred Seymour. Themes include: The murder of Pearl Britten (May 29, 1923). Newspaper title and date not known. Article about "M. Quad" (Charles B. Lewis), long-time Detroit Free Press writer. Detroit Free Press, Sept. 10, 1922, p. 3. Review of James Oliver Curwood's book "The Country Beyond" and Zane Grey's "The Day of the Beast." Detroit Free Press, Sept. 10, 1922, p. 4. Short article on a car accident involving Alfred Seymour's car. Lansing State Journal, Jan. 6, 1922, p. 9. Obituary for Marcia H. Potter. Lansing State Journal, Sept. 5, 1948, p. 4. Short article about O. A. "Rusty" Graves, employee of the Michigan Public Service Commission. Newspaper title and date not known, 1945. Obituary for Louis O. Staelens. Lansing State Journal April 7, 1961. Article about 80th birthday of Mrs. Arthur A. Campbell. Lansing State Journal February 25, 1943. Obituary for Emma L. Campbell. Lansing State Journal December 23, 1943.
- Date Created:
- [1922 TO 1961]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Alfred Seymour Collection
