Arthur W. Kramer sound recording collection, 1958-1965
2 linear feet — 129 GB (online) — 2 digital audiovisual files
2 linear feet — 129 GB (online) — 2 digital audiovisual files
332 linear feet (in 340 boxes, approximate) — 35 oversize boxes — 9 oversize folders — 2000 films and videotapes — 22 oversize volumes — 434 digital audiovisual files
9 linear feet — 80 oversize bound volumes — 38 oversize scrapbooks — 1 oversize folder — 14.1 GB (online)
The series Photographs and Posters (1892, 1949-1980) is comprised of outsized photographs and posters. Photographs include the Symphony Band, 1958-1963, various "Band Day" events, a 1970s football formation, and a 1980 formation spelling out Revelli. Also included is an 1892 group photo identified as "University of Michigan Band." Posters announcing concerts during the period 1958 to 1963 are included along with several large format posters from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe promoting the band's 1961 tour. Foreign newspapers on the 1961 tour are also included.
0.4 linear feet — 60 MB (digital files)
9.06 linear feet — 3.9 GB (online) — 4 oversize folders
The History series contains data compiled by members of the Beth Israel Congregation from 1948 until 2016. This includes historical data on the congregation, its founders and note-able members including Osias Zwerdling and Thomas Cook. This series also contains data on the congregation's current and previous locations, Building Committee records, certificates, resolutions, social issues, data on the first Jewish cemetery in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Beth Israel Memorial Garden. This series also contains publications highlighting the congregation's membership, programs, and affiliations throughout the years, as well as images of some of the founding members, building locations, and dedication ceremonies, and other events. Located within this series are color slides of the Ten Commandments in Hebrew as well as a digitized audio recording of Osias Zwerdling discusing the founding/history of the congregation.
The Leadership series sheds light on some of the history and activities of Beth Israel's most prominent leaders from 1958 to 1998. This includes various correspondence to and from Rabbi's Julius Weinberg (1952-1961), Harold S. White (1962-1968), Mervin B. Tomsky (1969-1970), and Allan D. Kensky (1971-1988). The series also includes installation and service anniversary notices, of the congregation's current Rabbi, Robert Dobrusin (1988- ) and a digitized 1997 video recording of the congregation's first woman president, Gerda seligson (1971-1973), receiving the Jewish Theological Seminary's Second Century award. However, the majority of the records in this series were created by Rabbi Kensky and include his installation ceremony remarks, addresses, messages, sermons, and among other writings, his letter of resignation. The series also contains photo albums highlighting the tenth anniversaries of Rabbi's Kensky and Dobrusin.
The Biographical series includes Mack's biography, images from Mack's time as a college student and as a basketball coach with the Castle Valley Job Corps in Price, UT; Mack's resumes, newspaper articles and press releases, and materials from a 1976 testimonial put on in Mack's honor by the members of the Region One Board. The latter also includes photographs and an audiocassette recording of the event. Of particular note is a digitized conglomeration of news clips and television interviews pertaining to Mack and his tenure with the Board.
3 linear feet, 122 MB (online)
The Biographical/Personal files contain biographical information about Binkowski, including photographs and a photo CD, genealogical research, and correspondence with family, judges, and politicians. Digital content includes image files of a 2006 event and various historical and Polish American figures.
11.4 linear feet (in 13 boxes) — 1 oversize folder — 122 MB (online)
1 linear foot, 1 oversize folder, 1 oversize volume, 902 MB (online)
The Blake family series (1.3 linear feet and oversize items) includes materials of Alde L. T. Blake and William F. Blake, their daughter Dorothy S. Blake (materials of their daughter Ethel are found within the Kutsche family series), as well as Thomas Dawes Blake and Freeman N. Blake. Alde L. T. Blake's materials include correspondence with Jane Addams, Ben Lindsey, Woodbridge N. Ferris, and Anna Howard Shaw, as well as related exchanges with representatives of various women's rights and consumer rights organizations. Also included in the series her personal correspondence and scrapbooks, as well as photocopies of materials held by the Rutgers Archives.
William F. Blake materials include his scrapbooks dated between 1872 and 1929, largely concerning family history and business interests, his personal and business correspondence, as well as volumes containing copies of letters sent by Robert Blake in his capacity as U.S. Consular Agent serving in Canada, including detailed commercial report about London, Ontario in 1873; and a ledger with copies of letters sent by William F. Blake during his time as a U.S. Consul in 1878-1879.
Dorothy S. Blake's correspondence includes her personal correspondence, as well as a number of letters about her teaching career in Grand Rapids. Freeman N. Blake materials include his scattered correspondence and two notebooks from his time as a law school student in Cambridge. The series also includes materials related to Thomas Dawes Blake, all in oversize folder. Included here are his obituaries and military documents dating to 1806. The Blake family series also includes family histories, digital copies of genealogical material, and miscellaneous items.
1.8 linear feet — 2 oversize folders — 1 oversize volume — 902 MB (online)
12 linear feet — 12.52 GB (online)
The Topical Files series (1903-2017) (2 linear feet, 574.93 MBs) consists mostly of correspondence, as well as reports, clippings, and other materials. The series is organized into two subseries, 1903-2015 and 1924-2017, reflecting two different accessions of material from the board. A significant portion of materials in this series are about The Michigan Daily and the Michiganensian. The material within this series also reflects the role of the board in arranging and sanctioning printing and photographic contracts, acting as liaison between the students and the university administration (especially concerning controversial actions on the part of editors), and appointing staff positions.
There are three main sections within the 1903-2015 subseries: Correspondence (1931-1978) is the correspondence of the chairmen of the board, often pertaining to issues about the content and reporting of the student publications; Publications (1903-1980) contains materials related to the operation and content of specific student publications. The Financial Materials (1931-1983) file contains correspondence, reports, and transaction history.
The Student Publications Building Construction and Renovation Plans (1930-1980) are mostly blueprints and building plans for the initial construction, and subsequent renovations, of the Student Publications Building.
The Senior Staff Applications, 1952-1957 are arranged chronologically and consist of student applications for senior staff positions on the various University of Michigan student publications. Approximately five folders worth of applications have been reduced to one "sample" folder, to represent the variety of student applicants, including men and women of varying levels of experience. The applications are primarily for positions with the Gargoyle, the Generation, and The Michigan Daily.
Also of note are the surveys about the publications and their readership. Two were conducted about The Michigan Daily, in 1959 and 1972. The "Publication Questionnaires, 1954-1956" contains detailed answers to requests for information about the functioning of the Board.
The Topical Files sub-series (1924-2017) consists of correspondence, biographical information on Student Publications alumnus David Margolick, reports, clippings, and other materials. Of research interest are the Vietnam War and Watergate clippings, and the handicap barrier issue arising in 1980.
286 linear feet — 3 oversize volumes — 20 oversize items — 298.4 MB (online) — 1 oversize folder