Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

The collection consists of photographs taken by Ballert of Richard M. Nixon's campaign visit to Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 21, 1960.

Photographs collected from various donors relating to Ann Arbor, Michigan; include photos of buildings (public and private), houses, churches, and schools; also views of the city (by street and area); and miscellaneous photos of local events and activities, school class portraits, and other group portraits.

This collection of Ann Arbor photographs includes a wide variety of images of Ann Arbor buildings, street scenes, schools and classrooms, public events, and people. The images, dating from the 1860s to the 1970s, has been arranged into three series: Buildings, Houses, etc.; Views; and Activities, People, Events. Each folder may contain one or more images.

The researcher should be advised that this collection represents only a small portion of the library's Ann Arbor photos. The most complete access to the total holdings of the library is through the card catalog.

Agency established to plan and coordinate activities in celebration of Ann Arbor, Michigan's, sesquicentennial. Minutes, printed matter, and administrative files of Douglas Crary, commission chairman; scrapbook relating to celebratory events and projects; and photographs.

The records of the commission include minutes of meetings, project files, publications celebrating the history of Ann Arbor, a scrapbook of events, and photographs of activities.

Michigan artist. Prints depicting Ann Arbor, Mich. and the University of Michigan campus. Some prints are accompanied by descriptive text.

The collection consists of prints depicting locations in Ann Arbor, Mich. Some prints are accompanied by descriptive text.

University of Michigan alumnus and Ann Arbor, Michigan, businessman. Consists of color slides of Wendell Willkie's campaign appearance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the Michigan Central Depot.

The collection consists of color slides of Wendell Willkie's campaign appearance in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the Michigan Central Depot.

Member of the University of Michigan Class of 1899. Photos of Weaver and other women, campus monuments, and the Michigan Central Railroad Depot in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

This collection consists of photos of Weaver and other women, campus monuments, and the Michigan Central Railroad Depot in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Amateur photographer of Ann Arbor, Michigan, bookkeeper with the Symons Food Co. in Ann Arbor. Photographs taken highlighting Ann Arbor and University of Michigan views, notably football games, arrivals and departures at the train station, train wrecks, and other vehicular mishaps, graduation ceremonies, parades, and business and university buildings. Some photographs are of gatherings of the Ku Klux Klan in Jackson, Michigan and outside the city, 1920s.

The Buss photograph collection consists of approximately 700 prints dating from approximately 1923 to the early 1950s. The views are primarily relating to the University of Michigan and to Ann Arbor although there are also images of Detroit, Ypsilanti, and Jackson. The bulk of the collection concerns University of Michigan events (commencements, football games and game day activities, and student life) and buildings (standing or in the process of construction). There are also numerous images of parades: patriotic, military, circus, etc.

Of note are the several images that Buss took of members of the Ku-Klux-Klan walking together on a street in Jackson, Michigan, probably in the period of 1924-1928, and of a Klan gathering in an open field, perhaps near to Jackson.