Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Finding Aid for Robert Downie papers, 1887-1989
03474
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Downie, Robert,d. 1952
- Title
- Robert Downie papers,
- ID
- 03474
- Date
- 1887-1989
- Extent
- 3.0 linear ft.
- General Physical Description note
- (4 boxes, 4 volumes)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Robert Downie was a Detroit-area builder. He and his wife Margaret had four children. The youngest, Elizabeth, became a dentist after being one of only two women in her University of Michigan Dental School class. She received her DDS in 1934 and was the first woman in the state to join a national dental fraternity. She practiced dentistry in Detroit's David Whitney Building for nearly fifty years. Dr. Downie died in Arm Arbor on January 19, 1995 at the age of 88.Robert and Margaret Downie were the founders of the Detroit Get-Acquainted Club, and were active in its affairs for many years. Robert Downie was 85 years old when lie died in Grosse Pointe on November 1, 1952.
- Abstract
- This collection contains record books of Mr. Downie's real estate business. It also includes papers of the Detroit Get-Acquainted Club, 1919-1956.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection. Mar. 10, 2010
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
Robert Downie papers,, 1887-1989 (Catalog record)
[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/550534222]Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Detroit Get-Acquainted Club
Family Name(s)
- Downie, Robert, -- d. 1952 -- Archives
Genre(s)
- Business records -- aat
- Financial records -- aat
- Legal documents -- aat
Subject(s)
- Real estate business -- Michigan.
Other Finding Aids note
Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.
Collection Inventory
BOX 1: Account Books |
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1932-1934 |
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1934-1936 |
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1934-1937 |
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1934; 1944-1945 |
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1937; 1942-1943 |
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1945-1947 |
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1946-1947 |
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1948-1949 |
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1950-1951 |
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1952-1953 |
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1954-1955 |
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1956-1957 |
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1958-1959 |
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1960-1961 |
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1964-1966 |
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1967-1970 |
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1970-1973 |
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1973-1979 |
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1979-1982 |
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1982-1988 |
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BOX 2 |
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Account Book, 1989 |
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Cash Journals |
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1927-1939 |
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1939-1972 |
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Detroit Get-Acquainted Club 1919-1925 |
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1922-1928 |
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1928-1945 |
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1928-1956 |
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BOX 3 |
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Income Tax, 1923-1929 |
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Land Contract Books |
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1916 |
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1918-1966 |
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1921-1924 |
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BOX 4 |
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Misc. Contractors: Names, Jobs, Bids, Notes, 1939-1940 |
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Ration Board, 1945 |
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Record of Cost, Houses Built, 1926-1949 |
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Record of Lots, 1897-1942 |
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Record of Rents and L/C Payments, 1938-1949 |
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Wholesale Journal (and Scrapbook), 1887-1899 |
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VOLUMES |
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Account Ledger, 1909-1927 |
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Address Book and Record of Commissions on Sale of Lots, 1916-1920 |
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Cash Journal, 1950 |
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Trial Balance Book, 1901-1925 |
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