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Start Over You searched for: Repository University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library ✖ Remove constraint Repository: University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library Names Cobo, Albert E. (Albert Eugene), 1893-1957. ✖ Remove constraint Names: Cobo, Albert E. (Albert Eugene), 1893-1957. Names Republican Party (Mich.) ✖ Remove constraint Names: Republican Party (Mich.) Places Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1951- ✖ Remove constraint Places: Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1951-Search Results
10 linear feet — 2 oversize volumes — 1 oversize folder
The collection documents the later period of Cleary's life, mainly from 1945 to 1959. The series include Correspondence; Scrapbooks and clippings; Organizational interests; and Political files.
The great bulk of the collection consists of correspondence dated from 1945 to 1959 and documenting his work as Republican State chairman (1949-1953), his tenure as Michigan secretary of state (1953-1954), and his various other civic, political, and business involvements. There is included with this finding aid a selective index to Cleary's correspondents.
11 linear feet — 3 oversize volumes
The Brown papers have been arranged into the following series: Topical files; Other mayoralty papers (relating primarily to off-street parking); Scrapbooks; Business records; and Photographs. The Topical files are the largest portion of the collection and include correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and miscellanea concerning such issues as housing, the new city charter, off-street parking, the new Veterans Administration Hospital, planning for a new city hall, Brown's election campaigns, and the support given by Brown to Albert E. Cobo in his campaign for governor of Michigan in 1956. The scrapbooks, 1945-1962, contain newspaper clippings and other materials relating to his mayoralty.