Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Finding Aid for Ruth Barr Powell papers,
1897-2003
02161
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Powell, Ruth Barr
- Title
- Ruth Barr Powell papers,
- ID
- 02161
- Date
- 1897-2003
- Extent
- 11.0 linear ft.
- General Physical Description note
- (19 boxes, 4 volumes, 2 large manuscripts, 1 extra large manuscripts)
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Controlled Access Headings
Family Name(s)
- Bowles family
- Burr family
- Dodder family
- Powell, Ruth Barr -- Archives
- Stevens family
Genre(s)
- Clippings (information artifacts) -- aat
- Correspondence -- aat
- Family papers -- aat
- Genealogies -- aat
- Photographs -- aat
Subject(s)
- Women -- Societies and clubs.
Other finding aids note
Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.
Collection Inventory
Original papers |
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Misc. |
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Biography |
1 | ||
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Genealogy |
1 | ||
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Correspondence: 1932-1975 |
1 | ||
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Correspondence: Washington D.C. 1933-1937 |
1 | ||
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Correspondence: 1976-1986 |
1 | ||
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Correspondence: Wedding, 1984-1985 |
1 | ||
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Activities: Beta Sigma Phi |
1 | ||
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Colonial Dames of America |
1 | ||
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Colonial Dames of XVIIth Century |
1 | ||
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Colonial Daughters of XVIIth Century |
1 | ||
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Dames of the Court of Honor |
1 | ||
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Daughters of the American Colonists |
1 | ||
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DAC marking of the Burr-Bowles Home |
1 | ||
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DAR annual reports, 1976-1985 |
1 | ||
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DAR, Ezra Parker Chapter, 1977-1978 |
1 | ||
| Box | |||
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1980-1981 |
1 | ||
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1981-1982 |
1 | ||
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1982 |
2 | ||
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Daughters of Colonial Wars |
2 | ||
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Detroit Board of Education |
2 | ||
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Forest Lake Country Club |
2 | ||
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Huguenot Society of Michigan |
2 | ||
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Greenfield Park School, 1954-1975 |
2 | ||
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Linden High School and Eastern Star Lost Lake Woods Club |
2 | ||
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Mayflower Descendants in Michigan |
2 | ||
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National Society U.S. Daughters of War of 1812 |
2 | ||
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New England Women |
2 | ||
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Northwest Oakland County Historical Society |
2 | ||
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Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims Wayne State University, 1953 |
2 | ||
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1961-1967 |
2 | ||
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1953-1966 |
2 | ||
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Travels |
3 | ||
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Newspaper clippings: Bowles, L. B. Stevens, Jr. |
3 | ||
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Wedding of Ruth Burr |
3 | ||
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Clifford James Burr (1880-1951) |
3 | ||
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Evangeline A. Bowles Burr (1881-1945) |
3 | ||
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Dodder Family |
3 | ||
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Elizabeth Burr Mancour and Family Louise Burr and Family |
3 | ||
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Ruth Burr/Evangeling Burr, 1940-1942 |
3 | ||
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Ruth Burr and family and friends, 1961-1985 |
3 | ||
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Captain Clifford J. MacGregor, 1904-1985 |
3 | ||
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Judge Louis D. McGregor |
4 | ||
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Linden Presbyterian Church and mill |
4 | ||
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Miscellaneous Photographs: 1923-1985 |
4 | ||
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Membership cards |
5 | ||
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Scrapbooks: 1930-1936 |
5 | ||
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Diaries: 1976-1983 |
5 | ||
LaVergne Belden Stevens, Jr. (1897-1981) |
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| Box | |||
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Biography |
6 | ||
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Genealogy |
6 | ||
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Genealogy (death) |
6 | ||
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Correspondence: personal |
6 | ||
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Correspondence: business |
6 | ||
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Correspondence: business |
6 | ||
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Correspondence: Barton City Hunting Camp Financial |
6 | ||
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Schools |
6 | ||
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Clubs |
6 | ||
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Forest Lake Country Club |
6 | ||
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Certificates |
6 | ||
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Photographs: Baby and childhood pictures |
7 | ||
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First reader |
7 | ||
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High School pictures |
7 | ||
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Hover family, Denver, CO (in-laws) |
7 | ||
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Classmates and friends, Denver |
7 | ||
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Army picture, three friends |
7 | ||
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Barton City and Marquette picture |
7 | ||
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Bronze business card plate, Sigma Chi, etc. |
7 | ||
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Marquette, MI pictures, 1935 |
7 | ||
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H.O.L.C. and Property Management Pictures, 1942 |
7 | ||
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Detroit College of Law Reunion, 1964 |
7 | ||
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Pictures, 1940-1970 |
7 | ||
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Diaries: 1936-1955 |
7 | ||
LaVergne Belden Stevens, Sr. (1869-1953) |
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| Box | |||
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Biography |
8 | ||
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Genealogy |
8 | ||
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Correspondence, L. B. Stevens, Sr. |
8 | ||
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Correspondence, Augusta Wentz Stevens |
8 | ||
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Financial statements, Augusta W. Stevens |
8 | ||
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Probation of L. B. Stevens, Sr. estate |
8 | ||
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Probation of Augusta Wentz Steven's estate |
8 | ||
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Financial contracts, L. B. Stevens, Sr. , 1931-1951. |
8 | ||
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Certificate of admission to Supreme Court of Michigan |
8 | ||
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Book by L. B. Stevens, "How to Read Faces and Heads," 1896 |
8 | ||
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Correspondence about the book |
8 | ||
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Civil War letter from William H. Wentz to his mother |
8 | ||
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Augusta Wentz' first reader, a diary, and autograph book Contract of Susan Alger (Stevens) Austin |
8 | ||
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LaVergne Belden Stevens, Sr. (cont.) |
8 | ||
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Newspaper clippings |
9 | ||
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Photographs: Susan Blumberg |
9 | ||
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Desdalora Stevens Eibler |
9 | ||
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Augusta Wentz Stevens |
9 | ||
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Bluffton, Indiana |
9 | ||
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LaVergne Belden Stevens, Sr. |
9 | ||
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Walmer, Edward, Fitch and Hillard |
9 | ||
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Walmer, Fitch |
9 | ||
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Wentz, William H. |
9 | ||
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Diaries: 1865 and 1866 diaries of Ransom Belden Stevens (father of L. Belden Stevens, Sr.) |
9 | ||
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Clifford James Burr's Spanish American War Company list, Co. A, 15th Infantry |
1 | ||
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LaVergne Belden Stevens, Jr. |
2 | ||
| LMS | |||
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Detroit College of Law, Bachelor of Laws, 19 Feb. 1929 |
2 | ||
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Supreme Court of Michigan, 8 May 1929 |
2 | ||
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Denver High School, 31 May 1916 |
2 | ||
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LaVergne Belden Stevens, Sr. |
2 | ||
| LMS | |||
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Alpha Tau Omega Golden Circle (U. of M.) (He was a charter member.) |
2 | ||
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LaVergne B. Stevens, Sr., Bachelor of Law, 27 June 1888, U of M |
2 | ||
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Supreme Court of Michigan, 20 June 1889 |
2 | ||
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William McKinley's appointment of LaVergne B. Stevens to postmaster at Bluffton, Indiana, 10 May 1897 |
2 | ||
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USA, Denver, Colorado, Augusta (Wentz) Stevens won the Republican Committeewoman District D, Precinct 5, 10 Sept. 1912 |
2 | ||
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Additional Papers |
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Series I: Personal Papers |
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| Box:File | |||
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Activities and Programs, 1978-1999 |
1:1 | ||
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Awards and Certificates, 1975-1996 |
1:2 | ||
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Biographical Material |
1:3 | ||
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Cash Book, 1986 |
1:4 | ||
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Correspondence, 1975-1989 |
1:5 | ||
| Box:File | |||
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1990-1999; not dated |
1:6 | ||
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Land Records, 2740 Glenwood Avenue, Royal Oak, Michigan. 1941-1968 |
1:7 | ||
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Newspaper Clippings, 1932-1998 |
1:8 | ||
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Photographs |
1:9 | ||
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LaVergne Belden Stevens |
1:10 | ||
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Diaries of Ruth Burr Powell, 1984-1991 |
2: | ||
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1992-1999 |
3: | ||
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2000-2003 |
4: | ||
Series II: Genealogy |
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Sub-series: Misc. |
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| Box:File | |||
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Photographs |
5:1 | ||
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Sub-series A: Families |
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| Box:File | |||
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Bowles—Elijah Bowles Ledger, 1897 |
5:2 | ||
| Box:File | |||
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Descendants of Thomas Bowles of Maryland 1758-1978 |
5:3 | ||
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Manuscript |
5:4 | ||
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Bowles; Dodder; Bunnell |
5:5 | ||
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Burr |
5:6 | ||
| Box:File | |||
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James Knox |
5:7 | ||
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William/Willard |
5:8 | ||
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Burr-Bowles Genealogy, 1995 |
5:9 | ||
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Burr-Bowles Genealogy—Correspondence and Orders, 1995 |
6:1 | ||
| Box:File | |||
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Manuscript Copy, Folder 1 |
6:2 | ||
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Folder 2 |
6:3 | ||
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Dodder (see also Volumes) |
6:4 | ||
| Box:File | |||
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Family Reunion—Address Lists, 1974-1982; Notes, 1984 |
6:5 | ||
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Attendance Lists and Flyers, 1982-1992 |
6:6 | ||
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Minutes, 1987-1993 |
6:7 | ||
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Henderson, 1937 |
6:8 | ||
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Powell |
6:9 | ||
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Harold Frederic Powell Genealogy, Proof Copy |
7: | ||
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Sub-series B: Genealogical Research |
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| Box:File | |||
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Fairview Cemetery of Linden, Genesee County, Michigan, Proof Copy |
7: | ||
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Fairview Cemetery—Draft |
8:1 | ||
| Box:File | |||
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Handwritten Draft |
8:2 | ||
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Layout |
8:3 | ||
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Linden, Michigan Illustrations |
8:4 | ||
Series III: Organizations |
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| Box:File | |||
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B-D, 1985-1992 |
8:5 | ||
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Colonial Dames XVII Century, 1985-1996 |
8:6 | ||
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Dames of the Court of Honor, 1987-1993 |
8:7 | ||
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Daughters of Colonial Wars, 1962-1990 |
8:8 | ||
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Daughters of the American Colonists, 1979-1988 |
8:9 | ||
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Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), 1981-1989 |
9:1 | ||
| Box:File | |||
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Chapters, A-F, 1980-1988 |
9:2 | ||
| Box:File | |||
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Ezra Parker, 1977-1991 |
9:3 | ||
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G-L, 1981-1983 |
9:4 | ||
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P-T, 1979-1992 |
9:5 | ||
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Continental Congress, Washington DC, 1993—Photographs |
9:6 | ||
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DAR of Michigan, 1985-1988 |
9:7 | ||
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Newsletters, 1982-1986 |
9:8 | ||
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1987-1991 |
9:9 | ||
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DAR of Michigan—State Directories and Programs, 1975-1992 |
10:1 | ||
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Detroit Society for Genealogical Research (DSGR), 1986 |
10:2 | ||
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Forest Lake Country Club, 1983 |
10:3 | ||
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Huguenot Society of Michigan, 1977-1992 |
10:4 | ||
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N- W, 1984-1995 |
10:5 | ||
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The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America/Colonial Dames of America, 1972-1992 |
10:6 | ||
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National Society of New England Women, 1984-1992 |
10:7 | ||
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National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (NSWDAandHAC), 1981-1982 |
10:8 | ||
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Photographs, 1986-1991; not dated |
10:9 | ||
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Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, 1986-1992 |
10:10 | ||
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Dodder Family Reunions, 1931-1987; 1988-1992 |
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The Dodder Family Record, 1971 |
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The Dodder Family Record—with notes |
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Burr-Bowles Genealogy, negative proofs |
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