Title: Clarence Cook Little papers Creator: Little, Clarence C. (Clarence Cook), 1888- Dates: 1924-1929 Extent: 14 linear feet Abstract:
President of the University of Michigan, 1924-1929, educational reformer, geneticist and cancer researcher, also interested in a range of reform movement including birth control, eugenics, international peace, and immigration. Papers include correspondence, speeches and reports concerning all phases of his career as president of the University of Michigan and his civic and reform activities.
Call number: 851744 Aa 2 UAm Language: The materials are in English. Repository: Bentley Historical Library
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Finding aid prepared by: Michigan Historical Collections Staff Mary Arnheim
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Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically with individual folders in alphabetical order within each year. The basic arrangement within each folder is from later to earlier date, although usage over the years has led to disarrangement in some folders. The numbers in square brackets refer to box and folder numbers.
Biography
Clarence C. Little, biologist, genetics and cancer researcher, was President of the University of Michigan, 1925-1929. Born Oct. 6, 1888 in Brookline, Massachusetts, Little was a graduate of Harvard (A.B. 1910; S.M. Graduate School of Applied Science 1912; Sc.D. 1914) where he served as secretary of the Harvard Corporation while completing graduate work in biology and genetics. He held several research positions at Harvard 1911-1918. He continued his research work at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, and in 1921 became Assistant Director of the Station for Experimental Evaluation, Carnegie Institute. A year later he was appointed president of the University of Maine. Following is tenure at Michigan, Little served as director of the Jackson Memorial Laboratory, 1929-1956 (emeritus director 1956-1971). Little died December 22, 1971.
Following President Burton's death in February 1925, Dean Alfred Lloyd was appointed Acting President, while a committee consisting of three Regents -- William Clements, Junius Beal, and Walter Sawyer -- and three faculty members -- G. C. Huber, Jesse Reeves, and Herbert Sadler -- undertook the selection of a president. After a thorough search, the Board of Regents chose Clarence Cook Little, then the President of the University of Maine. He accepted the appointment and took office in September 1925. When Little came to the University of Michigan, the regents agreed to let him bring two assistants and continue his laboratory research on the inheritance of cancer here. He was a excellent scholar and outspoken regarding his progressive educational views.
In his inaugural address, President Little made a number of specific proposals and set forth his innovative ideas on which they were based. These included the belief that only those students deemed able to make the best use of education should be admitted to universities, that students should be taught to think for themselves, and that more attention should be paid to the individual student and his needs. He also believed that the resources, equipment and staff of the university should be available to the whole state.
The major project undertaken during his administration was the University College, based on his belief that the first two years of basic general studies should be separated from the last two years of specialization. At the request of the regents, the University Senate created the Committee on Undergraduate Studies in January 1927. (Records of this committee can be found in record group: University of Michigan. University College.) Although their plan, when it was completed, met with general approval, the faculties of Literature, Science, and the Arts and the Engineering College both raised objections. Nevertheless, the regents authorized the appointment of an executive committee to prepare for the establishment of the new college to be opened in September 1929. Planning was suspended after President Little submitted his resignation in January 1929, and the program was never implemented.
In spite of the controversial nature of many of his proposals, President Little's administration was marked by several major accomplishments. These included Freshman Week, a period just before the fall term when incoming students were introduced to university life, and the Alumni University, designed to make the university an ongoing part of alumni life. Although it did not survive in its original form, it led to the establishment of the Bureau of Alumni Relations and the strengthening of ties between the university and its graduates. He also initiated the plan to house all students in university dormitories.
Although President Little's ideas had initially met with a favorable response, his forthright approach and a lack of skill in personal relations resulted in increased friction within the university. In addition, his outspoken views on birth control and eugenics alienated sectors of the public. Thus, when his letter of resignation was presented to the regents, it did not come as a complete surprise, and it was accepted to become effective September l, 1929.
Collection Scope and Content Note
The C.C. Little papers document a wide range to topics, events, administrative actions, policy developments during Little's tenure as president of the University of Michigan. The collection contains mainly reports and replies to letters but very little incoming correspondence. However, the researcher may use these replies as clues to other collections in the library which contain the individual correspondent's papers.
The chronological ordering of the papers makes subject access somewhat difficult. To selective indexes of correspondents and subjects found in the papers provide some assistance in using the Little papers. The following discussion of the papers follows the structure of the subject index.
The growth of the university which had begun at the close of World War I continued to be felt during President Little's tenure. New buildings completed earlier were handling classroom and laboratory needs, so attention now turned to living accommodations and the athletic department's needs (Sec. II). The period of the 1920s was one of increased interest in theories of progressive education. President's Little's primary interest was in educational policy arising from such theories. Thus, academic and departmental proposals and reorganizations (Sec. III of the subject index) form a major part of his papers. He made fewer administrative changes (Sec. I of the subject index). The twenties are also remembered as a time of social ferment in the country and this was reflected in campus life, with more attention being paid to regulating student social mores and the use of alcohol and cars (see Secs. I and IV of the subject index).
Although President Little oversaw the reorganization of some administrative offices, his attention was mainly focused on educational policy, his primary interest. This is reflected in materials on admissions policy, freshman orientation, continuing education of alumni, and the re-organization of the university into two separate units.
A few months after President Little took office, the "Day Report", so named because Edmund Day, Dean of the School of Business Administration chaired the committee which drew it up, was completed. It was the result of an exhaustive study of athletics, physical education and recreation in the university and led to changes in the Board in Control of Athletics, development of women's and intramural athletics, and gave impetus to the financing and building of the stadium (opened in 1927).
President Little's concern with developing students of good moral character resulted in regulation of the use of cars and alcohol, thought to be related twin evils, and the initiation of planning for dormitories, where all students would live under university supervision.
The major building projects that came to fruition during the Little Administration were the Stadium and the Women's League Building. Construction work at the Law School and the School of Education represented on-going projects begun in earlier administrations, while plans for a natural science museum were just beginning to take shape.
During President Little's tenure, schools and departments established earlier continued to grow, while some projects, such as the Creative Arts Fellowship, were brought to a close. The financing and governance of the Lawyers' Club presented on-going difficulties. Compensation for and the role of "outside work" in Medicine, Engineering, and Education required continued attention. The university contributed to scientific research through the Hobbs Expedition to Greenland which also showed the value of the university's fledgling radio program in maintaining communication with such distant projects.
With the appointment of Samuel Trask Dana as Dean, the School of Forestry was established in the spring of 1927. At that time the state was faced with the problems of cutover lands and the collapse of the lumbering industry. In 1927 the School of Forestry provided leadership in dealing with these problems by sponsoring two conferences which brought together owners and operators in the lumbering industry, state officials, and forestry experts to consider solutions.
The School of Education continued its growth with the addition of an elementary school building. The completion of that building in 1929 enabled the School to provide K-12 education under the supervision of its faculty. Some attention was given also to providing pre-primary education, but nothing came of this during Little's tenure.
The university and its academic life did not escape the impact of the societal upheavals of the "roaring twenties". Perhaps more so at the University of Michigan because of President Little's active role in several of those issues, as is reflected in his correspondence. He was an officer in the American Eugenics Society, a vocal proponent of both population control and the "betterment of the human race", and also served as chairman of the Michigan chapter of the League of Nations Non-partisan Association.
Subject Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the finding aid database and catalog of The Bentley Historical Library/University of Michigan. Researchers desiring additional information about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.
Adult education.
Aeronautics.
African Americans.
Authors, American -- Michigan.
Birth control.
Drug abuse.
Education -- United States.
United States -- Emigration and immigration.
Eugenics.
Jews.
Jews -- United States.
Narcotics.
Peace -- Societies, etc.
Prohibition -- United States.
Public health -- United States.
Temperance -- United States.
Immigrants -- United States.
Photographs.
Sound recordings.
Little, Clarence C. (Clarence Cook), 1888-
University of Michigan -- Administration.
University of Michigan. President.
University of Michigan -- Students -- Social life and customs -- 1921-1930.
Little, Clarence C. (Clarence Cook), 1888-
University of Michigan -- History.
America Asia Association.
American Association Favoring Reconsideration of the War Debts.
American Association for Adult Education.
American Birth Control League.
American Christian Fund for Jewish Relief.
American Council on Education.
American Eugenics Society.
American Peace Society.
American Social Hygiene Association.
Anti-Saloon League of America.
Bates, Henry Moore, 1869-1949.
Beal, Junius E. (Junius Emery), 1860-1942.
Bishop, William Warner, 1871-1955.
Bureau of Social Hygiene (New York, N.Y.)
Butterfield, Kenyon L. (Kenyon Leech), 1868-1935.
Chapin, Roy D. (Roy Dikeman), 1880-1936.
Clancy, Robert Henry, 1882-1962.
Clements, William L. (William Lawrence), 1861-1934.
Committee on Social Analysis of College Communities.
Cooley, Mortimer E. (Mortimer Elwyn), 1855-1944.
Copeland, Royal S. (Royal Samuel), 1868-1938.
Couzens, James, 1872-1936.
Dana, Samuel Trask, 1883-1978.
Davis, Dwight Filley, 1879-1945.
Day, Edmund Ezra, 1883-1951.
Effinger, John Robert, 1869-1933.
English Speaking Union.
Ferris, Woodbridge N., 1853-1928.
Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943.
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.
Green, Fred W. (Fred Warren), 1872-1936.
Groesbeck, Alexander J. (Alexander Joseph), 1873-1953.
Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics.
Hayden, Joseph Ralston, 1887-1945.
Hobbs, William Herbert, 1864-1952.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Illinois Birth Control League.
Immigration Restriction League.
Institute of International Education (New York, N.Y.)
Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937.
Life Conservation League. Dept. of Loyalty to Law.
Lloyd, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1864-1927.
Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963.
Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967.
Malthusian League for Human Welfare through Birth Control.
Michener, Earl C. (Earl Cory), 1876-1957.
Michigan Authors' Association.
Mott, Charles Stewart, 1875-1973.
Murfin, James Orin, 1875-1940.
Negro-Caucasian Club.
Negro National Educational Congress.
Non-Partisan Association for the League of Nations.
Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-
Rackham, Horace H., 1858-1933.
Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971.
Sink, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1879-1972.
Smith, Shirley Wheeler, 1875-1959.
Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950.
Sundwall, John, 1880-1950.
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951.
Van Tyne, Claude Halstead, 1869-1930.
Ward, Marcus Llewellyn, 1875-1963.
Whitney, Allen Sisson, 1857-1944.
World Alliance for International Friendship through the Churches.
Contents List
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Container / Location
Title
Papers (Chronological) [series]
1924-1925 [subseries]
Box 1
A
(1-1)
Box 1
American Council on Education
(1-2)
Box 1
Ba-Bh
(1-3)
Box 1
Bi-Bz
(1-4)
Box 1
Ca-Ch
(1-5)
Box 1
Ci-Cz
(1-6)
Box 1
D
(1-7)
Box 1
E
(1-8)
Box 1
F-G
(1-9)
Box 1
H-J
(1-10)
Box 1
K-L
(1-11)
Box 1
M-O
(1-12)
Box 1
P-Q
(1-13)
Box 1
R
(1-14)
Box 1
S
(1-15)
Box 1
T-V
(1-16)
Box 1
W-Z
(1-17)
1925-1926 [subseries]
Box 1
Aa-Ai
(1-18)
Box 1
Aj-Az
(1-19)
Box 1
American Association for Medical Progress
(1-20)
Box 1
American Council on Education
(1-21)
Box 1
Baa-Baz
(1-22)
Box 1
Bates, Henry
(1-23)
Box 1
Bea-Bez
(1-24)
Box 1
Beal, Junius
(1-25)
Box 1
Bi-Bl
(1-26)
Box 1
Bishop, William Warner
(1-27)
Box 1
Bm-Br
(1-28)
Box 1
Bua-Buz
(1-29)
Box 1
Bursley, J.A.
(1-30)
Box 1
Caa-Caz
(1-31)
Box 1
Cabot, Hugh
(1-32)
Box 2
Ce-Ch
(2-1)
Box 2
Ci-Cl
(2-2)
Box 2
Clements, William
(2-3)
Box 2
Clements Library
(2-4)
Box 2
Coa-Con
(2-5)
Box 2
Coo-Coz
(2-6)
Box 2
Cooley, Mortimer Elwyn
(2-7)
Box 2
Cp-Cz
(2-8)
Box 2
Da-De
(2-9)
Box 2
Di-Dz
(2-10)
Box 2
Ea-Ez
(2-11)
Box 2
Effinger, John
(2-12)
Box 2
Fa-Fh
(2-13)
Box 2
Fi-Fl
(2-14)
Box 2
Fm-Fz
(2-15)
Box 2
Ga-Gl
(2-16)
Box 2
Goa-Gz
(2-17)
Box 2
Gore, Victor
(2-18)
Box 2
Haa-Haz
(2-19)
Box 2
Hamilton, Jean
(2-20)
Box 2
Hanchett, Benjamin
(2-21)
Box 2
Haynes, Harley
(2-22)
Box 2
Hea-Hi
(2-23)
Box 2
Hoa-Hoz
(2-24)
Box 2
Hobbs Expedition-Greenland
(2-25)
Box 2
Hua-Hz
(2-26)
Box 2
Hubbard, Lucius Lee
(2-27)
Box 2
I
(2-28)
Box 2
Institute of International Education
(2-29)
Box 2
J
(2-30)
Box 2
Johnson, Thomas E.
(2-31)
Box 2
Ka-Kz
(2-32)
Box 2
Kelsey, Francis
(2-33)
Box 2
Laa-Lz
(2-34)
Box 2
Lawyers' Club Minutes
(2-35)
Box 2
Lloyd, Alfred Henry
(2-36)
Box 2
Maa-Maz
(2-37)
Box 2
McA-McZ
(2-38)
Box 2
Me-Mi
(2-39)
Box 3
Moa-Mz
(3-1)
Box 3
Murfin, James
(3-2)
Box 3
Na-Nh
(3-3)
Box 3
Ni-Nz
(3-4)
Box 3
O
(3-5)
Box 3
P-Q
(3-6)
Box 3
Pardon, E.C.
(3-7)
Box 3
Ra-Rn
(3-8)
Box 3
ROTC
(3-9)
Box 3
Ro-Rz
(3-10)
Box 3
Ruthven, Alexander Grant
(3-11)
Box 3
Sa-Sh
(3-12)
Box 3
Sawyer, Walter
(3-13)
Box 3
Si-Sq
(3-14)
Box 3
Smith, Shirley Wheeler
(3-15)
Box 3
Smith, Shirley Wheeler
(3-16)
Box 3
St-Sz
(3-17)
Box 3
Stone, Ralph
(3-18)
Box 3
Sundwall, John
(3-19)
Box 3
Ta-Tz
(3-20)
Box 3
Treasurer's Reports
(3-21)
Box 3
U
(3-22)
Box 3
V
(3-23)
Box 3
Waa-Waz
(3-24)
Box 3
Wb-Wh
(3-25)
Box 3
Whitney, Allen Sisson
(3-26)
Box 3
Wia-Wz
(3-27)
Box 3
Women's League Minutes
(3-28)
Box 3
X-Z
(3-29)
Box 3
Yost, Fielding
(3-30)
1926-1927 [subseries]
Box 4
Aa-An
(4-1)
Box 4
American Birth Control League
(4-2)
Box 4
American Council on Education
(4-3)
Box 4
Ao-Az
(4-4)
Box 4
Ba-Be
(4-5)
Box 4
Bates, Henry
(4-6)
Box 4
Beal, Junius
(4-7)
Box 4
Bi-Bo
(4-8)
Box 4
Bishop, William Warner
(4-9)
Box 4
Br-Bz
(4-10)
Box 4
Bursley, J.A.
(4-11)
Box 4
Caa-Caz
(4-12)
Box 4
Cabot, Hugh
(4-13)
Box 4
Ce-Cok
(4-14)
Box 4
Clements, William
(4-15)
Box 4
Clements Library
(4-16)
Box 4
Col-Coz
(4-17)
Box 4
Cook, W.W.
(4-18)
Box 4
Cooley, Mortimer Elwyn
(4-19)
Box 4
Cp-Cz
(4-20)
Box 4
Da-Di
(4-21)
Box 4
Doa-Dz
(4-22)
Box 4
Ea-Eh
(4-23)
Box 4
Effinger, John Robert
(4-24)
Box 4
Ei-Ez
(4-25)
Box 4
Executive Committee
(4-26)
Box 4
Fa-Fl
(4-27)
Box 4
Fo-Fz
(4-28)
Box 4
Ga-Goz
(4-29)
Box 4
Gore, Victor
(4-30)
Box 4
Governor's Committee
(4-31)
Box 4
Gr-Gz
(4-32)
Box 5
Haa-Haz
(5-1)
Box 5
Haynes, Harley
(5-2)
Box 5
Hea-Hi
(5-3)
Box 5
High School Inspection
(5-4)
Box 5
Hoa-Hz
(5-5)
Box 5
I
(5-6)
Box 5
J
(5-7)
Box 5
K
(5-8)
Box 5
La-Li
(5-9)
Box 5
Ll-Lz
(5-10)
Box 5
Maa-Maz
(5-11)
Box 5
McA-McZ
(5-12)
Box 5
Mea-Mi
(5-13)
Box 5
Michigan League
(5-14)
Box 5
Michigan League
(5-15)
Box 5
Moa-Mz
(5-16)
Box 5
Murfin, James
(5-17)
Box 5
N
(5-18)
Box 5
O
(5-19)
Box 5
Pa-Pe
(5-20)
Box 5
Pf-Po
(5-21)
Box 5
Pr-Pz
(5-22)
Box 5
Q
(5-23)
Box 5
Ra-Re
(5-24)
Box 5
Rh-Ri
(5-25)
Box 5
Riggs, Francis E.
(5-26)
Box 6
Ro
(6-1)
Box 6
Rotary Club
(6-2)
Box 6
ROTC
(6-3)
Box 6
Ru-Rz
(6-4)
Box 6
Sa-Sh
(6-5)
Box 6
Sawyer, Walter
(6-6)
Box 6
Si-Sl
(6-7)
Box 6
Simpson Memorial-Dedication
(6-8)
Box 6
Smith, Shirley Wheeler
(6-9)
Box 6
Smith (various)
(6-10)
Box 6
Sn-So
(6-11)
Box 6
Stone, Ralph
(6-12)
Box 6
St
(6-13)
Box 6
Student Christian Association
(6-14)
Box 6
Su-Sz
(6-15)
Box 6
Ta-Tz
(6-16)
Box 6
Treasurer's Report
(6-17)
Box 6
U
(6-18)
Box 6
V
(6-19)
Box 6
Waa-Wez
(6-20)
Box 6
Ward, Marcus Llewelyn
(6-21)
Box 6
Wh
(6-22)
Box 6
Whitney, Allen Sisson
(6-23)
Box 6
Wia-Wil
(6-24)
Box 6
Wim-Wz
(6-25)
Box 6
World Population Conference
(6-26)
Box 6
X-Z
(6-27)
Box 6
Yost, Fielding Harris
(6-28)
1927-1928 [subseries]
Box 7
Aa-Ai
(7-1)
Box 7
Alumni Association
(7-2)
Box 7
Alumni Association
(7-3)
Box 7
Alumni Club
(7-4)
Box 7
Aj-An
(7-5)
Box 7
American Birth Control League
(7-6)
Box 7
American Council on Education
(7-7)
Box 7
American Eugenics Society
(7-8)
Box 7
American Social Hygiene Association
(7-9)
Box 7
Ao-Az
(7-10)
Box 7
Applications for University Positions
(7-11)
Box 7
Baa-Bh
(7-12)
Box 7
Bates, Henry
(7-13)
Box 7
Beal, Junius
(7-14)
Box 7
Bi-Bn
(7-15)
Box 7
Bishop, William Warner
(7-16)
Box 7
Biology and Engineering Camps
(7-17)
Box 7
Bo-Brh
(7-18)
Box 7
Board in Control of Athletics
(7-19)
Box 7
Bri-Bt
(7-20)
Box 7
Buh-Bz
(7-21)
Box 7
Bumpus, H.C.
(7-22)
Box 7
Bursley, J.A.
(7-23)
Box 7
Caa-Cd
(7-24)
Box 7
Cabot, Hugh
(7-25)
Box 7
Cancer Research
(7-26)
Box 7
Carnegie Foundation Minutes
(7-27)
Box 7
Ce-Ch
(7-28)
Box 8
Ci-Cok
(8-1)
Box 8
Clements, William
(8-2)
Box 8
Col-Coz
(8-3)
Box 8
Committee on Appointments
(8-4)
Box 8
Committee-Deanship of Engineering
(8-5)
Box 8
Cooley, Mortimer Elwyn
(8-6)
Box 8
Cp-Cz
(8-7)
Box 8
Da-Dh
(8-8)
Box 8
Dana, Samuel Trask
(8-9)
Box 8
Day, E.C.
(8-10)
Box 8
Dean's Conference
(8-11)
Box 8
Dean of Engineering
(8-12)
Box 8
Deans-Potential
(8-13)
Box 8
Dedication Game October 22, 1927
(8-14)
Box 8
Di-Doz
(8-15)
Box 8
Dormitories
(8-16)
Box 8
Dr-Dz
(8-17)
Box 8
Ea-Eh
(8-18)
Box 8
Effinger, John
(8-19)
Box 8
Ei-En
(8-20)
Box 8
Eo-Ez
(8-21)
Box 8
Executive Committee Matters
(8-22)
Box 8
Fa-Fq
(8-23)
Box 8
Faculty Research Fund
(8-24)
Box 8
Fr-Fz
(8-25)
Box 8
Ga-Gd
(8-26)
Box 8
Ge-Gh
(8-27)
Box 8
Gi-Gz
(8-28)
Box 8
Gifts
(8-29)
Box 8
Gore, Victor
(8-30)
Box 8
Green, Fred
(8-31)
Box 8
Haa-Has
(8-32)
Box 9
Hat-Haz
(9-1)
Box 9
Haynes, Harley A.
(9-2)
Box 9
Hea-Her
(9-3)
Box 9
Hes-Hn
(9-4)
Box 9
High School Inspection
(9-5)
Box 9
Hoa-Ht
(9-6)
Box 9
Housing Association
(9-7)
Box 9
Hua-Hz
(9-8)
Box 9
Hubbard, Lucius Lee
(9-9)
Box 9
Huber, Carl
(9-10)
Box 9
I
(9-11)
Box 9
Institute of International Education
(9-12)
Box 9
Ja-Jz
(9-13)
Box 9
Jack, P.M.
(9-14)
Box 9
K
(9-15)
Box 9
Laa-Lh
(9-16)
Box 9
Lawyers' Club Minutes
(9-17)
Box 9
League of Nations Non-Partisan Association
(9-18)
Box 9
Li-Lz
(9-19)
Box 9
Ma-Md
(9-20)
Box 9
Me-Mh
(9-21)
Box 9
Mi-Mn
(9-22)
Box 9
Michigan League-Alumni Council
(9-23)
Box 9
Moa-Mz
(9-24)
Box 9
Moore, Henry J.
(9-25)
Box 9
Murfin, James
(9-26)
Box 9
Na-Nh
(9-27)
Box 10
Nelson, J.R.
(10-1)
Box 10
Newcomb, Howard R.
(10-2)
Box 10
Ni-Nz
(10-3)
Box 10
O
(10-4)
Box 10
Pa-Pe
(10-5)
Box 10
Patterson, George
(10-6)
Box 10
Pf-Pq
(10-7)
Box 10
Pr-Q
(10-8)
Box 10
Ra-Rg
(10-9)
Box 10
ROTC
(10-10)
Box 10
Rh-Rn
(10-11)
Box 10
Ro-Rz
(10-12)
Box 10
Rotary
(10-13)
Box 10
Sa-Sb
(10-14)
Box 10
Sawyer, Walter H.
(10-15)
Box 10
Sca-Sch
(10-16)
Box 10
Sci-Sh
(10-17)
Box 10
Senate Council
(10-18)
Box 10
Separate State Universities
(10-19)
Box 10
Si-Sl
(10-20)
Box 10
Sm
(10-21)
Box 11
Smith, Shirley Wheeler
(11-1)
Box 11
Sn-Ss
(11-2)
Box 11
St
(11-3)
Box 11
Stone, Ralph
(11-4)
Box 11
Student Christian Association
(11-5)
Box 11
Su-Sz
(11-6)
Box 11
Ta-Th
(11-7)
Box 11
Ti-Tt
(11-8)
Box 11
Treasurer's Report
(11-9)
Box 11
Tu-Tz
(11-10)
Box 11
U
(11-11)
Box 11
University Senate
(11-12)
Box 11
V
(11-13)
Box 11
Wa-Wd
(11-14)
Box 11
Ward, Marcus Llewellyn
(11-15)
Box 11
Wea-Wez
(11-16)
Box 11
Wh
(11-17)
Box 11
Whitney, Allen Sisson
(11-18)
Box 11
Wia-Wom
(11-19)
Box 11
Windsor, Russell
(11-20)
Box 11
Woo-Wz
(11-21)
Box 11
X-Z
(11-22)
Box 11
Miscellanea; include Forestry Conference
(11-23)
Box 11
Miscellanea; include Forestry Conference
(11-24)
Box 11
Miscellanea; include Forestry Conference
(11-25)
1928-1929 [subseries]
Box 12
A
(12-1)
Box 12
Alumni Association
(12-2)
Box 12
Association of American Colleges
(12-3)
Box 12
Association of American Universities
(12-4)
Box 12
Baa-Bq
(12-5)
Box 12
Board in Control of Athletics
(12-6)
Box 12
Br-Bz
(12-7)
Box 12
C
(12-8)
Box 12
D
(12-9)
Box 12
Dana, Samuel Trask
(12-10)
Box 12
Dormitories
(12-11)
Box 12
E
(12-12)
Box 12
Edmonson, James Bartlett
(12-13)
Box 12
F
(12-14)
Box 12
G
(12-15)
Box 12
H
(12-16)
Box 12
I-J
(12-17)
Box 12
K
(12-18)
Box 12
L
(12-19)
Box 12
League of Nations Non-Partisan Association
(12-20)
Box 12
Ma-Mb
(12-21)
Box 12
Mc-Mn
(12-22)
Box 12
Michigan League
(12-23)
Box 12
Moa-Mz
(12-24)
Box 12
Na-O
(12-25)
Box 12
P-Q
(12-26)
Box 12
R
(12-27)
Box 12
ROTC
(12-28)
Box 12
Sa-Sh
(12-29)
Box 12
Si-Ss
(12-30)
Box 12
St-Sz
(12-31)
Box 12
T
(12-32)
Box 12
Tax Survey
(12-33)
Box 12
Ten Year Building Program
(12-34)
Box 12
U
(12-35)
Box 12
V
(12-36)
Box 12
W
(12-37)
Box 12
X-Z
(12-38)
Miscellanea [series]
Box 13
1920-1922-J. Raleigh Nelson Theatre
(13-1)
Box 13
1925-1926-Senate Council
(13-2)
Box 13
1925-1926-Arts' Development
(13-3)
Box 13
1925-1926-Membership File
(13-4)
Box 13
1926-Joint Committee of Students and Faculty on Exams, Grades, and Related Subjects
(13-5)
Box 13
1926-Honorary degrees conferred in 1926
(13-6)
Box 13
1927-Honorary degrees conferred in 1927
(13-7)
Box 13
1928-Honorary degrees conferred in 1928
(13-8)
Box 13
1929-Honorary degrees conferred in 1929
(13-9)
Box 13
1927-Undergraduate Courses 1927
(13-10)
Box 13
1927-Undergraduate Courses 1927
(13-11)
Box 13
1927-1928-Race Betterment Conference
(13-12)
Box 13
1927-1928-Examination Questions
(13-13)
Box 13
1928-1929-D.A.R.
(13-14)
Box 13
Undated-Preschool Units
(13-15)
Box 13
Undated-Report of Building Committee of School of Education
(13-16)
Box 13
1955, undated
(13-17)
Box 13
Scrapbook
Box 13
Papers re. Little inauguration
Box 14
Invitations 1925-1929
Photographs [series]
Box 14
Portraits of Clarence. C. Little
Sound Recordings [series]
Box 14
C.C. Little Interview ([851744-SR-1])
(1 reel-to-reel audiotapes (5 inch reel, 7.5 ips)) [Access to this material is restricted to the reading room of the Bentley Historical Library]
(C.C. Little responds to questions sent to him in a letter from Mr. Mitchell [likely a former U of M student]. Topics include: Little introduction; important events during his presidency; concept of an ideal university [and how schools fall short]; goals Little set for the administration and difficulties achieving them; daily life and the development of the student body; eperiences with alumni, faculty, and the board of regents; his end of terms crisis regarding a donor and the stipulate usage of the donated facilities. The tape was found in the files of the Campus Broadcasting Network.)
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Additional Descriptive Data
Subject Indexes
The subject index is a selective index to subject matter found in the chronologically arranged papers of C.C. Little. Subject entries include name of correspondent or folder, box and folder numbers, and date of document. For alphabet-labelled folders, the name of correspondent is added after the folder number.
Administrative Reorganization and Policy
Administrative Reorganization and Policy
Admissions policy
Bm-Br (1-28, Bradshaw, 10/29/25)
Na-Nh (3-3, New Trier)
Oa-Oz (3-5, Olmstead, 1/8/26)
Sa-Sq (3-14, Ira Smith, 2/26/26, 3/27/26)
Alumni relations
General:
Wia-Wz (3-27, Wonders, 10/24/25)
Alumni Association (7-2, 5/26/27, responses to alumni survey, 10/14/27, 11/17/27, c.6/21/28, undated report; 7-3, 1/6/28)
Alumni University plan:
Alumni Association (7-2, 5/17/27, 11/29/27, 6/21/28; 7-3, 3/17/28 & passim)
Finances:
Stone (11-4, 9/28/27, 10/13,25,31/27)
Appointment of Publicity Director
Aa-Ai (1-18, Abbot, 4/26/26, 5/13/26)
Bates (1-23, 5/6/26)
Ea-Ez (2-11, Eagan, 8/20/25)
Smith (6-9, 7/9/26)
Athletics Policies
General:
Aa-Az (1-1, Aigler, 4/12/25)
Da-Dz (1-7, E.E. Day, 5/15 & 5/19/25)
Sa-Sz (1-15, Stone, 5/12 & 5/16/25)
Aa-Ai (1-18, Aigler, 4/23/26, 5/6 & 5/14/26)
Bea-Bez (1-24, Bizzell, 6/10/26)
Hubbard (2-27, 4/15 & 4/27/26)
Sundvall (3-19, 4/21/26)
Board in Control of Athletics:
Yost (3-30, 3/16/26)
Board in Control (7-19, 12/26 & 12/27/27; 1/13/28,2/1 & 2/15/28)
Financing of athletics:
S.W.Smith (3-16, 5/10/26; 11-1, 2/18/28)
Board in Control (12-6, 9/22 & 9/25/28, re: financial aid for athletes)
Intercollegiate athletics:
Yost (6-28, 7/21 & 7/25/25, 4-year report of development)
Women's athletics:
Bea-Bez (1-24, Bell, 1/29/26)
Business Office re-organization
Stone (6-12, 2/15/27, 5/28/27)
Dean of Women, Office of
Hamilton (2-20, passim)
Murfin (3-2, 5/6,11,14,17/26)
Ni-Nz (3-4, Nites, 6/18/26)
Ra-Rn (3-8, Richards, 4/27/26)
Women's League (3-28, 12/4/25 & undated notes)
S.W.Smith (6-9, 7/14 & 7/28/26)
Freshman orientation
Caa-Caz (1-31, Carver, 2/18/26)
Sa-Sq (3-14, I.M.Smith, 5/26/26)
I.M.Smith (6-10, 5/2/27)
Bursley (7-23, 9/27/27)
Housing for women
Effinger (2-12, 1/23/26)
Sawyer (6-6, 12/23/26)
S.W.Smith (11-1, 10/6/27, 11/2,7,8/27, 12/13/27)
See also: Dormitories under Sec. III. Building Program
Miscellanea, 1927 (13-11, Undergraduate courses II, 2/2,17,21/27, Summaries of course content and various undated reports and proposals)
See also University of Michigan. University College. Records.
General
II. Building Program
Ci-Cz (1-6, Committee of Five, Minutes, 5/29/25)
Sa-Sz (1-15, Shepard, 6/6/25; S.W.Smith, 4/23/25)
Dean's Conference (8-11, 11/8/27 re: re-use of old museum building)
S.W.Smith (11-1, 2/20/28, 6/1/28)
Building needs
Ten Year Building Program (12-34, 10/1,5,6,8,11/28 re: Business School, Art Museum, Power House, Libraries, Medical, Law, Engineering & Education Schools; 11/6/28 re: financing)
Burton Memorial Tower
Bi-Bl (1-26, Bibbins, 11/19/25)
Dormitories
Aj-Az (1-19, Angell, 4/20/26)
Hamilton (2-20, 4/10/26)
Alumni Association (7-3, 3/30/28, 6/23/28)
Dormitories (8-16, 5/15/21, 3/30/28 re: governance of women's dormitories, 3/1/28 re: financing; 12-11, passim, reports on public hearing and reactions to proposal)
S.W. Smith (11-1, 3/5/28 re: housing for nurses)
Stone (11-4, 10/24/27, 2/7 & 2/10/28, 5/8/28)
Alumni Association (12-2, 1/4/29 re: financing)
Student Christian Association (12-31, 1/10/29 re: proposed dormitory for international students)
Dana (8-9, 11/2/27; 12-10, 7/7/28 re: acquisition of site for experiment station, 4/15/27 re: expansion of department into School of Forestry & Conservation)
Forestry conferences:
Miscellanea; include Forestry Conference (11-23, 1/25/27 re: Chicago meeting on forest conservation)
Miscellanea; include Forestry Conference (11-24, passim; 11-25, 4/5/27, 5/2/27 ff. re: Ann Arbor meeting on conservation & teaching of forestry at U-M)
Forestry research:
Dana (8-9, 12/5,13,19/27, 3/29/28, 5/29/28 re: Institute of Forest Research; 12-10, 5/17/29)
Dormitories (8-16, 2/11/28, clippings from Michigan Daily; undated, statement of landladies re: plans for dorms. See also Nellie Felker correspondence in alphabet-labelled folders.)
Fa-G (1-9, Rabbi Franklin, 4/13/25 re: observance of Jewish High Holy Days)
St-Sz (3-17, 4/2/26 re: Sunday convocations)
Student Christian Association:
Coa-Con (2-5, Coffman, 11/25/25, 1/9/26)
S.W.Smith(3-16, 3/3/26)
St-Sz (3-17, Student Christian Association, 6/29/26)
Hoa-Hz (5-5, Hobbs, 1/27,29,31/29, 2/9/27 re: speaker on pacifism)
Student Christian Association (6-14, entire, includes financial reports; 11-5, 2/28/28, 3/13/28, both re: proposed International House; passim, disposition of buildings owned)
Women students
Aa-Ai (7-1 Advisers to Women, passim re: housing for women) See also Section I. Housing for women and Section II. Dormitories)
Women's League minutes (3-28, passim re: Student Council representation)
V. Educational issues of local/national importance
Academic freedom
Aa-Az (1-1, AAUP, 3/17/25 re: reply to New Republic editorial outlining measures to prevent abuses)
Consolidation of education institutions in state
Governor's Committee (4-31, entire)
Engineering education, Philosophy of
Ci-Cz (1-6, M.E.Cooley, 4/25/25)
M.E. Cooley (2-7, 3/3,4,24/26, 4/6/26, 5/19/26; 4-19, 8/31/26, re: need for broad background in faculty, 9/14/26, 10/5/26)
Social hygiene education
American Social Hygiene Association (7-9, entire)
Status of women in universities
Henderson (5-3, 1/31/27)
VI. Social and political issues of the time
Eugenics and Birth Control
Aj-Az (1-19, American Birth Control League, 11/24/25)
American Association for Medical Progress (1-20, 3/16/26, 5/8,11,13/26)
