Collections

This collection consists of original artwork by Ken Dahl/Gabby Schulz, an American cartoonist.

The majority of the collection consists of ink and watercolor pages from Dahl's/Schulz's graphic novels, particularly Sick and Welcome to the Dollhouse. The journal, labeled "Sick etc." by the artist, contains drafting for Sick as well as some personal journaling. Other artwork includes various screenprint transparencies and a poster for a 2017 Black Lives Matter flag-raising event.

Danish-American Modernist architect, designer, author, educator, and photographer. Lönberg-Holm also taught at the University of Michigan (1924-1925, 1948-1951) and often closely collaborated with University of Michigan professor C. Theodore Larsen. Includes correspondence; various kinds of drawings, publications, and photographic material; and topical files.

The Knud Lönberg-Holm papers primarily document the professional life and career of Knud Lönberg-Holm, a Danish-American Modernist architect, designer, author, educator, and photographer known for his information design work and unique photography of vernacular architecture and various American cities. The collection also includes a small amount of material related to Lönberg-Holm's personal life, family, and death.

Material is dated from approximately 1908-1977 and includes publications, drawings, correspondence and correspondence files, a wide range photographic material, and topical files.

L. A. Brown kept this notebook and logbook between 1868 and 1869. He utilized the first portion of the volume to record transportation and delivery of coal to various steamers in the Hoboken, New Jersey, area in early 1868. Brown noted names of steamers, amounts of coal delivered or received, and the names of tugboats towing the vessels. The second portion of the volume is a logbook for the voyage of the schooner Thomas Fitch from New London to Eleuthera, Bahamas, between April 28, 1869, and June 3, 1869. Brown recorded wind, weather, latitude and longitude, sails, and picking up pineapples for cargo. Several pages of mathematical notations at the back of the volume are accompanied by an "Inventory of the Barge Constitution."

L. A. Brown kept this notebook and logbook between 1868 and 1869. He utilized the first portion of the volume to record transportation and delivery of coal to various steamers in the Hoboken, New Jersey, area in early 1868. Brown noted names of steamers, amounts of coal delivered or received, and the names of tugboats towing the vessel. The second portion of the volume is a logbook for the voyage of the schooner Thomas Fitch from New London to Eleuthera, Bahamas, between April 28, 1869, and June 3, 1869. Brown recorded wind, weather, latitude and longitude, sails, and picking up pineapples for cargo. Several pages of mathematical notations at the back of the volume are accompanied by an "Inventory of the Barge Constitution."

LAGROC (Lesbians and Gay Rights on Campus/Lesbian and Gay Rights Organizing Committee), otherwise known as LAGROC or LaGROC, was a student-led organization that advocated for increased rights for lesbians and gay men at the University of Michigan through outreach, protests, and other activism efforts during the 1980s. The collection contains materials collected by Carol Wayman and Alicia Lucksted, who were also organization members, about early lesbian and gay groups on campus and those created by LAGROC. Materials include clippings, meeting minutes, correspodnece, various ephemera such as posters, flyers, and brochures, reports, and transcripts for radio plays.

The LAGROC Collection includes materials from circa 1983-1989 in one manuscript box of approximately 0.25 linear feet.

Materials include clippings, meeting minutes, correspondence, various ephemera such as posters, flyers, and brochures, reports, and transcripts for two radio plays. They detail early lesbian and gay groups on campus and LAGROC's activities to add "sexual orientation" to the University of Michigan bylaws, advocacy and outreach efforts such as Lesbian and Gay Awareness Week, support groups, meeting minutes, and protests.

Collection of bound and miscellaneous manuscripts relating to the history of Latin America between 1518 and 1882. These materials pertain to laws, religious doctrines, indigenous cultures and interactions with Europeans, city ordinances, land holdings, and other subjects. In addition to this finding aid, the Clements Library has created the following descriptions of each volume in the collection: Latin America Collection: Volume Descriptions.

The Latin America collection is made up of 57 volumes of miscellaneous items related to New Spain, Mexico, Peru, and Guatemala. The items span from 1518 to 1882. The materials came to the Clements Library from multiple dealers and donors between 1928 and 1951. The New Spain series is made up of volumes that broadly cover the areas under Spanish control in Latin America. The Mexico, Peru, and Guatemala series is made up of materials that specifically address each of those areas. Topics addressed in the letters and documents include laws, religious doctrines, indigenous culture and interactions with Europeans, city ordinances, land holdings, viceregal matters, and many other subjects. Of particular note is a 1760 manuscript copy of a 1587 original of three religious dramas in the Nahuatl language. In 2023, an 1822 contemporary manuscript copy of Manuel de la Barcena's Manifiesto al Mundo: La Justicia y Necesidad de la Independencia de Nueva-España was added to Volume 38.

In addition to this finding aid, the Clements Library has created detailed the following descriptions of each volume in the collection: Latin America Collection: Volume Descriptions.

Research materials used by Laurie Palazzolo in writing of her book Horn Man: the Polish-American Musician in Twentieth-Century Detroit (Detroit, Mich.: American-Polish Music Society, 2003). The collection sheds light on the history of 20th century Polish-American musical landscape of greater Detroit.

The collection documents the history and repertoire of Polish folk music bands in the greater Detroit area as well as professional careers of musicians. The records date primarily from the 1940's until 1980s. Materials dated 1990s-2000s are primarily transcripts of interviews taken by Gomulka Palazzolo. Records include correspondence, business contracts, performance schedules and programs, sheet music, scanned copies of photographs, copies of Keynote magazine, biographical information and interviews of musicians, performance advertisements, and recordings. The records are arranged into five series as follows: Research files, Detroit Federation of Musicians, Sheet music, Sound recordings, and Visual materials.

University of Michigan alumnus (M.P.H., 1977) and associate professor of epidemiology (1977-1988) who, as a medical officer for the World Health Organization (WHO), helped eradicate smallpox, primarily from India. Includes WHO Global Smallpox Eradication Programme correspondence, reports, photographic material, publications, and posters; and collected publications.

The Lawrence Brilliant papers documents efforts to eradicate smallpox, primarily the joint World Health Organization (WHO) and Government of India smallpox eradication campaign of 1973-1975. Material is dated from approximately 1882-2022 (majority of material found within 1972-1979) and includes correspondence, various kinds of reports and publications, photograph albums and a scrapbook, posters, and microfilm.

Researchers should note that this collection contains images of individuals, including children, suffering from smallpox.

Records of the Law School document the evolution of legal education at the University of Michigan as well as tenures of various deans and faculty. Documentation includes historical and class files; student organizations and activities; planning and construction of Law School buildings; information on William W. Cook and his bequest; topical files; deans' correspondence; reports and minutes. Also included are materials related to the Thomas M Cooley and William W. Cook lecture series and portraits of faculty and students, photographs of activities of the Judge Advocate General's School held at the Law School during World War II, the construction of the Law Quadrangle and Law Library addition, and student activities.

The Law School Records begin in 1852 and span the years through the end of the twentieth century. The records document the history of legal education at the University of Michigan, the administration of the Law School, and the lives of some of the scholars who have studied and taught there.

The physical arrangement of the records reflects the various accessions of material that have been received from the Law School over the years. This finding aid is structured to reflect the intellectual organization of the records - continuing series and like materials have been brought together regardless of when the records were transferred to the library. The Summary Contents List provides and overview of the organization of the records.

There are eight major series in the record group: Historical and Class Files (1865-1974); Deans of the Law School (1852-1999); Faculty Files (1859-1994); Student Files (1894-1996); Law Quadrangle and William W. Cook, (1919-1938); Law School Lecture Series; Committee of Visitors and Audio/Visual Materials.

County Executive of Oakland County Michigan since 1992, former prosecuting attorney in Oakland County; collection includes typed copies of Patterson's speeches, roasts, and editorials; newspaper clippings on topics important to Patterson; press releases; and promotional and other videotapes.

The L. Brooks Patterson collection includes typed copies of Patterson's speeches, roasts, and editorials; newspaper clippings on topics important to Patterson; press releases; and promotional and other videotapes. The collection is organized into the following series: Speeches, Roasts, Press, Miscellaneous, and Other Media.

Administrative and organizational records; files relating to elections and local and state issues.

The records of the League of Women Voters of the Ann Arbor Area have been arranged into the following series: Organizational Records, 1942-1966 (mainly Mrs. Ivan Duff files); Health Care and Planning Issues, 1966-1973; Administrative, 1920-1990; Elections, 1946-1982; Issues, 1944-1981: and Topical files, 1969-1983. As the records came from different donors, there is some inevitable overlap between the various series.