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Personal: Albums, Scrapbooks, etc. contains Brucker's extensive collection of scrapbooks and photograph albums. The scrapbooks represent a narrative in newspaper clippings of Brucker's career in state government during the first years of the Depression, roughly 1929 to 1936. The photograph albums depict the same period in time, and include pictures of the governor's vigorous campaign activities, photographs of him with President Herbert Hoover, and personal shots of Brucker with his family. Together, there are eleven volumes of scrapbooks and six photograph albums. Included in this personal series is Brucker's collection of letters written by Michigan governors, including John J. Bagley, Josiah Begole, Lewis Cass, Charles M. Croswell, Alpheus Felch, Woodbridge N. Ferris, Epaphroditus Ransom, and Moses Wisner.