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Professor of English at University of Michigan. Correspondence, diaries, and topical files relating to his interest in English grammar and usage, his evaluation of various dictionaries, his interest in Polish-American relations, and the controversy surrounding Henshaw Ward's denial of Peary's discovery of the North Pole.

The Wells collection is comprised of the following series: Subject file; Personal diaries; Robert E. Peary; and Other papers.

The Donald C. Stewart collection consists of manuscripts of early drafts of his biography of Fred Newton Scott and collected Newton materials, including correspondence and articles by and about Scott. There are also cassette tape recordings of interviews with individuals who had recollections of Scott.