The Governors of Michigan
Woodbridge N. Ferris (1853-1928)
- Papers, 1878-1940.
- 1 linear ft.
Ferris served as Michigan Democratic governor, 1913-1917, U.S. Senator, 1922-1928, and founder of Ferris Industrial School (later Ferris State University). Collection includes letters to his parents on family affairs, correspondence concerning state and national politics, including copies of letters to Roy C. Vandercook regarding the 1913 Michigan copper strike; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings concerning his political career; and manuscript autobiography; and photographs.