Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

Professor of history at University of Michigan; Democratic Party files and records of his University of Michigan activities.

The Gerhard L. Weinberg collection is comprised of two series: Democratic Party activities and interests, and University of Michigan activities. The Democratic Party papers concern Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, and state politics. Issues documented include the passage of a fair housing law in Ann Arbor, and his interest in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964-1965.

German communal colony founded near Bay Port, Michigan by Emil Baur. Minutes, accounts, constitution, maps, and other related papers; also photographs.

The records of Ora Labora date from 1862 to 1895 and include minutes, accounts, constitution, maps, and other related papers. Some of the records are in German with some English translation.

The Kurath collection includes two field recordings entitled, "Michigan Indian Hymns" and "Michigan Indian Native Songs", produced by Gertrude P. Kurath from 1953-1954. A copy of Kurath's transcript for "Religious Customs of Modern Michigan Algonquians" is also included in the collection.

This collection includes two field recordings, "Michigan Indian Hymns" and "Michigan Indian Native Songs", recorded by Gertrude P. Kurath from 1953-1954. It also includes a copy of the transcript for "Religious Customs of Modern Michigan Algonquians" written and researched by Kurath.

G. Hoyt Whipple (1917-1999) was a University of Michigan professor emeritus of environmental and industrial health, research scientist, and photographer. Black-and-white photographs taken by G. Hoyt Whipple in November 1962, of members of the Stanley Quartet.

The collection consists of black-and-white photographs taken by G. Hoyt Whipple in November 1962, of members of the Stanley Quartet. The Stanley Quartet—which was part of the University of Michigan's School of Music and performed between 1949 and 1970--was one of the earliest of the ensembles in residence established at schools of music in the U.S. Includes images of Gilbert Ross, Gustave Rosseels, Robert Courte, and Jerome Jelinek, holding their instruments.

Michigan photography studio. Consists of a photograph of a boy's band (probably from Ann Arbor) as well as a group photgraph from a military encampment (probably of the 1st Regiment, Company A, Michigan State Troops).

The collection consists of a photograph of a boy's band (probably from Ann Arbor) as well as a group photgraph from a military encampment (probably of the 1st Regiment, Company A, Michigan State Troops).

Gilbert Ketcham joined the U. S. Army in 1942 and served overseas in North Africa and Italy until 1944. He was then stationed at Camp McQuade in California, where he monitored prisoners. The collection contains approximately 900 pages of correspondence and other material sent between Ketcham and his wife, Jean Seeley Ketcham, during the war.

This collection contains correspondence sent by Gilbert Ketcham to his wife, Jean Seeley Ketcham, while he was deployed overseas. The collection also contains additional correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other ephemera collected by Jean Seeley Ketcham during the war.

The majority of correspondence sent by Ketcham to his wife details the course of daily life in Army camps in North Africa and Italy. He regularly reports on films, parties put on by soldiers, meals, trips into cities and towns, and his relationship with other officers.

The collection has been arranged in a single series, Correspondence, and is stored chronologically in binders.

Publications of University of Michigan organization which produces Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, including flyers, newsletters and a history of the organization.

The Publications series (2 linear feet) includes flyers, programs, newsletters, and a history of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society as well as the newsletter of the Friends of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. The publications are divided into two series: Unit Publications and Sub-Unit Publications.