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An unidentified person, Mrs. Hicks, John Hicks, Alyce Hicks and Leon Woods in front of a car at 1325 Easy St.
Fair Employment Practice Committee
A group of men standing behind a table and in front of a picture of the Earth with the continental United States of America highlighted. Two pitchers of water and three glasses of water can be seen on the table in front of the group of men.
This folder depicts significant events in Black History.
Theatre programs and pamphlets compose a significant portion of the collection. A majority are from theatres found in Europe and the northeastern United States. A handful are from theatres in and around Detroit. Other records include recipes found on cards and in books. None of these appear related to Flint and Genesee County.
The records detailing history in Flint and Genesee County predominantly cover St. Paul’s Church and the Golden Jubilee of Flint (held in 1879). Other records detail the early history of Flint and correspondence from the 1840s and 1850s.
The collection consists to two paper currency bills. The older of the two is from the pre-World War I German Empire and is dated for 1908. The other bill comes from the Soviet Union and is dated for 1921. Cyrillic script represents information on this bill.
The collection consists of records reflecting the lives of Elmer Halsey, Edgar Haymond, and the W.A. Paterson Co. The records can be broadly split into three areas, each concerning the lives of Halsey, Haymond, and the business operations of the Paterson Co.
Records reflecting the lives and Halsey and Haymond concern both their personal lives and professional accomplishments. Both men were partners and dealers in carriages and carriage parts. They served as agents for the W.A. Paterson Co. (Flint, MI), H.A. Moyer Carriage Co. (Syracuse, NY), and Columbus Buggy Co. (Columbus, OH). Their operations were based in a shop located at the corner of Third and Harrison Streets in 1909. Correspondence and bills of lading largely compose the business records.
For Halsey, the records reflecting his life predominantly concern correspondence and receipts for work done on his house in 1910. These including hiring of contractors for construction and water and plumbing and lumber companies supplying building materials. Additional records include a 1911 membership for the Loyal Guard and tax rolls for property owned by a Retus or Ritus Halsey from Grand Blanc Township in 1911. Records concerning Haymond are less in volume, but show that he was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
The W.A. Paterson Co. was established in 1869 by William A. Paterson. It may be better known for the motor buggies from the early 20th century, but was steeped in carriage construction, producing 30,000 yearly by 1900. The records in this collection reflect carriages produced by the company and cover the period between 1910 and 1912. Many receipts and official documents compose these records. Correspondence from a Mrs. Allen shows how she paid $5 per month for a carriage. Other documents mention requests for buggies and “driverless wagons.”
A handful of other records without apparent connection to Halsey, Haymond, and the W.A. Paterson Co. show political ads for Republican candidates for political office and a ration book from the Office of Price Administration.
Photographs accessioned with the documents were removed at some point and filed into subject folders in the photographic cabinets. They retain their object identification numbers.
Black and white photograph of two men and one woman playing instruments. The man on the left is play a saxophone, the man o n the left is playing the drums, and the woman in between them is playing the organ. The men are wearing suits and the woman is wearing a dress.
Black and white photograph showing three people performing on instruments, two men and a woman. The man on the left is play the saxophone, the man in the middle is playing drums, and the woman on the right is playing the piano. The two men are wearing white suits with bowties.
Dottie Patton & the Blue Notes
Black and white photograph of five man and one woman. Three of the men are sitting, one with a tenor sax, one with a trombone and one with a trumpet. A man with a bass stands behind them to the right and the woman sits at a piano to the right of him. The fifth man stands behind them all, performing on drums.