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Resident of New Boston, Michigan. Includes a photograph of the University of Michigan's Frieze Building (formerly the Ann Arbor High School), a photo of participants in the First Presbyterian Church (Monroe, Mich.) pageant, group photos of Civil War veterans, photos of Michigan Union Opera members, and portraits of Charles McKenny.

The collection includes a photograph of the University of Michigan's Frieze Building, formerly the Ann Arbor High School, as well as a photo of participants in the First Presbyterian Church (Monroe, Mich.) pageant. Also included are group photos of Civil War veterans (1900s), photos of Michigan Union Opera members, and portraits of Charles McKenny, president of the president of the Michigan State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University.

Socialist Labor Party member, later member of the League for Socialist Reconstruction. Correspondence, campaign files, audio-tapes, and other materials largely concerning his work with the State Central Committee of the Socialist Labor Party and Socialist Reconstruction, 1928-1992; and collected family materials including letters and memoirs of Levi Muncy, soldier during the Civil War; also photographs.

The Ralph Muncy collection consists primarily of papers relating to his interest in socialist political activities. A smaller portion of the collection documents the involvement of his wife, Lydia B. Muncy, in the socialist cause. Together they also collected materials relating to the history of their families (Muncy-Baird). Included is much original family material dating back into the nineteenth century. The Ralph Muncy papers have been arranged into the following series: Correspondence; Topical Files; and Ralph Muncy and Lydia Baird Muncy Personal.