Copley family papers, 1814-1968 (bulk 1814-1881).

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Copley family papers, 1814-1968 (bulk 1814-1881).

Correspondence of Alexander Copley concerning family and business affairs; correspondence of Alexander B. Copley concerning family, Michigan politics, and the Republican Party; diary, 1856-1857, of Napoleon E. Copley, describing wagon trip from Little Prairie Ronde to Emporia, Kansas; Original and edited transcript of diary, 1833, of Charlotte T. Copley, describing the family's journey to Michigan; autobiography and other writings of LeGrand Alexander Copley concerning family history, his life in. Michigan, Missouri, and Kansas, life as a student at Kalamazoo College, experiences as teacher and real estate investor, his meeting with Julia Ward Howe in 1907, and his impressions of trips to Europe and to Palestine in 1926; also papers concerning history of family prior to moving to Michigan.

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