Fred L. Keeler

KEELER, FRED LOCKWOOD – 1872-1919

 

Source:

 

1.    Biographical sketch.  Vol. 1, P457 MICHIGAN BIOGRAPHIES.

2.    Obit.  Detroit FREE PRESS, April 5, 1919, P.14  “State School Head Dies in Ann Arbor.”

3.    Poor Picture and sketch.  DETROITER, 1916.

 

Kalamazoo State Hospital History

MENTAL HEALTH

 

See:  DETROIT FREE PRESS – Tuesday, January 21, 1879, page 8.

 

Kalamazoo Asylum “A terrible History” 4 columns.

 

Jews for Jesus

JEWS FOR JESUS

 

Source:  RG 72-17, Records of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division

 

B13 F4 “Israel’s Evangelical Missions, Inc.”  Oak Park, Michigan (c. 1964)

 

Japanese Balloon Attacks

Japan Balloon Attacks

 

MHM March/April 1987  Page 9

Jackson Prison Riots

JACKSON PRISON RIOT, 1952

 

RG 59-16 Attorney General

RG 69-28 Attorney General

RG 78-8 Corrections

 

Red Squad Files

Burton Historical Collection has the Detroit Police Red Squad files.  Earliest file is 1945, bulk dates are 1950-1974.  Files are restricted to one’s own file until 2017.  They will be made available in yearly increments beginning in 2017.

Archives of Michigan Red Squad files have the same restriction, however, they are on obsolete computer media.

From Rights to Resistance Resource List

1.    Archives of Michigan General Photograph Collection – Civil Rights, African-American Groups and Labor photographs, 1860-1970. Online images

2.    Black Legion Records – Michigan Attorney General, 1940.

3.    Thornton Blackburn Case – Detroit fugitive slave case, 1833.

4.    Blanche Coggan Collection, Michigan Antislavery League.

5.    Pearl Sarno Collection – Integration of  Covert, Michigan, 1870-1970.

6.    Michigan Employment Practices Commission, 1960’s.

7.    Idlewild, Michigan – Photographs and textual documents on Idlewild Resort, 1910-1950.

8.    Michigan Constitution Collection – Compare un-ratified 1867, 1873 versions with ratified 1963 in respect to civil rights.

9.    Michigan County Histories Online

10.     Military – Records of the 1st Michigan Colored Infantry, 1861-1865.

11.     Riots in Michigan – Detroit 1943 &1967.  Dept. of Military Establishment.

12.     State Census data on migration – State Demographer’s Office, 1830-present.

13.     John Swainson interview – Commission Day, date?

14.     Ossian Sweet case, 1925-1926.

15.     Jesse Taylor Interview – African American World War II veteran oral history interview, 2007.

Anti Slavery League

6 folders .2 cu. ft.
Summary	This collection consists of the records of the Michigan Anti-slavery Society (1852-1857, 1960-1982). This organization seems to have had its inception in Adrian, Mich. Its purpose was to abolish slavery and to help slaves escape from the South. The records of the Society discuss the plight of Blacks and how they can be rescued from slavery. The names of many prominent Michigan abolitionists appear in the minutes, which cease after Jan. 1857. The more recent materials relate to Blanche Coggan‘s discovery and use of the original volumes.
Note	Blanche Brown was born in Ellicott, Colo., on a cattle ranch. After receiving her education in Colorado Springs, she became a school teacher in Alcona County, Mich. On May 25, 1917, she married Bernard Frederick Coggan and they had four children. About 1925, the Coggans moved to East Lansing, where Blanche conducted a great deal of research in the course of writing her books and articles.
	“Archives Control Number: MS 82-18.”

Detroit Riots

1943 Riot: Department of Military Affairs, record group 79-10, 1942-1943 (includes Sojourner Truth housing project materials).

1967 Riot: Dept. of Military Establishment, record group 78-125, 1967-1969; record group 87-51, 1964-1982.

First Michigan Colored Infantry

Dept. of Military Establishment, record group 59-14.  Records of transfers, discharges, orders and officer correspondence, 1861-1865.