Wixom Family Papers
c.00131

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Wixom family, (W. C. Wixom)
Title
Wixom family papers
ID
c.00131
Date [inclusive]
1824-1907
Extent
0.1 Cubic feet , 4 folders, 1 volume
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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Scope and Contents note

The Wixom family papers contain a number of land title transfers and other documents relating to Oakland, Genesee, Ionia, Montcalm, and Shiawassee Counties, Michigan. The collection includes a mandate to collect school taxes (1839), a federal income tax return for 1865, records of major family expenses for 1886-1888, and deposit certificates from the Milford State Bank dated 1887 and 1907. The collection also contains petitions (1871) from residents of Milford, Commerce, Novi, and Lyon, Michigan, agreeing to help pay the costs of a depot if the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad will establish on the Holly, Wayne, and Monroe line.

Also included is a large ledger of W. C. Wixom and J. L. Sibley, Dealers in Grain and Produce. This company, established in 1871, had warehouses in Walled Lake and Wixom, Michigan, and offices in Wixom. The ledger contains invoices (1890-1896) concerning the company's transactions with other companies dealing in grain, produce, lime, plaster, cement, peanuts, fruit, salt, and lumber.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections June 1967

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

Revision Description

  March 2000

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 Alice Sibley, 1959-08-20. Transferred by Michigan State University Museum.

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • Deeds
  • Ledgers (account books)

Geographic Name(s)

  • Commerce (Mich. : Township)
  • Genesee County (Mich.)
  • Ionia County (Mich.)
  • Milford (Mich.)
  • Montcalm County (Mich.)
  • Novi (Mich.)
  • Oakland County (Mich.)
  • Shiawassee County (Mich.)

Personal Name(s)

  • Sibley, Alice
  • Sibley, Judson L.

Subject(s)

  • Railroads -- Design and construction

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Collection Inventory

Papers 
Folder

 1822-1839 

 1

 1847-1848 

 2

 1848-1867 

 3

 1871-1907 

 4
Volume

Invoice Ledger 

 1