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Personal, 1922-1990
The Personal series is comprised of memoirs and genealogical materials, correspondence, financial files, writings (of George Meader, his daughter, and his wife), and a brief exchange of letters between Meader and the Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange regarding and attempt in 1940 to cancel his policy. This polymorphic series runs two linear feet. Meader's memoirs provide a nostalgic impression of his early years as a student, seaman, Ann Arbor attorney and active member of local civic organizations, and general counsel to the Truman committee. Meader's views on government can be gleaned from his trenchant essays found in the Writings subseries. Barbara Meader's writings provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a young woman coming into her maturity at the University of Michigan in the late 1950s. This glimpse is rendered poignant by her untimely death shortly before graduating.