Luna Luis Ortiz, Kia Labeija, Elegance Bratton and Milton Garcia Ninja during the "In This House: AIDS, Art and Activism in the Vogue Ball Scene" panel
Photograph showing a demonstration of the In-Plant Maintenance Training program with a PLATO terminal. Caption reads: "PLATO computer-based training (CBT) delivers the In-Plant Maintenance Training program that helps employers protect their investment in new electronic equipment and other sophisticated manufacturing hardware."
Three white men, costumed as stereotypical Native Americans, wear thin gowns and feathered headdresses. Additionally, the men are covered in brown makeup to mimic some Indigenous skin tones. The photograph is inscribed "INDIAN BRAVES". It's likely these men are part of the Union Circus' "Michigamua Indians" student group. Importantly, all members of this group were white men.
Content Note: Indian Field Days, while an important place for basket weavers like Tabuce Howard to sell and market their work, were a series of events that subjected local indigenous populations to discrimination and stereotyping. Native peoples in the area were paid to wear costumes belonging to Plains Indians and stand by fabricated "wig wams" for the benefit of white tourists. Because of the often untruthful depictions of local indigenous peoples in the images from these events, we have largely left them out of our archive. This image is the exception as it does present an important role in the lives of female basket weavers like Tabuce Howard, Lucy Telles, and Carrie Bethel.
Selena Lamarr demonstrating basket weaving and use outside the Loomis Museum.
Selena LaMarr, whose given name was Boonookoo-eemenorra, was a member of the Astugewi tribe. She became the first woman naturalist at Lassen Volcanic National Park and for twenty years, she wore her Astugewi tribal dress and educated listeners about the practices of her tribe ("Selena La Marr", NPS.gov).
A flyer folded into the Michigan Free Press which advertises a film series in support of ending the War in Vietnam between January and April of 1975. The series celebrates the second anniversary of the Indochina Peace Accords. The Indochina Peace Campaign was championed by celebrities Jane Fonda, and Tom Hayden. The Ann Arbor Indochina Peace Campaign self-identifies as a coalition dedicated to supporting the 1973 Paris Peace Accords
A 1919 medical journal article detailing 131 cases of epidemic influenza treated in University of Michigan's Contagious Service of the University Hospital.
International Underground Railroad Memorial at Hart Plaza in Detroit, created by African American artist Ed Dwight, and featuring George DeBaptiste directing the thousands of freedom-seekers who sought refuge in Canada
A digital scan of a page of the Michigan Daily from April 3rd 1987, featuring the first part of an interview with English professor Anne Herrmann. The "literary treatments of women, gays and transsexuals" are briefly explored.
