Collections : [University of Michigan William L. Clements Library]

Photograph album containing images related to the Kerry & Hanson Flooring Co. of Grayling, Michigan. Contents mainly consist of images that document the different stages involved in the manufacturing of wood flooring. Also present are portraits of Chief David Shoppenagon (a Saginaw Ojibwa man who was the advertising face of the company), several views of Grayling, an image of the company office, and a Kerry & Hanson Flooring Co. business card including Chief Shoppenagon's likeness. Includes 50 photographs and 1 piece of ephemera. Volume 28.5 x 39 cm.

Promotional album documenting properties belonging to the United Light and Railways Co. located in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Chattanooga, Tennessee; and La Porte, Indiana. Of note are images of properties held by subsidiary Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway Co. including depots, shops, a car barn, docks, bridges, and a power house as well as images of a machine shop interior in Fruitport, Michigan, steel bridges and interurban railway tracks on Main Street in Grand Haven, Michigan, views of Chattanooga (including the gas plant with interior shots of compressors), and powerplants and gas works in La Porte. All images have identifications. Includes 41 photographs. Volume 27 x 33.5 cm.

Photograph album containing color photographs and specification details of Chevrolet vehicles produced from 1911 to 1970. The album was awarded to Chevrolet Engineering Department employee J. I. Nichiaw in recognition of 25 years of service with the company. Contents consist of photographs of vehicles (many from the Automobile History Collection at the Detroit Public Library and the Henry Ford Museum) along with brief descriptions including vehicle size, weight, engine and transmission specs, original sale price, and interesting trivia (such as the fact that in February 1923 the 1,000,000th Chevrolet was produced while in 1927 they produced 1,000,000 vehicles in a single year). Of note are images of the first Chevrolet trucks introduced in 1918 and the 1953 Corvette. Many images are heavily retouched or reproduction photographs of artwork. Includes 59 photographs. Volume 32.5 x 29.5 cm.

Photograph album related to University of Michigan student Francis Bulkley Vedder and Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Contents consist of individual and group portraits of various people (including an image showing several young men in blackface), views of the fraternity house, and interior views. Also present are images showing a group of men and women on a vacation in Lakeland and Base Lake, views of a large dam, and group portraits in which the fraternity dog is included. Some of the photographs include blind stamps from the studio of J. Alstrom in Boston, Massachusetts, who seems to have specialized in photographing fraternities and sororities. Numerous items of ephemera are also included such as four "Student Coupons" from the 1913 Interscholastic Committee that list the grades of Francis B. Vedder (accompanied by a photograph of Vedder holding a concertina), a page including clipped articles dedicated to shot putter and fraternity brother A. W. Kohler, a handwritten note instructing "Pea Green Vedder" to perform various tasks culminating in reaching the west goal post of the fairgrounds by 8:15, a program for the 1912 initiation banquet, several dance cards, a menu, envelopes and invitations to Eta Chapter Kappa Alpha Theta dance parties, Vedder's 1912 University of Michigan admission letter, a 1913 invitation to join the sales team of Detroit-based seed trade company D. M. Ferry & Co., a program for the 1914 D. M. Ferry & Co. annual dinner, tickets to the Detroit Opera House, and programs for "Contrarie Mary" and "A Model Daughter" presented by the "Mimes of the Michigan Union." Includes 25 photographs and 43 pieces of ephemera. Volume 34 x 26.5 cm.