Elementos de identidade
Código de referência
Nome e localização da entidade custodiadora
Nível de descrição
Coleção
Título
Helen Burns Collection
Data(s)
- 1833 - 1923 (Produção)
Dimensão
One acid-free folder.
Elementos de conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
The collection consists of a ledger of mortgage abstracts and a framed bill of sale. The ledger contains abstracts for lots along the Swayze-Kelly Mackin Road addition to the city of Flint. Names of entities and individuals reflect exchanges in property. There are numerous mentions of the Jacob Smith and his family and of the Chippewa Nation.
The framed bill of sale documents the sale of lumber to M.E. Houran in 1909, a dealer in all kinds of lumber, and an itemized list of how much the sale cost.
Sistema de arranjo
Past practices described the contents of this collection individually. Each item received an object ID number and was treated as a distinct artifact. Records have been reunited, but their original order may have been lost.
Condições de acesso e uso dos elementos
Condições de acesso
No restrictions.
Acesso físico
The ledger is housed inside a single acid-free folder. The exterior of the ledger is a black hardcover. The bill of sale is also housed inside a single acid-free folder. It remains in its wooden frame. Glass covers the front.
The general condition of the ledger is fair. Pages have frayed along their edges with small tears. All pages have yellowed to varying degrees. Yellowing is heaviest along the edges. The cover is intact and showing no signs of falling apart or becoming detached from pages.
The bill of sale is in similar condition. The paper has yellowed. Writing remains easily visible. The wooden frame is nailed together. The archivist deemed it too difficult and risky to the bill that the frame be removed at this time. The nails cannot be removed. The frame would have to be broken, which could crack or shatter the glass or tear the bill.
Acesso técnico
Condiçoes de reprodução
No restrictions.
Idiomas do material
- inglês
Escrita do material
Notas ao idioma e script
Instrumentos de descrição
A downloadable PDF finding aid is available.
Elementos de aquisição e avaliação
História custodial
Helen Burns donated the ledger and framed bill of sale in October 1965. Roger Van Bolt received it.
Fonte imediata de aquisição
Informações de avaliação, seleção e eliminação
Ingressos adicionais
Elementos de materiais relacionados
Existência e localização de originais
Existência e localização de cópias
Material arquivístico relacionado
None.
Descrições relacionadas
Elemento de notas
Notas especializadas
Identificador(es) alternativo(s)
Object Identification Number
Elemento de controle de descrição
Regras ou convenções
Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd edition
Fontes utilizadas
Nota do arquivista
Jonathan Kirkwood, Archivist
November 22, 2022 (PastPerfect)
Nota do arquivista
Jonathan Kirkwood, Archivist
April 5, 2024 (Access to Memory)
Pontos de acesso
Pontos de acesso - Assuntos
Pontos de acesso - Locais
Pontos de acesso - Nomes
- Dewey, Daniel D. (Assunto)
- Houran, M.E. (Assunto)
- Smith, Albert J. (Assunto)