Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

The Biographical and Professional Series (0.5 linear feet, 1942-1990), although limited in quantity, is the portion of the collection that offers the widest overview of Muschenheim's life and work. Researchers will find fairly detailed material useful for becoming familiar with accomplishments at various stages of his career. Particularly valuable are the files regarding nomination for Fellowship, American Institute of Architects. Nomination materials include comprehensive biographical statistics (to 1961); descriptions of achievements in design work, exhibitions and jury participation; detailed data regarding publications; and achievements related to initiatives in education. Also important is a file with material about Peter Behrens and his school in Vienna, Austria, where Muschenheim was immersed in modern theory from 1925 to 1929. Additionally, the series includes a folder with various "lists of work," created at different times for different purposes and a transcription of an interview conducted by the Oral History Research Office of Columbia University in 1987 (a copy of the finding aid, "The William Muschenheim Architectural Drawings and Papers, 1902-1990," Avery Library, Columbia University, is also included in the series). A folder containing obituaries is an excellent source for studying how Muschenheim's career was assessed at the time of his death in 1990.

The Biographical/autobiographical material series consists of autobiographical reminiscences written by Spencer in 1959 and 1973, also accumulated clippings, personnel documents, two transcribed interviews, and other items containing biographical information.

Biographical/background information (2 folders) is an artificially created series of information regarding JS's professional activities. Included is correspondence regarding his appointment to the University of Michigan in 1921, a vita, and a memorial booklet published after his death.

The collection begins with a small series of Biographical/Background Information that including some of the newsletters put out by Griffiths while a member of Congress.

The collection begins with a small series of Biographical/Family Material about the life and career of Prentiss M. Brown. These folders of course should be supplemented with detailed information about Brown to be found in the Scrapbook and Clippings series. The series also includes a small folder of earlier family correspondence.

The Biographical/family series is small and consists mainly of a biographical sketch of Waterman written by his daughter, miscellaneous family and genealogical information, and photographs.

The Biographical/Family Material contains information about Robert's long and varied affiliation with the University of Michigan. Also included are papers belonging to his parents and a 1897 diary belonging to his father.

The Biographical/Family Materials series includes Todd's reminiscences largely concerning the period 1942-1948 and his involvement in the Home Front. There are also several versions of a letter to his son written on the eve of Ford's inauguration, as well as a synopsis of his experience in Republican politics addressed to his grandson. This series includes one photograph from a dinner in honor of Bill VerMeulen in which several Home Front members, including Todd, are identified. Finally, there are two privately-published family histories, one written by Todd about his mother's family and one written by a cousin, Charles Todd, about his boyhood in Chautauqua County, New York.