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Papers of Marcia Federbush (1934- ), author of the first study of sex discrimination in a public school and of the first Title IX complaint against a university (University of Michigan). Federbush was inducted into The Michigan Women's Hall of Fame for being at the forefront of the efforts for gender equality. The collection includes correspondence, pamphlets, articles, brochures, and laws regarding gender equality. A significant amount of the collection contains the draft for Federbush's unfinished book about discrimination in public education.

The collection contains mostly letters, articles, reports, and essays concerning equality among the sexes. Although most of the collection contains work by Federbush, there are many parts to the collection that were not written by her but may have served as inspiration for her own projects. Throughout the collection, if a folder is not specifically labeled "by Federbush" then there are mixtures of items written by different people contained in the folder. The collection is divided into three series: Equality in Education, Equality in Employment, and Equality in Athletics.

State organization founded in 1927 to promote physical education in schools and tring of Physical education teachers. Records consist of files and photographs relating to the administration and activities of the organization.

The MAHPERD records consist of files and photographs relating to the administration and activities of the organization as it sought to promote the expansion of physical education and recreational activities in schools and communities across Michigan. The records were received in several accessions beginning in 1982 (boxes 1-7); 1988-1889 (box 8) and 1992 (boxes 8-9). The physical arrangement of the records reflects the accessions. There is some overlap and continuation of content between the accessions. The records have been arranged in the following series: History; Associated Organizations; Awards; Committees; Conferences and Workshops; Conventions; Correspondence; Finances; Girls and Women's Athletics; Meetings (includes Board of Directors and Executive Board); Publicity; Organization; Petitions and Position Papers; Projects and Special Interests; Publications; Reports, Scrapbooks and Miscellanea; Photographs; Presidents Files; Yearly Files; and Executive Director Files.

Researchers concerned with school curricula might use these papers to examine the conflicts and congruencies between physical training and specifically academic disciplines. Furthermore, there is ample material on women's athletics. From its inception, MAHPER seems to have had more egalitarian relations between the sexes than is the case in many professional associations; of the MAHPER presidents holding office between 1926 and 1962, nearly half were women. MAHPER has long been opposed to the second-rate physical education given to girls and young women. In sum, the primary interest of this collection is its documentation of shifting attitudes towards physical education both on the part of the general public and among professionals.