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“Better Flowers and Better Vegetables Easily Leads to the Subject of Better People”: Back Down the Garden Paths of Progressive Era Reform in Grand Rapids, Michigan
The historiography of school gardening in the United States has few contributions. The works that exist draw heavily from official documents and other primary sources which tell the story from an institutional point of view and are mainly outside the…
A Garden Apart: An Agricultural and Settlement History of Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
This report presents an overview of the agricultural evolution of two adjacent counties, Benzie and Leelanau, located in the northwestern corner of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Encompassing a large portion of the Lake Michigan coastline of both…
A Special History of Port Oneida and the Pyramid Point Agricultural District
What follows is a discussion of the establishment of Port Oneida,
the people who settled there, and an accounting of historical
events garnered through library research and interviews with
local citizens. At the end of this special history…
the people who settled there, and an accounting of historical
events garnered through library research and interviews with
local citizens. At the end of this special history…
African American Men, Fraternal Organization [?]
Eighteen young black men are in front of a building with distinctive pillars with vines chiseled into them. A small niche is to their left. A power line is to their right. They are all dressed in suits, holding their hats, and have a ribbon pinned to…
Alfred J. Brown Seed Company Sweet Peas Packet
Empty seed packet for sweet peas from Grand Rapids MI company Alfred J. Brown Seed Company.
An improved edition of a map of the surveyed parts of the Territory of Michigan
Covers southern Michigan.
Insets: Map of the Straits of Michillimackinac. -- Map of Pte. Ste. Ignace. -- Map of the most important parts of the lead mine district near the Mississippi River. -- Map of the private claims at Green Bay -- Map of…
Insets: Map of the Straits of Michillimackinac. -- Map of Pte. Ste. Ignace. -- Map of the most important parts of the lead mine district near the Mississippi River. -- Map of the private claims at Green Bay -- Map of…
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Woman and Two Men Harvesting in June of 1895
Photo of two men standing among sheaves of grain while a woman is on the harvester drawn by two horses. Pine trees are in the background.