Collections : [University of Michigan Special Collections Research Center]

The Academic Files, 1942-1950, consist of documents specifically relating to one of the several departments within the California Labor School. Common items include course syllabi and descriptions, departmental meeting minutes and correspondence, and course and event advertisements. Library bibliographies and reading suggestions are also of interest in this series.

The Access Copies series contains reformatted material from the collection. These are CD access copies are available for researcher use.

The Administration series, 1935-1980s, contains records relating to the operation of the Committee. Histories of the organization are filed at the beginning of the series, followed by the constitution and bylaws and scattered minutes of meetings of the board of directors, 1935-1950, and the executive council, 1960-1972. Correspondence with individuals who served as sponsors of the Committee, fundraising appeals, and general office material, are followed by biographical information on several individuals prominent in the Committee. Also included in this series is correspondence of several of the Committee's attorneys; correspondence and general information sent to the local counsels in the various cities who defended the foreign-born; correspondence and statistical reports of the Committee's Naturalization Aid Service; a notice of the opening of a branch office in Harlem; and various financial records.

The Administrative Files consist of background and history of the USACID, as well as biographical information on Tufts, including a transcript of an interview, and some brief biographical sketches on other military personnel.

Administrative Files (1968-2000, 4 linear feet) documents the organizational activities of ASI including constitution and bylaws, elections, financial documents, general topical files, organizational history, membership, and policies and procedures.

Administrative Files (1986-1994) contain records documenting the management of Hanuman Books and is divided into four subseries. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically and filed at the beginning of the series. C.T. Nachiappan’s and George Scrivani’s correspondence relates to financial, editorial, and printing decisions at Kalakshetra Press in Madras, India. Most correspondents send essays, poetry, or stories, order books, or thank Raymond Foye for free copies of Hanuman books. Frequent correspondents include Louise Landes-Levi and Michael White. Well-known correspondents represented in the Administrative Files include Joe Brainard, Tom Clark, Diane Di Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Alex Katz. Some of the richest correspondence, however, is found elsewhere in the collection-- in the Author Files, in the Publications series, or in Foye’s personal correspondence.

Finances is the second subseries in the Administrative Files. Information regarding incorporation, foreign rights, imports, inventory, royalties, and taxes is available, but business functions are not comprehensively documented. The Printed material subseries provides information about Hanuman Books publicity. Broadsides, catalogs, flyers, mailing list addresses, and press releases illustrate Hanuman Books’ efforts to advertise books and the press. Positive and negative reviews gauge the success of Foye, Clemente, and the authors. The final subseries in the Administrative Files, Topical, consists of files of routine or miscellaneous items. “Faxes, 1990-1991,” for example, is a collection of Hanuman Books faxes arranged chronologically. “Hanuman Books, miscellaneous,” on the other hand, consists of Foye’s unmatched notes and printed material.