Gerald R. Ford Library Cornerstone Ceremonies

Jickling, Lyman & Powell, architects. Built 1980. On verso: Photographer's stamp; 5968-2

Haven Hall Fire

Jordan & Anderson, architect (1863); Spier & Rohns (1898). The old Law Building was renamed Haven Hall in 1933. It became one of the main buildings for LS&A used by Departments of History, Sociology and Journalism. The old Law Library became a study hall and Bureau of Government Library. Extension Division also had offices in Haven Hall.

President Lyndon Johnson, 1964 Commencement

[view of lectern and crowd, security officers]

Complete works.

v. 1. Desperate remedies -- v. 2. Far from the madding crowd -- v. 3. A group of noble dames -- v. 4. The hand of Ethelberta -- v. 5-6. Jude, the obscure -- v. 7-8. A laodicean -- v. 9. Life's little ironies -- v. 10. The mayor of Casterbridge -- v. 11. A pair of blue eyes -- v. 12-13. The return of the native -- v. 14. Tess of the d'Urbervilles -- v. 15. The trumpet major -- v. 16. Two on a tower -- v. 17. Under the greenwood tree -- v. 18. The well-beloved -- v. 19. Wessex tales -- v. 20. The woodlanders.

The works of Thomas Hardy in prose and verse,

"Wessex edition."

The writings of Thomas Hardy in prose and verse

III. Novels of ingenuity: v. 14. Desperate remedies.--v. 15. The hand of Ethelberta.--v. 16. A Laodicean.--v. 17. A changed man, [The waiting supper, and other tales: concluding with the Romantic adventures of a milk-maid] Poetical works.--v. 18. Wessex poems and other verses; poems of the past and the present.--v. 19. The Dynasts; parts 1st and 2d.--v. 20. The Dynasts, part 3d. Time's laughingstocks.--v. 21. Satires of circumstance; Moments of vision and Miscellaneous verses.

Ex-Governor Ferris, founder of Ferris State University, speaks at a large rally with hundreds of listeners.

On verso: Political speeches really drew a crowd. Here Ex. Governor Ferris, founder of Ferris State Univ., speaks at a large rally with hundreds of interested listeners, even on the roof of the shed

Campus protest late 1960s

From Diag [Diagonal] looking toward Rackham

Cap Night 1916

Cap Night was an important and colorful event. This was an annual mass meeting held in June at the end of the first college year. There was singing and speech-making during this celebration, and the highpoint of the evening occurred when the freshmen tossed their first-year caps into a bonfire (Source: Women's Voices, Bentley Historical Library, p. 84)

Laying of the cornerstone of the Memorial Building

Donaldson & Meier, architects; Albert Neukom, cut stone contractor; Koch Bros., general contracors

U of M Lantern Night: student march

In photo: Women carrying sign reading "Sorosis"