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Professor of Chinese history at the University of Michigan. Correspondence, academic papers, committee meeting minutes, and reports relating to his involvement in various professional organizations.

The Feuerwerker collection is comprised of three series: Joint Committee on Contemporary China (JCCC) of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council; Committee of Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China (CSCPRC), and Miscellaneous Activities. These series include correspondence, reports, and memoranda relating to his activities with these organizations involved in China and Chinese studies.

Professor of history and Chinese language at the University of Michigan; professional papers relating to his work with the Association for Asian Studies; also articles, essays, and speeches.

The Charles O. Hucker collection consists of manuscript materials, covering a period from 1949 to 1982. The collection is arranged into four major series. These include the American Council of Learned Societies, the Association for Asian Studies, Editorial Notes and Correspondence, and Writings, Speeches, and Related. By far the largest series is the Association for Asian Studies. The manuscripts in this series reflect Professor Hucker's participation in various committees, on the Board of Directors, and as a member of the Ming Biographical Dictionary and the Ming Biographical History Project.

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.

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.

Professor of history at the University of Michigan, first distinguished visiting professor at Northern Michigan University. Correspondence and other papers concerning his research and writings on the anti-slavery movement in America. Also, analog and digitized recordings of 1965 interviews given to WNMR Northern Dimensions.

The Dumond collection contains professional correspondence, including letters received, ca. 1961-1970, reflecting prevailing attitudes towards race relations and the historiography of the American Civil War. There are also research materials, notebooks containing lecture notes and drafts of writings, reviews of his books, an audio-tape of a talk he gave, and a scattering of photographs.

Professor of history and director of the Michigan Historical Collections at the University of Michigan; professional correspondence, lecture and research notes, speeches, writings, and personal miscellanea.

The F. Clever Bald collection includes correspondence, speeches, lecture and research notes, and manuscripts of published and unpublished research writings. Of interest is Bald's manuscript of his "The University of Michigan in World War II." Other World War II materials include completed questionnaires which he sent out to Michigan colleges and universities relating to their activities during the war. There are also letters (1944-1946) received from Chester A. Antiau discussing his work with the U. S. Army Information and Education Service during World War II including comments on conditions in Italy and Germany. Other parts of the collection are the letters he wrote while serving in the 111th Ambulance Company. Other files concern his activities with the Michigan Historical Collections, the Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, and the Algonquin Club of Detroit.

Professor of history at University of Michigan; Democratic Party files and records of his University of Michigan activities.

The Gerhard L. Weinberg collection is comprised of two series: Democratic Party activities and interests, and University of Michigan activities. The Democratic Party papers concern Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, and state politics. Issues documented include the passage of a fair housing law in Ann Arbor, and his interest in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964-1965.

Professor of history and director of Michigan Historical Collections of University of Michigan. Personal and professional correspondence; class notes and lectures; Michigan Historical Commission files; research material on Thomas M. Cooley; material concerning Azazels, University faculty club; letters written as student at University of Michigan, 1912-1913, and at Harvard; and letters written as instructor at Culver Military Academy, and at Teachers' College, St. Cloud, Minnesota in the 1920's; also photographs.

The papers of Lewis George Vander Velde date from 1855 to 1975 and comprise 7 and 3/4 linear feet of material. The collection is valuable for its documentation of the life of an historian and teacher. Vander Velde papers show a constant attention to, and interest in, Michigan local history. The Collection is arranged into seven series: Biographical Materials; Professional Files; University Class Notes and Lectures; Research Materials (Thomas M. Cooley); Family Papers; Personal Correspondence; and Miscellaneous.

Professor of history at the University of Michigan. Correspondence and topical files relating to his teaching and other activities at the University of Michigan, to his scholarly interests, and to his participation in scholarly organizations.

The papers of Sidney Fine consist of correspondence, memos, and reports related to his professional activities at the University of Michigan and his association with many academic journals, professional societies, public committees, and other history-related projects. The collection has been divided in five series: Personal, University of Michigan, Other Professional Activities, Correspondence, and Visual Materials.

Professor of early American history at the University of Michigan. Correspondence, files, lecture materials, papers relating to his books and articles, and professional activities, including correspondence with prominent historians.

Papers, 1911-1974, of Verner W. Crane, professor of history at the University of Michigan; contain correspondence files, lecture materials, papers relating to his books and articles, and professional activities. Correspondents include: John R. Alden, Charles M. Andrews, Herbert E. Bolton, Julian P. Boyd, Carl Bridenbaugh, Ronald S. Crane, Lawrence H. Gipson, Oscar Handlin, Robert A. Humphreys, Bernhard Knollenberg, Edmund S. Morgan, Frederick B. Tolles, Frederick J. Turner, Carl Van Doren, Claude H. Van Tyne, Clarence L. Ver Steeg, and Lawrence C. Wroth.