
There Went The Neighborhood: Old Neighborhood Walking Tour
This filmed walking tour was created during production of There Went The Neighborhood: The Closing of Jones School by the Ann Arbor District Library and 7 Cylinders Studio (7CS). Led by three former Jones School students–Roger Brown, Cheryl (Jewett) O’Neal, and Omer Jean (Dixon) Winborn–the tour describes changes that have taken place in the neighborhood surrounding the school over the past several decades. Key stops in order of appearance include the former Jones School, Ann Street Black Business District, Dunbar Center, Bethel AME Church, Wheeler Park, and Second Baptist Church.
The route (although filmed in a different order) was inspired by the Living Oral History Project’s Walking Tour of a Historically Black Neighborhood in Ann Arbor, which was created in partnership between the African American Cultural and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County (AACHM) and the Ann Arbor District Library. Check out that tour to view these locations in person alongside historical photographs and interview excerpts!
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AADL Talks To: Peter Andrews, Music Promoter, Organizer of the John Sinclair Freedom Rally and Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival

In this wide-ranging interview from 2010, Peter Andrews recalls his varied career producing and managing local and regional music talent — from managing the Scot Richard Case (SRC) band and bringing bands like The Who, Jimi Hendrix, and the Yardbirds to Ann Arbor’s Fifth Dimension club, to booking national acts for University of Michigan student groups. He also discusses his role in Ann Arbor’s legendary Blues and Jazz Festivals, producing the John Sinclair Freedom Rally at Crisler Arena in 1971, and bringing John Lennon and Yoko Ono to town.

Voting Machines Are Moved Into The Armory For The 1958 U.S. Election, November 1958 Photographer: Doug Fulton

Year:
1958
Ann Arbor News, November 3, 1958
Caption:
ON ELECTION'S EVE: Employes of a moving firm were busy today distributing the city's voting machines to the various polling places in preparation for tomorrow's election. Here, a machine is moved into the Armory. Some 16,500 may vote in Ann Arbor tomorrow.
Armory, 223 E Ann St, 1992 Photographer: Susan Wineberg

Year:
1992
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National Guard Mobilization, January 1937 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Year:
1937
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National Guard Mobilization, January 13, 1937 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Year:
1937
Ann Arbor News, January 13, 1937
Caption:
PREPARING FOR DUTY: National guardsmen here mobilized at the Armory this morning, received field equipment, were given physical examinations and are awaiting orders to move into the auto strike area at Flint. The men are shown here receiving supplies. Corporal Charles Hasmon is receiving his helmet from Supply Sergeant Jack Perry. Left to right are: Corp. Ward Decker, Private James Curtis, Private Charles Case, Corporal Charles Hasmon, Private Raymond Horton, Lieut. Carl Dubuy, Private Aden Davis and Sergeant Jack Perry.
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National Guard Mobilization at Armory Building, January 13, 1937 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Year:
1937
National Guard Returning from Flint Sit-Down Strike, February 1937 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Year:
1937
National Guard Returning from Flint Sit-Down Strike, February 1937 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Year:
1937
Ann Arbor News, February 19, 1937
Caption:
HOME AGAIN: Members of C. K. Michigan National guard, were dismissed at the Armory after their return by trucks yesterday from Flint, where they have been on riot duty in the automobile strike sector. The picture above is of the general scene at the Armory.