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File, Digital Video - Elizabeth Alexander
Master Class
Marygrove College - Detroit, Michigan - The Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series - Friday April 124[sic], 2009

File, Digital Video

2022.501.002Archive

Elizabeth Alexander
Master Class
Marygrove College - Detroit, Michigan - The Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series - Friday April 124[sic], 2009

Rifle, Percussion

Rifle, Percussion

2018.116.003Object

Menu - The Caller

Menu

2017.168.374Archive

The Caller

Menu - The Wood Carver

Menu

2017.168.373Archive

The Wood Carver

Menu - The Hooked Rug

Menu

2017.168.372Archive

The Hooked Rug

Letter - The Newspapers of Detroit

Letter

2001.061.027Archive

The Newspapers of Detroit

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

1982.144.705Photo

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

1982.144.103Photo

Map - Carte Nouvelle de L'Amerique Angloise Contenant La Virginie, Mary-Land, Caroline, Penssylvania, Nouvelle Iork, N: Iarssey, N: France, et Les Terres Nouvellement Decouerte Dresse fur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles

Map

1960.129.005Archive

Carte Nouvelle de L'Amerique Angloise Contenant La Virginie, Mary-Land, Caroline, Penssylvania, Nouvelle Iork, N: Iarssey, N: France, et Les Terres Nouvellement Decouerte Dresse fur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles

Letter

Letter

2016.072.040Archive

Letter - Real Estate Titles in Detroit, Past, Present and Future

Letter

2001.061.084Archive

Real Estate Titles in Detroit, Past, Present and Future

Drawing - Mr. Pecksniff

Drawing

2025.069.005Archive

Mr. Pecksniff

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