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Letter from unknown to "Dear Cousin," January 17, 1865

Letter discussing family life and employment.

Letter from Bill Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, January 26, 1860

Letter from Bill Van Riper to his Cousin Henry Van Riper discussing day to day events, weather and school.

Letter from Mary Taylor to Henry A. Van Riper, February 5, [18]60

Letter from Mary Taylor to her Cousin Henry Van Riper, she mentions occassional outbreaks of Typhoid fever, the death of a family member and other news and asks for letters from the family.

Letter from Jill to Henry, April 16, 1858

Letter from Jill to her Cousin Henry about her school, illness in the family, and other news.

Letter from [Yilder?] to Henry and Willis, February 22, 1857

Letter from Yilder to Henry and Willis Van Riper discussing family matters, school, farming, and other aspects of daily life.

Letter from John Van Riper to Henry Van Riper October 13, 1861

Letter to Henry Van Riper from John Van Riper in it is talks about his surprise that Alexander enlisted

Letter from Joshua G. Benster to Willis Van Riper, April 7, 1886

Letter from Joshua Van Riper to Willis Van Riper about patents and plans for a business.

Letter from Margaret J Van Riper to Mary Ann Van Riper, May 11, 1856

Letter from Margaret Van Riper to her Sister Mary Ann Van Riper, in it she expresses sorrow over the death of a woman named Hetty and talks about members of the family

Letter from Eloy Rufs to Henry and Willis Van Riper

Letter from Eloy Lane Rufs to Henry and Willis Van Riper discussing family life, farming, price of food and inquiring about the well being of other family members

Letter from Jennie Benster to Henry Van Riper, March 24, 1865

Letter from Jennie Benster to Henry Van Riper thanking him for his letter and updating him on her family.

Letter from Joshua Besnter to Henry [Van Riper], March 7, 1865

Letter from Joshua Benster discussing his work in North Carolina, among other topics.

Letter from Joshua Benster to Henry Van Riper, 1864

Letter from Joshua Benster to Henry Van Riper describing his work as part of the Construction Corps, repairing railroads damaged by the rebels and coming under fire

An American map: essays

"This title features meditative travel essays by Michigan author Anne-Marie Oomen that explore new landscapes across America. In "An American Map", Anne-Marie Oomen, award-winning writer and self-confessed northern Michigan homebody, chronicles her recent travels across America, in essays that span rediscovered landscapes, wild back roads, vital cities, and everything in between. Oomen takes both a wide and narrow lens to her destinations, giving readers a vivid sense of each locale while findin…

Prayer & community: the havurah in American Judaism

Riv-Ellen Prell spent eighteen months of participant observation field research studying a countercultural havurah to determine why these groups emerged in the United States during the 1970s. In her book, she explores the central questions posed by the early havurot and their founders. She also examines the havurah as a development of American Judaism, continuing—rather than rejecting—many of the previous generations' ideas about religion. Combining history and ethnography, Prell uses current th…

Witness through the imagination: Jewish American Holocaust literature

Criticism of Holocaust literature is an emerging field of inquiry, and as might be expected, the most innovative work has been concentrated on the vanguard of European and Israeli Holocaust literature. Now that American fiction has amassed an impressive and provocative Holocaust canon, the time is propitious for its evaluation. Witness Through the Imagination presents a critical reading of themes and stylistic strategies of major American Holocaust fiction to determine its capacity to render the…

Letter from Mary Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, March 22, 1865

Letter from Mary Van Riper to Henry Van Riper discussing school life and acquaintances.

Packard bus, belonging to U.S. Silver Fox Farms, parked on street, in front of Packard administration building

8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a Packard nine-tenths right side view, fully enclosed front and rear, sign on side of bus reads "The silver fox equipped with Hewitt balloon tires, real riding comfort never before conceived is assured with a car properly equipped with Hewitt Balloon Tires, tomorrow's tire today, United States Silver Fox Farms, Minneapolis, Shasta Springs Cal., Spokane," parked on street next to Packard administration building.

The iron hunter

Originally published in 1919, The Iron Hunter is the autobiography of one of Michigan's most influential and flamboyant historical figures: the reporter, publisher, explorer, politician, and twenty-seventh governor of Michigan, Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949). Making unprecedented use of the automobile in his 1910 campaign, Osborn ran a memorable campaign that was followed by an even more remarkable term as governor. In two years he eliminated Michigan's deficit, ended corruption, and produced t…

Letter from Alexander Van Riper to Henry Van Riper, February 6, 1864

Letter from Alexander to Henry Van Riper talking about life as a soldier

Letter from A.W. Van Riper to "Dear Uncle", […] 17, 1863

Letter from Alexander Van Riper to his uncle, in it he writes about having to stay at camp until he gets paid and the concern that the camp was going to be attacked by a Rebel general

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