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Hillwood, 1911-1983
The Hillwood series details the Bourquin sisters' work on their subdivision project during their careers and following their retirement. This Hillwood series focuses on facets of such an enterprise, including legal, realty, and contracting documentation. Site plans and other drawings are located in the Landscape Architectural Drawings series.
Photographs and other visual materials, 1905-1980 (scattered)
1.25 linear feet
The Photographs and other visual materials series (1910-1941; 1.25 linear feet) documents the Bourquins from babyhood through their early career and includes albums of their travels to Florida and Europe, as well as professional folio prints of Jessie's private work for such notables as Alexander Dow and former University of Michigan President Alexander Ruthven. Also of interest are the various candid shots of Michigan and Ann Arbor landscaping and gardening in the 1930s. Included are photos of National Socialist architecture accumulated by their brother James Bourqin during his wartime service.
Articles, Manuscripts, and Poems, 1923-1959
Articles, Manuscripts and Poems contain both published and unpublished material written and collected by Aliya Ogdie-Hassen during her lifetime. Included in this series are articles written for the Islamic Information Series. These articles were later published in Muslim Life the journal of the Federation of Islamic Associations in the U.S. and Canada. Also included are several manuscripts that contain various Islamic children's stories which Hassen collected throughout the Arab world. Another manuscript contains various Arabic and Islamic cooking recipes that she had likewise collected during her travels. Lastly, the series contains a single hardbound volume of poetry that was written by Aliya Ogdie-Hassen between 1923 and 1940. There is also a folder of miscellaneous poems written both by Aliya and her only daughter, Amelia Hussein.
Allen F. Sherzer visual materials collection, 1880s-1940s (scattered dates)
0.3 linear feet (in 2 boxes) — 1 oversize folder — 1 film reels (16mm)
Allmendinger Family Papers, 1824-2006 (majority within 1890-1986)
8 linear feet — 1 oversize volume — 1 oversize folder
Alpha Kappa Alpha, Beta Eta Chapter (University of Michigan) records, 1916-2018 (majority within 1933-1997, 2016-2018)
2 linear feet — 3.2 GB (online)