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Ann Arbor News, September 28, 1950
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More than 79 years ago, the small box being handed by University Plant Superintendent Walter M. Roth to President Alexander G. Ruthven, above, was interred in the cornerstone of University Hall. University officials yesterday afternoon removed the box from the wreckage of the building, now being leveled to make way for a new Literary College structure.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 28, 1950
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MEMENTOS OF OLD UNIVERSITY HALL: University officials gathered yesterday to view the contents of the box which was put in the cornerstone of University Hall. It contained old newspapers and miscellaneous University documents dating back to the time the cornerstone was laid. Left to right, standing, are: Frank E. Robbins, assistant to the president; Vice-President Robert P. Briggs; and President Alexander G. Ruthven. Seated are University regents Mrs. Vera M. Baits and Roscoe O. Bonisteel.

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Ann Arbor News, September 13, 1957
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Cornerstone Comes Out: A workman begins removal of the old cornerstone of Zion Lutheran Church, erected in 1894. The stone is to be placed beneath a new cornerstone for the church building, now under construction at 1501 W. Liberty St., in cornerstone-laying ceremonies Sunday. Pastors and church officers will conduct ceremonies.

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Ann Arbor News, May 12, 1958
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Lutheran Leader Aids: The Rev. Franklin Clark Fry (left), president of the United Lutheran Church in America, assisted in cornerstone-laying ceremonies for the new Trinity Lutheran Church building yesterday. The Rev. Richard Preis, pastor (right), officiated at the service. Dr. Fry is his father-in-law.

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Ann Arbor News, November 20, 1948
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Chapel Cornerstone Laid: Rev. Leonard Verduin, pastor of Students Evangelical Chapel, of the Christian Reformed Church, is pictured at the ceremony which marked the laying of the cornerstone yesterday afternoon for a new $75,000 student center and chapel at Washtenaw and Forest Aves. The building, of modified Gothic design, was planned by the architectural firm of Kasurin & Kasurin, and is being built by the Henry De Koning Construction Co.