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Ferry Family Papers (William Montague Ferry family), 1823-1904
0.8 linear feet — 1 oversize folder
The Ferry family collection consists of letters and typescripts of letters from William Montague Ferry and his wife Amanda White Ferry describing their trip from Ashfield, Massachusetts, to Mackinac Island and their missionary work among the Indians; letters, 1862-1901, of Colonel William M. Ferry, University of Michigan regent, particularly to his wife and other relatives while serving in the Fourteenth Michigan Infantry during the Civil War; speeches and letters from contemporary politicians to Thomas White Ferry, lumberman and U.S. Senator; and two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on the Ferry family. Correspondents in the collection include: Susan B. Anthony, Henry P. Baldwin, Zachariah Chandler, Schuyler Colfax, William M. Evarts, Hamilton Fish, Rutherford B. Haye, Whitelaw Reid, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
F. George Robins papers, 1915-1919
0.2 linear feet
Letters describing daily activities; also diaries containing brief descriptions of his activities in Russia and of his passage home. Most of the collection has not been digitized.
Field Notes
The volume of field notes consists primarily of geological notes of areas surveyed during Houghton's field work, and include many maps, geological sections, and sketches of landforms. This is the final office copy of the notes, not the original field notes, which are available in part at the Clarke Historical Library (and on microfilm at this library, see below under Related Collections).
Fiftieth Anniversary Videos
Fiftieth Anniversary Videos, consists of videos of events held to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Senator Kennedy's speech at the Michigan Union. These videos were downloaded from YouTube.
First Unitarian Universalist Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.) records, 1859-1998, 2007-2015
9.4 linear feet — 10 GB (online)
The records of the First Unitarian-Universalist Church of Ann Arbor have been divided into seven series: Church History, Record Books; Church Reports; Yearly Files; Church Publications; Topical Files; and Ministers' Files.
Floyd Starr, 1933-1988
The Floyd Starr series (54.8 linear feet) contains correspondence, papers, notes, and audiovisual materials related to Floyd Eliot Starr, the founder and first president of Starr Commonwealth. The materials highlight the growth of Starr Commonwealth, the operations of the organization, and Floyd Starr's personal passion and dedication to juvenile reform. The Floyd Starr series has been divided into three subseries, the Correspondence subseries, the Papers subseries and the Audiovisual materials subseries.
Ford Rouge River Plant, Dearborn, Mich.
The Ford Rouge River Plant, Dearborn, Mich. series (33 Betacam tapes and MG; includes 46.3 GB online) includes oral history interviews related to unions at the Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Mich., taken during production of the 1994 WDIV-TV Detroit documentary The Freedom Train. Also found here are The Freedom Train and The Rouge documentaries.