Roy James Robb Papers
00067

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Robb, Roy James
Title
Roy James Robb papers
ID
00067
Date [inclusive]
1824-1957
Extent
1.33 Cubic feet
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Biographical/Historical

Roy James Robb, of East Lansing, Michigan, was Ingham County Surveyor from approximately 1906-1918. His later surveys include work for the Clinton County Drain Commissioner (circa 1940s) and surveys for the Hiawatha Sportsman's Club in Mackinac County.

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Scope and Contents of the Papers

The collection consists largely of survey field books, survey maps, and diaries of Roy James Robb. His diaries contain brief notes related to the surveys, which were done in Ingham, Clinton, Barry, Iosco, Mackinac, and other counties in Michigan.

Also in the collection are nineteenth century survey papers and field books, which he purchased to use for reference. Among the papers of Ingham County Surveyors are surveys by Anson Jackson, the first County Surveyor (1838-1848), Thomas J. Brown (1857-1860 and 1873-1874), William H. Raynor (1865-1870), and Aron P. Drake (1877-1880). Some of the survey papers may be copies from the original.

The early field books contain papers surveys of townships of Ingham County by Joseph Wampler (1824) Musgrove Evans (1826-1827), John Mullet of Detroit (1888-1889), and Walter Heath, County Surveyor (1903-1908). Another field book is of surveys in Menominee County by Henry Floyd (1847).

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections July 1968

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

  April 2001

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Custodial History

Gift of Carl O. Robb.

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • Diaries
  • Fieldnotes

Geographic Name(s)

  • Barry County (Mich.)
  • Clinton County (Mich.)
  • East Lansing (Mich.)
  • Eaton County (Mich.) -- Maps
  • Ingham County (Mich.) -- Maps
  • Iosco County (Mich.)
  • Mackinac County (Mich.) -- Maps
  • Menominee County (Mich.)

Personal Name(s)

  • Brown, Thomas J.
  • Drake, Aron P.
  • Evans, Musgrove
  • Floyd, Henry
  • Heath, Walter
  • Jackson, Anson
  • Mullet, John H.
  • Raynor, William H.
  • Robb, Carl O.
  • Wampler, Joseph, Surveyor

Subject(s)

  • Real property -- Michigan -- Maps
  • Surveying -- Michigan

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Collection Inventory

Volumes 

Early Field Books 
Box Volume

Williamstown Township, Ingham County, 1824, Joseph Wampler 

 1 1

Meridian Township, Ingham County, 1827, Musgrove Evans 

 1 2

Lansing Township, Ingham County, 1826-1827, Musgrove Evans 

 1 3

Delhi Township, Ingham County, 1827, Musgrove Evans 

 1 4

Ingham County, Barry County, etc., 1843, John Mullet 

 1 5

Menominee County, 1847, Henry Floyd 

 1 6

Ingham County, 1888-1889, John H. Mullet 

 1 7

Ingham County, Barry County, 1903-08, Walter Heath, L. Slerbb 

 1 8

Mason, Michigan 

 1 9

Roy James Robb - Field Books 

Ingham County, Surveyor 
Box Volume

 1906-1907 

 1 10

 1907-1910 

 1 11

 1907-1914 

 1 12

 1908-1912 

 1 13

 1910-1912 

 1 14

 1912-1914 

 1 15

 1914-1916 

 1 16

 1914-1918 

 1 17

Registered Surveyor. Ingham County and Others 
Box Volume

 1923-1924 

 1 18

 1925-1926 

 1 19

 1927-1928 

 1 20-21

 1928 

 1 22-24

 1929 

 1 25-26

 Undated 

 1 27-32

 April 1938 

 1 33

 Undated 

 1 34-37

Registered Surveyor: Ingham and Other Counties 
Box Volume

 Undated 

 1 38-39

 1943 

 1 40

 1945 

 1 41

 August 1945 

 1 42

 Undated 

 1 43-44

 1938 

 1 45

 1937 

 1 46

 1938 

 1 47

 1939 

 1 48

 1938 

 1 49

 Undated 

 1 50-51

 1953 

 1 52

 1952-1954 

 1 53

 1954 

 1 54

 1954-1955 

 1 55-56

 Undated 

 1 57-58

 1931 

 1 59-60

 1937 

 1 61

 1938 

 1 62

 Undated 

 1 63-65

 1944 

 1 66

 1954 

 1 67

 Undated 

 1 68

Field Books - Ingham County Townships 
Box Volume

Alaiedon Township 

 1 69

Aurelius Township 

 1 70

Delhi Township 

 1 71

Lansing Township 

 1 72

Leslie Township 

 1 73

Meridian Township 

 1 74

Vevay Township 

 1 75

Williamston Township 

 1 76

Mackinac County Townships Undated 

 1 77-80

Roy James Robb - Diaries 
Box Volume

 1911 

 1 81

 1913 

 1 82

 Undated 

 1 83

 1921 

 1 84

 1924 

 1 85

 1926 

 1 86

 1928 

 1 87

 1929 

 1 88

 1938 

 1 89

 1942 

 1 90

 1945 

 1 91

 1946 

 1 92

 1947 

 1 93

 1948 

 1 94

 1949 

 1 95

 1950 

 1 96

 1951 

 1 97

 1952 

 1 98

 1953 

 1 99

 1954 

 1 100

 1955 

 1 101

 1956 

 1 102

 1957 

 1 103
Box Volume

Field Notes. Ingham County, 1800s undated   envelope only, no document inside

 1 104

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Papers 

Scope and Contents note
Box

Ingham County Surveyors' Papers 

 2
Box

Aurelius Township 

 2
Box Folder

 1839-1867 

 2 1

 1867-1880, undated 

 2 2
Box Folder

Bunkerhill Township 1840-1888, undated 

 2 3
Box

Delhi Township 

 2
Box Folder

 1841-1867 

 2 4

 1867-1877 

 2 5

 1877-1888 

 2 6
Box Folder

Ingham Township 1838-1887, undated 

 2 7

Le Roy Township 1842-1905 

 2 8
Box

Leslie Township 

 2
Box Folder

 1839-1875 

 2 9

 1875-1889, undated 

 2 10

Locke Township 

 2
Box Folder

 1841-1857 

 2 11

 1864-1879, undated 

 2 12

Meridian Township 

 2
Box Folder

 1842-1848 

 2 13

 1848-1854 

 2 14

 1855-1874 

 2 15

 1879-1888, undated 

 2 16

Onondaga Township 

 2
Box Folder

 1839-1877 

 2 17

 1878-1888 

 2 18

Stockbridge Township 

 2
Box Folder

 1840-1865 

 2 17

 1867-1889, undated 

 2 18

Vevay Township 

 2
Box Folder

 1840-1874 

 2 21

 1875-1884 

 2 22

 1885-1889, undated 

 2 23
Box Folder

Wheatfield Township 1842-1889, undated 

 2 24
Box

White Oak Township 

 2
Box Folder

 1838-1848 

 2 25

 1854-1856 

 2 26

 1856-1858 

 2 27

 1858-1860 

 2 28

 1863-1869 

 2 29

 1874-1879 

 2 30

 1879-1907, undated 

 2 31
Box Folder

Williamston Township 1840-1880 

 2 32

Miscellaneous Survey Papers 1913-1951, undated 

 2 33

Lansing Township, Ingham County, Musgrove Evans 1826 

 2 34

Survey Maps - Roy James Robb 

 2
Box Folder

Barry Country undated 

 2 35-36

Clinton County, Eaton County 

 2 37

Mackinac County 

 2 38

Delhi Township, Ingham County 

 2 39

Lansing Township & misc., Ingham County 

 2 40

Ingham County. Meridian Township 

 2 41

Ingham County. Meridian Township. Morley Bros. 

 2 42-43

Ingham County. Meridian Township. Towar Farms 

 2 44-46

Ingham County. Williamstown Township 

 2 47

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