Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

The Casa de Unidad series contains materials for grants that Cardona was involved in, correspondence and basic materials related to the organization such as bylaws and financial information.

The Case and Subject Index series contains Docket Sheets, arranged by civil and criminal dockets. The Sheets have been kept in numerical order (with gaps). They are not necessarily in chronological order. The Alphabetical Index Cards for the District Court provide an entry into the Docket Sheets by the name of the party first listed in the case, normally the plaintiff. Docket Sheets include a docket number assigned to the case, the names of the parties involved and their attorneys, the nature of the case and brief remarks about actions taken by the court. The Docket Number Index Cards for the Court of Appeals includes the names of the parties involved, the judges, and the citations to published opinions. This series also includes a small amount of biographical material about Kent.

The Case files series (17 linear feet) dates from Tuttle's appointment to the Federal Bench in 1912 through his death in 1944 and consist of the files he kept in chambers about matters pending before him. These are not the court clerk's files, but are rather the judge's correspondence with attorneys, briefs, pleadings, opinions and other materials about the cases to which he required easy access. Some files contain transcripts of court hearings and have been so designated in the box listing. This series contains primarily civil cases, but there are also a few criminal cases. Files which substantially duplicated materials kept in the court clerk's files, or which related to routine matters such as uncomplicated bankruptcies were not retained, although all opinions written by Tuttle were retained and placed in the "Opinions and jury instructions" series. The files are arranged in chronological sequences according to the date the case was closed (not filed).