James Blake collection, 1810-1957.

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James Blake collection, 1810-1957.

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Papers of the families of James J. and Lena Towne Blake of Galesburg, Michigan, include correspondence; letters by William A. Blake, Michigan Legislature, 1891-1892; beekeeping account book of Lanckford Burdick, 1875-1877; William A. Blake diaries contain notes made while traveling from Kalamazoo to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and into Minnesota, 1857, and accounts of Kalamazoo and Galesburg, 1860; account book of William A. Blake, 1859; account book of Lanckford Burdick estate, 1886-1902. Manuscript report titled Level of Kalamazoo River, signed by F[rancis] Hodgman, County Surveyor, 1870. Manuscript surveyor's description of school house lot, Galesburg, signed by F. Hodgman, 1870. Hand-tied booklet with poem, Glimpses of a Winter Day, by F. Hodgman and illustrated by his wife, 1895. Diaries of George R.C. Adams, Galesburg and Allegan, Michigan, 1866-1895, recording farmer's daily activities and the weather. Account book of George Adams, Franklin, Portage County, Ohio, 1846-1848. Manuscript by Mrs. C.A. Towne about her trip to the West Coast, 1908. Miscellaneous papers about the Galesburg public schools. Daughters of the American Revolution, Lucinda Hinsdale Stone Chapter, Kalamazoo, yearbooks, 1926-1932, 1934-1957. Galesburg Oak Grove Cemetery Association, constitution and by-laws, 1912. Reunion book of former students of the Rev. J.A.B. and Mrs. Lucinda Hinsdale Stone, 1885. Information about the Ladies' Library Association, Galesburg.

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Burdick, Lanckford.

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Blake, Lena Towne.

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Adams, George, Mrs.

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Wife of G.J. Adams, minister of the First Parish Church in Brunswick, Me. From the description of Diaries, 1857-1891. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978544 ...

Ladies Library Association (Galesburg, Mich.)

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Oak Grove Cemetery (Galesburg, Mich.)

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Blake, James Henry, 1845-1941

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Blake studied under Louis Agassiz at the Lawrence Scientific School beginning in 1864 and three years later was hired as a student-assistant at the Museum of Comparative Zoology to help Agassiz organize the Thayer Expedition collections. By 1868 he was working in the MCZ's Conchology Department, drawing anatomical features of freshwater mollusks, and later served as zoological artist on the Hassler Expedition (1871-1872). From the description of Scrapbook of clippings, photographs, c...

Blake, James J., 1939-

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Blake, William W.

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Hodgman, F. (Francis), b. 1839.

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"Frank" Hodgman was born on Nov. 18, 1839, the son of Moses and Frances Hodgman in Climax (Mich.). After attending local schools, Hodgman earned his way through what is now Mich. State University, where he earned a B.S. (1862) and M.A. (1865). Hodgman then worked briefly in a drug and jewelry store and then studied photography. He then opened a photography studio in Galesburg (Mich.), which he operated for three years. In 1868, Hodgman became surveyor of Kalamazoo County (Mich.), a position he h...

Stone, Lucinda, 1814-1900

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Stone, James A. B.

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