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- Description:
- Hardcover book containing a transcript of the memorial services for Russell A. Alger at Fort Street Presbyterian Church on March 24, 1907, including a prayer by Reverend Edward H. Pence, and addresses by Governor Fred M. Warner, Colonel Frank J. Hecker, the Honorable Washington Gardner, and the Honorable William C. Maybury. The book is bound in a black cover with embossed gold text and borders.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black leather-bound booklet containing a memorial resolution honoring Hazen S. Pingree adopted by the Members of the Legislatures for the Years 1897-1899. The book is bound with black ribbon.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Certificate issued to George Cook for donating to the Hazen S. Pingree Monument. The certificate reads: Hon. Hazen S. Pingree Memorial. Detroit, Michigan, June 18, 1901. This is to certify that Geo. Cook is a contributor to the Hon. Hazen S. Pingree Memorial Statue, and the name of the contributor will be deposited within the pedestal of said statue. Carl E. Schmidt, Chairman Memorial Committee. Darius D. Thorp, Chairman Finance Committee.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- View of the Simpson Memorial Institute for Medical Research at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, designed by Albert Kahn and completed in 1926. "The Simpson Memorial Institute was presented to the University of Michigan by Mrs. Christine McDonald Simpson, of Detroit, as a memorial to her husband, Thomas Henry Simpson, who died of pernicious anemia in 1923," from the Bentley Historical Library website. "Today, the institute is home to the Center for the History of Medicine, part of the Department of Internal Medicine and the Historical Center for the Health Services. The organization works to study the “history, culture and philosophy of medicine” and “to place contemporary medical dilemmas in context with past events,” according to its mission statement," from article in the Michigan Daily.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Notes:
- Two French prisoners create a variety of columns, urns, and planters from cement molds in their workshop at Heuberg. Many of these works would become memorials in the POW cemetery. Note the two pigs rutting around in the background of the photograph. Pork products were a welcome addition to the prisoners' diet.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Description:
- Exterior view of Alumni Memorial Hall at the University of Michigan, designed by Detroit architectural firm, Donalson and Meier and built between 1908 and 1910. "The idea of an alumni memorial hall on the campus originated from a desire to honor those University men who had fallen in the Civil War ... Alumni Memorial Hall is an impressive stone building marked by a flight of steps leading up to four great classical pillars at the front. Great bronze doors open directly into the main lobby and statuary hall. There are also two side entrances. The building is approximately 115 by 150 feet, with 41,025 square feet of floor space and was completed and furnished at a cost of $195,885.29 ... opened officially with an art exhibition sponsored by Charles L. Freer and featuring works from his collection of Oriental and American art works, now a part of the Freer Gallery, Washington, D.C." from The Bentley Historical Library's website.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1925-02-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Howard Dwight Smith, from the American Commission of Living War Memorials, speaks at the dedication of Angell Field at Kalamazoo College on September 19, 1946. Smith speaks about the values of courage, loyalty, and vigor which the field will represent, and declares that it is a fitting memorial for Chester Munson Angell, the World War II veteran for whom the field is named. Smith says that Angell Field is a shining example of the Living Memorials which he hopes will populate the nation.
- Date Issued:
- 1946-09-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Exterior view of Alumni Memorial Hall at the University of Michigan, designed by Detroit architectural firm, Donalson and Meier and built between 1908 and 1910. "The idea of an alumni memorial hall on the campus originated from a desire to honor those University men who had fallen in the Civil War ... Alumni Memorial Hall is an impressive stone building marked by a flight of steps leading up to four great classical pillars at the front. Great bronze doors open directly into the main lobby and statuary hall. There are also two side entrances. The building is approximately 115 by 150 feet, with 41,025 square feet of floor space and was completed and furnished at a cost of $195,885.29 ... opened officially with an art exhibition sponsored by Charles L. Freer and featuring works from his collection of Oriental and American art works, now a part of the Freer Gallery, Washington, D.C." from The Bentley Historical Library's website.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1925-02-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- View of the Simpson Memorial Institute for Medical Research at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, designed by Albert Kahn and completed in 1926. "The Simpson Memorial Institute was presented to the University of Michigan by Mrs. Christine McDonald Simpson, of Detroit, as a memorial to her husband, Thomas Henry Simpson, who died of pernicious anemia in 1923," from the Bentley Historical Library website. "Today, the institute is home to the Center for the History of Medicine, part of the Department of Internal Medicine and the Historical Center for the Health Services. The organization works to study the “history, culture and philosophy of medicine” and “to place contemporary medical dilemmas in context with past events,” according to its mission statement," from article in the Michigan Daily.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Notes:
- This photograph shows the gravestones of English prisoners of war who died in captivity in Goettingen during the Great War. The graves are well-tended and covered with ivy. There are about forty graves in this section of the cemetery.
- Date Created:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
