Collections

Sister of Michigan public figure Frank Murphy. Correspondence and other papers relating in part to her activities in the Philippines.

The collection is divided into two series: Correspondence and Other Papers. The collection is strongest for its documentation of Murphy's service in the Philippines during the mid-1930s. Most of the letters are with her parents and her three brothers.

Student at the University of Michigan, later Ann Arbor, Michigan local historian. Listings of death and marriage notices from selective counties taken from Michigan newspapers at the Bentley Historical Library; also other papers, scrapbook 1910-1913, of activities while a student at the University of Michigan; and photographs.

The collection is comprised of two series: Personal and Genealogical and other Research Materials.

The photographic materials deal mainly with the youth of Mrs. Lambert and her brother Frederick G. Novy, Jr. in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Included are two albums relating to Mrs. Lambert's childhood and youth at Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan, and at camp in New Hampshire. There is also a scrapbook of clippings and other memorabilia from the period when she was a student at the University of Michigan, 1910-1913.

The genealogical material consist of fourteen volumes, arranged alphabetically, and containing death and marriage notices from Michigan newspapers up to approximately 1865.

Member of the Ann Arbor Human Relations Commission; minutes and other materials relating to race relations in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The collection contains minutes, correspondence, clippings, and printed material dealing largely with her work with the Ann Arbor Human Relations Commission and the problem of race relations in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Commission was particularly involved in issues of discrimination in housing and employment.

Papers of Marian L. Faupel, Michigan attorney who represented Daniel Schmidt during the 1993 case In the Matter of Baby Girl Clausen, Roberta and Jan DeBoer vs. Daniel Schmidt custody case, also known as the "Baby Jessica case." Collection includes court records, correspondence, and examples of media coverage.

The Marian L. Faupel papers collection consists of a single series: Litigation, In the Matter of Baby Girl Claussen, Robert and Jan DeBoer vs. Daniel Schmidt.

Court records constitute the bulk of the collection, approximately 4.75 linear feet, and include records of Iowa courts (1 folder), Circuit Court for the Washtenaw County, Michigan (0.75 linear feet), Michigan Court of Appeals (2 linear feet), the Supreme Court of Michigan (1 linear foot), and the United States Supreme Court (1 linear foot). Court records include briefs, appeals, responses of the parties, court orders and opinions, and other official court documents, as well as research files that include background information about Jan and Roberta DeBoers and the adoption history.

Case files (0.75 linear feet) include correspondence, background information, legal documents, material regarding Michigan legislation, and other collected material related to the case. Of special interest are attorney's notes

Correspondence (0.75 linear feet) mostly includes letters received by Faupel's office from her and the Schmidts' supporters and opponents. Two folders contain letters addressed directly to Dan and Cara Schmidt. Two folders contain letters addressed to Marian Faupel and labeled "Pro-DeBoer" and "Pro-Schmidt." General correspondence includes discussion about this and similar cases. Also included here two e-mails sent by Faupel to the Bentley Historical Library, discussing the case.

Collection also contains material related to discussion of case in media, but also to Faupel's career (0.75 linear feet): newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles, Faupel's correspondence with TV and radio stations regarding interviews and media coverage, with publishers, as well as Faupel's interview notes.

Researchers will also find Faupel's curriculum vitae and her 1994 article about the case published in The Wayne Law Review, and several other of Faupel's writings about the case.

Teacher, feminist, president of the Michigan Conference of the National Organization for Women and other women's rights and feminist organizations. Biographical materials, files detailing N.O.W. activities and her involvement in the People's Campaign for Choice, a group established in 1987-1988 to block passage of a bill banning Medicaid payments for abortion.

The papers of Marian McCracken document McCracken's participation in the feminist movement in Michigan from 1968 to 1996, with particular attention to her involvement with the National Organization for Women, 1985-1992. The collection is organized into a single topical series, arranged alphabetically. Files relating to NOW comprise the majority of the collection. The State Coordinating Council file of the Michigan section of these files provides succinct information about Michigan NOW's organizational structure. The Issues file documents NOW's response to the 1987 nomination of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, the 1987 papal visit to Detroit, and NOW's 1988 clashes with Domino's Pizza.

Other important files include the Biographical folder, which contain articles summarizing McCracken's achievements; Michigan feminist organizations and issues, which provides insights into Michigan's feminist movement apart from NOW; and records relating to People's Campaign for Choice, a group organized in 1987-1988 to block passage of a bill banning Medicaid payments for abortion. The collection as a whole documents not only the life of an important Michigan feminist but also the life of the Michigan feminist movement.

Otto's Band was a popular Ann Arbor, Mich. band composed primarily of German-born or American-born musicians with German ancestry. The Otto band is known as the first band to play the University of Michigan's fight song, "The Victors". Consists of photographs (copy prints) of the band.

The collection consists of photographs (copy prints) of an Ann Arbor, Michigan, band that was composed mostly of German Americans.

Detroit, Michigan civic leader, member and officer of the National Housewives' League of America, chairwoman of the Housewives' League of Detroit. Materials relating to Dessaw's participation and leadership of the National Housewives League.

Correspondence, reports, minutes, and other materials relating to her participation and leadership of the National Housewives League.

Instructor and professor of physical education, 1930-1977, and first director of women's athletics, 1972-1976, at the University of Michigan. Papers document the history of physical education and recreational sports for women and the development of women's varsity athletics at the university as well as Hartwig's involvement in various professional associations and her work with recreation programs at Interlochen Music Camp.

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.

Stenographer in Detroit, Mich. Diaries describing social life and friendships.

Diaries describing in detail her social life and friendships. (Diary for 1920 is in shorthand.)

Flint detachment of the Marine Corps League offering assistance to current and former Marines. The collection includes membership records, dues information, and meeting minutes from the 1940s to 1950s.

The Marine Corps League (U.S.). : Flint Detachment No. 155 records include membership records, a run of meeting minutes from 1941-1945, dues information, and showing dates and places of service.