Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

The Background Files (.5 linear feet) contain historical and biographical material. The "History" and "Historical Marker" folders contain a variety of essays concerning the history and the historical significance of the College of Pharmacy. Included is a report prepared in 1971 which describes many of the activities of Dean Rowe's tenure. Other files contain biographies, resumes, and lectures relating to the careers of deans and faculty members.

The Background Information series (3 folders) is made up of two subseries, Articles and publications and Founders' biographies. The Articles and publications subseries is comprised of a file containing clippings and press releases on LTC activities and a folder entitled "Conservation Easements in Northern Michigan: An Information Packet for Landowners." This subseries also contains the LTC quarterly newsletter Update, which contains useful articles on LTC projects, education initiatives, and short biographies of its leaders and prominent members. The Founders' biographies subseries consists of biographical sketches written by John Rohe, an LTC member who is currently working on a biographical book on John Tanton, and Sally Bund, LTC member and archivist at the University of Michigan's Bentley Historical Library.

The Background series provides historical information about the church and also includes information on the memorials found in the church.

Background Information consists of an inventory and Cassidy's background notes on the collection. The inventory describes the collection at the box level and also provides descriptive information for each roll of film. The background notes give an overview of the collection, identify The Michigan Daily stories with which the photographs are associated, describe Cassidy's organizational schema, and explain his approach to scanning and selecting the images. The inventory also matches contact sheets (if extant) and DVDs to the film rolls.

The first series, Background Information, contains several commemorative booklets from PAL's 25th, 30th, 40th and 50th Anniversaries. There is also a brief history in Polish, and a copy of PAL's Constitution.

The record group begins with a small series of Background Information (1986-1992) that includes organizational materials, brochures, and general information on the Freedom Council and the Michigan Committee for freedom. Of particular note is the oral history interview made with James Muffett describing the delegate selection process leading to the 1987 Michigan Republican presidential candidate nomination for Pat Robertson.