A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning (University of Michigan) publications, 1876-2014 (majority within 1950-2012)
552 MB (online) — 11 oversize folders — 13.4 linear feet
552 MB (online) — 11 oversize folders — 13.4 linear feet
92 linear feet — 2 oversize boxes — 1 flat file drawer — 343 GB (online) — 1 archived website
The Abstract of Mortgages series (volumes numbered for storage vol. 24-42) contains abstracts of mortgages from 1825 through 1954. This series covers Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, the villages in the county, and the townships, with the exception of Salem and Superior Townships. These volumes seem to have been first compiled in the early 1880s. They were kept up-to-date with later mortgages until 1954.
42 volumes — 1 linear foot — 19 oversize folders
The Administrative Files series (1873-2000, 8.8 linear feet) is divided into six subseries: Correspondence, Committees, Facilities and Equipment, Finances, Personnel, Reports and Topical Files.
1 oversize folder — 14.5 linear feet
The Correspondence subseries (1889-1932, 1964-1991, 2 linear feet) contains Departmental Correspondence, 1889-1932; and Chairman's Correspondence, 1964-1991. The early departmental correspondence includes letters of John W. Langley, Robert A. Millikan, Harrison M. Randall, James M. Cork, Ernest Lawrence, Walter Stevens, John O. Reed, Henry Carhart, Karl Guthe, H. R. Crane, and others. Correspondence from 1917 and 1918 documents World War I submarine detection research done under Harrison M. Randall. The Chairman's Correspondence is dominated by the papers of Lawrence W. Jones, chairman from 1982 to 1987, and covers the daily affairs of the department. The Jones correspondence also includes material predating his tenure as chairman.
4 linear feet (in 6 boxes) — 1 oversize folder — 173 GB
The second series - Photographs, ca. 1890-1915 - comprises the bulk of the collection. This series consists of prints and negatives collected by Schimpke from various donors who were involved or whose relatives were involved in Peters' operations. Although there is some relationship between several photographs and negatives in this collection, the photographs are neither numbered nor otherwise identified and are difficult to match with their negatives. The photographs have been, therefore, organized according to subject matter. Most of these images are of logging and railroad scenes. The railroad scenes depict the transporting of logs by rail, locomotives, handcars, and various train scenes. Portraits of Peters, his wife Evelyn and his brother William and employee group portraits are included. Scenes of logging camps, mills, salt and lumber plants and towns are also included as well as a folder on boats, one of which was Peters' yacht. Within this series, there are also 260 negatives and two glass negatives. This part of the collection is arranged numerically, with a few unnumbered negatives in the back. There are gaps in the numbering sequences. Most of the negatives have information on their envelopes. This often includes the name of the donor, the date of the donation, the subject, photographic developing information, and remarks. The remarks can be detailed and, in some cases, identify many of the subjects. Since most of the photographs are not identified, information on the negative jackets can be quite useful.