Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

The Background and Planning series (1968-1988) includes materials documenting the background and history of Earthworks, including clippings on the school, a history of the school written by Allan Schreiber, and various files relating to Pioneer High School unrest in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Planning documents consist of early founding material, including various proposals for alternative high schools and later Earthworks' planning documents.

The Background Files (.5 linear feet) contain historical and biographical material. The "History" and "Historical Marker" folders contain a variety of essays concerning the history and the historical significance of the College of Pharmacy. Included is a report prepared in 1971 which describes many of the activities of Dean Rowe's tenure. Other files contain biographies, resumes, and lectures relating to the careers of deans and faculty members.

Background Files (1968-1990; 2.5 linear ft.) consist of information maintained to give UPI employees quick references to certain subjects, events, and individuals. The files consist primarily of AP wire reports and press releases issued by individuals and companies.

The Background Information series (3 folders) is made up of two subseries, Articles and publications and Founders' biographies. The Articles and publications subseries is comprised of a file containing clippings and press releases on LTC activities and a folder entitled "Conservation Easements in Northern Michigan: An Information Packet for Landowners." This subseries also contains the LTC quarterly newsletter Update, which contains useful articles on LTC projects, education initiatives, and short biographies of its leaders and prominent members. The Founders' biographies subseries consists of biographical sketches written by John Rohe, an LTC member who is currently working on a biographical book on John Tanton, and Sally Bund, LTC member and archivist at the University of Michigan's Bentley Historical Library.

The Background series provides historical information about the church and also includes information on the memorials found in the church.

Background Information consists of an inventory and Cassidy's background notes on the collection. The inventory describes the collection at the box level and also provides descriptive information for each roll of film. The background notes give an overview of the collection, identify The Michigan Daily stories with which the photographs are associated, describe Cassidy's organizational schema, and explain his approach to scanning and selecting the images. The inventory also matches contact sheets (if extant) and DVDs to the film rolls.

The first series, Background Information, contains several commemorative booklets from PAL's 25th, 30th, 40th and 50th Anniversaries. There is also a brief history in Polish, and a copy of PAL's Constitution.