Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

The Correspondence series (5.2 linear feet) contains correspondence written to Jacob Price, covering a variety of topics and from a variety of people. The original alphabetical filing order has been kept. Of particular note is the correspondence that Price wrote to his family while he was serving in the Air Force during World War II, letters from universities offering him positions, queries sent to Price regarding his research, and correspondence with various academic publishers.

Correspondence covers a fifty-year span from 1939 to 1989, a period during which Kish was usually at the University of Michigan. The files are arranged as Kish had them, first by groups of years, then, within each group, alphabetically. For example, the folders for 1961 to 1966 are comprised of an alphabetical run of correspondence for those six years. Throughout the correspondence there are letters in the many languages in which Kish communicated. These include (in order of frequency): English, Italian, French, German, Swedish, Hungarian, Spanish, and Russian. This section is mostly general correspondence from both individuals and organizations.

The largest series is Correspondence which dates from 1913 to 1970. The early correspondence (1913-1949) is arranged chronologically. The later correspondence (1949-1970) is arranged into five alphabetical subseries. Bates corresponded widely with fellow scientists and his exchanges with them are a rich source of information about research, scientific publication, and professional life.

The Correspondence series (1893-1947) is divided into three subseries: General, Personal, and Miscellaneous. General Correspondence concerns a variety of topics, mainly medical, including discussions of writings, studies, lectures, and clarifications of laboratory procedures. Personal Correspondence contains correspondence reflecting personal and family concerns. Of particular interest are two letters written by Warthin to "Dear Friend" from Vienna in the summers of 1893 and 1894 in which he shares his reactions to life in Vienna and the medical processes of the time. Also included is a folder of correspondence from Sir William Osler, who in many ways was Warthin's mentor. Miscellaneous Correspondence contains correspondence received by Warthin and Dr. Carl Vernon Weller. Weller served on the staff with Warthin and succeeded him as chairman of the Department of Pathology. Some of the correspondence addressed to Weller is written after Warthin's death which accounts for the collection's later dates.

The Correspondence series (0.7 linear feet) is arranged chronologically and spans the years 2004 to 2012. The early correspondence documents initial conversation between Dow Chemical Company, government officials, and other local environmental organizations discussing the chemicals founding within the Saginaw and Tittabawassee River as well as early efforts to clean the river. Later correspondence, from 2007 and beyond, covers the requests made by the city of Midland and members of the Lone Tree Council for reports and statistics of the actions taken by Dow Chemical Company. Some of the correspondence comes directly from Michelle Hurd Riddick, an active member of the Lone Tree Council during the mid to late 2000s.

Some of the correspondents in this series include Henry H. Crane, Homer Ferguson, John H. Holmes, Patrick V. McNamara, George Meader, Abraham Muste, Scott Nearing, Wallace F. Nelson, Charles E. Potter, Bayard Rustin, John N. Sayre, Rebecca Shelley, Morton J. Sobel, Adlai E. Stevenson, John M. Swomley, Arthur H. Vandenberg, and Albert G. Watson.

The Correspondence series includes letters written by Schoening to James Oliver Curwood (seeking literary advice of the author and screenwriter from Owosso, Mich.) and G. Cameron-Émslie (a request for the recipient, an editor at Physical Culture Publishing Corporation, to consider the manuscript of Red Biz). Also included is a letter from one S.G. Randall, a manager at a saw mill in Westwood, California (and personal acquaintance of Schoening and his wife), detailing his experience implementing Schoening's saw hammering methodology.