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Standish Backus papers, 1919-1942

4 linear feet — 1 oversize volume

Detroit, Michigan, businessman, president of the Burroughs Adding Machine Co. Correspondence and reports relating to the Kelsey Expedition to the Near East for the University of Michigan and correspondence files, 1926-1942, concerning business affairs and social activities in Detroit and Grosse Pointe, Michigan; also writings of father Charles K. Backus, and photographs.

The Standish Backus collection consists of correspondence and reports relating to the Kelsey Expedition to the Near East for the University of Michigan and correspondence files, 1926-1942, concerning business affairs and social activities in Detroit and Grosse Pointe, Michigan; also writings of father Charles K. Backus, and photographs. The Photographs include portraits of members of the Backus and Standish families, and of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boyer.

The collections is arranged into five series: Kelsey Expedition to the Near East; Correspondence files; Personal and memorabilia; Charles K. Backus volumes; and Photographs.

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Ruth Bordin papers, 1940-1992 (majority within 1980-1992)

1 linear foot

Ann Arbor, Michigan, historian and writer. Manuscripts of writings and papers presented at professional organizations; topics of research include Emma Hall, Michigan prison reformer, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Frances Willard, Alice Freeman Palmer, women's history, and Washtenaw County, Michigan; also photographs and sound recordings.

The Ruth Bordin Papers have been divided into five series: Biographical/personal, Writings, Topical Files, Photographs, and Sound Recordings.

The Writings series consists of copies of unpublished conference papers and published books reviews and articles. The bulk of the collection has been arranged into a Topical File and consists of correspondence and other materials arranged alphabetically, either by subject or by name of correspondent. The other three series are small and are described as part of the container listing.

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Kenneth Ewart Boulding Papers, 1880-1968

46.4 linear feet

Professor of economics at the University of Michigan, director of the Center for Research on Conflict Resolution, fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and participant in the Society of Friends, the National Council of Churches Department of the Church and Economic Life, and peace and disarmament groups. Correspondence, notes, writings, photographs, recordings, and topical files; also materials concerning his wife, Elise Boulding, and his parents, William and Elizabeth Boulding.

The Boulding papers, consisting of approximately 46 linear feet, fall into the following series and sub-series.

  1. Correspondence (boxes 1-10)
  2. Miscellaneous clippings and printed materials (box 10)
  3. Lecture and reading notes (boxes 11-13)
  4. Published and unpublished writings (boxes 14-18)
  5. Family and personal files (boxes 19-22)
    • Elise Boulding (boxes 19-21)
  6. Topical files:
    • Economics (boxes 23-24)
    • Social Sciences (boxes 25-30)
      • California Water Resources Study, 1958-1959 (boxes 24-26)
    • Religion (boxes 30-31)
      • National Council of Churches of Christ, Department of the Church and Economic Life (boxes 30-31)
    • Peace, Conflict Resolution and Disarmament (boxes 32-38)
      • Center for Research on Conflict Resolution (boxes 32-34)
    • University of Michigan (boxes 39-42)
    • Travel (box 42)
    • Foundations (box 42)
  7. Speaking Engagements (box 43)
  8. Financial Records (boxes 44-45)
  9. Sound recordings (box 46)
  10. Photographs (box 47)
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Carl A. Brauer photograph collection, 1938, undated

1 folder

Carl A. Brauer Sr. (1893-1974) was the pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan circa 1919-1962. The collection consists of photographs of a church interior that detail the altar and mural above the altar.

The collection includes photographs of a church interior that detail the altar and mural above the altar.

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J. H. Brown photograph collection, circa 1917

1 envelope

Battle Creek, Michigan, resident. Includes photographs of a church and school at Harmonia, Michigan, as well as photographs of activities, personnel, and facilities at Fort Custer, Michigan, during World War I.

The collection includes photographs of a church and school at Harmonia, Michigan, as well as photographs of activities, personnel, and facilities at Camp Custer (later Fort Custer), Michigan, during World War I.

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Leo A. Burns photograph collection, circa 1890-circa 1915

0.2 linear feet

Battle Creek, Michigan, resident; glass negatives of houses and house interiors, of children, women, boating scenes, and a railroad car, possibly taken in the Battle Creek, Michigan area.

The collection is arranged into a single series of glass negative with two subseries for different sizes (4"x5" and5"x8"). The negatives are unidentified, but they are probably of a Battle Creek area family or families, perhaps the family of Burns's wife, Betty Hoyt.

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Campbell family papers, 1860-1865, 1879-1949

2 linear feet

Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, Michigan, area family; correspondence, diaries, and other family materials.

The Campbell family collection includes correspondence and other family materials. Items of interest include Civil War correspondence of Gabriel Campbell and John S. Farnill; correspondence, diaries, and teaching materials of William Campbell; personal correspondence of Mary and Sarah (Sadie) Campbell concerning farming, local Republican politics, and school affairs; and printed materials concerning the Free Silver question and the election of 1896. The papers of Robert C. Campbell include diaries and University of Michigan student notebooks. Of interest are the notes he took from the lectures of John Dewey in philosophy, Henry Carter Adams in political economy, Burke A. Hinsdale in pedagogy, Joseph B. Steere in zoology, and A.A. Stanley in music, among other professors. The collection also includes high school notebooks of Carrie Read and E. Mabel Read.

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Anna Rhodes Carney photograph collection, circa 1900

1 envelope

1901 graduate of the University of Michigan. Consists of photographs of students, mostly women, in a botanical laboratory and rooming house.

The collection consists of photographs of students, mostly women, in a botanical laboratory and rooming house.

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Charles William Carpenter Papers, 1909-1970

1 linear foot — 2 oversize folders

Graduate of Tuskegee Institute in 1909, later pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Correspondence, including letters from Mr. and Mrs. Booker T. Washington, 1909-1915; and miscellaneous sermons, prayers, church bulletins, reports of the Second Baptist Church and other materials concerning his work with the Ann Arbor Human Relations Commission, the Citizens Advisory Committee for a Workable Program, and the Ann Arbor Bus Committee.

The Carpenter collection includes correspondence, files relating to his community interests and involvements, sermons and prayers, files detailing his services with Second Baptist Church, and photographs.