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The Michigan Legislature created the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1838, and that year allocated funding for a library. [7] The next year (three years before classes began), the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan acquired the University Library's first volume, John James Audubon's Birds of America, purchased at a cost of $970. [8]
The William L. Clements Library is a rare book and manuscript repository located on the University of Michigan's central campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan.Specializing in Americana and particularly North American history prior to the twentieth century, the holdings of the Clements Library are grouped into four categories: Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Maps.
Gymnasium of Racine College View of the grounds of Racine College in 1910, facing west, toward the gymnasium. Chapel is on the right. St. John's Chapel at Racine College, in Racine, Wisconsin, ca. 1910. Racine College was an Episcopal preparatory school and college in Racine, Wisconsin, that operated between 1852 and 1933. [3]
In 2007 Demeter introduced the Jelly Belly Collection (based on Jelly Belly jelly bean recipes), Crayon, Pure Soap, and Egg Nog. In 2015, Demeter launched in the United Kingdom as the Library of Fragrance, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] because the name "Demeter," which references the ancient Greek goddess of the harvest, was already in use by another company.
He came to Racine in the 1850s to become a cabinet maker, before briefly joining the Colorado Gold Rush in 1859. After the war, he founded his grocery and saloon at 53 6th St., [3] four blocks east of the later building, in 1866. Following his death in 1894, [4] his wife Catherine and his sons George and Fred operated the business. A fire on ...
In 1907, the Frank Pure Food Company was established and built a plant in Franksville for the purpose of making sauerkraut. [4]: 22 Contrary to popular belief, however, the company did not give Franksville its name, which had already been established. The name likely came from either Frank Brandecker, a surveyor who platted the area, or Frank ...
Dec. 9—SOAP LAKE — Soap Lake residents are being invited to discuss their ideas for remodeling the Soap Lake Public Library at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Soap Lake Community and Senior Center, 121 ...
Central Michigan University was founded in 1892, and from 1893 until 1925 the library was housed in “Old Main,” which was the first building constructed on campus. By the 1920s, the library's collection had outgrown the space available in Old Main and plans for a new library building were drafted.