Boxed Collection: Paul A. Kern Correspondence and Records
Paul A. Kern was a real estate developer and a City Commissioner in the city of Pontiac, Michigan. This collection is a large repository of his records and correspondence.
| Box Number | Item Number | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Construction Contract, 25-27 West Pike, Pontiac, 1938 |
| 1 | 2 | Receipts, Camden Produce, 1938-1940 |
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence & Receipts, Camden Farm Sale, 1942 |
| 1 | 4 | Correspondence, Camden Farm Sale, 1942 |
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence, Camden Farm Sale, 1942 |
| 1 | 6 | Correspondence & Receipts, Camden Farm Paul A. Kern, 1917-1928 |
| 1 | 7 | Farm Account Books, H. A. Kern, 1936-37, 1937-38, 1938-39 |
| 1 | 8 | Michigan Farm Account Books, Paul A. Kern, 1939-40, 1940-41, 1941-42 |
| 2 | 1 | Office Record Receipts, Paul A. Kern Realtor, Jan - Apr 1946 |
| 2 | 2 | Office Record Receipts, Paul A. Kern Realtor, Jan - Aug 1956 |
| 2 | 3 | Office Record Receipts, Paul A. Kern Realtor, Sep - Dec 1956 |
| 2 | 4 | Office Record Receipts, Paul A. Kern Realtor, Jan - Jul 1957 |
| 2 | 5 | Office Record Receipts, Paul A. Kern Realtor, Aug - Dec 1957 |
| 2 | 6 | Office Record Receipts, Paul A. Kern Realtor, Jan - Jul 1958 |
| 2 | 7 | Office Record Receipts, Paul A. Kern Realtor, Jul - Dec 1958 |
| 3 | 1 | Correspondence, Andrew L. Moore Attorney, 1929-1932 |
| 3 | 2 | Receipts, Paul A. Kern, n.d. |
| 3 | 3 | Receipts, Paul A. Kern, 1932-1935, n.d. |
| 3 | 4 | Receipts, Paul A. Kern - Kent & Kern Inc., Jan - Oct 1936 |
| 3 | 5 | Deposit Slips, The Community National Bank, 1937-1938 |
| 3 | 6 | Bank Statements, Community National Bank of Pontiac, 1937-1938 |
| 3 | 7 | Receipts, Paul Kern, 1936 |
| 3 | 8 | Financial Statement, Kent & Kern Partnership, 1927-1928 |
| 3 | 9 | Financial Statement, Kent & Kern Inc., 1929 |
| 3 | 10 | Financial Statement, Kent & Kern Inc., 1930 |
| 3 | 11 | Financial Statement, Kent & Kern Inc., 1931 |
| 3 | 12 | Financial Statement, Kent & Kern Inc., 1932 |
| 3 | 13 | Monthly Commission Statements, Floyd Kent Realtor, 1927 |
| 3 | 14 | Receipts, Paul A. Kern, 1934 |
| 4 | 1 | Planning Commission and Zoning, US Department of Commerce, 1927-1930 |
| 4 | 2 | Correspondence, City of Pontiac Planning Commission, 1935, 1937-1941 |
| 4 | 3 | Minutes, City of Pontiac Planning Commission, nod., 1938, 1940-1941 |
| 4 | 4 | Building Zone Ordinance, City of Pontiac Planning Commission, n.d., 1938 |
| 4 | 5 | Preliminary Building Ordinance, City of Pontiac Planning Commission, n.d. |
| 4 | 6 | Report, City of Pontiac Planning Commission, Jul 1920 |
| 4 | 7 | Publications, City of Pontiac Planning Commission, n.d., 1934, 1935, 1937 |
| 4 | 8 | Maps, City of Pontiac and City of Flint, n.d., 1927 |
| 4 | 9 | Newspaper Clippings and Map, City of Pontiac Planning Commission, 1938 |
| 4 | 10 | Manuscript, City of Pontiac Building Inspector and Planning Commission, n.d. |
| 4 | 11 | Manuscript, City of Pontiac Zoning Ordinance, May 1938, Aug 1938, Sep 1938 |
| 5 | 1 | Correspondence, Campaign of City Commissioner Paul Kern, 1948 |
| 5 | 2 | Ephemera and Photograph, Election of Commissioner Paul Kern, 1948 |
| 5 | 3 | Miscellaneous Notes, Campaign of Paul Kern, 1948 |
| 5 | 4 | Ephemera, Pontiac City Commission and Michigan Real Estate Assoc., 1946, 1948 |
| 5 | 5 | Newspaper Clippings, Campaign of Paul Kern, 1948 |
| 5 | 6 | Correspondence and Clippings, Election of City Commissioner Paul Kern, 1950 |
| 5 | 7 | Correspondence and Clippings, Election Results, Nov 1950 |
| 5 | 8 | Clippings, Oakland County and Pontiac Politics, 1930-31, 1934-35, 1938-39, 1950-52 |
| 5 | 9 | Correspondence, Paul A. Kern, 1931, 1938, 1940, 1951 |
| 5 | 10 | Correspondence, Government Officials, n.d., 1932-33 |
| 5 | 11 | Correspondence and Clippings, Paul A. Kern, 1948, 1952 |
| 5 | 12 | Corres. Certificates Photographs, Paul and Manuela Olivarri Kern, 1943, 1949 |
| 5 | 13 | Manuscript, Radio Address by Paul Kern, n.d., 1946 |
| 5 | 14 | Ephemera, Paul and Manuela Travels, 1948 - 1949 |
| 5 | 15 | Ephemera, City of Pontiac Charter Amendment, Sep-Nov 1946 |
| 5 | 16 | Correspondence, Miscellaneous Notes, 1946 |
| 5 | 17 | Financial Statement, City of Pontiac, 1930 - 1946 |
| 5 | 18 | Correspondence, Paul Kern Christmas and Tenant List, n.d., 1926, 1935 |
| 6 | 1 | Ephemera, Kent & Kern Realtors Drayton Woods, 1930, 1931 |
| 6 | 2 | Ephemera, Paul Kern Rent Advisory Board, 1947-49, 1950, 1952 |
| 6 | 3 | Correspondence, City Commissioner Paul Kern, n.d., 1948 |
| 6 | 4 | Correspondence, Pontiac Creek Storm Drain, 1950 |
| 6 | 5 | Correspondence, City Commissioner Paul Kern, 1948 - 1951 |
| 6 | 5 | Correspondence, City of Pontiac Housing Commission, 1948, 1951-1952 |
| 6 | 7 | Newspaper Clippings, Housing Commission, 1948 - 1957 |
| 6 | 8 | Newspaper Clippings, City of Pontiac Charter Amendment Ballot, 1946 |
| 7 | 1 | Receipts, Trip to Mexico City, 1941 |
| 7 | 2 | Correspondence, Sale of Land in Laredo, Texas, 1942 |
| 7 | 3 | Correspondence, Trip to South America, Sep 1943 - Dec 1945 |
| 7 | 4 | Receipts, Trip to South America, 1943 |
| 7 | 5 | Ephemera, Lita Olivarri Kern and South America Trip, 1943 |
| 7 | 6 | Receipts, Trip to South America, 1943 |
| 7 | 7 | Legal Documents, South America Trip, 1943 |
| 7 | 8 | Correspondence and Ephemera, Trip to California & Southwest States, 1946 |
| 7 | 9 | Receipts and Correspondence, Trip to Williamsburg, Virginia, 1947 |
| 7 | 10 | Receipts and Correspondence, Caribbean Trip, 1949 |
| 7 | 11 | Ephemera, Caribbean Trip, 1949 |
| 7 | 12 | Receipts and Correspondence, Mexico Trip, 1951 |
| 7 | 13 | Receipts and Correspondence, Trip to Northwest States, 1952 |
| 7 | 14 | Correspondence and License, Goose Hunting Ontario, Canada, 1952 |
| 8 | 1 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Dec 1935 - Jun 1936 |
| 8 | 2 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Jul 1936 - Mar 1937 |
| 8 | 3 | Obituary and Receipts, Mrs. Herbert A. (H.A.) Kern, Mar - Nov 1936 |
| 8 | 4 | Receipts, H.A. Kern, 1936 |
| 8 | 5 | Correspondence and Reports, City of Pontiac & Pontiac Public Schools, 1948-1949 |
| 8 | 6 | Ephemera and Clippings, Pontiac and Liquor Ordinance, 1945, 1947-1948, 1953 |
| 8 | 7 | Correspondence, Pontiac and Commissioner Paul Kern, 1938, 1947, 1949, 1953 |
| 8 | 8 | Minutes, City of Pontiac Commission Sale of Liquor, Dec 1952 |
| 8 | 9 | Correspondence and Reports, Tavern License Renewals, 1942, 1948, 1952 |
| 8 | 10 | Correspondence, Pontiac General Hospital, 1947 - 1954 |
| 8 | 11 | Report and Financial Statement, Pontiac General Hospital, 1946-50, Mar 1952 |
| 8 | 12 | Agenda and Ordinance, Infrastructure and Pontiac General Hospital, 1952 |
| 8 | 13 | Correspondence, City Parking, 1948 - 1954 |
| 8 | 14 | Clippings, City Parking, 1948 - 1952 |
| 8 | 15 | Miscellaneous Notes, City Parking, n.d. |
| 8 | 16 | Minutes and Proposal, City Parking on Oakland Avenue, 1948, 1952, 1953 |
| 8 | 17 | Study and Reports, City of Pontiac and Royal Oak Parking, 1947, 1950 - 1952 |
| 8 | 18 | Publication, Urban Parking, 1947 - 1953 |
| 9 | 1 | Financial Statement, Kent & Kern, Inc., Jun 1927 - Jul 1929 |
| 9 | 2 | Financial Statement, Kent & Kern, Inc., May 1932 - Dec 1933 |
| 9 | 3 | Financial Statement, Kent & Kern, Inc., 1934 |
| 9 | 4 | Financial Statement, Kent & Kern, Inc., 1935 |
| 9 | 5 | Correspondence and Financial Statement, Kent & Kern, Inc., 1933 - 1936 |
| 9 | 6 | Corporation Tax Return, Kent & Kern, Inc., 1927 - 1943 |
| 9 | 7 | Capital Stock, Tax Return, Kent & Kern, Inc., 1933 - 1939 |
| 9 | 8 | Financial Statements, Kent & Kern, Inc., 1927-1929, 1933 |
| 9 | 9 | Financial Statements, Kent & Kern, Inc. Drayton Woods, 1930 |
| 9 | 10 | Financial Statements, Kent & Kern, Inc., 1930-1931, 1934-1935 |
| 9 | 11 | Report and Tax Returns, Kent & Kern, Inc. Drayton Woods Land Company, 1941-45 |
| 9 | 12 | Correspondence, Kent & Kern, Inc., Nov 1936, Jan 1937 |
| 9 | 13 | Agreement & Price List, Drayton Woods Land Co., 1927, Nov-Dec 1936, Jan 1937 |
| 9 | 14 | Correspondence and Inventory, Disbandment of Kent & Kern, Inc., 1935, Jan 1937 |
| 9 | 15 | Correspondence, Disbandment of Kent & Kern, 1932, 1936 - 1939 |
| 9 | 16 | Correspondence, Disbandment of Kent & Kern, 1936, Jan 1937 |
| 9 | 17 | Correspondence, Kern Family, 1935 |
| 9 | 18 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Mar - Jul 1936 |
| 9 | 19 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Jul - Nov 1936, Jan 1939, May 1941, n.d. |
| 9 | 20 | Receipts, Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Kern, 1933 - 1934 |
| 9 | 21 | Miscellaneous Notes, Kern Family, 1934 - 1935 |
| 10 | 1 | Correspondence, Estate of John A. Kern, 1930-1933, 1935 |
| 10 | 2 | Correspondence, Estate of John A. Kern, Jan-Apr 1936 |
| 10 | 3 | Correspondence, Estate of John A. Kern, Apr-Nov 1936 |
| 10 | 4 | Correspondence, Estate of John A. Kern, Nov 1936-May 1941 |
| 10 | 5 | Inventory & Receipt, Estate of John A. Kern, 1927, 1936 |
| 10 | 6 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Oct 1938-Dec 1939 |
| 10 | 7 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, May-Dec 1940 |
| 10 | 8 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Jan-Aug 1941 |
| 10 | 9 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Aug-Dec 1941 |
| 10 | 10 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Dec 1941-Jan 1942 |
| 10 | 11 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Jan-Apr 1942 |
| 10 | 12 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, 1939-1940 |
| 10 | 13 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Mar-Jul 1937 |
| 10 | 14 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Aug-Nov 1937 |
| 10 | 15 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, n.d., 1937-1939 |
| 10 | 16 | Receipts, H.A. Kern, 1937-1938 |
| 10 | 17 | Correspondence & Receipts, H.A. Kern, 1944-1947 |
| 10 | 18 | Bank Receipts, H.A. Kern, 1944 |
| 10 | 19 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Jan-Mar 1936 |
| 10 | 20 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Apr 1936 |
| 10 | 21 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, 1936-1944 |
| 11 | 1 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, 1940-1942 |
| 11 | 2 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, 1929, 1942 |
| 11 | 3 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, 1943-1944, 1946 |
| 11 | 4 | Financial Statement & Receipts, H.A. Kern, 1938-1941, 1946 |
| 11 | 5 | Financial Statement & Receipts, H.A. Kern, 1941-1946 |
| 11 | 6 | Bank Receipts, H.A. Kern, 1940, 1945 |
| 11 | 7 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Nov 1937-Jun 1938 |
| 11 | 8 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Jul-Dec 1938 |
| 11 | 9 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Jan-Feb 1939 |
| 11 | 10 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Feb-Jun 1939 |
| 11 | 11 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Jun-Nov 1939 |
| 11 | 12 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Jan-Mar 1940 |
| 11 | 13 | Correspondence, H.A. Kern, Mar-Aug 1940 |
| 11 | 14 | Correspondence & Receipts, H.A. Kern, 1936-1939 |
| 11 | 15 | Legal Documents, H.A. Kern, 1944-1946 |
| 11 | 16 | Deposit Slips, Paul A. Kern, Inc. Real Estate, Jun-Dec 1937 |
| 11 | 17 | Michigan Annual Report, Kent & Kern, Inc., 1937-1941 |
| 11 | 18 | Deposit Slips, Paul A. Kern, Inc. Real Estate, 1938 |
| 12 | 1 | Correspondence & Real Estate License, William A. McCorkell, Aug 1939 |
| 12 | 2 | Correspondence, W.H. Merrick, Aug 1939 |
| 12 | 3 | Correspondence, Missaukee Lakes Land Company, Apr - Jul 1938 |
| 12 | 4 | Correspondence, Missaukee Lakes Land Company, Aug 1938 |
| 12 | 5 | Correspondence, Missaukee Lakes Land Club, 1938-1940 |
| 12 | 6 | Correspondence & Maps, Caldwell & Lake Township Missaukee County, 1940-1941 |
| 12 | 7 | Correspondence, Missaukee Lakes Land Company, Jan - Jun 1941 |
| 12 | 8 | Correspondence, Missaukee Lakes Club Membership, 1939 |
| 12 | 9 | Maps, Missaukee Lakes Club Area, n.d. |
| 12 | 10 | Membership Applications, Missaukee Lakes Club, 1939 |
| 12 | 11 | Correspondence, Paul A. Kern, Inc., Jan - Mar 1937 |
| 12 | 12 | Newspaper Clippings & Correspondence, Paul A. Kern, Inc., Jun - Jul 1939 |
| 12 | 13 | Correspondence, Missaukee Lakes Club, 1939-1940 |
| 12 | 14 | Deposit Slips, Drayton Woods Land Company, Sep 1937-Aug 1938 |
| 12 | 15 | Correspondence, Paul A. Kern, Inc., Jul - Aug 1939 |
| 12 | 16 | Correspondence, Kent & Kern, Inc., Dec 1933 - Jul 1934, Sep 1937 |
| 12 | 17 | Correspondence, Muriel K. Holcombe, Jul - Oct 1939 |
| 12 | 18 | Manuscript, Inactive Salesman, n.d. |
| 12 | 19 | Correspondence, Missaukee Lakes Club, Jun - Aug 1939 |
| 12 | 20 | Ephemera and Correspondence, Missaukee Lakes Club, n.d., Jun 1939 |
| 12 | 21 | Correspondence, Sales Personnel for Paul A. Kern, Jul 1939 |
| 12 | 22 | Correspondence & Real Estate License, George L. Nichols, Aug 1939 |
| 12 | 23 | Correspondence & Real Estate License, Walter J. Oades, Jul 1939 |
| 12 | 24 | Social Security Forms, Paul A. Kern, 1938-1939 |
| 13 | 1 | Correspondence, William C. Sowell Sales Missaukee Lakes Club, 1939, 1940 |
| 13 | 2 | Correspondence, William C. Sowell, Jun 1939 |
| 13 | 3 | Correspondence and Application, Harry Star, Aug 1939 |
| 13 | 4 | Correspondence, Kent & Kern, Inc., 1936-1937 |
| 13 | 5 | Correspondence, Kent & Kern, Inc., Mar - Aug 1937 |
| 13 | 6 | Correspondence, Paul A. Kern, Inc. and Kent & Kern, Inc., 1936-1938 |
| 13 | 7 | Correspondence, Salesmen for Missaukee Lakes, n.d., Aug 1939 |
| 13 | 8 | Correspondence, Paul A. Kern, Inc., 1938 |
| 13 | 9 | Correspondence, Dow Ridge Subdivision & Ward Point, Feb - Oct 1941 |
| 13 | 10 | Correspondence, Dow Ridge & Ward Point, Oct 1941 - Mar 1942 |
| 13 | 11 | Correspondence, George Lake & Ward's Point, Apr 1942 - Jun 1943 |
| 13 | 12 | Correspondence, Ward's Point, Jun 1943 - Jan 1944 |
| 13 | 13 | Correspondence, Dow Ridge Subdivision, Apr - Sep 1944 |
| 13 | 14 | Correspondence, Ward's Point & Dow Ridge, Sep - Dec 1944 |
| 13 | 15 | Correspondence, Ward's Point, 1939-1940, 1941, 1943 |
| 13 | 16 | Receipts, Paul A. Kern, 1939 |
| 13 | 17 | Salesman's Applications, Missaukee Lakes Club, 1939 |
| 13 | 18 | Social Security Tax, Kent & Kern, Inc., 1937 |
| 14 | 1 | Application & Correspondence, Missaukee Lakes Club, n.d., 1939 |
| 14 | 2 | Abstract & Correspondence, Wells-Filgo Deal, 1945-1946 |
| 14 | 3 | Plans & Drawings, A&P Store 25-27 W. Pike St. Pontiac, 1938 |
| 14 | 4 | Correspondence, A&P Store 25-27 W. Pike St. Pontiac, 1937-1938 |
| 14 | 5 | Correspondence, A&P Store 25-27 W. Pike St. Pontiac, Jun - Oct 1938 |
| 14 | 6 | Financial Statement & Correspondence, 322 Riker Building Pontiac, 1941-1946 |
| 14 | 7 | Financial Statements, Paul A. Kern, Inc., n.d., 1932, 1937 |
| 14 | 8 | Financial Statements, Paul A. Kern, Inc., n.d., 1938 |
| 14 | 9 | Contributors and Contractors, Pontiac Area United Fund, n.d., 1958 |
| 14 | 10 | Newspaper Clippings, Paul A. & Mrs. Paul A. (Lita) Kern, n.d., 1947 |
| 14 | 11 | Maps, New Subdivisions Paul A. Kern, Inc., n.d., 1933, 1945, 1946 |
| 14 | 12 | Maps and Zoning Ordinance, Paul A. Kern, Inc., n.d., 1915, 1927, 1943, 1946 |
| 14 | 13 | Maps , Paul A. Kern, n.d., 1942 |