Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

Historical Information (1 folder; 1942-1951) consists of two publications of the Delta Omega Society. The first, written in 1942, is a publication of the national organization which provides background information about the development of the society. The second publication was done by the Delta Chapter in 1957 to describe its function and history.

The Historical Materials are comprised of several histories of the Amaranth Club written by members at different points of the history of the club.

The Historical Materials series is comprised of materials relating to all four organizations encompassed by the Michigan Synodical Society, and covers the years 1873-1962. Each committee has been assigned a folder. The fifth folder in this series contains constitutions and bylaws of both mission committees, the Michigan Synodical Society, and almost every presbyterial, 1882-1969. Of particular interest is a list of the names and places of origin in Michigan of the Presbyterian missionaries sent all over the world, a booklet printed by the Detroit Mission arm of the Woman's Board of Home Missions (c.1919), a booklet printed for the Silver Jubilee of the Foreign Missionary Society (1898), and an historical summary of the Board of Home Missions as delivered at its Golden Jubilee in 1929. It should be noted that although there is reference in these folders to minutes of both committees, the minutes recorded prior to 1942 are not included. In the one hundred years covering the history of the Michigan Synodical Society, a handful of women stand out in leadership and dedicated service. Particular mention should be made of Mrs. Agnes Moffit Mitchell [1856-1933] who served as president of Home Missions, 1908-1919, and then went on to lead the new Synodical Society, 1919-1931.

Historical/Reference File contains both primary and secondary documentation pertaining to the history and development of the Department of Postgraduate Medicine. The reference file was assembled and "catalogued" by Joan Mason Karr in 1977 while researching her dissertation ("The Department of Postgraduate Medicine: A History and Interpretation of its Development," 1979) and has been retained in the order in which it was compiled. A list of catalogued files accompanies the material. Original documentation includes correspondence from the Kellogg Foundation (1946-1951) relating to the development of the decentralized graduate medical education program, and records of the dedication of the Towsley Center for Continuing Medical Education. Also of note is a thirty-six page unpublished history of the department written by Mabel Kelly, c. 1967. Kelly was the department's secretary from 1929 to 1967.