Harold Frederick Stotzer photograph collection, 1917-1919
1 folder
The collection consists of photos of university bands and of a naval parade on South Main Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1 folder
The collection consists of photos of university bands and of a naval parade on South Main Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
2 linear feet (in 4 boxes) — 1 oversize folder
The collection consists of leaflets, newsletters, and other miscellanea relating to activist organizations and events in Ann Arbor and at the University of Michigan during the period of the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Other materials were added to the collection by staff members of the Michigan Historical Collections, 1969-1973. The collection, arranged alphabetically, provides an overview of the activities, personalities, and political debates of the time. Included is a small series of historical Ann Arbor photographs, either originals or photo prints of originals, collected from different sources.
1 envelope
The collection consists of photographs of businesses on Main Street (1862) in Ann Arbor, Michigan; a photo of a pipe-laying crew from Hutzel & Company, which was an Ann Arbor heating and plumbing company; and photographs of a parade on Huron Street.
2 linear feet
The Joyce Jones Papers cover the period of her life in Ann Arbor, 1930-1980. While there is some material relating to her research on lichens, mostly articles from the 1930's and 1940's, the bulk of the collection concerns her passion for handweaving.
The collection has been divided into four series: Personal, Art Associations, Handweaving Associations, and Photographs.
13 prints (in oversize folder)
The collection consists of prints depicting locations in Ann Arbor, Mich. Some prints are accompanied by descriptive text.
2 linear feet
The Marjorie C. Brazer Papers covers the period of 1955 to 1983 and has been arranged mainly by the name of organization in which Brazer participated. The largest portion of the collection - Ann Arbor Transportation Authority - consists of minutes, policy and long-range planning documents, and subject files detailing the process by which the bus service for Ann Arbor was established, and the beginning of the Dial-a-Ride program. Other smaller organization files in the collection pertain to the Citizen's Association for Area Planning, the Detroit Committee for Neighborhood Conservation and Improved Housing, the Huron High Bi-Racial Committee, the League of Women Voters (Detroit), the League of Women Voters (Ann Arbor), and the Washtenaw County Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity. One file - Washtenaw County Political Campaigns - concerns Lloyd Ives' 1959 Ann Arbor mayoral campaign and Brazer's own 1968 campaign for county supervisor.
Of interest is the documentation of an oral history project undertaken by Brazer in 1983 and pertaining to the establishment and operation of the Rackham endowment to the University of Michigan. This materials is arranged into the Rackham Endowment Oral History Project series. The series includes oral history audiocassettes and administrative files for the project. Brazer's work on this project resulted in her Biography of an Endowment, published in 1985 by the Bentley Historical Library.
The collection also contains family school yearbooks.
2 linear feet (UCCs) — 2 oversize folders (UCCm)
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.
4 linear feet — 1 oversize folder
The records of the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce include correspondence, minutes of meetings of the board of directors, subject files, photographs, and newspaper clippings concerning community projects. There are also papers concerning the work of Economic Development Committee and the Central Business District Committee, and the development of Greater Ann Arbor Research Park.