The Correspondence series dates from 1899 to 1936 with some scattering of family and estate materials dating up to 1943. It is the largest series in the collection and concerns family matters, highway transportation, the automobile industry, general economic conditions, foreign trade, World War I, national defense, state and national politics, the Republican Party, and University of Michigan affairs. Correspondents include national and state political and business leaders.
Box 1
1899-July 1914
(35 folders)
Box 2
August 1914-July 15, 1916
(30 folders)
Box 3
July 16, 1916-March 22, 1917
(26 folders)
Box 4
March 23, 1917-December 10, 1917
(27 folders)
Box 5
December 11, 1917-October 21, 1918
(34 folders)
Box 6
October 22, 1918-May 31, 1919
(32 folders)
Box 7
June 1919-March 21, 1920
(37 folders)
Box 8
March 22, 1920-November 30, 1920
(38 folders)
Box 9
December 1920-June 21, 1921
(42 folders)
Box 10
July 1921-February 24, 1922
(38 folders)
Box 11
February 25, 1922-December 30, 1922
(38 folders)
Box 12
January 1923-January 25, 1924
(44 folders)
Box 13
January 26, 1924-December 5, 1924
(42 folders)
Box 14
December 11, 1924-April 30, 1926
(81 folders)
Box 15
April 30, 1926-April 25, 1927
(46 folders)
Box 16
April 26, 1927-February 10, 1928
(44 folders)
Box 17
February 10, 1928-1928 undated
(40 folders)
Box 18
1928 undated-August 17, 1929
(34 folders)
Box 19
August 19, 1929-March 23, 1930
(40 folders)
Box 20
March 24, 1930-February 10, 1931
(39 folders)
Box 21
February 11, 1931-March 9, 1932
(43 folders)
Box 22
March 10, 1932-August 9, 1932
(28 folders)
Box 23
August 10, 1932-October 10, 1932
(32 folders)
Box 24
October 11, 1932-1932 undated
(32 folders)
Box 25
1932 undated-May 31, 1933
(34 folders)
Box 26
June 1, 1933-December 31, 1933
(36 folders)
Box 27
1933 undated-August 31, 1934
(33 folders)
Box 28
September 1934-December 1935
(35 folders)
Box 29
January 1936-1943
(21 folders)
Box 29
Letters of thanks concerning the Chapin biography 1945
(5 folders)
