Marie Steiger Sprague diaries, 1919-1923
0.4 linear feet
Diaries describing in detail her social life and friendships. (Diary for 1920 is in shorthand.)
0.4 linear feet
Diaries describing in detail her social life and friendships. (Diary for 1920 is in shorthand.)
1 linear foot
The Marine Corps League (U.S.). : Flint Detachment No. 155 records include membership records, a run of meeting minutes from 1941-1945, dues information, and showing dates and places of service.
1 volume
Scrapbook documents the history of the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering as well as local and national projects specific to the Marine Hydrodynamics Lab through press releases and newspaper clippings between 1958 and 1967.
2 linear feet
The Siney collection consists of class notes, examinations, research papers, reading notes, and lecture notes from history and political sciences courses taken at the University of Michigan, 1931 to 1941.
22.3 linear feet — 1 oversize folder
The collection, although defined as personal papers of Marion Burton, is in fact the correspondence files of the office of president of the University of Michigan (1920-1925). Complementing these files are scattered personal items from the period prior to Burton's coming to Michigan. The collection has been arranged into the following series: Correspondence Files (President's Office); Miscellaneous President's Office Files; Personal Materials; Speeches and Articles; Scrapbooks/Newspaper clippings; University of Minnesota Topical Files; and Photographs.
4 linear feet
The Marion T. Marzolf papers document not only her career in the journalism and communication at the University of Michigan, but also the curricular changes that occurred during her career. The collection has been divided into three series: Personal/Research, Teaching, and Departmental.
0.2 linear feet — 1.6 GB (online)
The Marjorie and Horace Bradfield papers consists of autobiographical material and photographs.
In her autobiography, Marjorie Bradfield describes her first library jobs, and the events that led her to the Detroit Public Library. It highlights Bradfield's professional accomplishments, as well as challenges she faced as an African American woman in the library field. The autobiography includes an appendix with citations of essays and articles written by Bradfield.
Also contained within the collection are recordings of a 1978 interview with Horace Bradfield, facilitated by his daughter, Trudy Bradfield Taliaferro. The first part of the interview, Bradfield discusses his time as a student at the University of Michigan between 1931 and 1935. Throughout the interview, Bradfield describes his experience as an African American student at the University of Michigan during the 1930s. The second part of the interview covers his struggles finding a job as an African American physician in Detroit following his graduation in 1935.
The collection includes a small number of photographs in the collection, primarily portraits of the Bradfields, and a photograph from their wedding day in 1938. One of these photographs is available online as a digital file.