James O. Knauss Collection, 1851-1956.

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James O. Knauss Collection, 1851-1956.

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Papers of James O. Knauss (1885-1970) include manuscript copies of two radio speeches by Knauss, "Battle Lines in China," and "The Japanese Farmer and World Problems," 1938 and copies of Knauss' publications. Research by Knauss for his book, The First fifty years: a history of Western Michigan University, 1903-1952, 1953. Memoirs of William H. Raynes (1837-1907). Raynes lived in Tallahassee, Florida. Articles by Knauss about Pennsylvania German history, ca. 1920. A letter by Charles E. Stuart to the editor of the Kalamazoo Telegraph, 1880. Letter to Mrs. Electra M. Sheldon from Major Abraham Edwards, August 7, 1854. Letter and manuscript written by Major Abraham Edwards, May 27, 1851, giving description of journey from Detroit to Edwardsburg, Michigan, in 1828.

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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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Edwards, Abraham, 1781-1860

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Born at Springfield, N.J., November 17, 1781; studied medicine; licensed, 1803; Garrison surgeon 1804; resigned and went to Dayton, Ohio, 1810; member of Ohio Legislature, 1811; became captain of 19th Regiment of Infantry-March 12, 1812; marched to Detroit; served as hospital surgeon until August 16, 1812; ordered to Chillicothe on recruiting service until November, 1813; after the war, October 1815, he moved to Detroit; was president of the first Legislative Council of Michigan, 1823-31; was al...

Western Michigan university

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Raynes, William H.

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Sheldon, Electra M.

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Knauss, James Owen, 1885-1970

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Stuart, Charles E., 1810-1887

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