The papers of Marie Hartwig consist of 6 linear feet of material and one oversize volume concerning the career, activities, and thought of Marie ("Pete") Hartwig. The papers document Hartwig's wide range of activities as educator, coach and women's athletics administrator at the University of Michigan and her work with the recreation program at the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan.
The papers contain material relating to the history of women's physical education, recreation and athletics at the University of Michigan from the 1930s to 1980s; the history of recreational activities and the Camper Education Program at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan from the 1940s to 1980s; and the evolution of Hartwig's ideas about instruction in sports, the training of counselors and management of recreational camps, and recreational programs for children and adults.
Marie Dorothy Hartwig was born on August 1, 1906 in East Orange, New Jersey. She attended Detroit Northwestern High School and did undergraduate work at the University of Michigan, where she received an A.B. degree in Fine Arts in 1929. Thereafter, she worked at the newly opened Michigan League, advancing from desk clerk in 1929 to secretary to manager in 1930. She became an instructor in the Department of Physical Education for Women (DPEW) in 1930. She remained a student at the University of Michigan and completed her B.S.Ed. degree in physical education in 1932 and her M.A. degree in the same subject in 1938. She was promoted to associate supervisor at the DPEW in 1942, to supervisor in 1951, to associate professor in 1968, and to professor in 1969. When the DPEW joined the Department of Physical Education for Men to form the Department of Physical Education in 1970, Hartwig was made a professor, and remained in this capacity until her retirement in 1976. She has been professor emerita since 1977.
Marie Hartwig was also very active in summer programs of the University of Michigan. She was an instructor in DPEW summer sessions from 1931 to 1938 and from 1940 to 1943. She also worked with the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan, serving on the Counselor Education staff from 1944 until 1948 and as the director of the Counselor Education Program from 1949 until 1982.
Hartwig was active in a wide variety of organizations pertaining directly or indirectly to her professional work in physical education. These included the Ann Arbor Club of Michigan Alumnae (1939-1984), the Michigan Education Association (1939-1957), the National Education Association (1939-1957), the Michigan Camping Association (1949-1968), the American Camping Association (1949-1968), the Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club (1941-1957), and the Michigan Women's Athletic Association. She held offices in many of these as well as other organizations. For example, she was a member of the Ann Arbor Community Center Board (1979-1982), of the Board of Directors of the United Fund (1959-1962), and of the Board of Directors of the Michigan League (1980-1987).
Marie Hartwig also gave speeches and other presentations to a wide range of groups. She published articles, manuals, and books, and served as the editor of the periodical Sportslight from 1939 to 1949. A list of her degrees, appointments, organization memberships, presentations, and publications has been placed in the Biography folder in box 1.
