Collections

501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization formed in February 2005 to open dialogue and increase citizen participation in the debate surrounding Proposal 2, the ballot initiative that ended affirmative action programs in Michigan and was passed in November 2006; records include correspondence, press coverage, organizational files, and materials relating to public events.

The Toward A Fair Michigan records reflect that organization's efforts to promote dialogue on the controversial ballot initiative Proposal 2 (the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative) and encourage public participation in the political process. In addition to illustrating essential steps in the formation and management of 501©(3) nonprofit groups, the records will be especially valuable to those interested in the public debate surrounding Proposal 2 and the issue of affirmative action in the United States in the early 21st century. The collection is comprised of three series: Administrative Files, Program Director's Files, and Organizational Activities.

Business and commercial family of Ionia, Michigan; correspondence and financial records of Angelo E. Tower and Osmond S. Tower; correspondence and business records of Louis S. Lovell, W.B. Heath, and George Webber, Ionia, Michigan, businessmen.

The collection was accumulated and donated by Ada Health Owsley, the daughter of W.B. Heath, who had himself married into the Tower family. Most of the collection relates to the business dealings of Tower family members. The most important exception is a portion of the correspondence dealing with the Civil War service of Angelo Tower, a captain with Company E, Sixth Michigan Cavalry. These papers include both letters to his family and other documents relating to his military responsibilities. The collection, both correspondence and financial records, documents the development and commercial growth of Ionia, Michigan, and includes various records of Louis S. Lovell, bank cashier W.B. Heath, and George W. Webber, president of the Second National Bank of Ionia. The fact that there are some papers of George W. Webber, a banking competitor to the Towers is curious. Perhaps a possible merger of the two Ionia banks led to the storage of retired records in a common area. Regardless, the banking records of Tower and Webber offer some insight into the commercial development of Ionia.

Oral history project relating to women in the trade union movement; interviews and administrative records from the project.

The records of the "The Twentieth Century Trade Union Woman: Vehicle for Social Change" oral history project include transcripts of completed interviews, rough drafts and incomplete versions of other interview; administrative files of the project, and subject files. Also included are the cassette tapes of the interviews, microfiche or microfilm copies of the completed interviews which in 1979 which open to research, and a copy of the Rocking the Boat book. The Administrative Files: Interviewees series is arranged alphabetically by name of interviewee and includes correspondence, vita of the individual, notes of the interviewer, articles, and other miscellaneous background information. The Project subject files, also arranged alphabetically, includes general correspondence, records of advisory board meetings, grant proposals, and correspondence with individuals considered by not interviewed.

Multi-disciplinary center established to gather data by organ transplantation and to disseminate information to state and private health agencies, transplant programs, and other interested public organizations. The collection documents aspects of ethical and policy issues surrounding organ transplants. Series include education committee, ethics and social impact committee, liaison committee, and public policy committee.

The records of the Transplant and Health Policy Center document the work of the Education, Ethics and Social Impact, Liaison and Public Policy committees. The records span the years 1986-1992; the bulk of the materials cover 1987-1990. The records are divided into four series: Education Committee, Ethics and Social Impact Committee, Liaison Committee, and Public Policy Committee.

Interdisciplinary research institute founded in 1965 as the Highway Safety Research Institute (HSRI). Includes bibliographies documenting the research done in the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute and its predecessor the HSRI. There are also brochures or pamphlets and newsletters including Research, the HSRI Research Review, and the UMTRI Research Review. Also contains proceedings, proposals, and reports.

The University of Michigan. Transportation Research Institute publications (1.4 linear feet) include bibliographies, brochures, ephemera including flyers, invitations, posters, and programs, newsletters, proceedings of conferences sponsored by the institute, and reports. These publications are arranged in one series: Unit Publications. All the publications document the creation of and the research done by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute and its predecessor, the Highway Safety Research Institute.

Traverse City, Michigan manufacturer of the fireless "wonder cooker and baker" and a line of iceboxes, 1909-1919; records, including general office files, advertising,. minutes and reports, document the firms business activities.

The Traverse City Refrigerator Company's records are divided into two series: General Office Files and Minutes and Reports. The collection documents the company's administrative and business activities from 1909 to 1919.

Treasurer's records include letterbooks, disbursements, receipts, ledgers, journals, balance books, daybooks, payroll books, and other business records.

Treasurer's records include letterbooks, disbursements, receipts, ledgers, journals, balance books, daybooks, payroll books, and other business records. The records provide and insight into, though not a complete record of, the day-to-day financial operation of the university

The Triangle Foundation is a gay and lesbian civil rights and advocacy organization, located in Detroit, Michigan and formed in 1990. Its programs include an anti-violence project, media activism, and legislative education on gay civil rights. The record group includes minutes; correspondence; press releases and publications of the Triangle Foundation; news clippings documenting issues relevant to the gay/lesbian community and of Triangle activities; and videotapes of local cable television newsmagazine Lambda Digest.

This record group documents the administration and activities of this advocacy organization to bring public attention to issues impacting the lives of gay males and lesbians. The records include both paper and visual materials and have been divided into eight series: Audiovisual Materials, Administrative, Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Legislative/Political, Miscellaneous, Other Organizations, Religion, and Publications and Clippings.

Pioneer Ann Arbor, Michigan family, involved in farming, then real estate, developed the Tuomy Hills area of the city. Papers include personal and business correspondence of Cornelius and Kathryn Tuomy and of other family members; ledger books, 1868-1890, 1911-1938, and diaries, 1920-1921, 1925, 1926, 1936 concerning business and personal affairs; also papers of Kathryn G. Tuomy as president of the Michigan Federation of Business and Professional Women; and photographs.

The Tuomy Family papers document the daily life of three generations of a pioneer Ann Arbor area family. The three linear feet of papers span the years 1840-1966 with the bulk of the material falling within the decades bound by 1905-1945. The papers have been divided into four series, a small set of documents with biographical information, a larger set of personal and business correspondence, and family material arranged as a set of topical files. There is also a box of unidentified family portraits

A strength of the Tuomy Family papers is the documentation of daily life for a prominent Ann Arbor family from 1900 until the 1960's. Kathryn G. Tuomy's materials provide good exposure to the life of an Ann Arbor woman who has a university education and a family business to maintain. The papers are weaker in their coverage of the Tuomy and Tuomy real estate business. There is only marginal documentation regarding Cornelius W. (Bill) Tuomy's time in political office as drain commissioner. The photographs are not strongly backed up by the written documentation regarding the Tuomy and Tuomy real estate office and properties.

Residents of North Branch and Carleton, Mich. Includes copy prints of a hearse and street sprinkler driven by Lloyd Turner, a photo of Lydia Turner at a telephone switchboard, a photo of Maxine Turner, and biographical sketches.

The collection includes copy prints of a hearse and street sprinkler driven by Lloyd Turner, a photo of Lydia Turner at a telephone switchboard, and a photo of Maxine Turner. Also includes biographical sketches.