Wilbur and Olive Snyder Collection, 1809-1979.

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Wilbur and Olive Snyder Collection, 1809-1979.

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Papers of the Van Fossen family of Ind. and Mich., include ledgers, account books for businesses in Van Buren County, Mich. Family personal papers, 1809-1923, include military records, deeds, correspondence, estate papers, and two Civil War letters by Will Van Fossen, Indiana 59th Infantry, Company C, 1863. Miscellaneous business papers of the John A. Wright Furniture Company, Gobles, Michigan, 1888-1889. Scrapbook about Kalamazoo, Mich., businessman and philanthropist, Albert M. Todd, 1927. Photocopy of surveyors notes (1832) of Black River area near Holland, Mich., copied into an 1866 diary of George Nelson Smith. George N. Smith was the first ordained Congregational minister in Mich. A Pioneer woman, by A.A. Smith (Mrs. George N. Smith), a series of newspaper articles, in which Mrs. Smith describes life as a missionary's family with the Ottawa Indians in Allegan County, Mich., and later Grand Traverse Bay, Mich., early 1830s. Articles compiled by Joanna B. Smith, 1981. Twenty-four pages of anti-slavery notes in the form of speeches and editorials, 1856, and miscellaneous dates. Photocopy of Ebenezer Pearson Dorr. Records of the Door Family, Buffalo, NY, August 4, 1879, a typescript of a dentists' diary, 1921, for an unknown dental practice, possibly in Paw Paw, Mich. Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the State of Mich., 1859, 1865.

4 boxes (1.75 cu. ft.) 1 package.

Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7561699

Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Smith, Joanna B.

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Van Fossen, Will.

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John A. Wright Furniture Companty (Gobles, Mich.)

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Van Fossen family.

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Freemasons. Michigan.

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Smith, A. A. (Arvilla Almira), 1808-1895.

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Dorr family.

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Smith, George Nelson, 1807-1881

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George N. Smith was born, 0ct. 25, 1807, near Swanton, Vt., and died in Northport, Mich., Apr. 5, 1881. He learned the millwright trade, taught school, and studied for the ministry. On July 4, 1830, he married Arvilla Almira Powers of St. Albans, Vt. On May 8, 1833, they left Vermont for Michigan, and settled at Gull Prairie, where he taught and did carpentry work. On Feb. 5, 1836, he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of St. Joseph; on Jan. 13, 1837, he was appointed to do missionary work...

Snyder, Wilbur,

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Johnston family.

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Snyder, Oliver, 1878-1925

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Todd, Albert May, 1850-1931

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United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 59th (1862-1865). Company C

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