Librarians and Archivists
Resources for Further Research
Individuals
Betty Sparks as a teenager in 1930.
Folder "Scrapbook--Biographical.
Box 5, Elizabeth S. Adams papers.
Adams, Elizabeth S.
- Elizabeth S. Adams papers, 1861-2001. (bulk 1930-1970s).
- 9.3 linear ft. and 1 oversize folder.
Curator of manuscripts of the Michigan Historical Collections of the University of Michigan, later long-time member of the Michigan Historical Commission.
Correspondence, speeches, a 1939 diary, and other materials relating to her activities on behalf of Michigan history as a member of the Michigan Historical Commission and as an employee of the Michigan Historical Collections; files relating to Michigan Democratic Party activities in the 1940s; also compiled and collected information relating to the Adams and Sparks families of Oakland County, Michigan, and to the career of her father-in-law Jayno. W. Adams; and portraits of family members.
Adams, Randolph Greenfield
- Randolph G. Adams papers, 1923-1950.
- .3 linear ft.
Director of William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.
Manuscripts of talks and articles, and correspondence concerning the collection and preservation of archival material, and concerning Dr. Alvin Chase and the publication of his recipe book. The correspondence is primarily with Lewis G. Vander Velde and other staff of the Michigan Historical Collections.
Bald, F. Clever
- Frederick Clever Bald papers, 1917-1919 and 1936-1970.
- 7 linear ft.
Professor of history and director of the Michigan Historical Collections at the University of Michigan.
Correspondence, speeches, lecture and research notes, and manuscripts of published and unpublished research writings, including "The University of Michigan in World War II"; questionnaires sent out to Michigan colleges and universities relating to their activities during the Second World War; letters, 1944-1946, from Chester A. Antiau discussing his work with the U. S. Army Information and Education Service during World War II including comments on conditions in Italy and Germany; diaries of trips in Michigan; correspondence, 1917-1919, covering his World War I service in the 111th Ambulance Company; and correspondence and other material concerning his activities with the Michigan Historical Collections, the Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, and the Algonquin Club of Detroit.
Bidlack, Russell E.
- Russell Eugene Bidlack papers, c. 1940s-2003 (bulk 1960s-1980s).
- 6 linear feet
Dean of the School of Library Science at the University of Michigan; historian of libraries and local Ann Arbor history.
Correspondence and other personal materials; class notes for library science courses; writings and research materials on Ann Arbor and other local history topics, especially the lives and careers of John and Ann Allen, and Elisha and Mary Ann Rumsey, early settlers to Ann Arbor; the letters written by Ann Arbor residents who went to the California gold field in 1849, the history of Ann Arbor and University of Michigan libraries.
General Library, ca. 1925. UM Photographs vertical file.
Folder "Campus Buildings. Harlan Hatcher Graduate
Library. Exteriors." Click to enlarge.
Bishop, William Warner
- Librarian of the University of Michigan, 1915-1941.
- 24.5 linear ft. and 1 oversize folder.
Dean of the School of Library Science at the University of Michigan; historian of libraries and local Ann Arbor history.
Professional files relating to his association with the American Library Association, advisory work on libraries for the Carnegie Corporation, interest in international librarianship, especially the International Federation of Library Associations, and activities with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; also files of personal correspondence, articles and lectures and addresses; diary, 1916; and photographs.
Bonk, Wallace John
- Wallace John Bonk papers, 1956-1965.
- 1 linear ft.
Professor of library science at the University of Michigan.
Files relating to his work with the Teachers Section, Library Education Division, American Library Association.
Folder "Library (built 1883). Views from north."
General Library, ca. 1918. UM Photographs Vertical
File. Click to enlarge.
Davis, R. C.
- Raymond Cazallis Davis papers, 1850-1924.
- 6 linear ft.
Librarian of University of Michigan.
Correspondence, including material on book orders, opening a new library in 1883, and the exhibition of University of Michigan professor's books at the 1893 World's Fair; also family correspondence, including letters discussing foreign ports, travel to California, and Civil War service; annual reports of University of Michigan Library for 1885, 1892, 1903, and 1905; business, legal, and miscellaneous papers; and photographs. Correspondents include: James B. Angell, James R. Boise, Byron Davis, Ferdinand, Davis, Frederick Davis, George Davis, Isaac N. Demmon, John Dewey, Melvil Dewey, Byron A. Finney, George A. Flanders, Henry S. Frieze, John Hay, James McMillan, Henry W. Rogers, and Andrew Ten Brook.
Razing the library bell tower, 1918. Folder
"Library (built 1883). Razing of clock tower."
UM Photographs Vertical File. Click to enlarge.
Gjelsness, Rudolph H.
- Rudolph H. Gjelsness papers, 1880-1968.
- 7 linear ft.
Professor of library science at the University of Michigan.
Correspondence and other papers relating to his work with the American Library Association's Committee on Revision of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 1935-1941; letters from his former students upon the occasion of his retirement in 1964; personal correspondence, including letters to his parents from relatives in Norway, 1880-1935 and letters written while in service during World War I; and photographs.
Koch (center) with the Faculty Bachelors Dining Club ca.
1905. Folder "Koch, Theodore Wesley." Box 12, Theodore
W. Koch papers. Click to enlarge.
Koch, Theodore Wesley
- Theodore Wesley Koch papers, 1894-1941.
- 12 linear ft.
Librarian at the Library of Congress, University of Michigan and Northwestern University, and bibliophile.
Correspondence, articles and pamphlets, papers relating to his books and articles, and topical files relating to his interest in Carnegie Libraries, literary forgeries, the work of the American Library Association's Library War Service during World War I, library Americanization programs, 1919-1921, and the library building of University of Michigan; also photographs. Correspondents include: Randolph G. Adams, Levi L. Barbour, Albert N. Barrett, Charles F. D. Belden, Ewald A. Boucke, Richard R. Bowker, Edouard Champion, Arthur L. Cross, Isaac N. Demmon, Lloyd C. Douglas, Charles Evans, Robert H. Fife, Byron A. Finney, Henry W. Foote, Hamlin Garland, Fredericka Gillette, Francis L. D. Goodrich, Edward E. Hale, Benjamin W. Huebsch, Harry B. Hutchins, Myra B. Jordan, Alfred A. Knopf, Emil Lorch, Nathan W. MacChesney, Douglas C. McMurtrie, William S. Mason, Carl H. Milan, the National Committee of the United States for the Restoration of the University of Louvain, Charles E. Norton, William A. Otis, Herbert Putnam, E. C. Richardson, Walter H. Sawyer, Walter D. Scott, Franklin B. Snyder, Burton E. Stevenson, Albert M. Todd, Andrew D. White, Halsey W. Wilson, and Stefan Zweig.
McHale, Cecil John
- Cecil J. McHale papers, 1927-1948.
- 1 linear ft.
Professor of library science at the University of Michigan.
Files relating to professional organizations, particularly the American Library Association, the Association of American Library Schools, and the Michigan Library Association; course materials, articles, reviews, and bibliographies.
Ten Brook, Andrew
- Andrew Ten Brook papers, 1854-1935.
- .2 linear ft.
Professor of philosophy and University of Michigan librarian.
Original manuscripts including "Sketches of the Early History of Ann Arbor;" correspondence on Ten Brook's publications, personal matters, and University affairs, particularly book purchases for the library; typescript copies of letters originally published in the New York Baptist Register describing a trip he made in 1854 through eastern United States and Michigan, including mention of Baptist church work and railroad travel; also photographs.
Vander Velde, Lewis G.
- Lewis George Vander Velde papers, 1855-1975.
- 8 linear ft.
Professor of history and director of Michigan Historical Collections of University of Michigan.
Personal and professional correspondence; class notes and lectures; Michigan Historical Commission files; research material on Thomas M. Cooley; material concerning Azazels, University faculty club; letters written as student at University of Michigan, 1912-1913, and at Harvard; and letters written as instructor at Culver Military Academy, and at Teachers' College, St. Cloud, Minnesota in the 1920's; also photographs.
Robert M. Warner in his office
at the National Archives. ID No.
HS1175. Click to enlarge.
Warner, Robert M.
- Robert M. Warner papers, 1945-2007 (bulk 1980-1992).
- 37.25 linear ft.
Historian and archivist at the University of Michigan, archivist of the United States, dean of the University of Michigan School of Information and Library Studies.
Records, 1980-1985, detailing his activities as Archivist of the United States; documentation prepared by Warner in 1972 and submitted to the Indian Claims Commission relating primarily to Indian land claims in Michigan and Ohio; files detailing archival career interests, as director of the Michigan Historical Collections (now Bentley Historical Library) and as a member of the Society of American Archivists; also correspondence, diaries, photographs, and scrapbooks.