The 1918 Pandemic in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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• “Arrabal Supports Ann Arbor Gays”
  Handmade poster, cardboard backing, 10”x12”
• “Demonstrate Against ‘Windows’”
  Flyer announcing demonstration against homophobic movie “Windows” at Michigan Union
• “Rally, 12 noon, Thursday April 14th, Diag”
  Flyer announcing rally on Diag
• “Imagine the University as WCBN’s General Manager...”
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• “Administration Control: Get It Out of Your Life!”
  Flyer announcing rally against discriminative administration
• “Act Up! Protest a Bigoted Court!”
  Flyer announcing protest next to Michigan Union
• “Harvard The Non-Homophobic Michigan of the East”
  Flyer announcing protest of UM Regents’ anti-gay definition of family
• “Speak Up against Police Harassment of Gay People!”
  Flyer announcing meeting at City Hall to speak with police about harassment
• “Unwelcome William Rehnquist!”
  Flyer announcing protest at the Law Quad
• Actor Richard Mansfield in a stage adaptation of "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"
  Photograph taken by Henry Van der Weyde of Richard Mansfield playing the part of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
• Death Certificate of Mary Jane Kelly
  A death certificate from the Spitalfields sub-district of Whitechapel.
• Death Certificate of Catherine Eddowes
  A death certificate from the Broad Street sub-district of Whitechapel.
• Death Certificate of Elizabeth Stride
  A death certificate from the St. George North sub-district of Saint George in the East.
• "Bodies of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes (Jack the Ripper victims) are discovered, Oct 1888"
  This article clipping from "The (London) Times", a conservative newspaper, reports on the "double murder" of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes in a much more serious tone than satirical newspapers of the time. It details evidence found at the scenes of both crimes, as well as some speculation into the killer's intent and the lives of the victims. The police are credited for narrowly missing the murderer the night before, yet are also accused of failing to follow vital clues in the case that would allow them to catch the Ripper.
• "The East-End Murders"
  This clipping from "The (London) Times", a conservative newspaper, reports on developments in the investigation of Catherine Eddowes' murder. It mentions specifically new evidence collected by the London Metropolitan Police from witnesses and the coroner's report that will be presented at inquest.
• "East End Outrages: Another Brutal Murder. Mutilation of the Victim, Panic in Whitechapel, Special Details"
  This article clipping from "The Observer", a liberal London newspaper, reports the murder of the second of the five canonical Ripper victims, Annie Chapman. It shares many details of the crime scene, the timeline of the murder and subsequent investigation, and interviews with some who knew Chapman.
• "The Seventh Murder in Whitechapel"
  This article clipping from "The Pall Mall Gazette", a radical British newspaper, describes the life, murder, and investigation of Mary Jane Kelly (the "last victim" of the Ripper's "canonical five"). The article both reports the horrific details of her crime scene and attempts to illustrate the harsh quality of life experienced by Kelly and others around her in the Whitechapel district of London. It ends with some consideration of possible trends in the murderer's behavior, as determined by comparisons between Kelly's killing and the other murders previously attributed to the Ripper.
• “GET OVER IT” rally flyer
  Flyer announcing rally to protest UM Regents’ definition of family.
• “co-opers locked in”
  Flyer announcing protest in the Bates Room at the Michigan Union
• Death Certificate of Mary Ann Nichols
  A death certificate from the Whitechapel Church sub-district of Whitechapel.
• "Sir Charles Warren's Resignation"
  An article clipping from "The Essex County Standard", a conservative Tory newspaper, which hints that the resignation of London Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) Chief Commissioner Warren in November 1888 could have been related to the unsolved case of Whitechapel murders attributed to Jack the Ripper.
• Opuntia dillenii (Prickly Pear Cactus)
  Image of a Prickly Pear Cactus, a plant that can be found in the Arid House of the Matthaei Conservatory.
• Anthony Comstock
  A headshot of Anthony Comstock circa 1909
• The Comstock Act 1873
  A digitized excerpt of The Comstock Act, the piece of legislature co-authored by Anthony Comstock which among other things made it illegal to create or disseminate material which was considered lewd, obscene, or indecent.