There are five sets of Scrapbooks in the Athletic Department record group: The Athletic Department Main Series, Women's Athletics, Fans' Scrapbooks, Jay Kleinert, and Ben Friedman Scrapbooks. All are available on microfilm. The original volumes are stored off-site, but can be consulted if necessary.
Athletic Dept., Main Series 1902-1990 [subseries]
The Main Series, 1902-1996, and continuing, was compiled by the Athletic Department. It covers men's intercollegiate athletics and includes newspaper clippings from the Michigan Daily, Ann Arbor News, Detroit Free Press and Detroit News, and occasionally from other out-of-town newspapers and national magazines. The coverage for the years 1902 to approximately 1920 is somewhat spotty. After 1920 coverage becomes much more thorough. All varsity sports are covered. The volumes for 1902-1927 are arranged by sport. Beginning in September 1927 all sports are included in a single chronological order. Individual clippings are occasionally out of order by as much as a week and there is some overlap between volumes. Not all feature articles related to UM athletics appearing in the Daily or Detroit papers were clipped for the scrapbooks.
The Fan's Scrapbooks subseries was apparently compiled by a U of M fan and donated to the Athletic Department. The nine volumes cover the years 1942-1950 and are devoted almost exclusively to football. There is some duplication with the Main Series, but the Fan's Scrapbooks contain many items not found in the Main Series, including numerous clippings from out-of-town papers.
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Vol. 1 1942
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Vol. 2 1943
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Vol. 3 1944
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Vol. 4 1945
(Also includes some basketball, hockey, track, and baseball clippings)
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Vol. 5 1946
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Vol. 6 1947
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Vol. 7 1948
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Vol. 8 1949
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Vol. 9 1950
Jay Kleinert Scrapbooks [subseries]
The Jay Kleinert Scrapbooks are oversize volumes (approx. 3'x 4' in size) compiled by Kleinert, an avid fan from Jackson, Michigan, and donated to the Athletic Department. They are devoted exclusively to UM football and include newspaper and magazine clippings, some photographs and original artwork by Kleinert. The Kleinert scrapbooks cover the years 1921-1989
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Vol. 1 1921-1936
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Vol. 2 1937-1941
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Vol. 3 1942-1949
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Vol. 4 1950-1958
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Vol. 5 1959-1965
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Vol. 6 1966-1970
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Vol. 7 1971-1974
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Vol. 8 1975
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Vol. 9 1976
(includes 1976 Orange Bowl)
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Vol. 10 1977
(includes 1977 Rose Bowl)
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Vol. 11 1978
(includes 1978 Rose Bowl)
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Vol. 12 1979
(includes 1979 Rose Bowl)
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Vol. 13 1980
(includes 1981 Rose Bowl)
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Vol. 14 1981
(includes 1981 Bluebonnet Bowl)
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Vol. 15 1982
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Vol. 16 1983
(includes 1984 Sugar Bowl)
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Vol. 17 1984
(includes 1984 Holiday Bowl)
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Vol. 18 1985
(includes 1986 Fiesta Bowl)
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Vol. 19 1986
(includes 1987 Rose Bowl)
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Vol. 20 "Memoirs" 1909-1989
Ben Friedman Scrapbook 1922-1939
The Ben Friedman scrapbooks were compiled by the Friedman family and loaned to the Athletic Department for microfilming. Friedman, all-American quarterback in 1926, was one of the first nationally prominent Jewish college athletes. The scrapbooks, which cover his high school and professional career as well his Michigan years, are mainly clippings fromor his hometown Cleveland newspapers and the Jewish press.
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Vol. 1
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(UM and professional football)
Women's Athletic Scrapbooks 1982-1990 [subseries]
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Vol. 1 1982-January 27, 1986
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Vol. 2 February 1, 1986-November 13, 1988
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Vol. 3 November 8, 1988-September 4, 1990
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Vol. 4 November 28, 1989-July 18, 1990
(120 pages)
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Vol. 5 August 23, 1990-March 18,1992
(286 pages)
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Vol. 6 September 7, 1990-December 31, 1992
(381 pages)
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Vol. 7 January 5, 1993-December 30, 1993
(286 pages)
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Vol. 8 January 6, 1994-December 22, 1994
(449 pages)