The Michigan Historical Collections series (1919-2014, bulk 1935-2014, 9.5 linear feet and one oversize box) consists of seven subseries: Office Diaries; Field Program; Topical Files; Reports; Thomas Powers' Talks; Len Coombs's files; and Lost, Recataloged, Discarded or Transferred Materials. A long run of Office Diaries (2 linear feet) covers the years 1935-1963.
Office Diaries [subseries]
Early on, the diaries were relatively informative documents, often including entries describing visitors and events at the BHL. Increasingly, however, they became more like logbooks recording commonplace transactions, such as the number of letters prepared each day and the name of each letter's recipient.
Box 29
1935-1949
(15 volumes)
Box 30
1950-1963
(12 volumes)
Field Program [subseries]
The Field Program subseries, 1937-2002 (2 linear feet) begins with "trip reports" written between 1935 and 1985. A trip report is a written summary of a contact by a BHL staff member and a donor or potential donor of material. The subseries also includes "Donor Lead Sheets" for the period 1988 and 1995 which are arranged alphabetically and contain information regarding the pursuit of specific collections; and "Donor Lead Card Catalog" for the period 1960s-2000s with names, addresses, and field notes, also arranged alphabetically, located in an oversize box.
Box 31
Trip Reports 1937-1986
(38 folders)
Box 32
Trip Report Indices 1937-1985
Box 32
1937-1940
Box 32
1948-1957
Box 32
1958-1960
Box 32
1961-1963
Box 32
1964-1966
Box 32
1967-1969
Box 32
1970-1972
Box 32
1973-1975
Box 32
1976-1978
Box 32
1979-1981
Box 32
1982-1984
Box 32
1985
Librarian/Cataloger Reports
The Librarian/Cataloger Reports (0.2 linear feet) consists of reports filed by various individuals who held this position between 1955 and 1980. The Collections Committee was formed in 1992, and this subseries contains the committee's agendas and meeting summaries. This series also contains two folders of excerpts from the Regents Proceedings that reference the Michigan Historical Collections and the Bentley Library.
Box 32
MHC Cataloger Reports 1952-1964
Box 32
MHC Cataloger Monthly Reports 1955-1969
Box 32
MHC Cataloger Monthly Reports 1970-1972
Box 32
Librarian Reports, Ida C. Brown 1955-1968
Box 32
Librarian's Reports, S. F. Steel 1974-1980
Box 32
Monthly Work Reports 1961-1987
(2 folders)
Box 32
Proposed Collecting Projects (Marshall, Michigan) circa 1968
Box 32
MHC in the Regents Proceedings
(2 folders)
Drawer 3
State of Michigan House Resolution No.275 for commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Michigan Historical Collections 1985
Box 33
Archival Literature 1993
Box 33
Collections Committee agendas, reports, and background research by meeting date 1992-2002
(24 folders)
Box 33
Donor Lead Sheets A-Z (by donor name) 1988-1995
(4 folders)
Box 33
Forms 1983-1988
Box 33
Miscellaneous 1995-1998
Box 33
Outreach 1992-1993
Box 33
Retreat 1986
Topical Files [subseries]
The Topical Files subseries (1980-2009, 1.7 linear feet) includes files that were contributed by Leonard Coombs, Marilyn McLaughlin, Thomas Powers, Ken Scheffel and others. It includes materials related to the development of the access and description systems employed by the Bentley, as well an interesting "Introduction to MHC Manual," created around 1980.
Box 65
ALEPH Bibliographic Records Committee 2004-2005
Box 65
ALEPH Cataloging Manual 2004
Box 65
ALEPH for Archives 2004-2005
Box 65
Authorities Library Management System (LMS) 2004-2006
(3 folders)
Box 65
Bentley Image Bank Development 2000-2003
Box 65
Best of the Bentley / Visual Resources Online 1998-1999
St. Stephen African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) 1990
Box 75
Black Churches Background 1988-1994
(2 folders)
Box 75
General project info undated
Box 65
Chinese seminars 1999-2001
Box 65
County Histories Digitization 2004-2008
Box 65
Field database undated
Box 65
Field program: Ken Scheffel 1973-1986
Box 65
Google digitization project 2001-2009
Box 65
Introduction to MHC Manual 1980
Box 65
McLaughlin, Marilyn -- Audio archivist 1990-1993
Box 65
Metadata, Description and Records Committee 2005-2008
(5 folders)
Box 66
Michigan Newspaper Project 1984
Box 66
Michigan Newspaper Project 1994-2007
(2 folders)
Box 66
Michigan Newspaper Project Proposal 1992
Box 66
MIRLYN 1992-1993
(2 folders)
Box 66
MIRLYN Post-load 1994-2000
Box 66
MIRLYN Statistics 1996-2004
Box 66
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Newspaper Project 2004-2006
Box 66
Newspaper exhibit 2006
Box 66
Polar Bear digitization 2002-2005
Box 66
Polar Bear replacement planning 2009
Box 66
Polar Bear Vlad Signorelli Study 1992
Box 66
Polar Bear Yakel Website 2007-2009
Pre-catalog archival management system 1990
Box 76
Selections from Sorting room wall undated
Box 66
Vatican OCLC 2010-2012
Box 66
VuFind Group Indexes and Facets 2008
Box 66
Weideman, Chris: Talk on Bentley Fieldwork 1990
Reports [subseries]
The Reports subseries (1969-2012, 0.8 linear feet) includes narrative and statistical reports related to the activities of the division including the field program, cataloging and description, and maintenance of the visual materials in the collections.
Field Program: Ken Scheffel Annual Reports and miscellaneous 1980-2001
Box 66
Field Program Monthly Reports: Len Coombs 2003-2011
(6 folders)
Box 67
Field Program Monthly Reports: Len Coombs 2009-2011
(3 folders)
Box 67
Field Program Quarterly Reports 1981-2002
Box 67
Librarian's Annual Report 1981-1987
Box 67
Librarian's Annual Report 1994-1996
Box 67
Librarian's Monthly Report 1981-2002
Box 67
Photography and Audio-visual Annual Report 1975-1983
Box 67
Photography and Audio-visual Bi-monthly Report 1972-1984
(2 folders)
Box 67
Staff meeting reports: Tom Powers 1977-2005
Thomas Powers' Talks [subseries]
The Thomas Powers Talks subseries, (1976-2003, 0.2 linear feet) includes speaking notes for approximately 23 presentations.
Box 67
30-Year Celebration Bulletin 1995
Box 67
50th Anniversary of the Bentley 1987
Box 67
Appraisal at MHC, Mellon Fellows 1983
Box 67
Archival Management for Historical Societies, Historical Society of Michigan 1984
Box 67
Archival Practicum, International Council on Archives 1999
Box 67
Arrangement and Description, Association of Catholic Diocesan Archivists 1984
Box 67
Church and Denominational Collections at MHC, Archivists of Catholic Orders 1986
Box 67
Detroit Historical Resources, Detroit Free Press 1999
Box 67
Discussion and Comments, Michigan: Promise and Performance (50th Anniversary) 1985
Box 67
Documenting Music and the University of Michigan, Friends Meeting 1984
Box 67
French materials at MHC, French Librarians 1997
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Manuscripts and Archives, Libraries and Local History Workshop 1975
Box 67
Manuscripts and Printed Materials Processing and Retrieval, Michigan Archives Association 1976
Box 67
Marjorie Merriwether Post Papers, Friends Meeting 1991
Box 67
Michigan Bell Photos, Michigan Bell Pioneers 2002
Box 67
Michigan Historical Collections, Daughters of the American Revolution undated
Box 67
Michigan on the March, Friends Meeting undated
Box 67
Miscellaneous 1972-1998
Box 67
Opening of the Rev. Charles A. Hill and Hartford Memorial Baptist Papers 2000
Box 67
Presentation to staff of Carl Levin 2003
Box 67
Processing for Reference, Michigan Archives Association 1989
Box 67
Stamps, Ann Arbor Stamp Club 1998
Box 67
Tour script undated
Len Coombs's Files [subseries]
The Len Coombs's files subseries (1919-2014, bulk 1967-2014, 4 linear feet) includes speaking notes for presentations, published articles and bibliographies, exhibit materials, and materials related to the development of access and description systems used at the Bentley, related content for which can be found in the Topical Files subseries.
Box 79
Administrative Committee 2012-2013[Executive records restricted until July 01, 2033]
Box 72
Aeon Software 2009-2013
Box 72
Aleph Version 20 2010
Box 72
Annual Reports 1977-2014
Box 72
Appraisal Type Letters 1974-1997
Box 72
Arab American Digitizing 2003
Box 72
Archives Courses
Box 72
Cataloging 1988
Box 72
Maps 1990-1993, undated
Box 72
MARC 1991-2001
Box 72
Non-Manuscript Material 1994 undated
Box 72
Photos 1987-1993, undated
Box 72
Practicum 2002-2003
(2 folders)
Box 72
Printed Works 1977-1985
Box 72
Artifacts undated
Box 72
Audio Project 2013-2014
Box 72
Authorities Training 2004
Box 72
AV Project 2004-2012
Box 72
Bentley Stories 2013-2014
Box 72
BHL Website 2007-2008, undated
Box 72
Bibliographies
Box 72
County Atlases, circa 1931-1970
Box 72
County Histories 1948-1981
Box 72
Bicentennial 2013
Box 72
Birds Eye View Digitizing 2005-2006
Box 72
Book Reviews 1987-1999
Box 72
Book Sale 2010-2014
Box 72
Capital Campaign 2013
Box 72
Cataloging
Box 72
ALA Character Set 1992
Box 72
Architectural Records 1983-1989
Box 72
BHL w/o OCLC undated
Box 72
Conversion 1997-1998
Box 72
Form Terms for Archival and Manuscripts Control (FTAMC) and Rare Books Genre 1983-1993
Box 72
Framed Items 2010
Box 72
Internet Resources 1999-2002
Box 72
Library of Congress Authority File 1989-1994
Box 72
Manuscripts 1984-1994
Box 72
Mirlyn 1989-1999
(2 folders)
Box 72
Miscellaneous 1983-2011
Box 72
SGML and AACR 1994-1997
Box 72
Civil War
Box 72
General 1961-1993
Box 72
Digitizing 2010-2011
Box 72
Guide 2011 undated
Box 73
Cold Room 2001-2014
Box 73
Collecting Policy 1970-1986
Box 73
Collecting Reevaluation 2005
Box 73
Collection Development
Box 73
Natural Resources 1986 undated
Box 73
Recreation 1986 undated
Box 73
Retreat 1992-1997
Box 73
Social Organizations 1986
Box 73
Conservation Plan 2013
Box 73
Contents Lists
Box 73
Maps 1968-1987
Box 73
Polar Bear Maps-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 310th Regiment (O'Dell) undated
Box 73
Richard/Monteith Libraries undated
Box 73
DACS 2005-2006, undated
Box 73
De La Vergne Collection 1968-1992
Box 73
Desiderata Lists: County Histories, County Atlases 1955-1988
Box 73
Detroit View ID 1940
Box 73
Digital Archives 2006-2011
Digital County Histories Addition undated
Box 73
Digital Records 2007-2011
Box 73
Digital Retreat 2011
Box 73
Directories, City and County 1964, 1997 undated
Box 73
Diversity 1998-2000
Box 73
EAD 1998-2010
Box 73
Exchanges 1977-1983
Box 73
Exhibits
Box 73
De La Vergne Maps 1986
Box 73
De La Vergne Selections 2004-2005
Box 73
Detroit Transportation 2001
Box 73
Early Ann Arbor Maps undated
Box 73
Environmentalism 1988
Box 73
Indian Exhibit 1989
Box 73
Indian Exhibit for League 1989
Box 73
Life on the Great Lakes undated
Box 73
Mackinac Is 1995
Box 73
Michigan Territory Bicentennial 2004-2005
Box 73
Polar Bears 1999
Box 73
Family Name Authority Problem 2001-2011
Box 73
Field Issues 2003
Box 73
Flat Shelving undated
Box 73
Future of MHC 2010-2012
Box 73
Grad Library and Other UM Libraries
Box 73
Books Retrospective Conversion 1982-1993
Box 73
Collection Development Working Group 1983-1991
Box 73
Desiderata Exchanges 1979-1994
Box 73
Documents 2000 undated
Box 73
Graduate Library Collecting 1975-1992
Box 73
Old Map Transfer 1983-1984
Box 73
Rare Book Room Exchange 1985
Box 73
WebZ 1996-1997
Box 74
Loan to Flint 1984-1988
Box 74
Maps
Box 74
Ann Arbor 1975
Box 74
Barnett List undated
Box 74
Bibliographies 1967-1995
Box 74
Cataloging Rules 1993
Box 74
Collecting/Use 1986-1987
Box 74
Michigan Maps and Atlases in Other Libraries 1992
Box 74
Miscellaneous 1977-2003
Box 74
Questionnaires 1983-2003
Box 74
Rolled
Box 74
Conservation 1981-1983
Box 74
Conservation (Kathy Rochler) 1984
Box 74
Shelf List 1982 undated
Box 74
Topo-USGS 1985-1991, undated
Box 74
Townships undated
Box 74
MARC-Field Inventory 2003
Box 74
Meeting Notes 1981-2013
Box 74
MHC Meeting Reports 2003-2006
Box 74
Michigan Library Consortium (MLC) Workshop
Box 74
1997-1998
Box 74
2004-2005
Box 74
Monthly Field Activity Reports
Box 74
2012
Box 74
2013
Box 74
Newspapers
Box 74
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 1988-1992
Box 74
Graduate Library-Microfilm undated
Box 74
Microfilming 1978-1985
Box 74
Miscellaneous 1971-1993
Box 74
Underground 2000-2002
Box 74
OCLC
Box 74
Archives and Manuscripts Control (AMC) 1987-1994
Box 74
Miscellaneous 1995-2012
Box 74
Record Overlay 2006
Box 74
Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN) 1989-2006
(2 folders)
Box 74
Statistics 2003-2004
Box 74
Union Listing 1999-2000
Offsite Storage/Space Planning 1983-2000
Box 74
Oral History Database 2012
Box 74
Oversize Volumes undated
Box 74
Paintings, Pictures, Works of Art 1989 undated
Box 74
Photographers
Box 74
Ann Arbor 1976-1982, undated
Box 74
Michigan 1974 undated
Photographs
Box 74
Bibliography 1972-1975
Box 74
Michigan
Box 74
Miscellaneous 1971-1988
Box 74
Retreat 1990
Box 74
Vertical File undated
Box 74
Polar Bear Issues 2012-2013
Box 75
Policies/Procedures 1996-2001
Presentations
Box 75
Acquisitions Planning 2006
(Michigan Archival Association (MAA) Meeting)
Box 75
Ann Arbor Train and Trolley Watchers 2003
Box 75
Atlases 1985
(Friends Meeting)
Box 75
Church Records 2006
(Local History Conference)
Box 75
First Presbyterian Hilltoppers Senior Group 2013
Box 75
Google Project 2010
(MAA Meeting)
Houghton, Hubbard, and Higgins 1985
(Michigan Map Society)
Box 75
Indian Life in Southeastern Michigan undated
Box 75
Kempf House/Friends 2007
Box 75
Kyrza CIO Group 2013
Box 75
Maps undated
Box 75
Maps of the 19th Century 2000-2013
Box 75
Polar Bears 1999
(Alumni Talk)
Box 75
Polar Bears 2002
(Chelsea Kiwanis Club, includes slides)
Box 75
Polar Bears 2009
(Grosse Pointe Rotary Club)
Box 75
Printed Works in Archives 1982
(MAA Meeting)
Box 75
Printed Works in Archives 1981
(Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) Meeting)
Box 75
Printed Works in Archives
(Society of American Archivists (SAA) Meeting)
Box 75
Rowfant Club and other "Treasures" 1995
Box 75
Society of Automobile Historians (SAH) 2013
Box 75
Student Life 1989
Box 75
Transportation History 1982
(Friends Meeting)
Box 75
Upper Peninsula Industry 2002
(MAA Meeting)
Box 75
Vatican Archives undated
Box 75
Vatican Archives 1989
(MAC Meeting)
Publications
Box 75
"A New Access System for the Vatican Archives" (SAA) 1989
Box 75
"Halley's Comet at the University of Michigan, 1910" undated
Subject Headings in the Card Catalog for the Michigan Alumnus and Quarterly Review undated
Box 75
Suburban Newspapers 1989-2003
Box 75
Tapes 2010-2011
Box 75
Transition 2012-2013
Box 75
UARP Field 2002-2003
Box 75
UM Headings 1996 undated
Box 75
Vertical File 1989-1991
Box 75
Web Archiving Report 2011-2012
Women 2000 undated
Lost, Recataloged, Discarded or Transferred Materials [subseries]
Two boxes of catalog index cards comprise the subseries, Lost, Re-cataloged, Discarded or Transferred Materials, 1949-1989 (0.6 linear feet). This assembly was largely generated during the transition from a card catalog to an online public access catalog system, when items that had been separately cataloged were returned to their collections of origin to be described collectively in finding aids, rather than through separate entries.
Box 68
Catalog index card file arranged alphabetically by author 1949-1989
Box 68
Catalog index card file arranged alphabetically by author 1949-1989
