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- Description:
- The Mead Family Collection consists of photographs, historical documents, and artifacts pertaining to Azel Mead (1784 to 1871), his descendants, and other relatives. The materials cover various aspects of the family's lives from 1833 to approximately 1960. This includes documents relating to Minerva Jeanette White Mead and her husband George G. Mead, who were involved in the spiritualist movement at the turn of the century. They were active members of the Haslett Park Club which held a yearly spiritualist retreat on Lake Lansing. Other materials relating to the family include Azel Mead's divorce papers and casual letters written between family members. The collection also includes approximately 800 photographs, mainly portraits of people, and houses in Mason, Michigan, circa 1900. Vacation photographs and a large number of snapshots from the family members who lived in Kansas are also included. This collection was donated to the Forest Parke Library and Archives by Shirley Sliker. Additional items in the collection document her research into the Mead family and the local spiritualist movement.
- Date Created:
- [1833 TO 1993]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mead Family Collection
- Description:
- A woman with her hair pulled up wearing a dark dress with a dark lace collar. Photograph by Smith, Mason, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mead Family Collection
- Description:
- An older woman wearing a top with a white lace over collar. Photograph by Tamlyn, Mason, Michigan, three copies.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mead Family Collection
- Description:
- A man with grey hair and a dark mustachio wearing a dark tie with a tie pin. Photograph by Van Slyke, Mason, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mead Family Collection
- Description:
- A man with a mustachio in formal dress with a white vest an tie. Photograph by Smith, Mason, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mead Family Collection
- Description:
- Woman in a dark dress with puffed sleeves wearing dangling earings. Photograph by Van Slyke, Mason, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mead Family Collection
- Description:
- Photo is titled Mason Control Center. Shown in the rear (order not known) are K. A. Zimmerman, Ralph Hall, William Eustus Zimmer, Commander, Glen Coon, A. F. Zeckgraf, Dr. R. Lethbridge. In the front is G. L. Graham, L. Parker, reporter Mason paper, Floyd Otis, Ed Boyne, and F. J. Kellog.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Description:
- A woman in a light dress with puffed sleeves. Photograph by Van Slyke, Mason, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mead Family Collection
- Description:
- A young man wearing a checked shirt and a dark jacket. Photograph by F.C. Parsons, Mason, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mead Family Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Alexander B. Campbell (May 13, 1852 to October 29, 1891) wearing a dark jacket and vest. Photograph by C.W. Van Slyke, Mason, Michigan, two copies. "Re: page 464, CA 1905, Cowles, Albert E., Past and Present of the Lansing and Ingham County, MI, Dr. AB Campbell (Deceased), Mason, MI, May 13, 1852 to Oct 29, 1891" written on back of photos.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Mead Family Collection