Littlefield family papers, 1834-1935.

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Littlefield family papers, 1834-1935.

Correspondence, typescript of autobiography, and excerpted typescript of University of Michigan student diary, 1867-1871, of Josiah Littlefield, surveyor, lumberman, and conservationist; also letters of other members of the Littlefield and Hall families largely concerning social life and customs, Michigan agriculture and lumbering, medical practice, women's activities, and surveying and land speculation; include letters with comments on Oberlin College in the 1830's, the abolitionist movement and the U. S. Civil War, and early conservation and forestry practice, ca. 1910; and photographs.

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Bentley Historical Library

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Oberlin College

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Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 18...

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Papers, of the Josiah Littlefield family of Monroe County and Farwell, Clare County, Michigan. From the description of Littlefield family papers, 1834-1935. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418635 ...

Littlefield, Josiah L. (Josiah Loomis), 1845-1935.

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

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