Department of History (University of Michigan) student papers, 1930-1987

Summary

Creator:

University of Michigan. Dept. of History.

Abstract:

Student papers, 1930-1987 prepared for classes in history at the University of Michigan (primarily Michigan history class taught by Lewis G. VanderVelde, but also including research papers for classes taught by Sidney Fine and others); topics concern Michigan social and political history; Michigan biography and bibliography; and local community history.

Extent:

7 linear feet (263 papers)

Language:

English

Call Number:

8821 Bimu C26 2

Authors:

Finding aid created by Thomas Powers, 1988-1989

Background

Scope and Content:

The student papers are organized alphabetically by author in two series, which are similar in date range and topics covered. Topics of papers concern Michigan social and political history; Michigan biography and bibliography; local community history and University of Michigan history. A topical index to the papers is available in the first box of the collection.

Biographical / Historical:

From the founding of the university until the Tappan administration, the study of history was part of the teaching of other disciplines. The appointment of Andrew Dickson White (1857) as professor of history and English literature marked the beginning of historical teaching of the modern type. History was included in the newly established School of Political Science in 1881; it eventually became a department in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. Lewis G VanderVelde was both a professor of history and director of the Michigan Historical Collections; Sydney Fine is a professor of history and also involved in the direction of the Michigan Historical Collections through its board of directors.

Acquisition Information:

The papers were received from donor no. 1991 .

Subjects

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Subjects:

Academic freedom.
Actresses.
African Americans -- Michigan.
Ann Arbor argus.
Mayors -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Automobile industry and trade -- United States.
Birth control.
British Americans -- Michigan.
Canals.
Civil service.
Communist college teachers.
Congregational churches.
Conservation of natural resources -- Michigan.
Copper mines and mining -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula.
Cornish -- Michigan.
Demography.
Depressions -- 1836-1837 -- United States.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Michigan.
Detroit gazette.
Schools -- Michigan -- Detroit.
Drama.
Dutch Americans -- Michigan.
Education -- Michigan.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1885.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1912.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1918.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1932.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1944.
Elections -- Michigan -- 1962.
Elections -- Michigan.
Family.
Farm life -- Michigan.
Folklore.
Football -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Forests and forestry -- Michigan.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Michigan.
Furniture industry and trade -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids.
Gazetteer of the state of Michigan.
German Americans -- Michigan.
Good Roads Movement.
Grape industry.
Greek letter societies -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Hazing -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Indians of North America -- Michigan.
Industries -- Michigan -- Detroit.
American newspapers -- Michigan -- Inkster.
Insurance -- Michigan.
Iosco County gazette.
Kindergarten.
Labor -- Michigan.
Legislation -- Michigan.
Libel and slander.
Libraries -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Logging -- Michigan.
Lumberman's Memorial (Iosco County, Mich.)
Lyceums -- Michigan.
Medicine -- Michigan.
Mennonites -- Michigan.
Michigan daily.
Migration, Internal.
Missions -- Michigan.
Missionaries -- Michigan.
Municipal government -- Michigan.
Music -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
American newspapers -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Schools -- Michigan -- Northville.
Ojibwa Indians.
Peace -- Societies, etc.
Police -- Michigan.
Prisons -- Michigan.
Progressivism (United States politics)
Prohibition -- Michigan.
Public lands -- Michigan.
Public welfare -- Michigan -- Washtenaw County.
Railroads -- Michigan.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Resorts -- Michigan -- Mackinac Island.
Roads -- Michigan.
Plank roads -- Michigan.
Royal Oak daily tribune.
Schools -- Michigan.
Shipping -- Michigan -- Sault Sainte Marie.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Steel industry and trade -- Michigan.
Strikes and lockouts -- Michigan.
Taxation -- Michigan.
Theaters -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Transportation -- Michigan.
Universities and colleges -- Michigan.
Water power.
Western Methodist Protestant.
Women -- Suffrage -- Michigan.
Women -- Michigan -- Societies and clubs.
Women's rights -- Michigan.
Young Men's Christian Associations.
Spanish-American War, 1898.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Education and the war.
Women college students -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
World War, 1939-1945.

Names:

American Fur Company.
Black Legion.
Booker T. Washington Trade Association.
Michigan State Public School, Coldwater.
Democratic Party (Mich.)
Detroit (Mich.). House of Correction.
Detroit Housewives League (Mich.)
Detroit Young Men's Society.
Detroit University School.
Detroit Urban League.
Michigan State Normal College.
First Methodist Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
First Methodist Episcopal Church (Jackson, Mich.)
First Presbyterian Church (Dearborn, Mich.)
General Motors Corporation.
Great Lakes Steel Corporation.
Hannah and Lay Company.
Michigan Historical Records Survey.
Historical Society of Michigan (1874-)
Industrial Workers of the World.
International Congress of Women (1915 : Hague, Netherlands)
International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.
W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
Labadie Collection (Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library)
Ladies Library Association of Ann Arbor.
Marygrove College.
Methodist Protestant Church (U.S. : 1830-1939) -- Michigan.
Methodist Episcopal Church -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Methodist Episcopal Church -- Michigan -- Jackson.
Michigan. Board of State Canvassers.
Michigan College of Mining and Technology.
Michigan. Constitutional Convention (1850)
Michigan. Constitutional Convention (1907-1908)
Michigan. Insurance Bureau.
Michigan. Legislature (17th : 1853)
Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society.
Michigan School of Religion.
Michigan. Dept. of State.
Michigan State Police.
Michigan Steel Corporation.
Michigan. Supreme Court.
National Steel Corporation.
Olivet College.
Political Equality Club (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Presbyterian Church -- Michigan.
Presbyterian Church -- Michigan -- Dearborn.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Washtenaw (Mich.)
Redford Baptist Church (Detroit, Mich.)
Republican Party (Mich.)
Round Table Club (University of Michigan)
St. James Episcopal Church (Birmingham, Mich.)
Sault Sainte Marie Canal (Mich.)
Society of Friends -- Michigan.
Southfield High School (Mich.)
Michigan State Prison.
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 15th (1862-1865)
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission.
University of Michigan. Board of Regents.
University of Michigan -- Branches.
University of Michigan -- Dramatics.
University of Michigan -- Faculty.
University of Michigan -- Football.
University of Michigan -- History.
University of Michigan -- Religion.
University of Michigan -- Sports.
University of Michigan -- Students -- Conduct of life.
University of Michigan -- Students -- Social life and customs -- 1921-1930.
University of Michigan -- Students -- Social life and customs -- 1931-1940.
University of Michigan -- Students -- Social life and customs -- 1841-1850.
University of Michigan -- Students -- Social life and customs -- 1851-1860.
University of Michigan -- Students -- Social life and customs -- 1871-1880.
University of Michigan -- Students -- Social life and customs -- 1961-1970.
University of Michigan -- Students -- Societies, etc.
Wealthy Street Baptist Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
White Panther Party.
Young Woman's Home Association of Detroit.
Brewer family.
Stevens family.
Adams, Henry Carter, 1851-1921.
Angell, James Burrill, 1829-1916.
Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848.
Bagley, John Judson, 1832-1881.
Ball, John, 1794-1884.
Bingham, Kinsley S. (Kinsley Scott), 1808-1861.
Blair, Austin, 1818-1894.
Blois, John T.
Bonstelle, Laura Justine, 1872-1932.
Carton, John J. (John Jay), 1856-1934.
Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866.
Chandler, Elizabeth Margaret, 1807-1834.
Chapin, Roy D. (Roy Dikeman), 1880-1936.
Christiancy, Isaac Peckham, 1812-1890.
Cooley, Thomas McIntyre, 1824-1898.
Copeland, Royal S. (Royal Samuel), 1868-1938.
Coply, Alexander Bennett, 1822-1899.
Crapo, Henry Howland, 1804-1869.
Crary, Isaac Edwin, 1804-1854.
Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876.
Dougherty, Peter, 1805-1894.
Douglas, Lloyd C. (Lloyd Cassel), 1877-1951.
Ferris, Woodbridge N., 1853-1928.
Ferry, William Montague, 1796-1867.
Fitch, Abel F., -1851.
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
Foster, Theodore, 1812-1865.
Haviland, Laura S. (Laura Smith), 1808-1898.
Hall, Emma Amelia, 1837-1884.
Hayden, Joseph Ralston, 1887-1945.
Helme, James W., 1860-1938.
Hull, William, 1753-1825.
Ke-taw-kah.
Labadie, Jo, 1850-1933.
Langlade, Charles Michel de, 1729-1800.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Louis, Joe, 1914-1981.
Lyon, Lucius, 1800-1851.
Manwaring, Joshua, 1824-1903.
Merrill, Howard E.
Mershon, Wm. B. (William Butts), 1856-1943.
Moore, Charles, 1855-1942.
Morgan, Angela, 1874-1957.
Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949.
Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945.
Newett, George A., 1856-
Norvell, John, 1789-1850.
Parkhurst, John G. (John Gibson), 1824-1906.
Pingree, Hazen S., 1840-1901.
Pierce, John Davis, 1797-1882.
Randall, Caleb Dwinell, 1831-1903.
Rich, John Treadway, 1841-1926.
Richard, Gabriel, 1767-1832.
Romney, George W., 1907-1995.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971.
Seaman, Ezra C. (Ezra Champion), 1805-1880.
Smith, Arvilla Almira Powers, 1808-1895.
Soule, Harrison, 1832-1922.
Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856.
Sweet, Ossian, 1895-1960.
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951.
Van Osdel, Oliver Willis, 1846-1935.
Van Raalte, Albertus C. (Albertus Christiaan), 1811-1876.
Warner, Frederick Maltby, 1865-1923.
Wheeler, Clara Marian, 1861-1946.
Fine, Sidney, 1920-
Jones, J. Weldon (James Weldon), 1896-
Vander Velde, Lewis G. (Lewis George), 1890-1975.
Warner, Robert M. (Robert Mark), 1927-2007.

Places:

Adrian (Mich.)
Alger County (Mich.)
Ann Arbor (Mich.)
Ann Arbor (Mich. : Township)
Ann Arbor (Mich.) -- Politics and government.
Barry County (Mich.)
Birmingham (Mich.)
Canada.
Canada -- History -- Rebellion, 1837-1838.
Dearborn (Mich.) -- Schools.
Detroit (Mich.)
Detroit (Mich.) -- Politics and government.
Dickinson County (Mich.)
Michigan -- Emigration and immigration.
Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Holland (Mich.)
Inkster (Mich.)
Ionia (Mich. : Township)
Iosco County (Mich.)
Iron River (Mich.)
Isle Royale (Mich.)
Jackson (Mich.)
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Keweenaw County (Mich.)
Keweenaw Peninsula (Mich.)
Livonia (Mich.)
Luce County (Mich.)
Mackinac Island (Mich.)
Manchester (Mich. : Township)
Marshall (Mich.)
Mendon (Mich.)
Michigan -- Bibliography.
Michigan -- Boundaries -- Ohio.
Michigan -- Boundaries -- Wisconsin.
Michigan -- History.
Upper Peninsula (Mich.)
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1815-1844.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1837-1950.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1845-1860.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1877-1898.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1899-1916.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1929-1938.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1939-1945.
Michigan -- Population.
Muskegon (Mich.)
Newburgh (Livonia, Mich.)
Northville (Mich.)
Old Mission (Mich.)
Old Territorial Road (Mich.)
Paw Paw (Mich.)
Pennfield (Mich. : Township)
Philippines -- History -- 1898-1946.
Redford (Mich. : Township)
Royal Oak (Mich. : Township)
Saginaw River Valley (Mich.)
Saint Joseph County (Mich.)
Sault Sainte Marie (Mich.)
Schoolcraft County (Mich.)
Scio (Mich. : Township)
Traverse City (Mich.)
Michigan -- Description and travel.
Northwest, Old -- Description and travel.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Canada.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
Washtenaw County (Mich.)
Wisconsin -- Boundaries -- Michigan.
Ypsilanti (Mich.)
Netherlands -- Emigration and immigration.
Redford (Detroit, Mich.)
Ohio -- Boundaries -- Michigan.
Wisconsin -- Boundaries -- Michigan.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1837-1950.