Edna Z. Emley Papers
c.00406

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator - Donor
Emley, Edna Z.
Title
Edna Z. Emley papers
ID
c.00406
Date [inclusive]
1836-1941
Extent
0.25 Cubic feet , 8 folders
Language
English
Language of Materials
Some of the letters are in German.

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

This collection consists of correspondence and various other papers of Edna Z. Emley (nee Osterrout), of Mason, Michigan, and her family. The earliest letters (1836-1851) are to Bernhard Stohlmann of Allen, Hillsdale County, Michigan, a relative of the paternal great-grandmother of Emley's first husband, Clifford Migrants. Most of these letters are written in German and pertain largely to personal matters of Stohlmann and his friends still living in Germany. This correspondence is not completely translated. Included are notes on the nature and contents of the letters by professor William N. Hughes, chairman of the German and Russian Department at Michigan State University.

A series of letters (1940-1941) between Mrs. Emley (then Mrs. Clifford Migrants) and a Mr. E. E. Neely deal with a labor dispute over seniority rights of employees of the New York Central Railroad. Also included are a personal cash book and bill book (1888), miscellaneous personal correspondence of Mrs. Emley (1895-1929), an annual report (1930) of the Continental Motor Corporation, and printed song sheets of the early twentieth century.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections November 1968

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

Revision Description

  July 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 Edna Z. Emley.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • New York Central Railroad Company.

Genre(s)

  • Account books
  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Postcards
  • Sheet music

Geographic Name(s)

  • Germany
  • Mason (Ingham County, Mich.)

Personal Name(s)

  • Neely, E. E.
  • Stohlman, Bernard

Subject(s)

  • Germans
  • Labor
  • Railroads
  • Women

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Collection Inventory

Correspondence 

Scope and Contents note
Folder

 1839-1844 

 1

 1846-1851 

 2

 1888 

 3

 1859-1929 

 4

 1930 

 5

 April 4-August 22, 1940 

 6

 August 20, 1940-May 28, 1941 

 7

 Undated 

 8

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Postcards 

Animals. Dogs. Cocker Spaniels. "Danny Decver" 

Bonus Expeditionary Forces. Camp, Anacostia, D.C. 1932 

Buildings 

France. Nice 

Michigan. Cadillac. YMCA Camp at Lake Mitchell 

Michigan. Chippewa 

Michigan. Clare. High School 

Michigan. Detroit. Palmer Park 

Michigan. Farwell 

Michigan. Oxbow. Hardy Dam. Construction on Muskegon River 

Michigan. Saginaw. St. Mary's Hospital. Nurses and Operating Room 

People. Groups 

Wisconsin. Milwaukee. Railroad Station 

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