Arthur Scott Aiton papers, 1922-1959
1 linear foot
The collection includes correspondence, professional papers relating to his teaching, research, and university activities, and manuscripts of his writings, both published and unpublished.
1 linear foot
The collection includes correspondence, professional papers relating to his teaching, research, and university activities, and manuscripts of his writings, both published and unpublished.
7 linear feet
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Clever Bald collection includes correspondence, speeches, lecture and research notes, and manuscripts of published and unpublished research writings.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.
9 linear feet
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.
16 linear feet — 1 oversize folder
The Cross papers are divided into the following series: Correspondence; Miscellaneous and undated papers; Personal/Biographical; University of Michigan; Publications, articles, and related; Research and lecture materials, and Photographs.
5 linear feet
The Earle W. Dow collection consists mainly of correspondence with other historians and University of Michigan colleagues. Appended to this finding aid is a selective index to Dow's correspondents. Beyond correspondence, there is a scattering of other material relating to Dow's University of Michigan activities and to his involvement with the Belvedere Club of Charlevoix, Michigan.
2 linear feet — 23.62 MB
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.
1.5 linear feet
The Howard M. Ehrmann Papers document the period 1927-1968, the length of Ehrmann's tenure at the University of Michigan. The collection includes correspondence relating in part to his chairmanship of the department of history at the University of Michigan, materials used in his classes such as tests and syllabi, materials documenting his activities as reviewer and editor, and materials documenting his writings, including a manuscript for a book The Second World War: A Political History of the Immediate Origins of the War, 1939-1941 which was never published. Of special interest are two folders of autographs of 20th century political figures such as Ralph Bunche, Herbert Hoover, and Alger Hiss, which were gathered by Professor Ehrmann when he was arranging a conference on the postwar world.
The collection has been arranged into the following series: Biographical/Personal; Courses; Correspondence - University of Michigan; General Correspondence; Research/Grants; Editing and Reviews; Writings; and Miscellaneous
10 linear feet
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.
8 linear feet
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.
1.5 linear feet
The Edwin Charles Goddard papers consist of addresses and essays on various subjects by Goddard and his wife Lillian; miscellaneous letters; notes and letters on European trip, 1908-1909; family genealogy; outline of an algebra course; University of Michigan law thesis; original manuscript and manuscript material for his history of University of Michigan Law School; Ann Arbor High School and University of Michigan student notebooks on courses by Henry C. Adams, James B. Angell, Isaac N. Demmon, John Dewey, Henry S. Frieze, Charles M. Gayley, Richard Hudson, Elisha Jones, Andrew C. McLaughlin, George S. Morris, Albert B. Prescott, Jacob E. Reighard, Volney M. Spalding, and Victor C. Vaughan. Also included are portraits of Goddard and of his mother, Mary Blodgett Goddard, and her family.