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The records largely reflect the constitution, by-laws, and regulations of Genesee County Freemasons. Others are the 1873 Flint ordinances and an issue of “The Michigan Teacher.”
Little was researched about them due to mold damage. Contents will be retained due to uniqueness of materials for digitization in the future.
Black and white photograph of thirteen members of the Flint City Colored Band. Some are sitting and some are standing. Twelve are holding their instruments; one holds a cane. They are in front of a stone building.
Flint High School 1903 Program and Events
Part of John H. Carey Papers
Flint Junior Woman's Club Scrapbooks
Two scrapbooks compose the collection. Both reflect the activities of the Flint Junior Woman’s Club from the early to mid-1970s. These activities included meetings, philanthropic ventures, sales, raffles, and gardening among others.
Records contained in both scrapbooks reflect these activities. They were recorded or commemorated in photographs, minutes, newsletters, memorials, programs, and flyers.
Copy of a black and white photograph of thirty-five men arranged into three rows. The first row of men are sitting on chairs, while the other two rows are standing, with the back row seemingly standing on a raised object. All of them are wearing suits and most are wearing black bowties. The original photograph had some significant cracks on the right side.
Black and white photograph of twenty-four men arranged into three rows. The first row of men are sitting on a bench, while the other two rows are standing, with the back row seemingly standing on a raised object. All of them are wearing suits and most are wearing black bowties.
Black and white photographic print of Flint's W.P.A band arranged on a stage, it has writing on the bottom . There are sixteen people on stage, twelve of whom are arranged into two rows, one holds a cello behind the rows, one holds another cello to the left of them, a third is sitting at a piano, and the last one is to the right of the rows and appears to be the conductor.
Writing on the photograph reads "To Mr. Manley, Musically Yours, Chauncey Downs. Sponsored By The Mott Foundation."
Francis H. Rankin Papers and Wolverine Citizens Printing Records
The collection was divided into multiple series due to its large size. Series I is composed of advertising materials, pamphlets, menus, bulletins, and voter ballots by Wolverine Citizens Printing between 1918 and 1923. What is arranged in Series I is what remains of what was accessioned in 1965. Extensive weeding removed empty envelops and letterhead that lacked prices and services offered. Government publications were retained, in particular those related to the Flint Board of Health when William DeKleine served as director. The Flint Board of Health contracted Wolverine Citizens to print many health notices related to the 1918 smallpox epidemic, the Spanish influenza, and proper handling of milk canisters. Other government bodies include the Flint Board of Education and the Flint Police Force. Materials retained from private organizations include business cards, coupons, and restaurant menus, bulletins issued by businesses, copies of bond tickets when the city of Flint raised money to pay for road improvements, and advertisements for social events. Numerous organizations contracted with Wolverine Citizens, including the Knights of Columbus, Flint Board of Education, Consumers Power Company, and Hardy Bakery.
Rankin, Francis H.
The breadth of records in this collection is expansive, covering many aspects of the life of Frank D. Baker and family members. Represented are correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings and pages, class yearbooks, meeting minutes, expense ledgers, and poems. Some of these were collected and produced by Baker, others by family members. Records reveal Baker had a varied career and life. The expense ledgers detail purchases made by customers of good in his store, notably pharmaceuticals. The ledgers represent purchases made in the early 1880s. All writing in them is in cursive. Baker served a single-year term as Mayor of Flint in 1889 and was subsequently elected twice as Sheriff of Genesee County. An opponent, William A. Garner, in 1893 accused Baker in a letter of illegally occupying the office, despite Baker have won a majority in the election. Baker is reported to have resigned the office to avoid a confrontation. He returned to his business but later joined the board of the Flint Building Corporation in the 1920s, which oversaw capital development in Flint. He also served as a delegate to the 1924 Democratic National Convention in New York City. He also served as postmaster of Flint between 1914 and 1922. He died in 1927.
Records relating to other family members largely represent those of a daughter, Mattie. Her school records compose most of what is present. These include yearbooks and composition books. She also undertook a long holiday in Europe in the early 1930s as evidenced from brochures and tickets.
The remaining records include minutes of the Genesee County Board of Supervisors from 1892 to 1893, handwritten poems by an unnamed author, and World War II-era ration cards. Another descending served as postmaster for the city in Flint in the late 1940s.
Baker, Frank D.