Joseph Beal Steere with his party of University of Michigan students, 1887 trip to Philippines

Steere in center. Left corner torn off image.

Law Building

Jordan & Anderson, architects. Built 1863. Northwest corner of Diagonal on corner of State and North University. Served as Law School for sixty years; contained chapel until 1873 and library until 1883. Addition built in 1893 included tower. Image includes Benjamin Franklin statue, which was gift of class of 1870. Gathering of people in photograph.

Opening the Cornerstone

Jenison, Edward S., architect. On verso: Vera B. Baits (l.), Pres. A.G. Ruthven (c.), and Regent R.O. Bonisteel (r.) examining the contents of the copper box from the cornerstone of University Hall in the Regents confrence room, Administration Building

Haven Hall Fire -- June 1950. Aftermath

Jordan & Anderson, architect (1863); Spier & Rohns (1898). The old Law Building was renamed Haven Hall in 1933. It becomes 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.

Newberry Hall

Cornerstone laid May 26, 1888; dedicated June 1891. Gift of Helen H. Newberry of Detroit as headquarters of Students' Christian Association. Leased by U-M as classroom in 1921; gift to U-M from SCA in 1937. Adapted as museum in 1928, named the Francis W. Kelsey Museum of Archaeology in 1953.

University Hall old dome

Jenison, Edward S., architect.

L'industrie du chapeau en Équateur et au Pérou /

Mode of access: Internet.

Development of criteria and test methods for eye and face protective devices /

Mode of access: Internet.

Highway safety : interim report on safety belt and motorcycle helmet effectiveness : report to the Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure, Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate /

"B-243679"--P. 1.

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

Baird Carillon. Hanging the Bourdon bell

Albert Kahn, architect. Built 1936.