L I B RAR.Y OF THE U N IVER.SITY OF 1LLI NOIS oi6.9q74- cop. 2 £ ILLINOIS HISTORY SURVEY LIBRARY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://www.archive.org/details/guidetomanuscripOOmich GUIDE TO MANUSCRIPTS in the MICHIGAN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS of THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN By Robert M. Warner and Ida C. Brown Ann Arbor 1963 Composition and Lithoprinted by BRAUN -BRUM FIELD, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan Oil.. Ill* H INTRODUCTION The Michigan Historical Collections are a special library of The University of Michigan, con- taining the archives of the University and papers of individuals and organizations throughout Michi- gan. In the beginning there were two different projects. One, begun by Professor Lewis G. Vander Velde in 1934, was a program of collecting manuscript and printed materials relating to Michigan history, primarily for the use of graduate students in his seminar. The other program concerned the collecting and preservation of records of the University. To accomplish this purpose, President Alexander G. Ruthven appointed The Committee on University Archives, of which Professor Vander Velde was the secretary. Firmly convinced that a comprehen- sive collection of manuscripts dealing with the history of the University and the State would be use- ful for students and scholars, he began a vigorous campaign of letter writing and personal visits. Housed for a time in a room in the Clements Library, in 1938, needing more space, the papers were moved into the newly opened Rackham Building. In the same year the Regents established the Michigan Historical Collections and appointed Professor Vander Velde the Director. He served in that capacity until his retirement in 1960, when he was succeeded by Dr. F. Clever Bald, who had been Assistant Director since 1947. At present the Collections occupy six rooms in the Rackham Building and a building on the Willow Run Airport, which belongs to the University. Following the policy established by Professor Vander Velde to ask for manuscripts and printed matter as gifts, practically everything has been acquired in that way. Members of the faculties, alumni, and other friends of the University have been very generous in donating their own papers and those of their families and in making contacts with other persons. The holdings of the Collections and the use of them by researchers have increased immensely. At present the number of bound manuscripts is 12,350, of unbound manuscripts 3,255,000, of bound newspapers 535, of maps 1,561, of books and pamphlets 23,120, and of pictures 18,410. During the fiscal year 1962-63 the number of visitors to the Collections was 1,694, and scholars from thirty- nine colleges and universities used manuscript and printed materials in the reading room. These materials deal with nearly all phases of Michigan history and with many areas of na- tional and international affairs as well. For example, the Index contains under the heading Philip- pine Islands twenty- five entries. The reason is, of course, that a number of faculty men and alumni have been in the Islands, and their papers were given to the Collections. To name only a few: Pro- fessor Dean C. Worcester was Secretary of the Interior from 1901 to 1913; Professor Harley H. Bartlett and Professor Carl E. Guthe headed scientific expeditions there; George A. Malcolm was a Justice of the Supreme Court, 1917 to 1936; Frank Murphy was Governor General, 1933 to 1936; and Professor Joseph R. Hayden was Vice- Governor General. In 1941, the Guide to Manuscript Collections in Michigan, Volume I, Michigan Historical Col- lections, University of Michigan, prepared by the staff of the Manuscripts Division of the Michigan Historical Records Survey, was published. The number of entries was 427. Although it was soon inadequate because of the large number of accessions each year, it was useful to persons off the campus. For persons who visit the reading room, the manuscript catalog is a useful research tool. There are also other aids, such as a chronological index to diaries set up in five-year periods, with a descriptive page for each, and a special name and subject index to Civil War diaries and letters. Nevertheless, for the convenience of persons off campus a comprehensive guide is essential. Con- sequently, in 1954 we began the compilation. It has been a project in which all members of the staff participated, but the principal burden was assumed by Dr. Robert M. Warner, Assistant Direc- tor, and Miss Ida C. Brown, Curator. They have done an excellent job, taking whatever spare time they could find from their regular duties. The cut-off date was May, 1963. From time to time sup- plements to the guide will be published. iii IV This guide contains 2,950 entries under eight headings: (1) Personal Papers, (2) Church Rec- ords (most of these records are in the Collections on indefinite loan, but they are available for re- search), (3) Business Records, (4) County Records, (5) City and Town Records, (6) Organizations (Colleges, schools, clubs, civic and social groups, and military organizations), (7) The University of Michigan and (8) Addendum (Items acquired too late to fit into the alphabetical arrangement of the categories in which they belonged). The Table of Contents contains the list of categories with the inclusive numbers of each. The Index, in which the numbers refer to the entries, is a ready reference to names and subjects. We gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of the Office of Research Administration of the University which made possible the publication of this volume. F. Clever Bald PUBLICATIONS OF THE MICHIGAN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Earl D. Babst and Lewis G. Vander Velde, editors, Michigan and the Cleveland Era: Sketches of University of Michigan Staff Members and Alumni Who Served the Cleveland Administrations — 1885-89, 1893-97. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1948. Pp. xi + 372. Bulletin No. 1. Lewis G. Vander Velde, Glimpses of the Early Dutch Settlements in Michigan. November 1947. Pp. 11. Bulletin No. 2. F. Clever Bald, Gabriel Richard, Didactor of Ennoeica. June 1948. Pp. 8. Bulletin No. 3. F. Clever Bald, The Michigan Historical Collections of The Uni- versity of Michigan. December 1948. Pp. 15. Revised August 1951 and June 1956. Bulletin No. 4. Vernon L. Beal, Promise and Performance: The Political Record of a Michigan Governor— Chase S. Osborn. September 1950. Pp. 19. Reprinted Janu- ary 1960. Bulletin No. 5. Carl E. Burklund, President as Poet: A Note on the Life of Henry Philip Tappan, D.D. December 1952. Pp. 14. Bulletin No. 6. F. Clever Bald, editor, The Staebler Papers. December 1953. Pp. 21. Bulletin No. 6 Supplement. Wirt M. Covert, Last Days of the Toledo Steamer. June 1954. Pp. [3] . Bulletin No. 7. Martha M. Bigelow, Michigan— Pioneer in Education. June 1955. Pp. 20. Bulletin No. 8. Ruth Bordin, Andrew Dickson White, Teacher of History. August 1958. Pp. 19. Bulletin No. 9. Ida C. Brown, Michigan Men in the Civil War. January 1959. Pp. 32. Supplement. October 1960. Pp. 26. Bulletin No. 10. Robert M. Warner, Chase Salmon Osborn, 1860-1949. January 1960. Pp. 31. Bulletin No. 11. Ruth Bordin, Michigan Historical Collections: The Vamler Velde Years. June 1961. Pp. 16. Bulletin No. 12. Russell F. Bidlack, John Allen and the Founding of Ann Arbor. December 1962. Pp. 34. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PERSONAL PAPERS 1 - 2148 CHURCH RECORDS 2149 - 2376 BUSINESS RECORDS 2377 - 2523 COUNTY RECORDS 2524 - 2584 CITY AND TOWN RECORDS 2585 - 2626 RECORDS OF ORGANIZATIONS 2627 - 2833 - RECORDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN . 2834 2877 ADDENDUM 2878 - 2950 INDEX vn PERSONAL PAPERS 1. ABBOT, WALDO (1888- ). Gift of The Marquette County Historical CORRESPONDENCE, 1940-44. 296 items. Society, 1954. Director, The University of Michigan Broadcasting Service, Professor of Speech. 8. ADAMS, CHARLES KENDALL (1835-1902). Letters to Professor Abbot from service men REPORTS, 1875-77. 2 items. and women who were his former students, tell- Professor of History, The University of ing of their activities in World War II. Michigan; President of Cornell University and of Gift of Waldo Abbot, 1945. the University of Wisconsin. The two reports are on the faculty activities of Adams while he 2. ABBOTT, AMOS WHITNEY (1835-62). was at The University of Michigan. LETTERS, 1857-62. 9 items. Letters to relatives discussing studies at 9. ADAMS, HAMLET B. The University of Michigan in 1857-59, and LETTERS, 1871. 3 items. service in the Ninth Michigan Infantry in the The letters from Adams to his wife de- Civil War. See Bulletin No. 9 for details. scribe the Chicago fire of 1871. Gift of Mrs. George R. Allen, 1953-54. Gift of Mrs. Andrew L. Ness. 3. ABBOTT, CALVIN. 10. ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1851-1921). LETTER, 1873. 1 item. PAPERS, ca. 1860-1930. 20 feet. Letter from Abbott to James Fisher, writ- Professor of Economics, The University of ten from Hillsdale College. Michigan; economist and statistician for the In- Gift of Robert D. Aldrich, 1956. terstate Commerce Commission. Correspond- ence concerned with personal and family affairs 4. ABBOTT, N. C. and his academic and professional interests; cor- ADDRESS, 1938. 14 pages. respondence, reports, and other papers (1906-11) Address delivered by Abbott before the on his work with the Interstate Commerce Com- Nebraska Historical Society entitled, "Morton: mission; reports, pamphlets, files of foreign His Collegiate Days and Degrees," which dis- publications dealing with railroad legislation and cusses this phase of the life of J. Sterling finance. Morton. Gift of Henry Carter Adams, Jr., 1963. Gift of Karl F. Zeisler, 1944. 11. ADAMS, PETER J. 5. ABEL, JOHN JACOB (1857-1938). LETTER, 1851. 1 item.