Collection, 1865-1969.

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Collection, 1865-1969.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46674628

Collection, 1865-1969, includes: Personal Papers, with Powers' correspondence, legal and financial records, and records of organizations to which she belonged; Research Materials, including her correspondence with genealogists, legal records, newspaper clippings, drafts of her stories, genealogies, lists of Civil War soldiers, including Indians, from Isabella County (Mich.), early post offices, postmasters, treaties, original land owners, and Fraser Family materials; Photographs of Isabella County documenting residents, pioneers, and unidentified people; Ephemera, such as jewelry, eyeglasses, and a billfold; and Genealogy note cards (4 boxes). Also included are Scrapbooks (4), 1865, 1952, undated, and a 19th c. Photograph Album.

6 cubic ft. (in 8 boxes) : ill.

Clarke Historical Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7568503

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Powers, Ella V.

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Powers was born on May 3, 1892, a descendant of the Fraser, Ferris, Potter, and Johnson families, all early Isabella County (Mich.) pioneers. She was a teacher at Ganiard Elementary School in Mount Pleasant (Mich.). Powers was active in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Woman's Relief Corps, and the Westside Parent-Teacher Association. She had a great interest in genealogy and Isabella County history, researching and writing parts of the county's history. Sadly, Powers was unable to comple...

Power, Ella V.

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Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.). Dept. of Michigan.

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Woman's christian temperance union

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Temperance organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874. Campaigning against the use of alcohol and in favor of labor laws and prison reform, the W.C.T.U. became one of the largest and most influential women's organizations of the 19th century. It became global when the World W.C.T.U. was founded in 1883. The organization continued to exist through the 20th century, although membership declined after the passage of the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) in 1919. From the description of ...

Fraser family.

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