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Record Group 6: Scrapbooks

Finding Aid

 

Scrap           Contents List   (including Donor info and Assession No.’s)

book #

1                                      Donor Irving J. Ray; pages 1-76 Newspaper clippings pertaining to Plymouth i.e. Obituaries, Poems, Articles announcing deaths and weddings. 2003.183.04            Index of Obituaries

2                                     Donor Irving J. Ray; pages 1-69 (and page 70/Loose Page) Newspaper clippings pertaining to Plymouth and the people of--Death and wedding notices. 2003.183.03       Index of Obituaries

3                                     Newspaper clippings; Plymouth history, Homes in Plymouth and Death notices. 79.37.44L

4                                     Newspaper clippings on Plymouth Historical Society and other things pertaining to Plymouth. Plymouth United Savings Bank ads; Announcements of Diamond Jubilee Celebration, Advertisements on the History of Plymouth (Liberty Street), Liberty Stable, Plymouth Hotel, First Brick factory building, Second Green house still stands on Mill Street, Main Street just before the fire. 1195

5                                     Donor Mrs. Harold Hamill (Mildred Tyler); Plymouth Historical Society 1965-1966/Book of clippings and articles telling facts and events of interest to the Society during the period when Harold Hamill was president of the Society. Obituary cards. Newspaper articles: Unearthing of Indian Burial Ground, map of early Wayne, America’s days of Victory-Detroit News. 1869L

6                                     Donor Maude Cooper; History of Plymouth/Clippings from Plymouth Mail (Publication-Clippings) “Plymouth was named 100 years ago Last Monday,” Plymouth’s Oldest Resident Recalls Events of Early Days,” “Woman’s Club and D.A.R. Unveil Bronze Tablet on Mayflower Hotel to mark site of first log cabin in Plymouth,” article by Karl Starkweather on Plymouth’s “Social Union,” “New Telephone Cable reaches Plymouth,” “Plymouth’s Loss” and (1893) “Rapidly Recovering from Effects of Big Fire,” Story of Daisy Air Rifles: “Daisies by the Million,” “Select Site for Plymouth’s New Community Hotel-‘Mayflower,’” “Plymouth’s Beautiful New Masonic Temple Dedicated,” “Severe Loss to Plymouth.” 810 A-J

7                                     Newspaper clippings on History of Plymouth (or have Plymouth mentioned in the article), Los Angeles Time Article on floods, Articles on Wayne High School, Articles on Graduating Classes, Articles on Henry Ford, Plymouth’s Zoning Ordinance 79.37.56L

8                                     History of Plymouth newspaper clippings. 79.37.52L

9                                     Newspaper Articles: Churches in Plymouth and Wayne County, Farmers Map of Michigan, History of Plymouth. 81.34.3L

10                                Notebook 4 Teens-Newspaper Articles on the History of Plymouth, Announcements for Factory Sites in Plymouth. 79.40.2L

11                                Scrapbook/Letters from Northville State Hospital. 79.37.66L

12                                Scrapbook containing clippings of Sen. Arthur Vandenberg and Colleen Moore’s tips on buying stock. The Vandenberg Papers, newspaper article “How Women Can Make Money in the Stock Market.” 75.116.5

13                                Plymouth Boy Scout newspaper articles and photographs, Troop 6 1929. 82.5.5L

14                                Notebook 4-Teens/“Y-Teen” Club Information (Plymouth High School) 1947-1948. 79.40.3L

15                                “Y-Teen” Club Information 1951-1952 (Plymouth High School). 79.37.47.L

16                                1Framed model of Plymouth, London ca. 1620 2Scrapbook info on Mayflower Tour from Plymouth, London to Plymouth, Michigan 1970 3History of “City of Plymouth” Photos of Plymouth, London. 79.37.46L

17                                History of Plymouth, Michigan Historical Museum. 79.37.45.L

18                                Donor Bicentennial Commission; Around the World in 1909, A collection of pictures and letters of Mr. & Mrs. Allen’s World Trip. 77.42

19                                Scrapbook/History of Plymouth. 79.37.48L

20                                Scrapbook/Newspaper Articles of local news; Northville School District, Wayne County Training School. 79.37.51L

21                                Scrapbook/Newspaper Articles from the Plymouth Mail (1936), History of Plymouth. 79.37.63L

22                                Scrapbook “My School Days”-Class Song, classmates and class officers etc. News articles regarding Plymouth High School, Programs for school events, flier for Girl Reserve Conference. 2003.183.01

23                                Donor Winifred Draper Carney; Album-Scrap ca. 1897-1910; assorted newspaper clippings from Detroit Journal & Detroit Courier, etc. News of Trial residents included.  Articles from Plymouth Mail & other miscellaneous articles from the area. 73.30.1L

24                                Donor Frank Pierce; 1865 Washington Bennett’s Account Book (Book Business) covering the Civil War years. Used as a scrapbook for Plymouth events, containing pictures and clippings. Date of 1929 on cover. Detroit News (4/22/1934); Articles from Detroit news and the History of Plymouth (plus other misc. news paper clippings). 1928L

25                                Book-Recollections of Czarina Penney 1910; Plymouth High School Journal 1913, Programs for activities, misc. Newspaper articles. 77.118.14

26                                Collection from Helen Mc Taggart Contains sketches by Henry Root 1915-1916 (Misc items) Pencil sketch drawings of cartoons. 76.200.1L

27                                Book of recipes taken from newspaper, glued to pages of Book of Accounts-dated Jan 1901 on cover. 00.006.01

28                                Plymouth Centennial Association, Visit of the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, England, July 1967. 94.005.1

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32                                Scrapbook-4 Teens/Journal of Plymouth High School Y-Team Activities 1955 (Roll call records); 1936-1943/1944-1955 Recognition for Plymouth Girl Reserves (Plymouth High School). 79.37.59L

33                                Scrapbook; Record for the Annual Meetings of Y-Team Council/Plymouth High School (Treasurer Account and Council Members). 79.37.53L

34                                Notebook 4 Teens 1947-1948 Plymouth Y-Team Senior Farewell. 79.40.1L

35                                Girl Reserve Scrapbook 1943-1944 (Plymouth High School). 79.37.55L

36                                Scrapbook/Girl Reserve 1945-1946 (Plymouth High School), Program for activities. 79.37.54L

37                                Scrapbook/Girl Reserve programs etc., memorabilia 1929 (Plymouth High School). 79.37.42L

38                                Jumbo scrapbook/Plymouth & Detroit-pictures and news, entertaining, miscellaneous articles, poems, obituaries, interesting bits of news. 981.A

39                                Jumbo scrapbook/Obituaries, plus 25 years ago column from Plymouth Mail: Interesting bits of news taken from Plymouth Mail including obituaries. 981.B

40                                Scrapbook 1929/Anniversaries, weddings, obituaries, engagements, people in the newspaper. 79.37.43L

41                                Donor Austin Whipple; Book of clippings compiled by Ruth Huston Whipple over a period of years ending with her death. She was one of the founders of the Plymouth Historical Society and the first woman mayor in Michigan (many of her interests may be found in this book);/newspaper articles on events pertaining to Plymouth. 1842 L

42                                Scrapbook/Newspaper articles pertaining to Plymouth, obituaries, Saginaw Steering Gear, 1st Presbyterian Church. 79.37.64L

43                                Donor Bernice Cash Reddeman; Pasteboard covered scrapbook (Album-Scrap); miscellaneous, Amelia Earhart, Athalie Hough-Margaret Hough and children, Chas and Ann Lindbergh. Articles/Calvin Coolidge, Milford’s Early Days, Ann Arbor, Centennial Founding of South Lyon, Presidential information (Hoover), Programs--Penniman Allen Theater, Queen Esther, Activity Announcement Plymouth High School & Union Lake. 1197L

44                                Scrapbook/Notice of events, pictures and cards from Northville State Hospital, Plymouth Friends of Northville State Hospital. 79.37.65L

45                                Scrapbook/Articles from Plymouth Mail on History of Plymouth etc., obituary notices, Starkweather wedding announcement. 79.37.60L

46                                Scrapbook/Detroit News Letter, Plymouth history, wedding notices. 79.37.61L

47                                Scrapbook/Plymouth history, articles from the Plymouth Mail etc. 79.37.62L

48                                Scrapbook/Plymouth residents in news, obituaries, people in military. 79.37.50L

49                                Scrapbook/obituaries for Plymouth residents, Plymouth Mail articles. 79.37.49L

50                                Grace McGriff’s scrapbook from 1930s. 2002.047.09

51                                Cards and advertising materials. 2004.043.01

52                                Cards, advertising material. 2004.026.01

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55                                Development of Detroit in the 1800s, information on Calvin Coolidge, information on Henry Ford estate, Abraham Lincoln, Presidential information, Thomas Edison information. 82.54.1L

56                                Miscellaneous sports articles, opening of Plymouth’s Masonic Temple, obituary articles, Plymouth High School information. 82.54.2L

57                                Plymouth residents Sergeant Myron H. Beals and family; Beals was killed in WWI, framed picture of Myron Beals, news articles, letters from Marine Corps, etc. 2003.182.05

58                                Donor Mrs. Carl B. Stringer; newspaper articles/President Roosevelt, Going to War w/Japan, death of Edsel Ford, death of Henry Ford. 82.53.11L

59                                Scrapbook Historical Society/Plymouth Historical Society newspaper articles, obituary articles, Plymouth in then News, Detroit & South Lyons Underground Railway Station, death of Karl Starkweather 82.49.2L

60                                Donor Claude Gebhardt/Album-Scrap 1891/Scrapbook by Emma Gottschalk sister of Mary Gottschalk Gebhardt/Cut-outs and paper dolls. Colored cutout pictures pasted to bound paper leaves. 75.275

61                                Scrapbook/made about 1875 by Jennie Reynolds Campbell (Mrs. S.E.) Two scrapbooks: Cut-outs and paper dolls/Large and small gaily decorated pictures of such things and advertisements for the virtues of celluloid collars and cuffs and Ayers sarsaparilla claiming to purify the blood, stimulate the vital functions, restore and preserve health and infuse new life and vigor throughout the whole system. 141

62                                Plymouth Scrapbook (Albums Scrapbook) full of clippings/history of Plymouth/news articles of Charles Bennett; writer of Plymouth, the first factory ever built in Plymouth, Daisy Air Rifle, Plymouth Manufacturers, building of new Plymouth Hotel. 1193

63                                Detroit News Articles regarding Detroit, Plymouth, Henry Ford. 2003.183.12

64                                Donor Walter S. Sumner/nephew of Siron W. Kellogg (1826-1911); Charity records & official seals i.e.,  Receipts to various Detroit charities, mostly children’s homes. Picture of: His home on W. Ann Arbor Trail near Hamilton St., Siron Kellogg as a boy, Kellogg family reunion 1941. Obituaries of the Kellogg Family. 366

65                                Scrapbook “Girl Reserve” 1945 Record of accounts for Seniors. 83.26.5L

66                                Scrapbook “Girl Reserve” Journal/Log of Information/Record of Activities. 83.26.6L

67                                Scrap book “Girl Reserve” 1924-1931 Journal of Activities (Plymouth High School). 83.26.7L

68                                Scrap book “Girl Reserve” 1931-1944 Records (Plymouth High School). 83.26.8L

69                                Scrapbook-The decorative scrap album. Contains advertising cards and paper cut-outs. Four elaborate black pages with gold lettering and flowers 44 pages/5 of which are loose. 91.20.1L

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73                                Set of 2 Three-ring binders; Xerox Copy Scrapbook,  F.M. Briggs (1840 Livonia) Scrapbook,” Ledgers: Used in Crosby and Chandler store on Main Street. Contains clippings on  State Prohibition Party ticket for 1886, Construction of the St. Clair rail tunnel to Canada in 1887, the last pulpit words of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Bravery of the 24th Regiment of MI volunteers in the battle of Gettysburg, Obituary of Ulysses Grant, description of the effect of the guns of Dewey’s fleet during the battle of Manila during the Spanish American War, Tributes to Presidents Lincoln and McKinley, About Samuel Clemens on the occasion of his 70th Birthday, articles about births, deaths and marriages of local people. 2003.183.13

74                                Donor Mr. & Mrs. (Carol) W. Groening; Scrapbook/Newspaper clippings from WWII: Political comics (containing Adolf Hitler), WWII Articles, Strike at Ford Rouge Plant, “Detroit News cartoons and clippings of Nazi activities 1939-1941.” 97.54.4

75                                History of Fall Festival to date, Burton exhibit of Plymouth Historical Museum and other Museum information, Early Detroit Land marks, Christmas exhibit at Museum Kenyon School District/Plymouth School District established. 2003.183.09

76                                “Magazine pictures of Movie Stars,” Hollywood actors photos. 2003.183.11

77                                Donor Miss. Edna Allen; Presbyterian Village/English teacher at Plymouth High School. Loose leaf scrap book of Edna Allen for dedication of Allen School, Feb 7, 1954. Obituary article of her death, letters of congratulations from townspeople and former students, News article announcing opening of Allen School. 75.13

78                                Scrapbook; Robert Pinkerton, Frankfort, Germany 1843. Black and white etchings and 3 tinted etchings. Pictures from printing press, Paper doll cut outs. 96.28.18

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80                                Picture book of Hazel and Helen Stock. 2003.183.10

81                                Wedding book of Jean MacMain and Douglas Day. 00.086.05

82                                Donor Sandy Burr; Life sketch of Clella Rosetta Smith. Women’s Christian Temperance Union/Group 1905-1910. In front of home of Lyndon and Ida (Benorett) Sewell. She is in the picture as are Maud and Grace Bennett. 92.123.18

83                                Donor Eugene H. Keiler; Scrapbook/a collection of news articles from before WWII. Including Race War in Detroit (Dec 11, 1941), “U.S. Declares War on Axis” The Detroit News: “Enlisted Men’s Ensignia,” Pictures of Peal Harbor, Detroit News-Bestial Slaughtering of Japs, What to Do in an Air Raid, Maps (1, 2 & 3) of the World at War: March 26, 1943, Detroit Times/Pictorial Review-Dec 6, 1942: America’s First year at War WWII. 98.24

84                                Miscellaneous colored cut-outs and advertisements. 82.54.3L

85                                Book of poems taken from newspaper and list of accounts 1855-1857. 90.61.1L

86                                Michigan’s only woman Mayor fosters Pride of Plymouth, Northville News; “Hospital Head Writes Book,” wedding announcements and death notices. 2003.183.02

87                                1956 news articles featuring Plymouth. 99.061.1

88                                Military articles, mostly Civil War. 2003.214.01

89                                Advertising material and calling cards. 2004.043.02

90                                Paper cut outs of flowers and people. 78.6.26

 

Prepared by Sarah Essig, 19 November  2003, updated by Elizabeth Kerstens, 5 January 2005

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