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The volume of field notes consists primarily of geological notes of areas surveyed during Houghton's field work, and include many maps, geological sections, and sketches of landforms. This is the final office copy of the notes, not the original field notes, which are available in part at the Clarke Historical Library (and on microfilm at this library, see below under Related Collections).

Fiftieth Anniversary Videos, consists of videos of events held to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Senator Kennedy's speech at the Michigan Union. These videos were downloaded from YouTube.

The Ford Rouge River Plant, Dearborn, Mich. series (33 Betacam tapes and MG; includes 46.3 GB online) includes oral history interviews related to unions at the Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Mich., taken during production of the 1994 WDIV-TV Detroit documentary The Freedom Train. Also found here are The Freedom Train and The Rouge documentaries.

The first series of the Regents' records contains Fundamental Documents By or About the University Governing Body, including information regarding the predecessors of the Board of Regents. Included are acts of the Michigan territorial and state legislatures which created or modified the university, as well as relevant decisions of the state Supreme Court. Documents from predecessor bodies include the minutes of the Trustees of the University of Michigan (1821-1837) and the Detroit Classical Academy (1818-1829). Selected Regents' material found in this series include the minutes of the Regents' Executive Committee (1845-1857) and manuscript minutes of Regents' meetings (1837-1870), and online content consisting of bylaws, traffic ordinances, and trademark policies.

Genealogical Papers and Miscellaneous Family Records is primarily composed of genealogical records (including records dating to the first U.S. Census), biographical sketches, obituaries, personal papers, and financial records (including property records and records pertaining to family businesses). The first subseries (Early Genealogical Records) is predominantly comprised of the records of family members who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries and includes material about their settlement in the Michigan Territory. The four subsequent subseries pertain to various family branches (Parker, Smith, Parker-Hicks, and Winegar). The Parker Family subseries contains genealogical and financial records and correspondence for members of the Parker family, including Danford Parker, a Civil War veteran. The Smith Family subseries contains genealogical, biographical, and financial records of Smith family members, including the teaching materials of Mandana Hill Smith, a strong supporter of women's suffrage and the first woman to register to vote in Howell Township. It also includes records for Nathan Smith, a prominent florist and the oldest continuous resident of the state of Michigan at the time of his death. The Parker-Hicks subseries contains the genealogical and biographical records of Lois V. Parker Hicks, a 1918 graduate of the University of Michigan, and her husband W. J. Bryan Hicks, a World War I veteran. The final subseries (Winegar Family) contains genealogical and biographical records, records of family businesses (including the Winegar Furniture Co.), and family correspondence. An additional subseries contains digital scans of family photographs of members of the Hicks, Parker, and Smith families.