George Robert Swain

The new Michigan Today has a great slideshow from the university's first "Staff Photographer" George Robert Swain.  It's a nice slice of U-M history, and worth your time - especially if you're an alumnus.  The article is here:  http://michigantoday.umich.edu/2013/01/slideshow/index.html#1 .

Structural and functional deficiencies notwithstanding, it would have been nice for some more of these structures to have survived.  For example, a shot of the old library: