Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Frank W. Holder Papers
00021
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biographical Note
- Scope and Contents note
- Organization of the Papers
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Controlled Access Headings
- Collection Inventory
- I. Taft Memorial Highway Association
- II. World War II and War Transportation Board
- III. Postwar and Personal Materials
- Postcards
- Photographs
Summary Information
- Repository
- Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
- Creator
- Holder, Frank W.
- Title
- Frank W. Holder papers
- ID
- 00021
- Date [inclusive]
- 1925-1959
- Extent
- 2.5 Cubic feet
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation note
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."
Biographical Note
Frank Holder was Executive Vice President of the Taft Memorial Highway Association for a number of years. The Association was a pressure group of vested interests along existing U.S. 27 dedicated to insuring that the new interstate Taft Memorial Highway would follow the route of old U.S. 27 from Sault St. Marie, Michigan to Ft. Meyers, Florida. The bulk of the collection deals with this Association. There is a large amount of correspondence regarding the semi-annual association conventions and field trips of the organization as well as newspaper clippings and maps.
By World War II the Association was dying out and Holder took a position with the Michigan State Highway Department as chief of organization and administration for the State's war transportation program. There is a large amount of material in the war period relating to the role of the Michigan State Highway Department in Vital War Transportation and Vital War Manpower as well as Federal publications dealing with the same general subject and the rubber and gasoline rationing program.
Holder had a great number of personal friends whom he continued to communicate with until death in 1959. Some of these letters are included in the collection. He was a staunch Roosevelt supporter, and his letters in election years include a good deal of political commentary.
Scope and Contents note
The Holder collection is divided into three basic series. The first deals with his work for the Taft Highway Association. This series includes correspondence, records of the association and newspaper clippings. The second series relates records of the Association and newspaper clippings. The second series relates to Holder's position with the Michigan State Highway Department during World War II. This material contains records of bus line surveys as well as gasoline and tire rationing programs implemented in World War II. The final series is related to Holder's personal activities. This series includes correspondence from 1946-1957, account books, address books and magazines commemorating Fielding H. Yost's retirement from the University of Michigan in 1942.
Organization of the Papers
This collection is organized into 3 series
- Series I: Taft Memorial Highway Association
- Series II: World War II and War Transportation Board
- Series III: Postwar and Personal Materials
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Conrad Hall888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu
Revision Description
December 2000
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research.
Legal Status
Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.
Conditions Governing Use note
Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.
Custodial History
Gift of Mrs. Herbert Stoutenburg.
Related Materials
Separated Materials note
Photographs: 30 nitrate negatives, approx. 20 postcards (some made using the silver gelatin process), approx. 80 silver gelatin prints Other: Photostat Stencils Summary of Bus Survey February 16 - April 20, 1944
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Michigan. Office of War Transportation.
- Michigan. State Safety Commission.
- Taft Memorial Highway Association.
- United States. Office of Defense Transportation.
- United States. Office of Price Administration.
Genre(s)
- Account books
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Letters (correspondence)
- Photographs
- Postcards
Geographic Name(s)
- Melvindale (Mich.)
- Melvindale (Mich.) -- Maps
- Michigan -- Description and travel
- Pleasant Ridge (Mich.)
- Pleasant Ridge (Mich.) -- Maps
Personal Name(s)
- Halsey, Maxwell N., (Maxwell Nicoll), 1902-
- Kingdon, Frank, 1894-1972
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. , (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Yost, Fielding Harris, 1871-1946
- Ziegler, Charles M., 1888-1959
Subject(s)
- Bus lines -- Michigan
- Local government -- Michigan
- Rationing -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation -- United States
Collection Inventory
I. Taft Memorial Highway AssociationScope and Contents note |
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Correspondence |
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1925-1933 |
1 | 1 | ||
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1934 |
1 | 2 | ||
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January 1935 |
1 | 3 | ||
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February 1935 |
1 | 4 | ||
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March 1935 |
1 | 5 | ||
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April-August 1935 |
1 | 6 | ||
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September1935 |
1 | 7 | ||
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October 1935 |
1 | 8 | ||
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November-December 1935 |
1 | 9 | ||
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January 1-7, 1936 |
1 | 10 | ||
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January 9-14, 1936 |
1 | 11 | ||
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January 15-21, 1936 |
1 | 12 | ||
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January 22-30, 1936 |
1 | 13 | ||
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February 2-7, 1936 |
1 | 14 | ||
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February 8-14, 1936 |
1 | 15 | ||
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February 15-18, 1936 |
1 | 16 | ||
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February 19-21, 1936 |
1 | 17 | ||
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February 22-24, 1936 |
1 | 18 | ||
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February 25-29, 1936 |
1 | 19 | ||
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March 1-4, 1936 |
1 | 20 | ||
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March 5-8, 1936 |
1 | 21 | ||
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May 1936 |
1 | 22 | ||
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June 1-24, 1936 |
1 | 23 | ||
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June 25-30, 1936 |
1 | 24 | ||
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July 1-6, 1936 |
2 | 1 | ||
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July 7-11, 1936 |
2 | 2 | ||
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July 13-20, 1936 |
2 | 3 | ||
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July 21-25, 1936 |
2 | 4 | ||
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July 26-31, 1936 |
2 | 5 | ||
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August 1-10, 1936 |
2 | 6 | ||
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August 13-28, 1936 |
2 | 7 | ||
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September1936 |
2 | 8 | ||
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October 5-20, 1936 |
2 | 9 | ||
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October 21-31, 1936 |
2 | 10 | ||
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November 4-15, 1936 |
2 | 11 | ||
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November 17-30, 1936 |
2 | 12 | ||
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December 1-15, 1936 |
2 | 13 | ||
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December 17-28, 1936 |
2 | 14 | ||
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January 1-14, 1937 |
2 | 15 | ||
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January 16-29, 1937 |
2 | 16 | ||
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February 1-15, 1937 |
2 | 17 | ||
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February 6-10, 1937 |
2 | 18 | ||
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February 11-15, 1937 |
2 | 19 | ||
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February 16-28, 1937 |
2 | 20 | ||
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March 1937 |
2 | 21 | ||
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April-May 1937 |
2 | 22 | ||
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June 1937 |
2 | 23 | ||
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July 1-9, 1937 |
2 | 24 | ||
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July 12-20, 1937 |
2 | 25 | ||
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July 21-23, 1937 |
3 | 1 | ||
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July 24-26, 1937 |
3 | 2 | ||
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July 27-28, 1937 |
3 | 3 | ||
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July 29-31, 1937 |
3 | 4 | ||
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August 1937 |
3 | 5 | ||
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October 1937 |
3 | 6 | ||
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November 1937 |
3 | 7 | ||
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December 3-15, 1937 |
3 | 8 | ||
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December 16-30, 1937 |
3 | 9 | ||
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1937 |
3 | 10 | ||
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January 3-10, 1938 |
3 | 11 | ||
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January 11-20, 1938 |
3 | 12 | ||
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January 21-31, 1938 |
3 | 13 | ||
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February 1938 |
3 | 14 | ||
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March-May 1938 |
3 | 15 | ||
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June-August 1938 |
3 | 16 | ||
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October 1938 |
3 | 17 | ||
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November 1-15, 1938 |
3 | 18 | ||
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November 17-30, 1938 |
3 | 19 | ||
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December 1-15, 1938 |
3 | 20 | ||
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December 16-24, 1938 |
3 | 21 | ||
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1938 |
3 | 22 | ||
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January 1939 |
3 | 23 | ||
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February 1939 |
3 | 24 | ||
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March 1939 |
3 | 25 | ||
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April-July 1939 |
3 | 26 | ||
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August 1939 |
3 | 27 | ||
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September-December 1939 |
4 | 1 | ||
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January 1940 |
4 | 2 | ||
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February 1-23, 1940 |
4 | 3 | ||
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February 25-29, 1940 |
4 | 4 | ||
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March 1-8, 1940 |
4 | 5 | ||
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March 9-20, 1940 |
4 | 6 | ||
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April-May 1940 |
4 | 7 | ||
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June 4-14, 1940 |
4 | 8 | ||
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June 15-23, 1940 |
4 | 9 | ||
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June 24-29, 1940 |
4 | 10 | ||
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July 1-10, 1940 |
4 | 11 | ||
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July 11-20, 1940 |
4 | 12 | ||
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July 22-31, 1940 |
4 | 13 | ||
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August 1-7, 1940 |
4 | 14 | ||
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August 8-20, 1940 |
4 | 15 | ||
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October-December 1940 |
4 | 16 | ||
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1940 |
4 | 17 | ||
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January 1-17, 1941 |
4 | 18 | ||
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January 18-31, 1941 |
4 | 19 | ||
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February 1-7, 1941 |
4 | 20 | ||
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February 8-14, 1941 |
4 | 21 | ||
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February 15-28, 1941 |
4 | 22 | ||
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April-June 1941 |
4 | 23 | ||
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July 1-22, 1941 |
4 | 24 | ||
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July 23-31, 1941 |
4 | 25 | ||
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August 1-7, 1941 |
4 | 26 | ||
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August 8-30, 1941 |
4 | 27 | ||
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September1941 |
5 | 1 | ||
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October-December 1941 |
5 | 2 | ||
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1941 |
5 | 3 | ||
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January 1942 |
5 | 4 | ||
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February 1942 |
5 | 5 | ||
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March 2-10, 1942 |
5 | 6 | ||
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March 11-16, 1942 |
5 | 7 | ||
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March 17-28, 1942 |
5 | 8 | ||
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Undated |
5 | 9 | ||
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Miscellaneous Records |
5 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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1936 |
5 | 10 | ||
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Undated |
5 | 11-12 | ||
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Newspaper Clippings |
5 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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1932 |
5 | 13 | ||
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1934 |
5 | 14 | ||
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1935 |
5 | 15 | ||
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January-February 1936 |
5 | 16 | ||
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June-July 1936 |
5 | 17 | ||
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August-October 1936 |
5 | 18 | ||
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1936 |
5 | 19 | ||
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January-February 1937 |
5 | 20 | ||
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May-July 1937 |
5 | 21 | ||
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August-September 1937 |
5 | 22 | ||
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October-November 1937 |
5 | 23 | ||
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December 1937 |
5 | 24 | ||
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January-March 1938 |
5 | 25 | ||
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April-June 1938 |
5 | 26 | ||
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July-August 1938 |
5 | 27 | ||
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October-November 1938 |
5 | 28 | ||
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December 1938 |
6 | 1 | ||
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1938 |
6 | 2 | ||
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January 1939 |
6 | 3 | ||
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February 1939 |
6 | 4 | ||
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March-August 1939 |
6 | 5 | ||
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1939 |
6 | 6 | ||
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January-February 1940 |
6 | 7 | ||
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March-April 1940 |
6 | 8 | ||
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May-June 1940 |
6 | 9 | ||
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July-August 1940 |
6 | 10 | ||
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October-December 1940 |
6 | 11 | ||
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1940 |
6 | 12 | ||
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January-February 1941 |
6 | 13 | ||
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March-April 1941 |
6 | 14 | ||
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May-June 1941 |
6 | 15 | ||
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July-August 1941 |
6 | 16 | ||
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September-December1941 |
6 | 17 | ||
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1941 |
6 | 18 | ||
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January-February 1942 |
6 | 19 | ||
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March 1942 |
6 | 20 | ||
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April-July 1942 |
6 | 21 | ||
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1942 |
6 | 22 | ||
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Undated |
6 | 23 | ||
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II. World War II and War Transportation Board |
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| Box | ||||
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Correspondence |
6 | |||
| Box | Folder | |||
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April 1942 |
6 | 24 | ||
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May-June 1942 |
6 | 25 | ||
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July 1942 |
6 | 26 | ||
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August 1942 |
6 | 27 | ||
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September-December 1942 |
6 | 28 | ||
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January-March 1943 |
6 | 29 | ||
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April 1943 |
6 | 30 | ||
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May 1943 |
6 | 31 | ||
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October 1943 |
6 | 32 | ||
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November-December 1943 |
6 | 33 | ||
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January-April 1944 |
7 | 1 | ||
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May 1944 |
7 | 2 | ||
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June-December 1944 |
7 | 3 | ||
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January-September 1944 |
7 | 4 | ||
| Box | Folder | |||
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Materials from the War Transportation Board 1942-1944 |
7 | 5 | ||
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Report of War Transportation Questionnaire 1942-1943 |
7 | 6 | ||
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County Progress Reports On War Transportation Programs 1942 |
7 | 7 | ||
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"A Manual On the Conservation of Vital War Transportation and Vital Manpower" by Michigan State Commission 1942 |
7 | 8 | ||
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"Traffic Accidents and Congestion" by Maxwell Halsey 1942 |
7 | 9 | ||
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Automobile Load Factors for Michigan Factories 1942 |
7 | 10 | ||
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Approved State Plan of Plant Transportation Advisory Committee for Tire Rationing Procedures July 1942 |
7 | 11 | ||
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Defense Workers Receiving Retread Tires From Oakland War Price and Rationing Board 1942 |
7 | 12 | ||
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Minutes of Gasoline Meeting in Detroit October 22, 1942 |
7 | 13 | ||
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State of Michigan Official Passenger Car Travel Log 1943 |
7 | 14 | ||
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Materials from Michigan Bus Survey 1944 |
7 | 15 | ||
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Summary of Survey of Michigan Bus Lines February 16-April 20, 1944 |
7 | 16 | ||
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Statement of Charles Ziegler U.S. To House Committee on Roads 1943-1944 |
7 | 17 | ||
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City of Melvindale Zoning Ordinances and Map 1939 |
7 | 18 | ||
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Record Map City of Pleasant Ridge April 1, 1944 |
7 | 19 | ||
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III. Postwar and Personal Materials |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Correspondence 1951-1957 |
7 | 23 | ||
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Correspondence undated |
7 | 24 | ||
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Directory of Michigan Municipal Officials 1939-1940 |
7 | 25 | ||
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"That Man" Pro-FDR Booklet by Frank Kingdon 1944 |
8 | 1 | ||
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Michigan County, City and Village Officials January 15, 1946 |
8 | 2 | ||
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Address Books undated |
8 | 3 | ||
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Notebook July 1931 |
8 | 4 | ||
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Appointment Books 1932 |
8 | 5 | ||
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Account Books 1931-1941 |
8 | 6 | ||
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Publication for Fielding Yost Commemoration October 19, November16, 1940 |
8 | 7 | ||
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Postcards |
Drawer Postcards |
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Michigan. Grayling |
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Michigan. Jackson |
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Michigan. Morenci |
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Michigan. Prudenville |
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Michigan. Sault Ste. Marie. Ojibway Hotel |
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Michigan. Somerset |
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Monuments. Hugh J. Gray Cairn, Near Elk Rapids, Michigan |
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Photographs |
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Agriculture. Corn Husking |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Animals. Deer |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Automobiles. Dodge |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Canada |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Civilian Conservation Corps. Camp Kimbrough, Georgia |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Florida |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Florida. Coconut Grove. Airplanes. 2 folders |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Florida. Fort Meyers |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Florida. Indian Reservation |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Florida. Key West |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Georgia. Franklin D. Roosevelt Visit. 2 folders |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Homes. Dewitt H. Roberts Home. Atlanta, Georgia |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Homes. Jesse Telmer Home. Valdosta |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Isle Royale |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Isle Royale. Boats |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Michigan. Bay View |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Michigan. Cheboygan |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Michigan. Cheboygan County |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Michigan. Clare |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Michigan. Gaylord |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Michigan. Mackinaw City |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Michigan. Mackinac Island |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Michigan. Morenci |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Michigan. Sportsmen's Monument. Dedication |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Michigan. St. Ignace |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Michigan. Wolverine |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Native Americans |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Parades. 2 folders |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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People. Groups. 3 folders |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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People. Groups. Allen C. B. and Osborn, Chase S. |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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People. Groups. Mack, Connie and Yost, Fielding |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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People. Ochs, Milton B. |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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People. Olds, Ransom E. |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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People. Roosevelt Franklin D. Speeches |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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People. Tebbetts, Birdie |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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People. Unidentified |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Politics. Republican Party. Tablet Marking Place Where Party was Founded |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Service Stations (Automobile) |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Ships |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Taft Memorial Highway |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Taft Memorial Highway. Ferry Service |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Taft Memorial Highway Association |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Tennessee |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Tennessee. Pickett State Park. Dedication |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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Windmills |
LC Photo 11 | |||
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