Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

Charles A. Votaw was Associate Dean for Curriculum. His series (1929-1977, primarily 1950-1977) has been divided into three subseries: Committee Records, Medical Examination Questions, and Administrative Files. The Committee Records (1948-1977) have extensive material from the Academic Programs Committee (1964-1977), including records of that committee's chairman, James A. Taren (1975-1977), and the Curriculum Committee (1948-1963). The Medical Examination Questions (1929-1974) consists of copies of the tests given to medical students. The Administrative Files include particularly detailed information about affiliated hospitals.

The Visual Materials series includes photographic prints, negatives, and glass slides, and motion picture films and negatives. They offer especially good coverage of Maddy's life and the Camp's early years as well as a sampling of later events and personages.

Interlochen maintains its own photographic and audio archives which offer more extensive coverage, particularly for more recent events. Much of the Interlochen holdings remain in active use for publicity, rebroadcast, and listening purposes. For information about them, researchers should contact the photo archive, music library, or radio station (WIAA) at Interlochen.

Photographs consist of prints (including a few postcards), negatives, and glass slides. They cover both Maddy's career and Interlochen's history. Since the two are closely interrelated, researchers interested in one should check the other. The Interlochen images were taken by both staff members and professional photographers. Documentation about professionals can be found under "photography" in Chronological Camp files, 1935-1945. Often, the images were used for publicity purposes in publications by, or articles about, Interlochen.

The Prints (1), circa 1880-1986, has separate descriptions for regular and outsized images, including sections on Maddy, the National High School Orchestra, the Early Camp, Later Camp/Academy, and Later Administrators.