Woodruff Family Papers
The Woodruff Family Papers consists of two subseries: Clippings and Correspondence and Photographs.
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Woodruff-Marin Family Papers, 1891-1950s (majority within 1891-1896, 1939-1950)
1 linear foot — 1 oversize folder
The Woodruffs were a lumbering family from Ludington, Michigan. The collection includes clippings, correspondence and photographs. The Woodruff family materials contain photo books and prints of the University of Michigan area during the 1890s, and correspondence home to the family from U-M students. The Marin family materials include information on Axel Marin's career as a University of Michigan professor, and photographs of Michigan football, ca. 1940.
The Woodruff-Marin papers contain information about Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan, and greater Michigan. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs taken by Eugene C. Woodruff between 1890 and 1896. The collection is arranged into two series, the Woodruff Family Papers and the Marin Family Papers.
Correspondence and Clippings
The Clippings and Correspondence subseries includes biographical clippings and a family tree, as well as correspondence between Eugene C. Woodruff and his brother Edwin F. Woodruff to their parents, John S. Woodruff and Helen F. Williams, in Ludington, Michigan while they attended the University of Michigan in the early 1890s.
Photographs
The Photographs subseries contains portraits of Eugene C. Woodruff, Edwin F. Woodruff, and Eugene's wife, Goyce Houston Woodruff, as well as images of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and the surrounding area. Many of the photographs were taken by Eugene C. Woodruff and bound with string into photograph books, although there are some individual prints. The University of Michigan images include campus buildings, student life, and student athletics. Included are photographs of the family home in Ludington, the family summer home in Bay View, and visits to St. Clair and the Upper Peninsula. The photographs also contain images of logging operations, Eugene C. Woodruff's electrical engineering experiments, and copies of family portraits.