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Cynthia Earl Kerman research files, 1927-2011 (majority within 1927-1983)

1.3 linear feet (in 2 boxes)

Biographer of Kenneth E. Boulding. Collected information about life and career of Kenneth E. Boulding; tapes and transcripts of interviews with Kenneth E. Boulding and his family and associates; copies of Boulding articles; and photographs used in the biography.

The collection is comprised of Cynthia Kerman's research file on Kenneth E. Boulding. In addition to collected materials, the files include interviews, correspondence, and audio cassettes of conversations with Kenneth Boulding.

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Cynthia L. Muñoz papers, circa 1941-2011, scattered

1 items (58 pages) — 1.47 GB (online) — 7 digital audiovisual files

Online
Cynthia L. Muñoz is a Detroit native and U-M Dearborn graduate who identifies as half Mexican/Spanish and half Polish/Hungarian. Materials in this collection include Muñoz's unpublished memoir, Vietnam War period correspondence from her uncle Ed Ryba, and family interviews, and photographs.

The Cynthia L. Muñoz papers are comprised of materials related to the Muñoz and Ryba families. The collection includes correspondence from Muñoz's uncle "Ed" Ryba over the course of his time in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, an unpublished memoir written by Muñoz as part of the Immigrant Memoir Project, and family interviews and photographs.

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Dale R. Leslie collection, 1941-2018 (majority within 2008-2013)

0.8 linear feet (in 2 boxes) — 15.5 GB (online)

Online
Ann Arbor, Michigan resident and businessman with strong interest in local history. Collection includes video featuring interviews with residents and other historical footage of landmarks and events in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and the hamlet of Dixboro as well as collected papers and records related to Ann Arbor High School and Dixboro United Methodist Church.

Most of the collection consists of digitized film footage and digital video relating to Ann Arbor and Michigan history. A small portion of the collection also includes biographical and genealogical material.

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Dalgleish family business records, 1929-2013 (majority within 1950s-1990s)

1.3 linear feet (in 2 boxes including oversize)

Records of car dealerships owned by the Dalgleish family of Detroit, Michigan. Advertising and customer service material, photographs, selected business records, and artifacts. The collection is of special interest to researchers of Detroit business community and to the U.S. automobile industry and trade historians. Collection is especially rich with material related to auto advertising, particularly, the Cadillac.

The Dalgleish Cadillac Oldsmobile collection encompasses the history of the family-owned business from the 1930s through the 2010s. Depending on the time period and particular marketing campaigns, Dalgleish dealership appeared in advertising material and customer service mailings as Charles Dalgleish Cadillac, Dalgleish Cadillac, Dalgleish Oldsmobile Cadillac, and Dalgleish Peugeot. Organization of material follows the company's history, transformations, and changes of name. The collection is organized into five series: Charles H. Dalgleish, Sr., Charlie's Nash, Inc., Charlie's Oldsmobile, Dalgleish Dealerships, and Advertising Material.

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Dan Bessie collection, 1900s-1990s (scattered dates)

0.8 linear feet — 1 oversize folder

Collected materials relating to Harry Burnett, who with Forman G. Brown and Roddy Brandon were the three openly gay partners forming the Yale Puppeteers and who operated the Turnabout Theater in Hollywood. Also, materials related to Leo Burnett, an advertising executive, and other Burnett family members. The collection includes correspondence, diaries, photographs, drawings, clippings, and ephemera.

Published material and correspondence relating to Leo Burnett and his agency; postcards and letters of Harry Burnett; a small collection of material related to Noble Burnett; diary with scattered entries of Forman G. Brown, 1985-1989, and other Forman G. Brown writings; miscellanea regarding the Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Theater. Photographs relating to the Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Theater; include photo of Albert Einstein holding a puppet with his likeness; also portrait of Forman G. Brown and snapshots of childhood activities, ca. 1907, of Harry and Leo Burnett family of Ann Arbor and Saint Johns, Mich.

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Daniel Katz papers, 1925-1997

9 linear feet

Professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, known for his work in social psychology, organizational behavior and race relations; papers document his teaching and research activities 1925-1997, and involvement in professional organizations.

Daniel Katz's papers document his research and teaching activities from 1925 to 1997. His papers reflect the major issues and trends in social psychology, from its early development through its edification as a discipline. The development of Katz's thinking and work is illuminated through his extensive correspondence with contemporaries, articles and other publications, and research materials.

The Katz collection is divided into nine series: Personal; Professional Correspondence; Office of War Information; Professional organizations and related; Research and Surveys; Teaching and course materials; Articles; Published/Unpublished Materials; and Topical Files.

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Daniel R. Sivil Papers, 1940-1993 (majority within 1977-1983)

0.5 linear feet

Daniel R. Sivil was active in the gay and lesbian civil rights and advocacy movement of the 1980s. b He was a founding member of the Michigan Organization for Human Rights and president of the Association of Suburban People, a gay-lesbian organization devoted to social and political activity. Files relating to organizational and advocacy efforts; correspondence with Henry Messer and other activists; and photographs.

The papers of Daniel Ross Sivil provide insight into the gay and lesbian civil rights and advocacy movement of the early 1980s on both a personal and professional level. Sivil's writings and correspondence with peers demonstrates the joys and difficulties of presiding over a grassroots gay and lesbian organization (including fundraising, attracting members, and competing with similar organizations) and lobbying for gay rights in general. The papers have been divided into three series; Activities, Correspondence, and Photographs.

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Dansk Soldaterforening Michigan records, 1943-1977

0.5 linear feet — 1 oversize folder

Organization of veterans of Danish military service; minutes and other organizational records.

The record group includes bylaws, 1943; minute book, 1946-1977; membership record book; photographs, miscellaneous correspondence, newsletters, and printed material relating to the activities of the organization.

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Daughters of the American Revolution, Fort Pontchartrain-Elizabeth Cass Chapter (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.) Records, 1916-2001

5 linear feet — 2 oversize volumes — 1 oversize folder

The Fort Pontchartrain Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was authorized on February 7, 1916 in Highland Park, Michigan with Mrs. Ward Garett as organizing secretary. The Elizabeth Cass Chapter was organized in 1942 in Grosse Pointe Farms. Because of diminishing membership, the two chapters merged in 1990, becoming the Fort Pontchartrain-Elizabeth Cass Chapter.

The record group is divided into three series: Fort Pontchartrain Chapter, 1916-1990; Elizabeth Cass Chapter, 1942-1990; and the Fort Pontchartrain-Elizabeth Cass Chapter. Fort Pontchartrain Chapter records include minutes, regent reports, history, by-laws, charter, chapter history and other materials relating to its activities. Elizabeth Cass Chapter records include minutes, by-laws, correspondence, clippings, genealogy, and a photograph of a portrait of Elizabeth Cass. Fort Pontchartrain-Elizabeth Cass Chapter includes minutes, and other records of the combined chapter.