Howard Cyrus Lawrence Papers 1916-1966

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Howard Cyrus Lawrence Papers 1916-1966

Grand Rapids, Michigan businessman and Republican politician. Correspondence, business records, speeches, and other papers relating to state politics, charitable and civic interests, banking issues, the Grand Rapids Varnish Corporation, the Michigan Trust Company of Grand Rapids, and the Ypsilanti-Reed Furniture Company of Ionia, Michigan; also materials on Albion College, the Methodist Church, the Ionia Free Fair, and Republican Party politics, especially the campaign of Arthur H, Vandenberg for the presidency in 1940.

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Groesbeck, Alexander J. (Alexander Joseph), 1873-1953

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Brake, D. Hale, 1891-1979

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Resident of Stanton, Michigan, who served as Republican state senator, Michigan state treasurer, and delegate to Michigan's 1961-1962 constitutional convention. From the description of D. Hale Brake papers, 1943-1977. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422495 ...

Cudlip, William B., 1904-1988

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William B. Cudlip was born in Iron Mountain, Michigan on March 4, 1904. He attended Swarthmore College (1921-1922), then graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1926. After being admitted to the bar of Michigan, he joined the firm of Campbell, Bulkley & Ledyard in Detroit. He became a partner in the firm in 1933 and in the firm's successor, Dickinson, Wright, McKean & Cudlip. In 1961-1962, Cudlip was a delegate to the Michigan Constitutional Convention. In 1963, he was el...

Trautman, Paul R.

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Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) was the 40th President of the United States and served two terms in office from 1981 to 1989. He was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, the second son of Nelle Wilson and John Edward ("Jack") Reagan. His father nicknamed him "Dutch" as a baby. In 1920 the family resettled in Dixon, Illinois. In 1928 Reagan graduated from Dixon High School, where he had been student body president, an actor in school plays, and a student athlete. He partici...

Hekman, Edward John, 1914-

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Van Wagoner, Murray Delos, 1898-

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Construction engineer and Michigan Democratic politician; served terms as Oakland County Drain Commissioner, Michigan State Highway Commissioner, and as Governor, 1941-1942. From the description of Murray Delos Van Wagoner papers, 1921-1949. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418743 Murray D. Van Wagoner was born March 18, 1898 in Tuscola County, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan College of Engineering in 1921 then went to work ...

Huckle, Thomas O., 1881-

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Lonergan, Augustine, 1874-1947

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Bryant, Everett.

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Mayberry, William A.

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Hollinshead, Kenneth J.

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Dean, Walter Clark, 1898-

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Seaton, John Lawrence, 1873-

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Thompson, Harold R.

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Shackleton, James M., 1896-

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Lawrence, Walter A., 1932-

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Kimball, LeRoy Elwood, 1888-

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Brundage, Ray O., 1881-

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McCartner, W. C.

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Republican National Convention (22nd : 1940 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Brown, Harry J. (Harry John), 1972-

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Michigan Trust Company (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

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Ziegler, Charles M., 1888-1959

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Republican state highway commissioner, 1943-1947. From the description of Charles M. Ziegler papers, 1928-1959. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419876 Charles M. Ziegler was born on a farm in Noble County, Indiana, May 23, 1888. A graduate of Saginaw Eastern High School in 1908, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan in 1913. His professional career in engineering began with the S...

Baldwin, R. W. (Robert William), 1927-

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Newhall, R. Frank, 1874-

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Fitzgerald, Frank Dwight, 1885-1939

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Frank D. Fitzgerald, Republican governor of Michigan 1935-1936 and from January 1 to March 16, 1939, was born January 27, 1885 in Grand Ledge, Michigan. He attended Ferris Institute taking business courses but did not graduate. He began his career as post office clerk in Grand Ledge (his father was postmaster). He held this positions from 1906 to 1911. In 1912, he was elected as a Republican to the county board of supervisors. In addition, over the next several years Fitzgerald woul...

Brown, Prentiss M. (Prentiss Marsh), 1889-1973

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Democratic Congressman and U. S. Senator from St. Ignace, Michigan. From the description of Prentiss Marsh Brown papers, 1902-1973. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419930 Prentiss M. Brown was born at St. Ignace, Michigan on June 18, 1889. He was the son of James J. and Minnie Brown, his father having been at one time Detroit city attorney and later prosecuting attorney of Cheboygan and Mackinac counties. Brown was educated in the St. Ignace scho...

Methodist Church (U.S.)

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Slocum, William W., 1891-

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Weber, Al H., 1870-

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Voorhies, Paul Warren, 1875-1952

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Bass, Louis.

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Waldo, Dwight B. (Dwight Bryant), 1864-1939

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Andrews, Roger, 1874-

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Owen, R. Dwight.

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Goebel, Paul Gordon, 1901-

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Businessman and Republican mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1950-1954 and 1956-1958, delegate to the 1961 constitutional convention, and regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Paul G. Goebel papers, 1942-1964. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420636 Paul G. Goebel was born May 28, 1901 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1923 with a degree in mechanical engineering. At the university, Goebe...

Cochran, Friend Morris, 1897-

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Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-1949

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Author and newspaper editor at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, University of Michigan regent and Republican governor of Michigan, 1911-1912. From the description of Chase Salmon Osborn papers, 1889-1949. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423228 Chase S. Osborn was born in Huntington County, Indiana on January 22, 1860, the son of George A. and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn. He married Lillian G. Jones on May 7, 1881. Osborn was a newspaperman and author before becoming ...

Barnes, M. H.

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Methodist Church (U.S.). Michigan Conference.

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Walker, L. C. (Louis Carlisle), 1875-1963

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Muskegon, Michigan equipment manufacturer. From the description of Louis Carlisle Walker papers, 1881-1963. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420843 From the description of Louis Carlisle Walker papers, 1881-1963. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78784678 Louis C. Walker was an internationally known industrialist and philanthropist from Muskegon, Michigan. He was born January 8, 1875 in Farmington, Michigan and graduated from ...

Sigler, Kim, 1894-

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American Bankers Association.

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Kresge, Stanley Sebastian, 1900-

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Business records, materials relating to philanthropic activities, notably documenting the work of the Kresge Foundation, and family materials; also organizational materials, speeches, and photographs. From the description of Stanley S. Kresge papers, 1909-1985 [microform] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82864201 From the description of Stanley S. Kresge papers, 1909-1985. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418760 A.H. Taylor, ...

Whitehouse, William

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Bicknell, John W., 1913-

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Anderson, Charles F.

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Wright, James F. (James Francis), 1921-2012

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James Francis Wright was born in Philadelphia in 1924 and died on January 10, 2008 of a heart attack. He was 83 years old. Dr. Wright graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1951. Following graduation, Dr. Wright practiced mixed animal medicine in Lawrenceville, N.J., for two years. In 1979, Dr. Wright was awarded the USPHS Commendation Medal. Also, he served in the Army Air Corps during World War II in the Pacific Theatre. In the early 1980s, Dr. Wr...

Sharpe, Nelson, 1858-1935

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Ferguson, Homer, 1888-1982

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Republican U.S. Senator from Michigan, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, and judge on the U.S. Court of Military Appeals. From the description of Homer Ferguson papers, 1939-1976. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419354 Senator, judge. From the description of Reminiscences of Homer Ferguson : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122565301 Ferguson (1888-1982) graduated from the University...

Vander Werp, Don, 1885-

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Toy, Harry Stanley, 1892-1955.

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Hewitt, Charles Henry, 1900-

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Pollock, James K. (James Kerr), 1898-1968

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Professor of political science at University of Michigan, special adviser to U.S. Military Government in Germany, 1945-1848, special adviser to U.S. High Commissioner in Germany in 1950, member of Hoover Commission on the Re-Organization of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, 1947-1949, and participant in the Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1961-1962. From the description of James Kerr Pollock papers, 1920-1968. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 80055237...

Green, Fred W. (Fred Warren), 1872-1936

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Republican governor of Michigan, 1927-1930, from Ionia. From the description of Fred Warren Green papers, 1881-1939. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418362 Fred Warren Green was born Oct. 20, 1872, in Manistee, Michigan. He graduated from the Law School of the University of Michigan in 1898, then served in the Spanish-American War, commanding Company G, 31st Michigan Volunteer Infantry in Cuba. After the war, he practiced law in Ypsilanti, also b...

Lawrence, Paul R.

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Andrews, Harold F.

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