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Culinary Ephemera: Sweetening Products, Circa 1906 - circa 2000

3 Linear Feet (6 small manuscript boxes)

Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional items related to sweetening products, including sugar, maple syrup, honey, and molasses. There is also a small amount of material related to artificial sweeteners. Publications date from circa 1906 to circa 2000, with most items from the 1920s-1950s.

Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional items related to sweetening products, including sugar, maple syrup, honey, and molasses. There is also a small amount of material related to artificial sweeteners. Publications date from circa 1906 to circa 2000, with most items from the 1920s-1950s. Notable examples of corporate authors include American Molasses Company, Crescent Manufacturing Company, American Sugar Refining Company, California and Hawaiian Sugar Company, Inc., Hipolite Company, Farmers and Manufacturers Beet Sugar Association, and the American Honey Institute.

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Culinary Ephemera: Tableware, 1897 to 1990s

.5 Linear Feet

Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional items related to table settings and tableware, including china, silverware, and place setting etiquette. The material dates from 1897 through the 1990s, with the majority of material dating from the mid-twentieth century.

This collection includes promotional items related to table settings and tableware, including china, silverware, and place setting etiquette. The material dates from 1897 through the 1990s, with the majority of material dating from the mid-twentieth century.

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Culinary Ephemera: War, 1916-1945

3 Linear Feet (6 small manuscript boxes)

Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional items related to World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945). Publications date from 1916-1919, and from circa 1940-1944.
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Dan Moses Schreier Collection, 1994-2012

6 Linear Feet

Materials relating to the career of Dan Moses Schreier, a sound designer and composer a variey of New York theatre productions. Included are sound "bibles," scripts with sound cues, musical scores, miscellaneous ephemera related to productions, and CDs, Zip drives, and hard drives containing scores and sounds from Schreier's works.

The Papers Series consists of materials related to sound design, composition, and the production of plays and musicals Schreier worked on throughout his career. Many of these materials were originally in binders; those materials were rehoused, with all titles and labels transcribed and/or included in the folders. Materials are arranged in order of project and production date.

The Audiovisual Materials Series consists of CDs, floppy disks, and hard drives. These contain scores, sound palettes, and samples Schreier has used for productions, including some productions not represented in the paper materials. Materials are arranged in order of project and production date. Materials relating to personal projects, or else not affiliated with specific projects are located at the end of the series.

The Epherma Series contains a single playbill and guest pass, from 1994 and 2002, respectively.

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David Cope Papers, 1907-2023 (majority within 1980s-2000s)

26.5 Linear Feet — 26 records center boxes and 1 oversize flat file

David Cope is a poet in the Objectivist tradition and the founder of Nada Press, a small press which publishes the literary magazine and other poetry. Cope, a University of Michigan graduate and lifelong Michigan resident, taught literature and writing at Grand Rapids Community College and Western Michigan University. The collection documents Cope's writing, editing, and to some extent teaching and other spheres of Cope's life, through correspondence, manuscripts, notes, printed material, photographs, and videotapes.

David Cope made his first donation of papers to the Special Collections Research Center in 1987. Since then he has continued to make frequent contributions. The David Cope Papers cover Cope's writing and correspondence from the 1970s to the present, as well as his editing and teaching activities. In addition to offering insight into Cope's work, the collection details some of the activities and thoughts of friends and fellow writers and poets; in particular, Allen Ginsberg, Jim Cohn, Antler, and Jeff Poniewaz. Not currently well-documented are the more personal aspects of Cope's life--especially his family life--except for those details made available through his writings and correspondence.

The David Cope Papers are divided into eight series: Correspondence and Name Files, Writings, Editing Materials, Teaching and Education Materials, Publicity Materials, Personal, Photographs, and Audio/Visual. A small selection of books from Cope's library have been removed from the collection and have been cataloged individually. They are shelved by call number in Special Collections and can be requested through the Library's catalog.

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David Hebb Photographs, 1979-1989

1.75 Linear Feet — 1 Manuscript Box 1 Folder — Most of the collection seems well stored in individual sleeves, however some photographs protrude from the side due to them being larger than the sleeves they are housed in. Some contact sheets have folds in them. The original 35mm negatives for some of the photographs are also present. Small 4x5 photographic prints are stored in sleeves, while larger prints are housed as-is except when deemed necessary for individual sleeves.

The David Hebb Photographs focus on American diners and roadsides from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s (specifically, 1979-1989). This collection includes many photographic prints as well as the original 35mm negatives (accompanied by contact sheets in many cases). Includes some prints from unknown photographers.

A collection of photographs, contact sheets, and negatives photographed by David Hebb between 1979 and 1989. Hebb focuses on diners, drive-ins, and other miscellaneous street views in the Northeastern United States.

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David Herreshoff Papers, 1960 - 1972

1 Linear Foot

The David Herreshoff Papers (1960 - 1972) consists of police intelligence reports, photographs, and personal correspondence from the life and activities of David Herreshoff. Much of the material concerns his work with the Socialist Worker's Party and Anti-War efforts during the Vietnam Era while he was employed as faculty at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. Documents the life and activities of David Sprague Herreshoff, a notable socialist and Anti-War activist living and working in Detroit, MI during the Vietnam War era. These papers include documents, reports, photographs, articles, and correspondence related to Herreshoff's activist activities.

Box 1: Photographs, correspondence, police/intelligence reports. Box 2: Police/intelligence reports, Two published monographs.

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David Porter Papers, (majority within 1960-1980)

.5 Linear Feet — 1 manuscript box — Archival material separated out from larger donation from the late David Porter. — Papers are fragile and sometimes torn. Rusty staples have been removed where possible.

Research materials created and collected by the political scientist David Porter during the course of his doctoral research in Algeria.

The bulk of the papers is Porter's own handwritten notes, but also includes materials he saved from other sources (such as local newspapers) and typewritten proposals presented by Porter to his dissertation committee. The papers remain in Porter's original order. Porter's research focused on socialist and anarchist forces in Algeria immediately following independence. Materials are in both French and English.

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Dennis Cunningham Papers, 1967-2019

22.5 Linear Feet — 45 manuscript boxes — Some papers are damaged or fragile (e.g. wrinkling, chipping).

Dennis Cunningham (1936-2022) was a lawyer who practiced law in Illinois, New York, and California. One of the founding members of the People's Law Office in Chicago, Illinois, he specialized in public interest and civil law centered on injustice perpetuated by the government with cases on environmental activism, police brutality, civil disobedience, prisoners' rights, and political injustice. Notable clients include Akil Al Jundi, Judi Bari, and Fred Hampton. This collection covers his career as a lawyer from 1967-2019 in 45 manuscript boxes. The collection is arranged into two main series, case/subject files and professional files. Materials are arranged alphabetically within series and primarily include court documents, notes and annotations, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

Court documents (motions, briefs, appeals, affidavits), correspondence, police records, ephemera, photos, tweets, transcripts, notes, and newspaper clippings relating to the career of lawyer Dennis Cunningham.

The Dennis Cunningham Papers covers Cunningham's professional career from 1967-2019 in 45 manuscript boxes totaling approximately 22.5 linear feet.

This collection consists primarily of court and trial documents, drafts and annotations, correspondence, notebooks with commentary on cases, transcripts, research materials, newspaper clippings, photographs, and various ephemera collected during Cunningham's career.

Strengths of this collection include coverage of most of Cunningham's career with notable cases from his time in Chicago, New York, and California. More extensive collections feature materials covering not only the trial but behind-the-scenes processes such as meetings, research and notes, and settlements or payment. The collection also features a variety of notebooks detailing Cunningham's comments on cases and his challenges with the Bar Exam in the State of California.

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Detroit Streetcar Collection, 1891-2011

4.5 Linear Feet — 9 manuscript boxes

The Detroit Streetcar Collection documents the history of passenger rail transportation in the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area during the late-19th century until the mid-20th century. The collection consists of photographs, correspondence, maps, articles, streetcar rosters and equipment reports, and newsletters. Photographs make up the majority of the collection and depict urban street scenes, streetcars in use and stationary streetcars, and route construction.

The Detroit Streetcar Collection documents the history of passenger rail transportation in the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area. The collection consists of photographs, correspondence, maps, articles, streetcar rosters and equipment reports, and newsletters. Photographs make up the majority of the collection. The photographs include depictions of urban street scenes, streetcars in use, stationary streetcars, specialized equipment, constructions of rail lines and bridges, repair shops and train yards, and disassembly and former routes. Research contains materials documenting various streetcar types, equipment and parts, routes, timelines, and maps. Published materials include articles and newsletters, advertisements, and flyers and brochures.

The Detroit United Railway (DUR) and the Detroit Department of Street Railways (DSR) are the main transportation services depicted in the collection. Railroads spanning the state of Michigan are also represented in the collection, as are other forms of public transportation such as buses and trolleys.