The Morris Historical Collection
Donated to the Mason Library in 2006 by Eugene G. Wanger in memory of the donor’s father-in-law, Leslie Dana Morris and mother-in-law, Mabel Rebecca Morris.
The Morris Historical Collection
Donated
to the Mason Library in 2006 by Eugene G. Wanger in memory of the
donor’s father-in-law, Leslie Dana Morris and mother-in-law, Mabel
Rebecca Morris.
This collection
comprises the majority of Eugene G. Wanger’s personal library of books,
manuscripts and ephemera pertaining to the history of Ingham County,
Michigan and included in his 2003 bibliographical publication
Discovering Ingham County.
Leslie Dana Morris, son of Stephen Arnold Morris and Lida Ellen Couples, was born March 1, 1894 in Logan County, Ohio. He later moved to Eden Michigan where he farmed until 1960 when he and his wife relocated to Mason Michigan. L.D. Morris was also a former employee of REO and the John Bean Company. Leslie Dana Morris died May 6, 1985.
Mabel Rebecca Morris was born April 2, 1905 near
Aberdeen, South Dakota to Rodman and Mary Robinson, but grew up in
Shannon County, Missouri. She graduated from the Birch Tree High School
and was a teacher at a country school for two years. On February 24,
1928 she married Leslie Dana Morris of Lansing, Michigan. She was a
graduate of Michigan State University, having started as a freshman at
age 48. Mrs. Morris taught elementary education at the Rolfe, Robbins
and Steele Street Elementary School before retiring in 1968. Mabel
Rebecca Morris died July 9, 1992.
Eugene G. Wanger, a local attorney, co-chair of the Michigan Committee Against Capital Punishment, author of “Why We Should Reject Capital Punishment”, and a Delegate to the State of Michigan Constitutional Convention in 1961, assembled this collection over a period of 60 years. His Ingham County Historical Collection contains his personal bibliography of books found in his 2003 publication “Discovering Ingham County”. Mr. Wanger and his wife Marilyn reside in Lansing, Michigan.
About the Morris Collection
- Discovering Ingham County (PDF)
Bibliography by Eugene Wanger - Finding Aid (PDF)
Guide to the Collection and terms of use
Selected Documents from the Collection
- Primitive
Expounder, 1849 (PDF)
Early Lansing Newspaper
(Morris Collection Item #57) - Address to the
Democracy of Ingham County, 1865 (PDF)
(Morris Collection Item #4) - Public Buildings
at Lansing, Michigan, 1890 (PDF)
(Morris Collection Item #66) - Address of the
Republican County Committee, 1866 (PDF)
(Morris Collection Item #5) - Souvenir, Michigan
School for the Blind, 1889 (PDF)
(Morris Collection Item #216) - The Water Supply of
Lansing and Its Relation to Sickness, 1885 by Dr. Charles Ranney
(PDF)
(Morris Collection Item #64)
