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Official Roster of Letter Winners ("Dope Books")
The Official Rosters of Letter Winners (referred to as the "Dope Books" by the Athletic Department) are arranged by year and sport. (Note that in the early years, 1864-188?, the calendar year rather than the academic year is used.) The record for each year includes lists of the officers of the Student Athletic Association, and/or Board in Control of Athletics, team managers, coaches and trainers; game and meet scores, list of letter-winners, and for some sports in some years, lists of junior varsity letter and freshman numeral winners. It is not clear when the "Dope Books" were first compiled or how the letter winners for the early years were determined. There are some anomalies, e.g., several captains of the football team in the 1880s are not listed as letter winners. The lists of varsity letter winners that appear in media guides for the different sports are derived from the "Dope Books."
Football Office
The Football Office sub-group contains three series: Football Scouting Reports/Playbooks, 1938-1963, Miscellaneous Publications and Schembechler Topical Files. The Scouting Reports/Playbooks cover the coaching careers of Fritz Crisler, Bennie Oosterbaan and the early years of Chalmers "Bump" Elliott. They are arranged chronologically and include an analysis of each UM opponent and diagrams of Michigan plays and notes on game strategy. Miscellaneous Publications includes football rules books, 1894-1940 and two volumes of lectures by Fielding Yost and Elton (Tad) Weiman for a coaches course they taught. The Schembechler Files mainly concern administrative matters and social activities.
Athletic Director's Office
The Athletic Director's Office sub-group includes office files of Athletic Directors Jack Weidenbach and Joe Roberson, files relating to the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics, of which the Athletic Director was a member, and material concerning the NCAA and Big Ten. The records are organized in six series: Jack Weidenbach Files, Joe Roberson Files, Investigations, University of Michigan Certification Steering Committee, and Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Administrative records of the Athletic Director's Office had previously been accessioned as part of the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics records or as part of the personal papers of Fielding Yost, Fritz Crisler and Don Canham.
The Athletic Directors records consist of topical files, correspondence, and reports dealing with both policy issues and day-to-day management of the department and the department's relations with and the director's participation in the affairs of the NCAA and Big Ten. Also included are records of NCAA and Big Ten investigations of U of M athletic programs including baseball, 1989-1990 and basketball 1994-1997.
Big Ten and NCAA Investigations
The Big Ten and NCAA Investigations series includes documentation and reports of the Athletic Department's internal investigation of alleged rules infractions and investigations conducted by the NCAA and the Big Ten. The files include investigators notes, exhibits, transcripts and tapes of interviews and reports. The series covers the baseball investigation of alleged payment to athletes, 1989-1990, and three basketball related inquiries: allegations regarding the possible transfer of basketball player Gary Trent, 1994; the 1996 auto accident involving basketball players and recruits, and the university's inquiry into the Ed Martin affair. With the exception of the final reports, which have been publicly released, the records of the baseball investigation are closed pending removal of individually identifiable student information.