Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

Correspondence measures one-and-a-third linear feet and comprises the bulk of the collection. This series begins with a letter of Frank E. Robson written in 1946 and containing biographical information about Longyear. Except for this, the correspondence covers the years 1846 to 1875 and consists primarily of letters from constituents, family members, and Republican political figures. Important correspondents include John Judson Bagley, Fernando C. Beaman, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Sullivan M. Cutcheon, Divie Bethune Duffield, Thomas W. Ferry, William Alanson Howard, Ephraim Longyear, John McKinney, Irs Mayhew, John Stoughton Newberry, Schuyler Seager Olds, and Solomon Withey.

The Correspondence series, 1946-1997 (1.2 linear feet), contains professional communication concerning Donabedian's work. It is the largest series in the collection, and reflects his long and distinguished career. The correspondence series contains many letters inviting him to lecture at international public health colloquiums, communications with others professionals in his field, and requests for reprints of his work in medical anthologies.

The Correspondence series is dated 1917-1919 and 1928-1955, and consists of original letters and typescripts of letters. This series is composed mainly of personal family letters; letters of Wilfrid Haughey written to his wife and children while serving as an army surgeon in France in World War I; and letters of his children to Haughey and his wife while they were attending the University of Michigan or serving in World War II. The letters are full of information about the activities of the family members.

The Correspondence series (0.4 linear feet) is comprised of two subseries: that relating to his tenure at the University of Michigan, and that relating to his work with the Sparks Quarterly.