Roy C. Vandercook papers, 1900-1957.

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Roy C. Vandercook papers, 1900-1957.

Diary, 1920, kept while he was police commissioner, including notes on "red" raids of the 1920's and comment on Governor Alexander J. Groesbeck; also order book, 1905-1912, for First Battery of Artillery, Michigan National Guard, and newspaper clippings and scattered correspondence concerning the National Guard, the copper strike of 1913-1914, the Jackson Prison riot of 1912, and Woodbridge N. Ferris' inauguration; letter, 1915, from Arthur H. Vandenberg; and photographs.

.3 linear ft. and 1 oversize v.

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Michigan. National Guard

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Groesbeck, Alexander J. (Alexander Joseph), 1873-1953

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Ferris, Woodbridge N., 1853-1928

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Michigan Democratic governor, 1913-1917, U.S. Senator, 1922-1928, and founder of Ferris Industrial School (later Ferris Institute). From the description of Woodbridge N. Ferris papers, 1878-1940. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 154302100 Governor of Michigan 1913-1916; U.S. Senator 1922-1928. From the description of Woodbridge Nathan Ferris correspondence, 1914 March 12. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 430035096 ...

Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951

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U.S. Senator from Michigan (1928-1951). From the description of Arthur H. Vandenberg papers, 1936-1941. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 620820101 Republican member of the U.S. Senate from Michigan, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and delegate to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco in 1945. From the description of Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg visual materials series [microform]. ca. 1896-1950. (University of Michigan). Wo...

Michigan State Police

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Vandercook, Roy C., 1873-

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Roy C. Vandercook was born in Mason, Michigan on November 20, 1873. Early in his career, he worked as a newspaperman and as a city clerk in Mason (1894). From April 1898 to April 1899, he served as 1st Lieutenant with the 31st Michigan Volunteer Infantry serving in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. After the war, he became a respected Lansing newspaperman. He also continued his involvement with military affairs organizing Michigan's Battery A, First Field Artillery. His service here led to h...