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Detroit (Mich.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur H. Tonn Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.495
Content Description The Arthur H. Tonn collection consists of a scrapbook created by Tonn. Included are photographs and ephemera relating to his childhood and school in Detroit; photos of airplanes; images of the Port Austin Michigan area; photos, newspaper clippings, and ephemera from Tonn’s time in the Army Air Force, including information related to travel and the Lackland Air Base in Texas; also included are photos of a parade celebrating Detroit's 250th anniversary. The collection further consists of...
Dates: 1939 - 1955
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Bagg family papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00251
Scope and Contents The Bagg family papers contain a letter of welcome from residents of Savannah, Georgia, to George Washington, during his visit to Savannah in 1791. Also included are letters to Dr. Joseph Bagg and his wife, Eliza, of Detroit, Michigan. Two letters from Eliza's sister, Abby Billings, send family news and complain about housework (1843, 1844). A letter from the Baggs' son-in-law, W.G. Austin, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, describes the presidential election of 1844. School compositions by the Baggs'...
Dates: 1791, 1839-1844, 1878
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Calvert Lithographing Company pamphlet

 Collection
Identifier: c-00221
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a pamphlet published by the Calvert Lithographing Company of Detroit, Michigan. The pamphlet focuses on the production of can labels and includes samples of labels.

Dates: undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Carl D. Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-10.3.444
Scope and Content

The collection consists of architectural project files and site development project files for Carl Johnson and his firm Johnson, Johnson, and Roy (JJR) of Ann Arbor, Michigan as well as the other architectural firms where Carl Johnson worked.

Dates: 1960 - 1992
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Community Development Programs records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-3.3.1
Scope and Contents The records of the Institute of Community Development include papers and reports on Michigan police departments; studies on various topics of Michigan communities and community development agencies; and guides, handbooks, and reports pertaining to Michigan local government. Of particular interest: a study on the economic feasibility of the proposed Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore (1961), the preliminary report of the Upper Peninsula Authority for Regional Development (1962), a paper...
Dates: 1957 - 1973
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Davis B. Hillmer collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00615
Scope and Contents

The David B. Hillmer Collection contains 97 photographs primarily of Detroit buildings, street scenes, retail interiors, and retail window displays. J.L. Hudson Company comprises the bulk of the retail collection.

Dates: 1920 - 1960
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Detroit Gazette collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00292
Scope and Contents

This collection contains microfilm of volumes 1-13 (1817-1830) of the Detroit Gazette, a French-English weekly newspaper published in Detroit by John P. Sheldon and Ebenezer Reed. The editors were also the public printers for the territory.

Dates: 1817 - 1830
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Edward E. Kinney papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.29
Scope and Contents The Edward E. Kinney papers consist of five items, including letter of recommendation for E. E. Kinney to the Michigan State Board of Registration, a letter from the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, one letter to Kinney from a Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) graduate and one from a former colleague at M.A.C., and a 1948 magazine article about the school of Electrical Engineering at Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) in which...
Dates: 1938 - 1975
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Edward G. Granger papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.56
Scope and Contents Edward Granger's papers consist of a diary and a scrapbook. The first portion of his diary (November 29, 1858 – February 20, 1859) was written while Granger was attending Michigan Agricultural College. He discusses classes, work assignments, daily routine, and recreation. The second portion (January 1, 1860 – February 1860) was written while living with his parents in Detroit, Michigan. He describes in great detail his daily routine, reporting on his classes, work assignments, and...
Dates: 1858 - 1860
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Elisha Cross papers

 Collection
Identifier: c-00537
Scope and Contents

The Elisha Cross papers include an illustrated physics manual given to Cross in 1832 by John B. Calhoun ("President of the Moulders of the Howell Works Co."). Cross and his daughter, Susan, used the manual for a personal journal, scrapbook and botanical notebook (including plant specimens). The papers also contain a photographic copy of a drawing of the Hance farm and documents related to real estate Cross owned in the Detroit area.

Dates: 1832-1892, 1903
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections