Faculty Papers
The mission of the University Archives and Records Program is to document the intellectual, administrative, cultural, and social environments of the University of Michigan. Faculty papers contain significant information on teaching, research, and professional activities, areas through which researchers can gain a valuable perspective on the intellectual vitality of the university community. The University Archives and Records Program collects the personal papers of representative faculty in an endeavor to document the intellectual environment of the University of Michigan.
Collecting Objective
The program's primary collecting objective is to document the careers of faculty members who meet some or all of the following criteria:
- have been valued teachers
- have defined significant ideas
- have undertaken important research
- have carried out exemplary service to the university or the larger community
The program will give highest priority to those faculty papers which can be open for research use.
Records of Potential Historical Value
The following types of material found in faculty papers are considered to have potential historical value:
- correspondence of a substantive nature, including e-mail
- lecture notes and curriculum materials
- records of departmental or university-wide activities; speeches
- research-related records
- bibliographies, vitae, photographs, films, and audio and video cassettes
A Selection of Faculty Papers in the Archives
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- Gardner Ackley, Economics
- Ruth M. Barnard, Nursing
- Robert Cooley Angell, Sociology
- William Warner Bishop, Library Science
- Kenneth Ewart Boulding, Economics
- Angus Campbell, ISR
- Charles Horton Cooley, Sociology
- Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Engineering
- Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Law, Political Science
- Elizabeth Caroline Crosby, Neuroanatomy
- Samuel Trask Dana, Natural Resources
- David Dennison, Physics
- Wilma T. Donahue, Gerontology
- Arthur Dunham, Social Work
- Kasimir Fajans, Chemistry
- Thomas Francis, Jr., Epidemiology
- Carl Eugen Guthe, Anthropology
- William Haber, Economics
- Marie D. Hartwig, Physical Education
- Joseph Ralston Hayden, Political Science
- Theodore Huntington Hubbell, Zoology
- Harry Burns Hutchins, Law
- Reuben Leon Kahn, Bacteriology
- Francis Willey Kelsey, Classics, Archaeology
- Chihiro Kikuchi, Engineering
- George Kish, Geography
- Rensis Likert, ISR
- Emil Lorch, Architecture
- Howard Yale McClusky, Adult Education
- Paul McCracken, Business Administration
- Wilbert McKeachie, Psychology
- Earl Vincent Moore, Music
- Theodore Mead Newcomb, Psychology, Sociology
- Arthur Geoffrey Norman, Botany
- Frederick George Novy, Medicine
- James Kerr Pollock, Political Science
- Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Zoology
- Mabel Rugen, Public Health, Education
- Jean Paul Slusser, Art
- Lewis George Vander Velde, History
- Raymond Walter Waggoner,Psychiatry
- Marcus Llewellyn Ward, Dentistry
- Myron Ezra Wegman, Public Health
- Leslie Alvin White, Anthropology
- Harlow Olin Whittemore, Landscape Architecture
- Alexander Winchell, Geology, Zoology, Botany
- Law School Faculty
Transferring Faculty Papers to the University Archives and Records Program
If you are a University of Michigan faculty member and are interested in transferring your papers to the University Archives and Records Program, please contact us.