Conrad Thornquist was a Michigan native who attended the University of Michigan as an undergraduate and attended Harvard Law School in the Class of 1931. His papers include handwritten and bound class notes from his Harvard Law School coursework...
African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slave bills of sale; Slaves; Slaveholders; Banks and banking; Mortgages; Bevin, Pierre; Duplessis, Francis; Dutton, John; Mazureau, Adolphe; Petit, Louis; West, John K.;
Special mortgage taken by Francis (Francois) Duplessis (b. 1786 in New Orleans) on twenty two slaves. This mortgage, held by the Union Bank of Louisiana, replaces a previous mortgage on thirty one slaves.
African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slave bills of sale; Slaves; Slaveholders; Withers, John G.; Withers, W. B.; Sherrill, Elam A.
Bill of sale transferring ownership of an 11 year old boy named Dick from John G. Withers of North Carolina to William B. Withers (b. ca. 1821 in S. C.) for the sum of $710.
Appraisal of the estate of William Bradford Stover (b. 24 June 1782 in S. C., d. 11 Nov. 1850 in Wilcox, Co., Alabama). Inventory of property includes 41 slaves, livestock, equipment, tools, furnishings, and other effects.
African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slaves; Slaveholders; Steamboats; S. S. Prentiss; Roach, B.
Invoice for the transport of freight belonging to B. Roach on the steamboat S. S. Prentiss. Freight to be shipped down the Yazoo River includes slaves, tools, and general supplies.
Annis, Robert B.; Businesspeople--Indiana--Biography; Scientists--Biography; Grand Valley State University. Water Resources Institute; Reports
Biography of Robert B. Annis. Annis, with his friend D.J. Angus, was a supporter of environmental education and the Water Resources Institute named after him.
Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
Binding of The art of the Pitti Palace: with a short history of the building of the palace, and its owners, and an appreciation of its treasures, by Julia deW. Addison, published by L.C. Page, 1903.
Book covers; Covers (Illustration); Graphic arts; Publishers and publishing; Pictorial bindings
Binding of Art of the Vatican: being a brief history of the palace, and an account of the principal art treasures within its walls, by Mary Knight Potter, published by Page Co., 1902.
Arlene Akker is a teacher at Muskegon High school. She was born and raised in Muskegon Heights. She
discusses racism and diversity growing up in Muskegon
Grand Valley State University; Grand Valley State College; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Swainson, John B. (John Burley), 1925-1994; Zumberge, James Herbert; Seidman, L. William; College administrators;...
Michigan Governor Swainson standing with President Zumberge and L. William Seidman at Grand Valley State College's groundbreaking ceremony, Aug. 28, 1962.
Grand Valley State University; Michigan; Allendale (Mich.); Grand Valley State College; Swainson, John B. (John Burley), 1925-1994; Zumberge, James Herbert; Seidman, L. William; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; College administrators;...
Michigan Governor Swainson on the speaker's platform with President Zumberge and L. William Seidman at Grand Valley State College's groundbreaking ceremony, Aug. 28, 1962.
