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The Electric railway engineer photograph album consists of approximately 235 photographs and 1 booklet documenting the professional and personal life of an unidentified railway engineer specializing in electric rail line infrastructure.

The Electric railway engineer photograph album consists of approximately 235 photographs and 1 booklet documenting the professional and personal life of an unidentified railway engineer specializing in electric rail line infrastructure.

The album (25.5 x 30.5 cm) has dark green cloth covers with “Photographs” stamped on the front cover. All of the album pages are loose and fairly brittle, but the images are in generally good condition.

The first page contains sixteen signatures from participants in the 30th reunion of the Union College class of 1885. Subsequent photographs include several views of Union College campus, aspects of student life (including dorm room interiors and a group of portraits showing crossdressing men captioned “Minstrels"), and formal portraits of members of the Kappa Alpha Society in the mid-1880s, presumably including some of the attendees at the reunion whose signatures are represented.

The unidentified presumed compiler of the album can be seen in several photographs. He appears to have been an engineer specializing in infrastructure projects for electric-powered rail systems and was active in the early stages of when railroads in the United States were moving towards electrification. Many of the smaller circular photographs found throughout in the album were likely produced by a Kodak No. 2 camera, while larger format prints and cyanotypes are also present.

Contents are arranged chronologically starting with the compiler's student days before focusing on various professional assignments and elements of his personal life. During the ten years following his graduation from Union College the compiler apparently participated in several railroad development projects, mainly in what would become Washington State but also in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Idaho. Photographs from this period of his life include views of survey camps along the Columbia River and other regional waterways, interior and exterior views of the compiler’s home in Tacoma, portraits of his growing family, and snapshots of Klickitat people (including a group portrait of three women picking hops). By 1896 the compiler and his family appear to have moved back east, settling in New Rochelle, New York. Photographs from this period include documentation of projects on intercity lines on Staten Island and other nearby boroughs, a project in upstate New York, and numerous images of friends and family. The Albany and Hudson Railway and Power Company’s new electric train line to various towns between Hudson and Albany required establishing power sources along the route. As a small group of photographs in this album show, this necessitated constructing a dam at Stuyvesant Falls on the Kinderhook Creek which would provide electric power to the rail line and various local businesses. The final pages of the album document the construction of Hudson Park Dock in New Rochelle as well as leisure activities such as the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup auto races and a naval review in Oyster Bay.

A total of 18 loose photographs are included towards the back of the album. Images include a group portrait of Union College students from the 1880s, a studio portrait of a young woman and infant taken in the mid-1890s in Tacoma, and a double exposure of a woman standing next to an automobile in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1918. Also present is a printed pamphlet replete with numerous halftone reproduction images titled “Letter from Mayor Clarke to the Voters of New Rochelle with Pictures of Improvements Under His Administration” which highlights several civic infrastructure projects (including the Hudson Park Dock) undertaken during the tenure of mayor Henry Clarke.

The Gerald T. and Charlotte B. Maxson printed ephemera collection contains over 5,000 pieces of assorted ephemera, the majority of which were commercially printed in the United States during the mid to late 19th-century.

The Gerald T. and Charlotte B. Maxson printed ephemera collection contains over 5,000 pieces of assorted ephemera, the majority of which were commercially printed in the United States during the mid to late 19th-century.

The Maxson collection provides a valuable resource for the study of 19th-century visual culture, commercial advertising, and humor in addition to the role of gender, ethnicity, and race in advertising. American businesses are the predominant focus of the collection, though many international businesses are also represented. While trade cards are by far the most prevalent type of ephemera found in this collection, an extensive array of genres are present including die cut scrapbook pieces, photographs, engravings, maps, serials, and manuscript materials.

The 23 binders that house the Maxson collection were arranged by the collectors themselves. Items are organized somewhat randomly in terms of topical arrangement. While pockets of related materials can be found here and there (for instance, the entirety of Volume 16 contains circus-related items while Volume 11 contains an extensive number of Shaker-related materials), for the most part any given subject may appear in any given volume. In some cases, items are clustered as a result of having been acquired together or due to a documented common provenance. Occasional typed annotations written by the Maxsons help provide additional context for certain items.

The Maxson Collection Subject Index serves as a volume-level subject index for materials found throughout the binders. The subjects indexed here are generally representative of both visual and commercial content. In addition to more general subjects, many names of specific people, places, buildings, events, and organizations that appear in the materials have also been listed. Researchers engaging with this collection should be aware that they will encounter numerous examples of racist caricatures, especially ones depicting African American, Native American, Irish, and Chinese people.

Includes an annual report entitled, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary annual Report: 1963-1988, as well as bibliographies and brochures of the Kresge Hearing Research Institute.

The Department of Otolaryngology Publications contains one series: Sub-Unit Publications. In this series, the Kresge Hearing Research Institute is represented by its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Annual Report from 1988, a bibliography from 1989/90, and several brochures. The series also includes invitations from the Communication Disorders Clinic.

Publications produced by or for the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; includes annual reports and brochures as well as brochures from the Parkview Rehabilitation Unit.

The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Publications are divided into two series: Unit Publications and Sub-Unit Publications.

The Unit Publications series contains the department's Annual Report from 1988/89 and 1990/91 as well as a brochure listing the programs offered by the department.

The Sub-Unit Publications series contains an undated (1960's or 70's) brochure for the Parkview Rehabilitation Unit.

Includes annual reports, brochures and pamphlets, course bulletins, calendars, and the newsletters Humanities and Notes from the Institute for the Humanities at the University of Michigan.

The Publications includes annual reports, brochures and pamphlets, course bulletins, calendars, and the newsletters Humanities and Notes from the Institute for the Humanities at the University of Michigan. The publications are organized into three series: Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, and Topical Publications.

The Unit Publications series includes annual reports, brochures and pamphlets, and bulletins describing course offerings from the Institute. This subseries also contains calendars and flyers describing the various programs, presentations, and events sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities. These are arranged chronologically and broken down by the Institute's annual themes. There are two newsletters Humanities and Notes, which cover the activities of the unit from 1989 to the present.

The Sub-Unit Publications series contains brochures from the Humanities Camp. The Humanities Camp is an event which brings together alumni and supporters with University of Michigan faculty to discuss and explore current issues and themes in the humanities.

The Topical Publications series includes Development brochures.

Program founded in 1986 to increase campus awareness of sexual assault and provide counseling and education services to sexual assault victims and the larger campus community. Printed materials include brochures, flyers, manuals, newsletters, and posters.

The Publications (2.0 linear feet) consists of one series: Unit Publications.

The Unit Publications series includes brochures describing how to prevent rape in addition to brochures announcing the annual "sexism in advertising" contest. There are flyers announcing events sponsored by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC) during U-M Sexual Assault Awareness Week. The bulk of this publications group consists of manuals. Noteworthy manuals include those concerning the Center's Crisis Line, and volunteer training manuals. There are also three editions of the Sexual Assault Intervention Handbook, which provides basic information for the SAPAC staff and other individuals who seek to intervene and assist in the recovery of assault victims. There is an almost complete run of the newsletter From the Center dating from 1987 to 1990.

Contains a history of the Dept. of Radiology entitled The Distinguished History of Radiology at the University of Michigan on the Occasion of the Celebration of the Discovery of X-Rays and newsletters such as The Roentgen Review. Also includes brochures from the Breast Cancer Research Detection Center.

The Department of Radiology Publications are divided into two series: Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, and Topical Publications.

The Unit Publications series contains a history of the department written in 1995 by William Martel on the occasion of the centennial of the discovery of the X-ray. Also included are issues from two Department newsletters: The Roentgen Review and Radiology Information System Update. They were both published in the mid-1980's.

The Sub-Unit Publications series contains a brochure from the Breast Cancer Detection Center detailing the procedure for a visit to the Center.

The Topical Publications series contains a 1968 brochure describing some of the breakthroughs in research in radiology.

Publications of the University of Michigan Exhibit Museum including brochures, calendars, flyers, invitations, newsletters, and press releases.

The Publications series (0.2 linear foot) is arranged in one subseries: Unit Publications.

The Unit Publications subseries includes promotional brochures for the children's program called the Dino Club, as well as brochures describing the planetarium and detailing how visitors can organize group trips to the museum. Calendars describe the various workshops offered by the Exhibit Museum on Saturdays and through the summer in 1992 and 1993. There are also invitations and press releases from this same time period. There is also a complete run of the newsletter The Display Case which documents the activities of the Exhibit Museum. It was first published in 1987 and continues to the present. The Dino Club News was first issued in 1997. It focuses on children and the various child-oriented activities and programs sponsored by the museum.

Volunteer organization dedicated to the support and growth of women's varsity athletics at the University of Michigan, founded in 1979. Publications include annual reports, brochures, directories, and newsletters entitled M Women, M Women Newsletter, and the University of Michigan Women's Athletic Association Newsletter

The Unit Publications series includes annual reports entitled President's Annual Report, brochures, directories, and invitations. The newsletters were first published in September 1980 under the title The University of Michigan Women's Athletic Association Newsletter. It continued under this title until June 1982. In December 1982 the title changed to M Women Newsletter. Publication under this title continued at least until Spring/Summer 1986. The Bentley Library holds issues of a third newsletter M Women from Winter 1988 through the present.

The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science is a teaching and research unit of the University of Michigan Medical School. The collection consists of publications produced by the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, including annual reports, newsletters, brochures and histories.

Publications are divided into two series: Unit Publications and Sub-Unit Publications.

The series Unit Publications contains a brochure and a proposal regarding the consolidation of ophthalmology services at the university into one center as well as a 1999 history "A Heritage of Excellence: The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Michigan 1872-1999." There is also a program from a concert in 1997 Symphonic Visions, celebrating the 125th anniversary.

The series Sub-Unit Publications contains annual reports, brochures, directories, newsletters and reports of the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center. The newsletter Advances in Ophthalmology begins in 2001. Dedication and groundbreaking material for the Kellogg Eye Center and the Brehm Center are also included.