Sligh Family Papers 1842-1967

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Sligh Family Papers, 1842-1967

Title

Sligh Family Papers 1842-1967

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http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-85481?rgn=main;view=text

Abstract

Grand Rapids, Michigan family, involved in furniture making and other businesses, also active in local state and Republican Party politics and businessmen's associations. Papers include family papers and correspondence, business records, scrapbooks and visual materials.

Extent

27 linear ft. (28 boxes), 30 v. (outsize), and 1 folder (outsize)

Languages

eng,

Holding Repository

Bentley Historical Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6389504

Bentley Historical Library

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Ferry, Thomas W. (Thomas White), 1827-1896

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Innes, William Powers, 1826-1893.

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White, George W., b. 1828.

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Sligh, James May, 1844-1921.

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Reuther, Walter P.

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Sligh, Charles R., 1850-1927

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Ferris, Woodbridge

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Turner, James Munroe, 1850-1896.

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Lansing, Michigan farmer, businessman and mayor, and Republican nominee for Governor, 1890. From the description of James Munroe Turner papers, 1850-1898. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422543 ...

Ferris, Woodbridge N., 1853-1928

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Michigan Democratic governor, 1913-1917, U.S. Senator, 1922-1928, and founder of Ferris Industrial School (later Ferris Institute). From the description of Woodbridge N. Ferris papers, 1878-1940. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 154302100 Governor of Michigan 1913-1916; U.S. Senator 1922-1928. From the description of Woodbridge Nathan Ferris correspondence, 1914 March 12. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 430035096 ...

Edson Gifford

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Drake, Richard L.

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Sligh, Mary Stowell Conger, 1854-1903

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Gifford, Edson P., b. 1832.

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Michigan School of Religion.

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Walter Reuther

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Mantle, Lee, 1851-1934

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David Jewell

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Baker, Fred A.

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O. W. Lowry

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McGill, Charles William, 1865-

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Frank Blair

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Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970

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Clement Miller

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Ford motor company

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When Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, Alexander Y. Malcolmson was elected the Company's first treasurer, but his assistant James Couzens actually managed financial functions. People holding the position of Ford Motor Company treasurer from 1903 to 1955 included Alexander Y. Malcolmson, 1903-1906; James J. Couzens, 1906-1915; Frank L. Klingensmith, 1915-1921; Edsel B Ford, 1921-1943; B. J. Craig, 1943-1946; and L. E. Briggs, 1946-1955. In 1903, the business office was in a small building o...

Curtis, William Eleroy, 1850-1911

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American journalist. From the description of Typed letters signed (4) : Washington, D.C., to Harper & Brothers, 1891 Apr. 27-July 28. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 81020876 Curtis was chief of the Latin-American department of the Chicago Record . From the guide to the William Eleroy Curtis Scrapbooks, 1874-1911, 1885-1911, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Traveling correspondent for two...

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 ...

Spencer Allen

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Alexander C. Sly

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Morse, Allen Benton, 1839-1921.

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Michigan Supreme Court Justice and U.S. Consul. From the description of Allen Benton Morse papers, 1885-1898. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420317 Allen Benton Morse was born January 7, 1839, in Otisco, Ionia County, Michigan. His parents were Jon L. and Susan (Cowles) Morse. Morse attended Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) from 1857-1859. In 1861, he enlisted as a sergeant in Company B, 16th Michigan Infantry. On December 16, 18...

Jewell, David A., b. 1828.

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McMillan, James, 1838-1902

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Detroit industrialist and U.S. Senator (1889-1902). Purchasing agent for the Detroit & Milwaukee railroad; organizer of the Michigan Car Co., 1863; president of the Duluth South Shore & Atlantic Railroad; member of Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad and Detroit City Railroad; president of the Detroit Board of Park Commissioners and the Detroit Board of Estimates; member of the Republican State Central Committee, 1876. Was also a member of the following firms: Detroit Car Wheel Co...

Richard C. Mosher

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Baker, Frederick A., b. 1846

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

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Sligh, James Wilson, 1821-1863.

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Smith, William Alden, 1859-1932

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Abbott, Sidney D., b. 1826.

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Hannah, John A., 1902-1991

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Enos Hopkins

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Curtis, William E.

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Michigan State University

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Michigan State University was established in 1855, and by 1862, it stood as the nation’s premier land-grant university. Over the decades, the university has continued to be a model of what a land-grant university can and should do. As a university of, for and by the people, Michigan State University began a long tradition of empowering people through educational opportunity....

Sligh Furniture Company

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