Walter H. Sawyer papers, 1900-1931.

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Walter H. Sawyer papers, 1900-1931.

Correspondence, notes, reports, addresses, and miscellaneous papers relating to offices he held, state medical affairs, Michigan politics, Hillsdale, Michigan and family matters, the choosing of successors to University of Michigan president James B. Angell, Harry B. Hutchins, Marion L. Burton, and Clarence C. Little, the Medical School, Homoeopathic Medical School, University administration, and the William W. Cook gifts to the University; also photographs.

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Angell, James Rowland, 1869-1949

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Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971

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Beal, Junius E. (Junius Emery), 1860-1942

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Clements, William L. (William Lawrence), 1861-1934

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Sawyer, Walter H. (Walter Hulme), 1861-1931

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Hillsdale, Michigan physician, member of the Michigan State Board of Registration in Medicine, member of the Republican State Central Committee, and Regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Walter H. Sawyer papers, 1900-1931. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85777070 From the description of Walter H. Sawyer papers, 1901-1931. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420046 Walter H. Sawyer was born August 10, 1861 in...

May, Thomas, 1860-1927.

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Michigan State Medical Society

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Barbour, Levi L. (Levi Lewis), 1840-1925

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Hillsdale College

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Keppel, Frederick P. (Frederick Paul), 1875-1943

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Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple, 1856-1929

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Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-1949

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Townsend, Charles E. (Charles Elroy), 1856-1924

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Republican congressman from Michigan, 1903-1911, and U.S. Senator, 1911-1922. From the description of Charles Elroy Townsend papers, 1905-1922. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422290 ...

Hanchett, Benjamin Sawtell, 1868-1933.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan, farmer, businessman, and regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Benjamin S. Hanchett papers, 1888-1958. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423445 From the description of Benjamin S. Hanchett papers, 1888-1958. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78061107 Benjamin Sawtell Hanchett was a Grand Rapids, Michigan, farmer, businessman, and regent of University of Michigan, 1911-1929. Hanchett w...

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