Plaque with the Crucifixion between Longinus and Stephaton and Personifications of the Sun and Moon: detail

champlevé enamel, copper

Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and Noli Me Tangere: top

Ivory, Spanish, 12C; ivory, traces of gilding

Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and Noli Me Tangere: bottom

Ivory, Spanish, 12C; ivory, traces of gilding

Founding Plaque

On verso: Founding Plaque committee. LeRoy Hersch, chm. City County Bldg.

Barbour Gymnasium - Sarah Caswell Angell plaque, dated 1905

John Scott, architect. There is a discrepancy in building date. Sources cite both 1902 and 1896. The Sarah Caswell Angell Hall was on the second floor and was used as a theater until the 1920s. Later used for instruction in dancing (source: The University of Michigan: an Encyclopedic Survey). Barbour Gymnasium [for women] was attached to the north side of the Waterman Gymnasium.

Barbour Gymnasium - Sarah Caswell Angell Memorial Bible School plaque

John Scott, architect. There is a discrepancy in building date. Sources cite both 1902 and 1896. Sarach Caswell Angell was the wife of James B. Angell. Barbour Gymnasium (for women) was attached to the north side of the Waterman Gymnasium.

Barbour Gymnasium - Mary Jane Porter Room plaque

John Scott, architect. There is a discrepancy in building date. Sources cite both 1902 and 1896. "Among the gifts [for the women's gymnasium] was a transfer of $711 from the Mary J. Porter Fund, one of the first alumnae contributions to the university." (source: University of Michigan: an Encyclopedic Survey) Barbour Gymnasium (for women) was attached to the north side of the Waterman Gymnasium.

Plaque. Burton Memorial Tower and Baird Carillon

Albert Kahn, architect. Built 1936.On verso: Inscription reads: The Burton Memorial Tower erected to the memory of Marion Leroy Burton, President of the University of Michigan, 1920-1925. The Charles Baird Carillon Presented to the University of Michigan by Charles Baird, Class of 1895. Also on verso: University of Michigan, News Service, 1564 Administration Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan.