Erastus Clement Jarvis collection.

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Erastus Clement Jarvis collection.

This collection consists of selected papers, dating from 1893-ca. 1953, of the Jarvis family. The collection includes birth, death, and marriage dates, apparently recorded by Mrs. Samuel E. Jarvis; a letter from Robert H. Ingersoll to Mrs. Jarvis regarding philanthropy; inventories of equipment, by-laws, and articles of association for the Jarvis Flint Erection Co.; a hand-drawn plat by Harlan Ingersoll; a map of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair; certificate of marriage for E. Clement Jarvis and Lillie May VanMarter (Dec. 1936); a clipping about probating of the Jarvis estate; papers relating to the lease and sale of the Orpheum Theatre in Lansing; patents of Samuel E. Jarvis for the monitor water purifier and a high and low water alarm; and stock certificates for the Weis Fibre Container Corp. and the Flint Structural Steel Co.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7437687

State Archive of Michigan

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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

Jarvis Flint Erection Company

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Weis Fibre Container Corporation.

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Jarvis, Samuel E.

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VanMarter, Lillie May.

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Orpheum Theatre (Lansing, Mich.)

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Jarvis, Erastus Clement.

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Jarvis family.

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Ingersoll, Robert H.

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Flint Structural Steel Company.

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