Argus-Press records, 1862-2016 (majority within 1960-1990)
24 linear feet — 602 microfilms (in 12 boxes)
24 linear feet — 602 microfilms (in 12 boxes)
The Publications series contains 602 microfilm reels in 12 boxes, with microfilmed issues of previous incarnations of The Argus-Press. These include issues of The Durand Express and The Shiawassee County Journal, both of which were subsumed by The Argus-Press in the early 2000s. Material focuses on local news coverage, with some instances of national news coverage.
The series is arranged in three subseries. Argus-Press (11 boxes) chronicles the transition of the Owosso Weekly Press into The Argus-Press, and includes a selection of predecessors to The Argus-Press. The Durand Express and The Shiwassee County Journal subseries (in 1 box) each contain runs of newspaper issues prior to their transitions into The Argus-Press.
The fourth series is Family Photographs and Memoirs. The most notable item in this series is the 1930 scrapbook commemorating Virginia and Orlan's marriage. There are two folders dedicated to this scrapbook--the first contains the book itself and the second folder contains the additional letters and clippings that were inserted into the back of the book. The Robert Safford family folder focuses on Homer Safford and his siblings as children. The other photographs are of various identified and unidentified family members, including Orlan and Virginia. The photographs are particularly notable in the number of pre-twentieth century informal snapshots. The family memoirs include items such as Virginia's valentines to her mother and a program from the 1876 Philadelphia World's Fair.
14.8 linear feet (in 16 boxes) — 24 oversize volumes
0.75 linear feet (in 1 box) — 1 oversize volume