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- Description:
- This is a small collection of assorted family papers from the Edmond family of Lansing. It spans from 1850 to 1989 with the majority of the materials dating to prior to 1900. Items include club membership cards, event invitations and wedding announcements for many of Lansing's society families, business and personal accounting notes and diaries, and other personal records such as National Guard service certificates. The collection also includes some manuscript material: an essay about early Lansing, a description of a Bement Co. Labor Day parade float photograph, poetry by James P. Edmonds' father-in-law N. B. Jones, and others. John W. Edmonds was a prominent Lansing pioneer. He moved from New York State in 1854 and established a trunk and leather goods business, eventually partnering with Charles Cannell, a partnership that would last 36 years. Their business was succeeded by the Liebermann Trunk Co. Edmonds was also an organizer of the Lansing Fire Department and served as chief engineer for a time. He was Second Ward alderman, and also treasurer of the local school board for 12 years. His son James P. Edmonds served as City Treasurer before co-founding the Bates & Edmonds Company, which manufactured motors, in 1899. He was also known as an unofficial historian for the city of Lansing, collecting many early photographs and memorabilia. He wrote "Early Lansing History" which was published in 1944. See also the Edmonds Photograph Collection (2018-06-003).
- Date Created:
- [1850 TO 1989]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Edmonds Family Papers Collection
- Description:
- Published by Action Printing, Mason, Michigan.
- Date Created:
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Dansville Local History Collection
- Description:
- October 2004: Nathalie Winans shares the story of Lansing pioneer family the Wards, focusing on her great-great uncle Ulysses D. Ward, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Date Created:
- 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- Jackie Sewell talks about the origins and early history of the Turner family, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- Jackie Sewell presents the findings of her research on the history of the Turner and Dodge families, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- The business papers of the Breisch Mills ("Pearl") includes correspondence, news clippings, Breisch Mills publications, publications that mention the mill, and programs of banquets and meetings held by associated professional organizations.
- Date Created:
- [1888 TO 1946]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Breisch Family Collection
- Description:
- May or June 1998: Geneva Kebler Wiskemann talks about the history of the Turner-Dodge House, now the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center. Note: there are some audio problems in the original video recording.
- Date Created:
- 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- The Breisch family of Lansing, Michigan, included Christian Breisch (1863-1924), manager of Pearl Mills and North Lansing Mill Company which produced "Morning Glory" flour, owner of the Christian Breisch Corporation founded in 1886, founding father of the Michigan Bean Jobbers Association, of which he was president in 1918; his wife Emma Breisch (nee Cushing) (1865-1952); her father, Thomas R. Cushing (1831-1915), a realtor in Detroit, Michigan; and the children of Christian and Emma Breisch; their daughter Gertrude Irene Breisch Jarred (1890-1952); their son Harold C. Breisch (1893-1949); their daughter Louise R. Breisch (1905-2003). The contents of the different series in this collection are as follows: <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/24D4D491-8FCA-42D5-9CF7-803489284852">Series 1: Family Papers</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/88C36A06-CA49-4942-9767-345609862941">Series 2: Business Papers</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/91539DD1-FEEB-407B-BA16-290376821224">Series 3: Photographs</a> <a href="http://cadl.pastperfectonline.com/archive/23759BA6-FBE5-4043-BEFE-367919964038">Series 4: Artifacts</a>
- Date Created:
- [1897 TO 1952]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Breisch Family Collection
- Description:
- November 2002: Curator Elizabeth Homer talks about the activities and life of the Turner family in Lansing in the mid-1800s, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Date Created:
- 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- The business papers of the Breisch Mills ("Pearl") includes correspondence, news clippings, Breisch Mills publications, publications that mention the mill, and programs of banquets and meetings held by associated professional organizations.
- Date Created:
- [1888 TO 1946]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Breisch Family Collection