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This collection includes 86 sketchbooks of the Detroit artist, Sam Karres as well as miscellaneous items and publications that either discuss or correspond with his artwork.

The Sam Karres Archive largely consists of sketches of the Detroit area during the 1980s as well as other types of documents that relate to the drawings. It has been divided into six series: guidebooks, small sketchbooks, medium sketchbooks, large sketchbooks, printed materials, and miscellaneous items.

Guidebooks: In this series, there are three binders composed by Sam Karres' friend, Denny Stavros that provide background on the artist as well as discuss the content of his sketchbooks that were donated to University of Michigan's Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library for The Modern Greek Studies Collection. Following the descriptions of the sketchbooks, there are indexes and appendixes that include some of Karres' writings, photographs that complement the drawings, and photocopies of pages from the sketchbooks. The binders are divided up by the dates the sketchbooks were given: December 9, 2011, September 28, 2012, and June 20, 2013. The sketchbooks have been designated as small, medium, or large by Stavros in addition being assigned individual numeric identifiers. There is also one hand-written list of periodicals and ephemera donated by Stavros on September 28, 2012. A few of the articles and all of the ephemera relate to Sam Karres.

Small Sketchbooks: This section consists of ten sketchbooks ranging in size from 3.5 by 4. 75 inches to 5.5 by 8 inches. The majority of these sketchbooks from this series dates from the late 1970s and contends with a variety of subjects including: restaurant scenes, animals, human forms and faces, boats, and especially Greek Orthodox religious figures and practices.

Medium Sketchbooks: This series consists of twenty-two sketchbooks, ranging in size from 6 by 9 inches to 9 by 12 inches, completed between 1977 and 2009. Some of the themes depicted in the drawings are: restaurants, dogs, horses, wrestling, daily life activities, Karres' family, and characters like Greektown Stella, International Cowboy, and performers that could be found in Detroit's Greektown.

Large Sketchbooks: This series consists of forty-seven sketchbooks, ranging in size from 11 by 14 inches to 14 by 17 inches. Although the drawings in this section were completed between 1955 and 1991, the majority of the images were executed in the 1980s. Some of the themes reflected in these sketchbooks are: human forms, restaurant scenes, tug boats, factories, weightlifting, performances, Detroit's Greektown, vacations, and Karres' aging parents.

Miscellaneous: The items in this series consist of letters, news articles, exhibition catalogs, a flyer, an awards booklet, and photocopies of photographs. These assorted materials that range in date from the late 1950s to 2004, were donated by Sam Karres' friend, Denny Starvos to the University of Michigan's Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library for the Modern Greek Studies Collection on September 28, 2012. They are arranged in numerical order according to the numbers Starvos assigned to them.

Simon "Si" Newman was a leader in indexing, information retrieval, and machine translation research. He worked for the United States Patent Office, as well as National Insurance and his own documentation and insurance companies. His papers contain his research, own notes and writings, and correspondence with others in the field of information science, communication, and documentation.

The Simon Newman papers are divided into six series: American University, Conferences, Name and Topical, Personal, the United States Patent Office, and Writings. The papers mostly contain the extensive research that Newman did on indexing, machine translation and information retrieval, but also include papers from his time working for the United States Patent Office, American University, and for his own documentation and insurance firms. Also included are Newman’s writings on different subjects, including his work at the patent office and his studies on language and computing, some personal items, graded papers from his time as a professor at American University, documents from different conferences, and both personal and professional correspondence. The grand majority of the collection is paper documents; there is one small item of realia in the form of a banner from a conference, and a set of slides from teaching a class at the patent office. The papers cover approximately from 1955 to 1985, with the bulk of dates being from the sixties.

The Small Southeast Asia Collections contains photographs, postcards, and papers depicting the people and locations within several countries in the Southeast Asian region. Materials predominately focus on the Philippines with some featuring Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and Burma (Myanmar) circa 1890s-1945.

Contains a grouping of six separately accessioned collections depicting people and locations in the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and Burma (Myanmar). Strengths of the collection include photographs and other visual materials that depict different communities living throughout the Philippines and other locations during the early half of the twentieth century. Some of the collection's items were created from the perspectives of foreign travelers and missionaries to the region that may describe people and places using outdated terminology. The majority of content is written in English, although captions in the Siam and Cochin China photo ablum are mostly in French.

Scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera relating to the life and activism of UM alumnus Stan Nadel.

Scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera relating to the life and activism of University of Michigan alumnus Stan Nadel.

The correspondence series is primarily composed of letters sent to Nadel either supporting or denouncing his actions. Also included is Nadel's correspondence with a representative of the NLF in Algeria.

The legal documents series consists of the papers the FBI and Michigan police compiled while investigating and surveilling Nadel.

The two scrapbooks contain clippings, correspondence, and ephemera that Nadel collected in the 1960s. Loose materials from the scrapbooks have been placed in folders stored alongside the scrapbooks. Each folder notes the contents of the scrapbook pages that were on either side of the loose materials. Many of the loose materials from scrapbook one are legal documents relating to Nadel's HCUA hearing. Note that the second scrapbook has been placed at the back of Box 3 to optimize storage.

The photographs series includes a sequence of photographs taken in South Vietnam around 1964 and a number of photos and negatives of Nadel and others in Ann Arbor.

Ephemera includes an anti-war petition CAV circulated, lists of contacts for potential donors to CAV, travel ephemera from Nadel's trip to Europe, and a small booklet of NLF stamps.

Stephanie Mills (1948- ), moved to Maple City in Michigan in 1985 after twenty years of living in California. She has been deeply involved in environmentalism from her time at Mills College, where she came to national attention for her infamous commencement address as valedictorian in June 1969, "The Future is a Cruel Hoax". Stephanie Mills was a member of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America board of directors from 1970 to 1976, and later served as editor and advisor for multiple environmental publications. Her interests, as expressed in the correspondence and writings that make up the Stephanie Mills Papers, include overpopulation, deep ecology, ecofeminism, ecological restoration, the spread of technology, economic and cultural globalization, and the intersection of personal values and one's life in terms of environmental impact. Although Mills wrote a substantial amount of poetry during her college years, she is deservedly well-known for her nonfiction writings, particularly her numerous books on ecology-related subjects. As a working author and journalist, Mills published a large number of articles, essays, and book reviews in various mainstream and environmental publications across the length of her career. The Stephanie Mills Papers includes a large number of manuscripts, correspondence, personal materials, research materials, as well as audiovisual recordings of Mills speaking publicly on ecology and related issues. The correspondence is a rich collection of personal exchanges over many decades with friends, family, and fellow environmentalists. The writings and numerous manuscripts provide an unrivalled and detailed view of Mills's writing process.

The Stephanie Mills Papers consist of a wide variety of materials from across the length of Mills's career. The collection contains a large amount of correspondence spanning Mills's personal and professional lives, including incoming and outgoing correspondence with colleagues, family, friends, and publishers. The Stephanie Mills papers also contain assorted material from her time at Mills College, including original poetry, term papers, and materials relating to Mills's famous valedictory address delivered in June 1969. Although the Personal series is not large, it also contains a variety of materials including an original sketchbook, scrapbooks, and calendars spanning thirty years of Mills's professional life. Mills attended, organized, and spoke at a large number of public events related to her various interests, and materials relating to these compose the Conferences and Lectures subseries. The collection also contains materials relating to Mills's activism dating back to the early 1970s, including issues on which she was active in Michigan.

The Writings and Manuscripts series makes up the bulk of the collection and contains numerous drafts of Mills's books, in addition to correspondence and research materials relating to each project. A small gathering of Mills's original cartoons can be found in the Visual Art series, including original pen and ink illustrations for a 1975 publication on birth control. The Audiovisual series contains numerous audio recordings and two video recordings of Mills speaking in public as part of various events. The Computer Disks series contains 41 3 ½-inch micro floppy disks holding numerous documents relating to Mills's various books and writing projects, in addition to resumes and a small number of personal documents. In total, the Stephanie Mills Papers are divided into 10 series: Correspondence; Correspondence, Name; Personal; Professional; Activism; Writings and Manuscripts; Visual Art; Clippings and Reviews; Audiovisual; and Computer Diskettes.

The Correspondence series contains approximately 5 linear feet, Boxes 1-5, consisting mainly of correspondence with fellow activists, colleagues, and friends. Organized chronologically by decade and year, relevant photographs, clippings, and ephemera are generally kept with the related correspondence. Undated correspondence can be found at the end of the decade bundles in which they were received, with additional undated correspondence collected at the end of the series. Outgoing correspondence from Mills is generally separated from incoming correspondence as it was received, particularly sets of letters to Robert Schlichting and correspondence Mills wrote while residing at the Blue Mountain Center in New York State during 1983 and 1986.

The Correspondence, Name series contains approximately 3 linear feet, Boxes 5-8. The correspondence is gathered into sets relating to specific individuals with whom Mills held significant exchanges. These correspondents include personal friends as well as fellow environmentalists, including Chellis Glendinning, Barbara Dean, Felicia Guest, Hazel Henderson, William Horvath, Freeman House, Kraig Klungness, Jane Anne Morris, and Gary Snyder. Mills also corresponded with two young men serving in the Vietnam War, as well as enjoying a long correspondence with her mother, father, aunt, and other family members.

The Personal series contains approximately 2 linear feet, Boxes 8-9, and contains assorted material from Mills's time at Mills College in Oakland, California, including original poetry, term papers, and materials relating to Mills's famous valedictory address delivered in June 1969. Although the Personal series is not large, it also contains a variety of materials including an original sketchbook, scrapbooks, and calendars spanning thirty years of Mills's professional life, which can be found in the oversize Box 25. The scrapbook included in the Personal series also contains a number of clippings Mills gathered, often related to her valedictory address at Mills College in 1969. A sketchbook dating to 1966 contains original artwork by Mills, and materials relating to Mills's 1985 wedding to Phillip Thiel are also included in the Personal series.

The Professional series contains approximately 3 linear feet, Boxes 9-12, and includes materials largely related to Mills's professional appearances and public speaking throughout her career. Mills attended many conferences related to her field of study, including repeat appearances and tenure on organizing boards for events. The largest part of the series is correspondence, logistical and publicity information and other material related to Mills's attendance at conferences around the US and abroad. The material is arranged chronologically by year and month, with those events containing the largest amount of material provided first. The Conferences and Lectures subseries opens with a group of speeches Mills delivered on overpopulation, an issue which remained a concern across the length of her career. It is important to note that the Conferences and Lectures subseries also contains transcripts and position papers from a 1980 conference on technology named Technology: Over the Invisible Line? The subseries also holds transcripts from the 1993 Neo-Luddite Summit and 1994 Megatechnology and Globalization conference, both of which Mills later incorporated into the book Turning Away From Technology, which she edited and to which she contributed writing. The Professional series also contains a number of notecards Mills used during various lectures, although these are undated. A small amount of information related to Mills's hosting of discussion salons in a professional capacity for a Michigan organization in 1996 is also included in the Professional series under the subseries Salons.

The Writings and Manuscripts series contains approximately 11 linear feet, Boxes 12-23, and contains materials related to Stephanie Mills's writings spanning the length of her career. The series contains 6 subseries: Books; Novel; Editorial Work; Criticism; Essays; and Articles.

The Books subseries contains materials related to many of Mills's books, arranged chronologically by book. The subseries begins with a small amount of material related to a never-published book proposal, and continues with a large amount of materials relating to Mills's books Whatever Happened to Ecology?, In Praise of Nature, In Service of the Wild, Turning Away From Technology, and Epicurean Simplicity. The Books subseries contains numerous typescripts, drafts, manuscripts, galleys, and correspondence with publishers and others including proposals and editorial comments. The amount of material for each book varies, but the amount of material related to each book often makes clear Mills's painstaking drafting process. Research material, outlines, and notes are also often provided for each book. Turning Away From Technology, a collection of writing on technology and the modern world, contains a significant amount of correspondence and corrected manuscripts from individual contributors to the anthology; this correspondence is arranged alphabetically by contributor. It is useful to note that the transcripts of the 1993 and 1994 conferences relating to Turning Away From Technology can be found in the Conferences and Lectures subseries within the Professional series.

The Novel subseries consists of a manuscript for a never-published novel by Stephanie Mills which appears to date to the early 1970s.

The Editorial Work subseries contains material related to Mills's work as editor of various environmental publications, particularly EarthTimes in 1970 and Friends of the Earth's Not Man Apart from 1977 to 1978. The subseries contains correspondence and press related to the publications, as well as an account Mills wrote describing her editorship at EarthTimes. Mills also served on the advisory board of Earth Island Press and the Editorial Work subseries contains materials she edited for the organization. The serials have been catalogued separately from the collection.

The Criticism subseries consists primarily of book reviews Mills wrote for various publications, largely related to the environmental movement. The materials are arranged chronologically by decade. Materials include manuscripts and various drafts of the reviews as well as correspondence with various publications and clippings of the published reviews. The Criticism subseries is small, consisting of only two folders of material.

The Essays subseries contains a small number of Stephanie Mills's essays and book excerpts which appeared in various publications from the 1980s through early 2000s. The essays are very representative of her thinking, and the Essays subseries includes a proof of the book Consuming Desires edited by Roger Rosenblatt, to which Mills's contributed her piece entitled Can't Get That Extinction Crisis Out of My Mind.

The Articles subseries contains a number of articles Mills wrote for various periodicals, including Co-Evolution Quarterly, Synapse, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, EarthTimes, Clear Creek, and various other environmental and mainstream publications. Materials are arranged chronologically by decade unless large amounts of material related to specific publications appear. The subseries contains drafts and published versions of articles, as well as correspondence and research materials related to the various pieces. The 1970s sub-subseries also contains transcripts from a number of interviews Mills later shaped into articles, including interviews with Margaret Mead, Frank Herbert, Garrett Hardin, and Hazel Henderson, among other influential environmentalists.

The Visual Art series contains approximately .1 linear feet, Box 23, and consists of a small gathering of Mills's original cartoons. The series contains original pen and ink cartoon illustrations for a 1975 publication on birth control. Other visual art Mills created appears can be found in the Personal series. A small collection of proofs from the artwork from Epicurean Simplicity, original drypoint engravings by Glenn Wolff, can be found with the book itself in the Writings and Manuscripts series.

The Clippings and Reviews series contains approximately 0.25 linear feet, Box 23, and consists of primarily clippings and photocopies of reviews of Mills's books. The clippings and reviews are arranged chronologically by decade. The Other Clippings subseries contains clippings, copies, and publications not directly related to any of Mills's specific projects.

The Audiovisual series contains 38 audiocassettes, 12 microcassettes, 2 videocassettes, and 4 compact discs, Box 24. The numerous audiocassettes include interviews Mills held with environmentalists and a complete recording of the Conference on Megatechnology and Economic Globalization held in 1994 in Devon, England. Microcassettes largely related to Epicurean Simplicity can also be found in the Audiovisual series, as well as two videocassettes recording Mills's speaking at two events in 1992 and 1993. The four compact discs in the Audiovisual series contain audio of Mills speaking at events and giving interviews in the early 2000s. Audiocassettes and microcassettes in box 26 have been reformatted, and CD access copies have been created.

The Computer Disks series contains 41 3 ½-inch micro floppy disks, Box 24, and consists of three boxes of disks holding numerous documents relating to Mills's various books and writing projects, in addition to resumes and a small number of personal documents. The files are largely identified by labels, although they are in a number of different formats.

Correspondence of Fabijanovic and his wife, writings, photos, newspaper clippings, and an obituary of Fabijanovic from Freedom relate to his philosophical and anarchist thought, a bakery and confectionery workers' union, the publication and distribution of his papers, his travels, and personal matters. Among the correspondents are Louis Adamic, John B. Barnhill, Norman Beard, natural pathologist Otto Brunner, Karl Dopf, Enrique Flores Magon, Wilhelm Fox, Charlotte Francke-Pellon, Emma Goldman, Rudolf Grossman, Max Metzkow, Max Nettlau, Carl Nold, Nicholas Petanovic, Charles L. Robinson, Rudolf Rocker, Stefan Zweig, and family members. The papers are in English, French, German, Hungarian, and Serbo-Croatian.

The papers comprise correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs, and relate to philosophical and anarchist thought, union activities (Bakery and Confectionery Workers), his travels, publication and distribution of his papers, social comment and personal matters. There are several series of transcribed correspondence with added commentary, intended for publication; also of correspondence with and about Rudolf Grossman, who defaulted on a publishing agreement. There is a group of papers on general subjects written as night school assignments. A few letters are addressed to his wife. The materials are in English, German, Hungarian, and Serbo-Croatian.

Among the correspondents are Louis Adamic, John B. Barnhill, Norman Beard, natural pathologist Otto Brunner, Karl Dopf, Enrique Flores Magon, Wilhelm Fox, Charlotte Francke-Pellon, Emma Goldman, Rudolf Grossman, Max Metzkow, Max Nettlau, Carl Nold, Nicholas Petanovic, Charles L. Robinson, Rudolf Rocker, Stefan Zweig, and family members.

The Stephen D. Cox Papers consist of materials relating to libertarianism and Ayn Rand studies, and materials on early radical movements such as war resistance, radical libertarianism, and gay liberation. The collection contains personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts and published articles, publications, and Liberty magazine papers and correspondence. Early radical materials consist of pamphlets, flyers, and publications.

The Stephen D. Cox Papers consist of materials relating to libertarianism and Ayn Rand studies, and materials on early radical movements such as war resistance, radical libertarianism, and gay liberation. Cox is the editor-in-chief of Liberty magazine.The collection contains personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts and published articles, publications, and Liberty magazine papers and correspondence. Early radical materials consist of pamphlets, flyers, and publications.

The collection consists of three series: Liberty magazine papers and correspondence, Ayn Rand, and early radical movement literature. The Liberty magazine papers and correspondence series contains editorial correspondence, manuscripts, issue proofs, planning documents, published articles, and internal memos. The Ayn Rand series contains copies of early political work by Rand, articles about her, publications and correspondence from people and organizations that studied Rand and the movement associated with her, and a manuscript copy of The Passion of Ayn Rand, a biography written by Barbara Branden. Notable people and organizations in the series include Erika Holzer and Henry Mark Holzer, Nathaniel Branden, David Kelley, Chris Matthew Sciabarra, Aristos magazine, the Ayn Rand Institute, the Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, and the Atlas Center (formerly known as the Objectivist Center). The early radical movement literature series contains pamphlets, flyers, articles, and newsletters from early movements in war resistance, radical libertarianism, and gay liberation. Many of these materials are from the Ann Arbor, Michigan area.

Stew Albert, a founding member of the Yippies, was a political activist, writer, journalist, and unindicted co-conspirator in the "Chicago Seven" case in 1968. The Stew Albert and Judy Gumbo Albert Papers offer insight into the lives of two activists who were involved in anti-Vietnam war protests, members of the Youth International Party (Yippies), and had ties to groups such as the Black Panther Party and the Weather Underground. The collection contains a variety of materials, including manuscripts, FBI files and court documents, photographs, slides, and negatives, artwork, audiovisual material, realia, scrapbooks, and posters.

The Stew Albert and Judy Gumbo Albert Papers offer insight into the lives of two activists who were involved in anti-Vietnam war protests, members of the Youth International Party (Yippies), and had ties to groups such as the Black Panther Party and the Weather Underground. This collection contains a variety of materials, including manuscripts, FBI files and court documents, photographs, slides, and negatives, artwork, audiovisual material, realia, scrapbooks, and posters. Besides documenting their lives and activities, the collection also offers a glimpse into an aspect of American activism in the 1960s and afterwards, including antiwar protests and the women's liberation movement. The Alberts had close ties to other prominent figures in the movement, such as Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, who are well-represented in this collection through writings, correspondence, photographs, and audio interviews.

With roughly 28 linear feet of materials, the Stew Albert and Judy Gumbo Albert papers are divided into 12 series: Manuscripts and Writings; Name and Correspondence; Personal; Topical Files; FBI Files; Court Documents; Photographs, Slides, and Negatives; Artwork; Audiovisual; Realia; Scrapbooks; and Posters. Researchers should note that books have been separated from the collection and cataloged individually.

This collection includes arrest papers, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and court records related to the case Street vs. New York. The Physical Evidence file contains remnants of the burned flag.

The Flag-Burning collection is comprised of court papers, correspondence, news articles, and pamphlets relating to the case known as Street vs. new York, including parts of the actual burned flag used as evidence in the court proceedings. Court papers chronicle the position of the prosecuting attorney, Harry Brodbar, including the transcripts of the actual trial and the arrest order. There are letters of support for Brodbar from William F. Buckly, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine editor Paul W. Mills (Brodbar was a member of the VFW), and a member of the American Legion. Other items include newspaper clippings on the progress of the case, an issue of Legion magazine and photos of King County Asisstant District Attorney Harry Brodbar, and a flag burning event. A single autographed poster of an artist's interpretation of an American flag, which includes the signatures of Dave Dellinger, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, and Pat Paulsen, became the basis of a similar case involving a bookstore owner. It is the only expression of support on behalf of Street in this collection.

This case is a microcosmic study of how two conflicting forces- the Vietnam/Civil Rights movement on one hand and the conservative forces of law and order on the other, brought their grievances to the highest court in the land. The representations of the act of burning the flaf are a universal and enduring feature of protest. The act of burning a US flag by Sidney Street in itself is not unique-- that is to say it has happened before and certainly since-- however, the documentation of how a ruling on the act of protest through speech and symbolism took shape in the US Supreme Court has significant historical value. Although these are mostly papers from the prosecutor's files, this collection presents both sides of the legal argument in court. Moreover, Sidney Street is a representative, through this archival record, of a mass of 'average' US citizens who became fed up with war and inequality. This collection contributes to understanding the limits of authority and protest in public life and, as such, it is a very valuable resource for scholars of US law, civil rights, and the Vietnam War era.

Socialist and pacifist active in labor, civil rights, cooperative, and world government movements. The papers comprise scattered meeting minutes of various organizations, notes (some very detailed) on speeches and other social functions attended by Tekla in the Cleveland area in the 1930s, carbon copies of outgoing correspondence, and a collection of mailing lists. There is a considerable amount of print and nearprint material -- single issues of labor periodicals, newspaper clippings, for m letters, flyers, etc. The papers reflect to varying extents Tekla's activities in North Dakota as an organizer for the Civilian Public Service Union, a national organization of conscientious objectors performing alternative service during World War II; his efforts to recruit Cleveland auto workers for the Socialist Party in the late 1930s; and his membership on the national executive committee of the Socialist Party, the executive committee of the War Resisters League, the policy committee of Democracy Unlimited (ca. 1952-56), the Cleveland Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the Committee for a Socialist Program and Action (ca. 1959-64). Tekla was heavily involved in the cooperative movement in Cleveland and to a lesser extent in the Saskatchewan Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in the mid-1940s.

The collection consists of material created and collected by Tad Tekla, individually and in various roles in socialist and labor organizations.The collection has been arranged alphabetically by topic.The most voluminous material includes: minutes and other records of the Socialist Party and the Socialist Party-Social Democratic Federation, ca. 1945-1958, including records relating to the Committee for a Socialist Program (founded by critics of the Socialist Party who wanted to serve as an "educational and organizational center within the Party"); records and other material relating to labor unions and labor issues, including records of the Civilian Public Service Union, 1946, and records relating to a crisis in the United Auto Workers and efforts by the Socialist Party to recuit auto workers, ca. 1939; "public meeting notes" by Tekla, which include typewritten notes and diaries relating to a wide variety of meetings and events, 1933-1955 (bulk, 1933-1936); material relating to the world citizenship movement, ca. 1945-1958; material relating to the cooperative movement, ca. 1936-1954; records of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), ca. 1948-1952; and outgoing correspondence, 1961-1964.