Standish Backus papers 1919-1942

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Standish Backus papers 1919-1942

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Detroit, Michigan, businessman, president of the Burroughs Adding Machine Co. Correspondence and reports relating to the Kelsey Expedition to the Near East for the University of Michigan and correspondence files, 1926-1942, concerning business affairs and social activities in Detroit and Grosse Pointe, Michigan; also writings of father Charles K. Backus, and photographs.

4 linear feet and 1 oversize volume.

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Bentley Historical Library

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University of Michigan Near East Research Expedition (1924-1934)

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University of Michigan.

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