Mortimer E. Cooley papers, 1873-1944.

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Mortimer E. Cooley papers, 1873-1944.

Correspondence, letter books, appraisals and reports, lectures, blueprints, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other materials concerning his activities as dean of the College of Engineering, engineer for the U.S.S. Yosemite in the Spanish American War, chairman of the Block Signal and Train Control Board, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1924, and coordinator for the P.W.A. in Michigan in 1933-1935; also genealogical materials on the Cooley family. Correspondents include: B.B. Adams. John R. Allen, Azel Ames, James B. Angell, James P. Bird, William P. Borland, Marion L. Burton, William L. Clements, Fred L. Chappel, Ernest L. Cooley, Lyman E. Cooley, Edwin Denby, John D. Hibbard, Theodore H. Hinchman, Ira N. Hollis, Herbert C. Hoover, Harry B. Hutchins, Albert Kahn, Vivian Keatley, Emil Lorch, Truman H. Newberry, Chase S. Osborn, Henry E. Riggs, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry C. Sadler, and Gardner S. Williams.

69 linear ft. and 7 v. [outsize].

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SNAC Resource ID: 7359080

Bentley Historical Library

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