Ada Hunt Whitehouse Papers
00124

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Whitehouse, Ada Hunt
Title
Ada Hunt Whitehouse papers
ID
00124
Date [inclusive]
1849-1972
Extent
3.16 Cubic feet , 11 volumes on shelf.
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 Note

Ada Hunt Whitehouse (born 1898 in Ridott, Illinois) graduated with a degree in nutrition from the University of Illinois in 1918. That same year she went to France to serve as a dietitian in a military hospital. Following World War I, Ada joined the staff of the Nutrition Department of the University of Illinois.

In 1922 Ada Hunt came to East Lansing, Michigan, where her two sisters (Clara Hunt Vedder and Agnes Hunt Cade) already lived with their husbands. Both of Ada's sisters were married to faculty members of the Michigan Agricultural College. Ada soon decided to start a restaurant with her sister, Clara. The sisters set up business in a building on Grand River Avenue just across from the University Union. This restaurant soon became a favorite luncheon spot for the University faculty. The original building quickly proved to be too small and the sisters were forced to move their business next door. The first floor of the restaurant could seat one hundred and twenty-five people and the second floor had banquet facilities for another hundred. There was additional room for stocked baked goods that could be taken home. The sisters also provided a catering service for the community. The Hunt Food Shop employed several people and some of them eventually became junior partners in the business.

In 1929 Ada married W. R. Whitehouse, a cashier at the Hunt Food Shop. They lived together until his death in 1944. This year also witnessed the closing of the Hunt sisters' business. Following the closing of the Hunt Food Shop, Ada continued to live in East Lansing.

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Scope and Contents note

The Ada Hunt Whitehouse papers include her personal correspondence and papers. The bulk of the materials, however, deal with the financial records of Mrs. Whitehouse, her family and the Hunt Food Shop. These records include materials concerning family property holdings such as deeds, mortgages and title abstracts. Federal, state and local tax records are also present. The papers contain Ada Hunt Whitehouse's check ledgers and statements. In addition there are other financial records such as general ledgers and employee records of the Hunt Food Shop. There is also a recipe book for the Hunt Food Shop which includes a loose Hunt Food Shop check. Some of the recipes also include the cost to make the recipe, yield and the selling price. Several farm ledgers of Ada's father, William Hunt, make up part of these papers.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections

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

Revision Description

 revised February 2015  March 2002

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 Ada Hunt Whitehouse, 1974-03-08.

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Related Materials

Related Archival Materials note

See: At the Campus Gate: A History of East Lansing, ed. Justin L. Kestenbaum, East Lansing, Bicentennial Committee, East Lansing, Michigan, 1976

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • Ledgers (account books)
  • Letters (correspondence)

Personal Name(s)

  • Frick, Albert G.
  • Hunt, William
  • Stinchfield, Jacob W.
  • Whitehouse, Ada Hunt

Subject(s)

  • Agriculture -- Michigan
  • Income tax -- United States
  • Insurance policies
  • Legal instruments
  • Local taxation -- Alberta
  • Local taxation -- Illinois
  • Local taxation -- Michigan
  • Restaurants
  • Taxation -- Michigan

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Collection Inventory

Papers 
Box

Personal Papers 

 1
Box Folder

Correspondence -- 1922-1927 

 1 1

Correspondence -- 1955-1957 

 1 2

Correspondence -- 1958-1959 

 1 3

Correspondence -- 1960-1970, n.d. 

 1 4

Assorted Materials -- 1965-1967 

 1 5

Notes 

 1 6

Agricultural Materials -- 1924-1959, n.d. 

 1 7

Financial Records - Property Holdings 

 1
Box Folder

Warranty Deeds -- 1849-1888 

 1 8

Warranty Deeds -- 1896-1900 

 1 9

Warranty Deeds -- 1912-1922 

 1 10

Quit Claim Deeds -- 1880-1900 

 1 11

Master's Deed -- 1889 

 1 12

Release Deed -- 1892 

 1 13

Administrator's Deed -- 1899 

 1 14

State Tax Land Deed -- 1912 

 1 15

Trust Deed -- 1916 

 1 16

Mortgages -- 1888-1923 

 1 17

Abstracts of title 1900, n.d. 

 1 18

Abstracts of title n.d. 

 1 19

Abstracts of title n.d. 

 1 20

City and General Leases -- 1917-1923 

 1 21

Livestock Leases -- n.d. 

 1 22

List of Property Sold for William Hunt -- 1912 

 1 23

Household Inventory of Agnes Hunt -- 1913, 1919 

 1 24

Document Attesting Ownership of Land by William Hunt -- 1922 

 1 25

Land Contract Statements -- 1968-1969 

 1 26

Financial Records - Taxes 

 1
Box Folder

Federal Income Tax -- 1918 

 1 27

Federal Income Tax -- 1964 

 1 28

Federal Income Tax -- 1966 

 1 29

Federal Income Tax -- 1967 

 1 30

Federal Income Tax -- 1968 

 1 31

Federal Income Tax -- 1969 

 1 32

Federal Income Tax -- 1970 

 1 33

Federal Income Tax -- 1971 

 1 34

Michigan State Taxes -- 1911-1971 

 1 35

City Tax of Beverly, Alberta -- 1916 

 1 36

Taxes, Stephenson County, Illinois -- 1917-1960 

 1 37

Meridian Township Special Sewer Tax -- 1969 

 1 38

Financial Records - Checks 

 1
Box Folder

Ledgers -- 1957-1963 

 1 39

Ledgers -- 1963-1967 

 1 40

Ledgers -- 1967-1969 

 1 41

Ledgers -- 1969-1971 

 1 42

Ledgers -- 1971-1972 

 1 43

Financial Records - Checks 

 2
Box Folder

Statements -- 1956 

 2 1

Statements -- 1957 

 2 2

Statements -- 1958 

 2 3

Statements -- 1959 

 2 4

Statements -- 1960 

 2 5

Statements -- 1961 

 2 6

Statements -- 1962 

 2 7

Statements -- 1963 

 2 8

Statements -- 1964 

 2 9

Statements -- 1965 

 2 10

Statements -- 1966 

 2 11

Statements -- 1967 

 2 12

Statements -- 1968 

 2 13

Statements -- 1969 

 2 14

Statements -- 1970 

 2 15

Statements -- 1971 

 2 16

Financial Records 

 2
Box Folder

Bonds -- 1894-1899 

 2 17

Insurance -- 1902-1965 

 2 18

Will of Jacob Stinchfield -- 1912 

 2 19

Outstanding Notes Owed to William Hunt -- 1912 

 2 20

Affidavit of Albert G. Frick -- 1918 

 2 21

General Ledger Analysis (Hunt Food Shop) -- 1938-1943, n.d. 

 2 22

Notes (Hunt Food Shop) -- n.d. 

 2 23

Payroll Auditor's Reports -- 1942-1943 

 2 24

Stocks -- 1965 

 2 25

Journal of Expense -- 1969 

 2 26

Notes -- n.d. 

 2 27

Assorted Materials -- 1927-1955 

 2 28

Assorted Materials -- 1927-1955 

 2 28

Newspaper clippings 

 2 29

General Ledgers of the Hunt Food Shop -- 1941-1942 

 3 1

General Ledgers of the Hunt Food Shop -- 1942 

 3 2

General Ledgers of the Hunt Food Shop -- 1942 

 3 3

General Ledgers of the Hunt Food Shop -- 1942 

 3 4

General Ledgers of the Hunt Food Shop -- 1942-1943 

 3 5

General Ledgers of the Hunt Food Shop -- 1943 

 3 6

General Ledgers of the Hunt Food Shop -- 1943 

 3 7

General Ledgers of the Hunt Food Shop -- 1943 

 3 8

General Ledgers of the Hunt Food Shop -- 1943-1944 

 3 9
Box

Employee Records of the Hunt Food Shop 

 3
Box Folder

 1937 

 3 10

 1937 

 3 11

 1937 

 3 12

 1937 

 3 13

 1937 

 3 14

 1937 

 3 15

 1937 

 3 16

 1937 

 3 17

 1937 

 3 18

 1938 

 3 19

 1938 

 3 20

 1938 

 3 21

 1938 

 3 22

 1939 

 4 1

 1939 

 4 2

 1940 

 4 3

 1940 

 4 4

 1941 

 4 5

 1941 

 4 6

 1942 

 4 7

 1942 

 4 8

 1942 

 4 9

 1943 

 4 10

 1943 

 4 11

 1943 

 4 12

 1943 

 4 13
Box Folder

Hunt Food Shop recipe book 1933-1939 

 2 30

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Volumes 
Volume

vols. 1-3: Ledgers of the Hunt Food Shop -- 1926-1944 

 1-3

vols. 4-11: Farm Ledgers of William Hunt -- 1887-1945 


    Volume
Mixed materials   4
    Volume
Mixed materials   5-11

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