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This oversized scrapbook consists of sections of Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson circus advertising posters. The imagery includes circus tents, musical wagons (including the "Silver-Tubed Caliope" and "Sacred Chimes"), camels and horses, animal trainers, artillerymen seemingly of Middle Eastern descent (possibly part of the "Bedouin Arab" performers), acrobats, minstrel performers, African American musicians, and portraits of P. T. Barnum, J. A. Bailey, and J. L. Hutchinson.

This oversized scrapbook consists of sections of printed Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson circus advertising posters. The imagery includes circus tents, musical wagons (including the "Silver-Tubed Caliope" and "Sacred Chimes"), camels and horses, animal trainers, artillerymen seemingly of Middle Eastern descent (possibly part of the "Bedouin Arab" performers), acrobats, minstrel performers, African American musicians, and portraits of P. T. Barnum, J. A. Bailey, and J. L. Hutchinson. The back cover bears the print "Toilers of the Sea - Trawling on t[he Dogger Bank]," showing fishermen at sea.

This collection consists of 883 letters, documents, an orderly book, printed items, and other materials concerning revolutionary conflicts in Cuba and the Philippines, American involvement particularly, dating largely from the 1890s-1900s. This collection's contents include detailed information from Cuban and Philippine revolutionaries at home and in exile; U.S. Army activities related especially to the Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, and postwar occupations; American, Cuban, Filipino, and Spanish consular and governmental officials; and civilians (including families of U.S. Army soldiers' and sailors' family members) involved in the events.

This collection consists of 883 letters, documents, an orderly book, printed items, and other materials concerning revolutionary conflicts in Cuba and the Philippines, American involvement particularly, dating largely from the 1890s-1900s. This collection's contents include detailed information from Cuban and Philippine revolutionaries at home and in exile; U.S. Army activities related especially to the Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, and postwar occupations; American, Cuban, Filipino, and Spanish consular and governmental officials; and civilians (including families of U.S. Army soldiers' and sailors' family members) involved in the events.

Please see the box and folder listing in this finding aid for extensive, detailed descriptions of items and groups of items in the Revolutionary Cuba and Philippines Collection.

The collection contains materials collected by the University of Michigan Symphony Band Tour members during the Band's international tour through the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and the Near East, February through June, 1961. Also, materials created during the 2011-2012, and 2019 Band reunions. Collection materials include clippings, correspondence, photographs, video recordings, programs, and scrapbooks.

The collection is composed of four series, the content of which includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, programs, and scrapbooks. The 1961 Tour series contains materials created and collected during the tour. A small amount of material is related to the 1981 and 1984 reunions. The 50th Anniversary Reunion and Return to Russia Tour series contains materials created and collected during the 2012 reunion tour to Moscow and St. Petersburg. One folder containing obituaries. The final series documents the 58th anniversary reunion, held at the University of Michigan in 2019.

This collection is made up of nine receipts for payments made by 3rd Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army largely in Wyoming Territory (W.T.) and Nebraska between December 11, 1876, and October 31, 1878. The bulk of the receipts were for purchases and expenditures related to the regimental band in 1878. They include receipts for musical instrument supplies such as silver keys and cocoa wood for clarinet, keys and an ivory mouthpiece for flute, keys and an ivory mouthpiece for piccolo, and a bow, case, strings, and rosin for viola. Two receipts are for extra pay to the band leader. A list of property belonging to the band is also present. Other receipts are for purchases of groceries and livestock (corn, onion, peas, beet seeds, turkeys, sheep).

This collection is made up of nine receipts for payments made by 3rd Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army largely in Wyoming Territory (W.T.) and Nebraska between December 11, 1876, and October 31, 1878. The bulk of the receipts were for purchases and expenditures related to the regimental band in 1878. They include receipts for musical instrument supplies such as silver keys and cocoa wood for clarinet, keys and an ivory mouthpiece for flute, keys and an ivory mouthpiece for piccolo, and a bow, case, strings, and rosin for viola. Two receipts are for extra pay to the band leader. A list of property belonging to the band is also present. Other receipts are for purchases of groceries and livestock (corn, onion, peas, beet seeds, turkeys, sheep).

Printed and stamped business headers include D. B. Beemer & Co. (Cheyenne, W.T.), Pole Creek Ranche (W.T.), Pease & Taylor (Cheyenne, W.T., with illustrated street view of the storefront), and Nicholas Lebrun, manufacturer and importer of musical instruments and merchandise (St. Louis, Missouri).