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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 597 Collections and/or Records:

Wilbur Dexter collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00639
Scope and Content

Collection consists of a signed photograph of John Hannah, a photograph of E. K. Warren and a photograph (drawing) of Fred Warren by Malcolm Balfour.

Dates: 1933, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William and Edith Overlease collection

 Collection
Identifier: 00100
Scope and Contents Oral History This collection is an oral history of hardwood logging in and around Benzie County, Michigan from 1890 to 1920. A good description of the work and life of loggers, cooks, and other employees of logging camps in Northern Michigan was obtained through taped interviews with the following people: Bob Bailey (1885- ) James Bargerstock (1872-1972) Mrs. Bargerstock ( )Lloyd Bates (1879-1974) Claude Carrier ( )...
Dates: 1890 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1973
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William B. Drew papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.135
Scope and Contents The William B. Drew collection consists of materials from Drew’s Cinchona mission in Ecuador, reports about the effects of herbicide in South Vietnam, reports about swidden (slash and burn) to forest in Thailand, and the essay “History of the Botany and Plant Pathology Department from 1945-1973.” In this essay Drew writes about his time as a professor and head of the department and describes events in the department as well as faculty members. The collection also includes MSU...
Dates: 1943 - 2005
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William Frank Staley papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.172
Scope and Contents

The William F. Staley collection includes a class of 1888 M.A.C. yearbook with WF Staley embossed on front and book mark at his picture. Throughout the yearbook, death dates have been written by some of the portraits. Also included is a 50th Anniversary photograph of the class of 1888 (W. F. Staley is 4th from left front) with notations on back, and a photograph of the Staley family.

Dates: 1888 - 1938
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William G. Lockwood collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy stereotypes

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 477
Scope and Contents

William G. Lockwood collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy stereotypes contains several thousand books and periodicals, numerous visual depictions, over a thousand sound recordings, and several hundred examples of sheet music exploring the representation of Romani and Gypsy stereotypes. The William G. Lockwood Collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy Stereotypes is as geographically diverse as the Roma themselves, with publications from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Dates: 1899 - 1998
Found in: Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections

William H. Bartels papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.166
Scope and Contents The collection includes William Bartel's class schedules and course receipts, a textbook for working at a forge, engineering experiments assignments, a play program for "The Beginnings: A Drama of Michigan History," and a 1927 commencement program. It also contains records from the Tau Beta Pi fraternity, Alpha Chapter, and the address of Joseph Bell Cotton (class of 1886) for Michigan State College's (now Michigan State University) 70th anniversary in 1927. The collection also contains...
Dates: 1921 - 1927
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William H. Combs Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.116
Scope and Contents The papers are organized into five series: Tennessee Papers, Michigan Papers, Michigan State University Papers, Volumes, and Photographs.Included in the Tennessee papers are his book Tennessee: A Political Study, published in 1940 in collaboration with William E. Cole, preliminary drafts of chapters and correspondence relating to subjects in the book. Other materials include a "Biennial Report of the University of Tennessee (1936-1938),"...
Dates: 1936 - 1979
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William H. Doxtader collection

 Collection
Identifier: 00132
Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of family Civil War records and a photocopied history of the 36th Indiana Infantry. Albert and Daniel Doxtader both served in that regiment. Philander Doxtader served in the 115th New York Regiment.

Personal papers, newsclippings and diaries of Guy O. Doxtader are also present.

Dates: 1850 - 1958
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William J. Hale papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00176
Scope and Contents The collection is arranged into 17 series: Biographical Materials; Personal Papers; Correspondence; Speeches; Publications; Biographical Files; National Agrol Co.; Verdurin Co.; patents; Research Notebooks; Reports/Hearings; History of American Chemical Industry; Subject Files; Audio / Visual materials; Ephemera; Microfilm; and Oversized material. The series are summarized below.BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS Newspaper clippings, bibliographic lists, publications, autobiographical...
Dates: 1906 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1911 - 1959
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William James Beal papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.4
Scope and Contents The William J. Beal papers consist of correspondence, publications, and materials relating to his work as a student at Harvard University. The material from Beal's years at Harvard includes course notes on anatomy, geology and ornithology as well as a detailed journal which Beal wrote in 1862. This journal includes comments on individuals as well as events of the period.The correspondence is not extensive but contains several letters from Asa Gray as well as a typescript copy...
Dates: 1859 - 1940
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections