Emerson R. Boyles papers 1879-1911 and 1931-1960

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Kellogg, W. K. (Will Keith), 1860-1951

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Lapeer Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

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Brucker, Wilber Marion, 1894-1968

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Prosecuting attorney of Saginaw County, Michigan, attorney general of Michigan, 1929-1931, governor, 1931-1932, general counsel to the Department of Defense during the Army-McCarthy Hearing, 1954-1955, and Secretary of the Army, 1955-1961. From the description of Wilber M. Brucker papers, 1877-1968. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421623 Wilber Marion Brucker, government official and governor, was born in Saginaw, Michigan, June 23, 1894, the son...

North, Walter H. (Walter Harper), 1871-1952

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Bushnell, George E. (George Edward), 1887-1965

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Justice on the Michigan Supreme Court, official in Scottish Rite Freemasonry, Sovereign Grand Commander, Supreme Council, Northern Jurisdiction. From the description of George E. Bushnell papers, 1921-1965. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422322 George Edward Bushnell was born November 4, 1887 in Roanoke, Virginia. After graduating from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1907, and working for a time as an advertising executive, Bushnell studied la...

Yntema, Hessel E.

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Republican Party (Mich.)

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Crusade for Freedom.

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Butzel, Henry M. (Henry Magnus), 1871-1963

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Order of Patrick Henry.

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Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951

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U.S. Senator from Michigan (1928-1951). From the description of Arthur H. Vandenberg papers, 1936-1941. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 620820101 Republican member of the U.S. Senate from Michigan, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and delegate to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco in 1945. From the description of Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg visual materials series [microform]. ca. 1896-1950. (University of Michigan). Wo...

Sharpe, Edward M., 1887-

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Knight, John Shively, 1894-1981

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Born October 26, 1894, in Bluefield, West Va., as the second son of Charles Landon and Clara Irene Scheifly Knight, John Shively grew up in Akron, Ohio. By 1915, Charles Landon Knight acquired full control of the Akron Beacon Journal, having worked his way up from advertising manager to editor and publisher in 1909. His college education at Cornell University was interrupted in 1917 as he left to enlist in the Army, eventually seeing action in the Argonne. Eventually, Knight returned to Akron an...

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 ...

Wilson, Charles Erwin, 1890-1961

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Wiest, Howard, 1864-1945

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Summerfield, Arthur E. (Arthur Ellsworth), 1899-1972

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Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield (1899-1972) was Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1952 to 1953, and served as Postmaster General of the United States from 1953 to 1961. From the description of Summerfield, Arthur E. (Arthur Ellsworth), 1899-1972 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10609665 Government official. From the description of Reminiscences of Arthur E. Summerfield : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City ...

Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971

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President of University of Michigan, 1929-1951. From the description of Alexander Grant Ruthven papers, 1901-1961. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423262 Epithet: President University of Michigan Ann Arbor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x00010a Alexander G. Ruthven was born April 1, 1882 in Hull, Iowa. He received his BS degree in 1903 from Morningside ...

Bingay, Malcolm Wallace, 1884-

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Detroit, Michigan, newspaper columnist and editor. From the description of Malcolm Bingay papers, 1948. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422733 Malcolm Bingay began his newspaper career as a teenager. He served as sports editor for the Detroit News from 1906-1910, and as city editor from 1910-1914. Mr. Bingay was promoted to managing editor in 1914 and was sent to manage the London, England bureau of the Detroit News in 1925. After returning to Detroit he join...

Hoffman, Paul G. (Paul Gray), 1891-1974

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Businessman and government official. From the description of Papers, 1928-1972. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70944301 ...

Michigan. Judges' Retirement Board.

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Boyles family.

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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 ...

Mott, Charles Stewart, 1875-1973

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Executive with General Motors Corporation and Flint (Mich.) civic leader and philanthropist. From the description of Papers, 1896-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122614764 Executive with the General Motors Corporation, and Flint civic leader and philanthropist. From the description of Charles S. Mott papers, 1896-1973. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419888 ...

McKay, Frank D., 1883-

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Republican politician and Michigan state treasurer, 1925-1931. From the description of Frank McKay papers, 1909-1965. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 154302153 From the description of Frank D. McKay papers, 1909-1965. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778428 Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 4, 1883, Frank D. McKay left school to work in various manual labor jobs. He was a natural businessman however. As many of his ...

Starr, Raymond Wesley, 1888-1968.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan attorney, state attorney general, 1937-1938, associate justice and chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, U.S. district court judge for the western district of Michigan. From the description of Raymond Wesley Starr papers, 1921-1968. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420279 Raymond Starr was born August 24, 1888 in Pleasantview Township, Emmet County, Michigan. After graduating from Harbor Springs High School in 1906, h...

Kelly, Harry F. (Harry Francis), 1895-1971

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Boyles, Emerson R., 1881-1960.

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Emerson R. Boyles was born in Chester Township, Eaton County, June 29, 1881. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1903, then entered the practice of law in Charlotte. He was elected prosecuting attorney, 1912-1916; probate judge of Eaton County, 1921-1927. He resigned to become Deputy Attorney General with Attorney General William W. Potter and served in that capacity for six years. He was appointed member of Michigan Public Utilities Commission, 1935-1936, then became lega...

Michigan. Supreme Court

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L.F. Seymour of Farwell (Mich.) won the bid to construct a gravel road, located mostly in Ionia County and a bit of Kent County (Mich.). Seymour and Frank F. Rogers, the then State Highway Commissioner, signed the contract on Oct. 1, 1920. Seymour later sued for $10,663.21, his unpaid balance. He was eventually paid. From the description of Case No. 31094 records, 1920-1928. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 50226073 ...

Pennington, Fred A.

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Lindemer, Lawrence B.

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Blodgett, John W. (John Wood), 1860-1951

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John W. Blodgett, Jr. (1901-1987) was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 24, 1901. His father John W. Blodgett, Sr. was prominent in the timber industry. Blodgett Sr. was principal of the Blodgett firm during the late 1800s and early 1900s and served as president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. Blodgett, Sr. owned timber lands in the lake states region and in the south and west. Blodgett, Jr. graduated from Harvard with an A.B. in 1923. Like his fath...

Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943

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Edsel Ford's interests beyond automobiles and the automobile industry were broad and varied. He was president of the Arts Commission of the Detroit Institute of Arts, a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, and a trustee for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. He was a member of the Isle Royal National Park Commission, chairman of the board of the Detroit University School, and a director of the Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit. He was active in Ford Motor Company educatio...

Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988

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Governor of Michigan (1949-1960), and Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan (1970- ). From the description of Gerhard M. Williams papers, 1949-1960 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 495705218 Michigan Democratic Governor, 1949-1960; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, 1961-1966; U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, 1967-1969; Michigan Supreme Court justice, 1970-1987. From the description of G. Mennen Williams papers, 1883-1988. (Unive...

Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856

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Leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Strangites). From the description of Legal documents, 1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367397492 From the guide to the Documents in the Case of John W. Archer vs. James J. Strang and John Cole, 1849, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon religious leader. From the description of Collection, 1846-1944 1846-1856(bulk). (Southern Methodist University). WorldCat record id: 17927225 M...

Starr Commonwealth for Boys.

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Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945

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George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general of the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the United States Army Central in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He studied fencing and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber, more commonly known ...

Chandler, Bert D.

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Stason, E. Blythe (Edwin Blythe), 1891-1972

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Law professor and dean of the Law School of University of Michigan. From the description of E. Blythe Stason papers, 1929-1972. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 83301908 From the description of E. Blythe Stason papers, 1929-1972. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423018 E. Blythe Stason, dean of the Law School of the University of Michigan from 1939 to 1960, was a distinguished legal educator who also served on numerous state ...

Reid, Neil E., 1871-

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Protestant Reformed Churches of America

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Miriani, Louis C.

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Louis Miriani was Detroit sixtieth mayor, from 1957-1962. He also served on Detroit's Common Council before and after becoming mayor. He was born in 1897 and died in 1987. From the description of Louis C. Miriani papers, 1941-1969. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 55956813 ...

Starr, Floyd Elliot, 1883-1980

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Floyd Starr was the founder and president of the Starr Commonwealth for Boys in Albion, Michigan. Born in Decatur, Michigan, on May 1, 1883, Starr graduated from Marshall High School, then worked for several years in a half-way house in St. Louis, Missouri. He returned to Michigan where he attended Albion College, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1910. He was employed for a brief time at the Bernarr McFadden's Healthatorium in Chicago. He then went to work at the Beulah Home for Boys. Wi...

Smith, William Parkhurst, 1897-

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Dickinson, Luren Dudley, 1859-1943

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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...

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...

Johansen, August E. (August Edgar), 1905-1995

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Sigler, Kim, 1894-

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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...

American Liberty League

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The American Liberty League was launched on August 22, 1934. The League's board of directors included Irénée du Pont, Pierre du Pont, John Raskob, and Jouett Shouse. The aim of the Liberty League was to build opposition to Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, which during 1933 and early 1934 had enacted a program to regulate American business. The Liberty League was also opposed to the Wagner Act, which set up the National Labor Relations Board, as well as to government sponsored public works pro...

Bonisteel, Roscoe O. (Roscoe Osmond), 1888-

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, attorney, Republican regent of the University of Michigan. From the description of Roscoe O. Bonisteel papers, 1903-1972. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421410 Roscoe Osmond Bonisteel was born November 23, 1888 at Sidney Cross, Ontario. In 1891 he moved with his family to the United States. Following the retirement in 1913 of his father Milton F. Bonisteel from International Harvester the family moved to Ann Arbor, where Mil...