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Committee established to celebrate 100th anniversary of University of Michigan football; files relating to U-M football and to the work of the committee.

The records of the Michigan Football Centennial Committee measure 0.8 linear feet and document the life of the organization from August 7, 1978 to April 9, 1981. The record group has been arranged into two principle series of materials: papers concerning the history of UM football, and records of the Michigan Football Centennial Committee.

Paul Bigby was an alumnus of the University of Michigan, active in the University's Alumni Association and the University of Michigan Detroit Club. Grace Bigby, his wife, was an Ann Arbor businesswoman. Collection includes Paul Bigby's alumni activity files and Grace Bigby's memoirs and correspondence with friends in China.

The collection consists almost entirely of Paul Bigby's topical files, correspondence, and programs relating to his University of Michigan alumni activities, especially the Football Bust and U-M Night. Grace Bigby's matreials include her 1998 memoir, as well as her decades-long correspondence with her Chinese friends.