Commissioner's Base Visit Book - Battle Creek Air National Guard, MI Closure Recommendations - July 29, 2005

237 Postcards signed by concerned citizens reagrding the removal of W.K. Kellogg AGS from the Base Closure List

Patent for a laundry apparatus with a detachable head that can be used on any kind of support for roller washers.

Brief letter on Camp Wolters letterhead from Harold Langrill to his wife telling her that he has been made acting corporal of his group and that he will write her again later.

Letter on Camp Wolters letterhead from Harold Langrill to his wife telling her about his army infantry training in Texas. He also mentions that he will try to call her and that she should thank Alice for offering to send him a radio.

Letter from Henry Ford II to I. H. Kempner encouraging him to solicit donations for the National Special Gifts Committee for the World Brotherhood Program of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

Letter from William Hagen to the Board of Control of Concordia College, discussing the Synod's debt, and calling for a 10 percent reduction in the budget.

Letter from William Hagen to the Reverend R. Osthoff, discussing the salary for Mr. Fehr, and a house for Concordia's director.

Memorandum of Meeting - 8/10/05 - Mtg with Detroit Arsenal Community Representatives

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the large haul of good purchase by Mrs. John Koss in Romeo, Michigan.

Transcript of an interview with Erio Enzo Pedini, an immigrant from the Republic of San Marino. Pedini recounts memories growing up in the Republic of San Marino and going to school in Italy; Coming to America in 1958 and the differences in cultures and lifestyles; Living and working in Detroit, Michigan; becoming a U.S. citizen; moving to Dallas, Texas; and working in the building industry.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in "pitman connections for mowing-machines an harvester"(line 10 - 11).

Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter regarding his contacts in Detroit, Michigan. The photograph on the reverse side of the card shows a fire taking place in Battle Creek, Michigan with the fire department working to put it out. The building on fire is the lightly colored one in the center of the photo; there is smoke coming out of the windows. The caption on the photo reads: "The Fire - Dec. 7-1911. Battle Creek, Mich."

Postcard from W. B. Johnston to George Pendexter describing the Truck in the photograph as "truck No. 1 Hose #2-3 Engine Co. 3." The photograph shows a fire on "E. Main St." in Battle Creek, Michigan with the two fire trucks and firemen standing around along with a large crowd of people standing around.

Postcard addressed to George Pendexter with a photograph of one of the horse-drawn fire wagons used by the fire department in Grand Ledge, Michigan. This wagon is sitting in front of two neighborhood homes and is loaded with various fire fighting supplies; a fireman is sitting in the driver's seat.

Postcard with a photograph of fire ruins of the "East End Sheds" in Battle Creek, Michigan. There are two lines of people on the outside of the building and a dead horse seen lying on the ground between the doors to the garage.