Henry Phillip Tappan was the first president of the University of Michigan and married Julia Tappan, of the New York Livingston family, in 1828. Together they had five children. The collection contains photographs of members of the Tappan family including Henry Philip Tappan, Julia Tappan, Franz Brünnow, and Rebecca Lloyd Tappan Brünnow.
The Henry Phillip Tappan Family photographs collection consists of photographs of Henry Philip Tappan, Julia Tappan, Franz Brünnow, and Rebecca Lloyd Tappan Brünnow.