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Adam Shakoor Papers

‹ previous 7 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UP001573 Extent:  26.5 Linear Feet (1MB, 26 SB) Date:  1981 – 1993 Adam Shakoor papers document his career as the ...

Abstracts - srafferty - 01/03/2022 - 11:14 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

Folklore Fridays: Halloween Edition

... long, dark nights to come than through an exploration of Detroit’s supernatural landscape? While looking through the heading of ...

Blog entry - eclemens - 11/20/2017 - 13:46 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(79822) Ethnic Communities, Austrian, Celebrations, 1955

Heinrich Von Wimmersperg poses for a photo with his wife at an unidentified formal event, possibly the Detroit Austrian Society's annual gala. Date:  1955-02-13 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  ...

Image - eclemens - 08/25/2017 - 10:31 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(79671) Ethnic Communities, Irish, Boycotts, 1981

A boycott of British Airlines is announced by members of Irish American Organizations outside of Detroit's Gaelic League. The boycott was called in response to the death of Bobby Sands, the leader of the 1981 Hunger Strikes by Irish Republican Army pris ...

Image - eclemens - 01/07/2013 - 14:48 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(25366) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, Oak Park, Michigan, 1963

An unidentified African American woman addresses the crowd during the demonstration against segregated housing in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park. Date:  1963-07-27 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:&nb ...

Image - eclemens - 06/13/2011 - 12:50 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Chris and Marti Alston Papers

‹ previous 144 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UP001779 Use restriction:  Restrictions: RESEARCHERS USING THIS COLLECTION MUST SIGN A RESTRICTED USE FORM. NO NAMES APPEARING IN THE DETROIT ...

Abstracts - abarker - 03/09/2023 - 15:49 - 0 comments - 2 attachments

Folklore Friday: Halloween Edition, v.3

... Street A fine place to start is with one of Detroit’s most enduring local ghost stories: Knock-Knock Street or the Ghost ... traffic accident that resulted in the death of a child on Detroit’s East Side. The story shifts according to who is telling it, ...

Blog entry - eclemens - 11/01/2019 - 08:19 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(24856) NAACP, Receptions, Art Johnson, Sammy Davis, Jr., 1960

Art Johnson addresses guests at the home of Dr. Howard McNeill during a reception for Sammy Davis, Jr., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Left to right: Dr. DeWitt Burton, Arthur L. Johnson, Edward M. Turner, Lt. Governor John B. Swainson, Sammy Davis, ...

Image - eclemens - 01/03/2012 - 10:10 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Mike Hamlin and Joann Castle Papers

‹ previous 569 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  LP001946 Extent:  1.25 linear feet (1 SB, 1 MB) Date:  1968-1973 Michael Charles Hamlin was born Oct 17, 1935. He g ...

Abstracts - drice - 01/13/2015 - 18:24 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(27171) Cavanagh, Williams, 1960s

Mayor Jerome Cavanagh and Governor G. Mennen Williams at an undisclosed event. Date:  27171 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Unknown (Cavanagh, Jerome P., Detroit (Mich.), Detroit--polit ...

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