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The Collections series is made up of material that was previously held at the Law Library in their collections but was then removed and donated to the Bentley Historical Library. This includes various documents, such as Law School publications, and notes on various lectures that were given at the university by James Campbell and James B. Angell. Significant material on the Michigan Law Review is contained here, including founding documents, article of associations, minutes, and a history file containing correspondence from several notable figures. Correspondents include Supreme Court justices Louis Brandeis, James Byrnes, and Harlan Stone as well as Attorney General Francis Biddle, Senator Arthur Vandenberg, and alumnus John D. Voelker.

Within this is a subseries of Collected Late 18th and 19th Century Documents. In 1984, the law library added these documents to their holdings at the Bentley, which it had received from various sources, mainly former faculty and alumni. Included are various legal instruments, certificates of indenture, commissions, and appointments. There is also a register of cases prepared by law student Dwight May, and a volume of a law periodical kept by Albert J. Chapman. Many of the documents are oversize.