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The Correspondence series (Boxes 2-4) includes correspondence relating to all the topics documented in the collection. It is arranged in a chronological sequence, except that correspondence with Jens Jensen is separated in 2 folders (Box 2). Most attachments referred to in correspondence have been separated and are found in the Topical file. Because correspondence is separate from the Topical file, researchers must search both series to find all the collection's material on a topic. Generally the amount of correspondence relating to a topic is roughly proportional to the amount of non-correspondence material found in the Topical file.

The Topical file series (Boxes 4-9) includes reports, clippings, minutes, and other non-correspondence material, and is arranged by subject. Materials relating to the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Recreation & Natural Beauty, Michigan Parks Association, Michigan state parks, and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore form the largest bulk of the Topical file. A few outsize maps and architectural drawings have been separated and are found in the basement map cases.