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- 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 letter to G. A. Stout, Resident Comptroller, Chevrolet-Tarrytown Division (New York), Attn. Mr. E. R. Kennedy, from A. Sandberg, Office and Budget manager, Oldsmobile. The letter is regarding employment history for Walter N. Phillimore.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A letter from Henry Ford to Ransom Eli Olds in regards to his thoughts on the Selden Patent, and congratulations on the formation of Olds' new company (REO). Typed letter on Ford Motor Company letterhead, signed in full by Henry Ford. Unknown symbol or mark on lower right corner. Read a commentary on this letter by Jim Neal <a href="http://www.cadl.org/files/7414/5504/6734/FORD_LTR_TO_OLDS_COMMENTARY_040212.pdf">here</a>.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- A letter to A. Sandberg, Office and Budget Manager, Oldsmobile, from G. A. Stout, Resident Comptroller, North Tarrytown, New York. The letter concerns payroll records for William H. Roth.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local Authors Collection
- Description:
- Curved Dash Oldsmobile imprint on Detroit billhead.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- The family papers include marriage certificates and announcements, family wills, funeral books, autograph books, expense ledgers, education materials, newspaper scrapbooks and clippings, a family tree, correspondence, and the family bible.
- Date Created:
- [1788 TO 2003]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Breisch Family Collection
- Description:
- World War II Oldsmobile letterhead with note to R. E. Olds from Philip J. Burns, Director of Public Relations for the General Motors Oldsmobile Division.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Regarding National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (NAAM) constitution. Olds Motor Works letterhead with factory vignettes and Curved Dash Olds image.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- This collection contains fifteen letters and other miscellaneous papers and is named for the Williams Family, J. P. Baker, and Adella C. Ketchum. The letters address topics such as personal family correspondence, fragments from the William Penn charter, and a resignation letter from A. C. John C. Williams. The letters show that Adolphus W. Williams was a colonel and general who marshalled the "Celebration of Our National Birthday" in 1869. Charles F. Williams was Adella C. Kethcum's sister and Adella was daughter of A. W. Williams.
- Date Created:
- [1851 TO 1881]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Williams-Baker-Ketchum Correspondence
