Collections : [University of Michigan William L. Clements Library]

Some Facts Regarding Water Works Bonds as a Desirable Form of Investment with Statistics "Prepared by S.D. Loring, Dealer in Investment Securities." Promotes investment in water works, comparing them to riskier investments. Notes the public health and safety advanced by water works. Comments on methods of supply, and discusses the British water works as an example. Includes a table of United States towns, organized by population, showing "Receipts and Expenditures of some Leading Water Works."

International News Photo of Barkley standing, with gavel. Signed "Sincerely Alben W. Barkley"

Signed, "Alexanderly yours."

"File these papers left me...for use in connection with my political speech and also my annual message - WHT."

Typed draft of a section from the second chapter in Theodore Roosevelt's autobiography, including redacted portions and revisions which appear in the printed edition. Discusses his speech "The Strenuous Life," and translations of it into Chinese and Italian. Comments on types of success, coming from unique abilities of the exceptional man and from dedication and perseverance. "I need hardly say that all the success I have ever won have been of the second type. I never won anything without hard labor and the exercise of my best judgment and careful planning and working long in advance."

Carte de visite photograph of Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), mounted on paper printed with his name and Brooklyn, N.Y.

Three pencil and ink drawings of rural life. [NOTE: Originals located in the Graphics Division].

Hand-painted film cell of Happy from Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Original located in the Graphics Division.

"With warm regards to a fellow Republican and lover of American history."

Address of a teacher at the Indiana Sugar Plain school, as he departs "its chair as Teacher." Notes significance of education and the duties of children and parents. Proper education assures a better future for all. Role of family, schools, community, religion, and the press. Applauds Quakers' dedication to education but underscores the need for a broader public school system. Disputes the notion that Jesus' apostles were unlearned. Comments on the difficulties facing Quaker boarding schools and the Sugar Plain school, including irregular attendance and poor behavior. Includes unattributed selections from Charles Northend's The Teacher and the Parent; a Treatise upon Common-School Education.