American Legion, Department of Michigan records, 1919-1999
18 linear feet — 8 oversize volumes — 1 oversize folder — 8 microfilms
18 linear feet — 8 oversize volumes — 1 oversize folder — 8 microfilms
Executive Committee Files (1919-1982, 4.5 rolls of microfilm, 6 linear feet) largely consist of the minutes of meetings held by the executive committee.
4 linear feet — 1 oversize volume
Green's correspondence file includes copies of most of his outgoing letters, as well as his incoming mail. It contains virtually no personal information, but documents Green's fieldwork, his writing and publishing, his constant search for primary sources for Berrien County history, and, to a lesser extent, his MAS activities. The correspondence details, too, his long relationship with several members of the archeological profession: John Witthoft of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the American Archeological Society; E. F. Greenman of the University of Michigan Museum of Archaeology and editor of the Michigan Archeologist (MAS); James Fitting of the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology and successor to Greenman as editor of the Michigan Archeologist; and James Hibbard of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the correspondence is the light it sheds on the relationship between amateurs and professionals in archaeology. For all of his credentials, Green remained always conscious of being "a 'Sunday afternoon archeologist, '" and he remained either diffident or defensive in his relations with all Ph.D.s, no matter how long he had known them. On the other hand, his position was that of intermediary between the two worlds, and the professionals seemed to value him precisely because he served as their bridge to the public and vice versa.
3.5 linear feet (in 5 boxes)
2 linear feet
Each incoming cadaver was assigned a sequential registry number by the Medical School. These numbers are recorded in a series of ledgers beginning with number 1 on March 7, 1881 and ending with number 20,000 which was received on July 22, 1974. This first series, Anatomical Materials Register, consists of nine bound ledgers and four loose leaf post binders that cover the period from 1881 to 1974. Although the information contained in the ledgers varies over time, these records typically include name, age, date of death, cause of death, and method of shipment. Occasionally the names of physicians and relatives are supplied as is information on the disposition of the body. The entries are generally chronological although delays in shipping the cadaver may translate into a juxtaposition of the chronology.
The Correspondence series (.25 linear feet) covers the years 1935 to 1991 and is arranged alphabetically. Items in this series include letters of a professional and personal nature written to and by Kirk. Also included are several very well preserved telegrams sent to Kirk.
16.5 linear feet
The Angela Morgan correspondence series includes letters to and from a wide range of ministers, literary figures, editors and journalists and individuals and organizations involved in the peace movement and social reform. (See the Controlled Access portion of the finding aid for a listing of significant correspondents.) The series also includes scattered correspondence and papers, 1861-1922, of her father, Albert T. Morgan, who came to Mississippi after the Civil War. The correspondence is arranged chronologically.
2 linear feet — 1 oversize folder