Erma Longcore collection, 1833-1975.

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Longcore, Erma,. Erma Longcore collection, 1833-1975.

Erma Longcore collection, 1833-1975.

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Family papers include the account books,1862-1871, 1878-1881, of George Conklin, a Van Buren County, Michigan farmer, containing farm accounts and records of payments to Mutual Fire Insurance of Van Buren County by policy holders, also various recipes including one for "Milk Paint"; genealogical correspondence, 1942-1952, from Alton O. Thomas of Norwalk, Ohio about the Thomas family of Rhode Island and New York. Mrs. Longcore's brief reminiscences of her childhood. Miscellaneous items include a photocopy of County Commissioners report to Michigan Governor George B. Porter about the location of county seat for Van Buren County, Michigan, April 9, 1833. Washington Album, photographic views of Washington, D.C., ca. 1890's. World War I booklet, War Under the Sea, illustrated with diagrams of submarines with an advertisement for Hindman and Way, Druggists, Jackson, Michigan. Grand Rapids on Parade, a 1926 commemorative booklet for the 56th anniversary of Herpolsheimer Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. One issue of the Van Buren Historical News, July 1973. Price list from the Jackson (Mich.) Dry Cleaning Company. Advertisment for People's Credit Clothing Company, Jackson, Michigan. One issue of St. Paul's Parish Messenger, Jackson, Michigan, 19 November 1916.

1 box.

Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library