Title: Athletic Department (University of Michigan) records Creator: University of Michigan. Athletic Dept. Inclusive dates: 1860-2017 Extent: 332 linear feet (in 340 boxes, approximate) Extent: 35 oversize boxes Extent: 9 oversize folders Extent: 2000 films and videotapes Extent: 22 oversize volumes Location: Films and videotapes are stored offsite, prior notice required for retrieval. Consult the reference archivist to arrange viewing or duplication. Abstract:
Manages the University of Michigan's participation in intercollegiate athletic competition. Governed by the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics and headed by the Athletic Director. Since 1973 has managed women's intercollegiate athletics. Sub-units include Sports Information, Athletic Director, Football Office and various administrative and support offices. The records, primarily from the Sports Information Office, include team rosters, press releases and news clipping scrapbooks, media guides, game programs, and team, individual, and game action photos for all varsity sports and game films of football and basketball. Other material includes scouting reports, 1938-1963, and administrative records from the football office, records of the NCAA baseball investigation, 1988-1990, and miscellaneous publications and promotional material.
Call number: 943 Bimu 2 Language: The materials are in English. Repository: Bentley Historical Library
1150 Beal Ave. Ann Arbor, MI
48109-2113 Phone:
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Finding aid prepared by: Greg Kinney, (last updated 5/31/9/30/2013)
Access and Use
Acquisition Information:
The records were acquired in several accessions, 1990 and ongoing, primarily through Bruce Madej and later through the Media Relations Office (donor no. 1776).
Access Restrictions:
The records are open for research use with the exception of boxes 52-53 which include some material subject to FERPA.
To protect fragile audiovisual recordings (such as audio cassettes, film reels, and VHS tapes), the Bentley Historical Library has a policy of converting them to digital formats by a professional vendor whenever a researcher requests access. For more information, please see: http://bentley.umich.edu/research/duplication/.
Copyright:
Copyright to materials produced by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is held by the regents of the university or the department. The department records include occasional photographs produced by outside photographers. Copyright to these items may be held by the original photographer.
Photographs, film and video, and other material from the Athletic Department records used for broadcasts, multimedia products, publications or other commercial products may be subject to licensing fees and regulations by the University of Michigan Athletic Department. Consult the Bentley Historical Library reference archivist (bentley.ref@umich.edu, 734-764-3482) or the Athletic Department Licensing Office (734-763-4183)
Preferred Citation:
item, folder title, box no., Athletic Department (University of Michigan) Records, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Arrangement
Box order listing of Athletic Department Records
Summary Contents List
Sports Information Office, 1860-
Official Rosters of Letter Winners (Dope Books), 1860-- box 54
Women's Field Hockey, Media Guides, Articles, Programs
60
Development Office, Building Dedications
61A-61C
Women's Basketball
62-63
Women's Cross Country
64A
Women's Water Polo
64B
Women's Gymnastics
65
Woman's Gymnastics - Results, 1976-1995
66-A
Miscellaneous Accounts
66-B
Women's Swimming, Media guides
67-69
Women's Swimming, Photos, Results
70-71
Women's Track
72-73
Football photos
74
Men's Gymnastics photos
75
Men's Track meet results
76
Wrestling photos
77
Men's Track photos
78
Ath. Director-NCAA Investigation
79
Football Bowl Game Media Guides
80
Miscellaneous-Pocket Schedules, Facilities and Staff Photos
81-A
Minor Sports Media guides, 1969-1972, M Magazine
81-B
Basketball-Cazzie Russell photos
82
Football photos
83
Ticket Office
84
Ath. Director - Big Ten, Faculty rep.
85-87
Ath. Director - Weidenbach
88-91
Ath. Director - Roberson
91-92
Board in Control
93
Baseball - Scorebooks
94-97
Football - game reports
98-99
Football game programs
100-101
Microfilm - Loan set
102
Hockey Programs
103
Basketball Programs
104
Compliance Office
105
Football Season Final Statistics and game rundowns
106
Golf -- meet results, 1947-1986/97
107
Hockey Media Guides
108
Gymnastic -- Photos- digital
109
Gymnastics -- Media Guides
110-111
Gymnastics -- meet results
112
Women's Golf
113
Women's Tennis -- Media Guides, Photos
114-115
Women's Tennis -- Results
116
Women's Swimming, results
117-118
Men's Tennis, results
119
Women's Track - results
120-121
Men's Swimming
122-123
Football - press clippings /game reports
124A
Basketball Media Guides
125-126-B
Hockey Media Guides
127-130
Football programs, 2004-2007
131-133
Football Media Guides, 199-2007
134-138
Basketball Box Scores
139-140
Basketball-Fab Five
141-147
Softball
148-149
Women's Golf results
150-152
Women's Soccer photos, results
153-154
Women's Field Hockey, Photos, Results
155-159
Women's Volleyball
160
Videotapes
161
CDs / DVDs / Computer Disks, Men's sports
162-163
Basketball Season Summaries
164-166
Hockey Photos
167-175
Hockey Game Results and Statistics
176-178
Hockey articles
179
Swimming results, 1998/99-2002/03
180-185
Women's Gymnastics, results 1992-, Photos
186-194
Women's Basketball
195-197
Baseball, Statistics, Photos
198-199
Women's Rowing
2000-201
Men's Gymnastics, results, 2000/01-
202-203
Golf, meet results, 1997/98-2006/06
204-208
Wrestling, meet results, 1934-2006
209-210
Women's Tennis
211-212
Women's Track, results
213-214
Men's Soccer
215
Men's Cross Country - results, releases
216-217
Men's Track, results, 1991-2001
218
Women's Golf -results, 2005/06-
219
Swimming-men, results, photos
220
Tennis-Men. Results, 2000- 2004
221
Ath. Director-NCAA Investigation
222
Women's Water Polo
223
Women's Water Polo, photos
224
Baseball Photos, 1997-2006
225
Ath. Dir. - Bill Martin
226
Baseball
227
Baseball
228
Men's soccer - photos-digital
229
Women's Soccer - photos - digital
230
Women's Volleyball, photos
231
Women's Volleyball, photos- digital
232
Men's Gymnastics, photos- digital
233
Men's soccer - photos-digital
234
Women's Tennis - photos-digital
235-237
Women's Basketball, photos, digital
238
Women's Swimming, photos digital
239-240
Hockey, photos digital
241
Women's track, results
243
Men's Basketball, photos, 2003/04-2006/07
244-248
Football game Programs
249-253
Football Game Rundowns
254
Football Photos, 1987-2006
255
Men's Tennis photos, 2004/05-2007/08
256-257
Women's Gymnastics - photos-digital
258-259
Women's Softball - photos-digital
260
Development Office,
Topical
261
Men's Track(some Women's track)- photos-digital
262
Women's Track(some Men's track)- photos-digital
263
Women's Field Hockey - photos-digital
264
Football Photos, 1991-2006
265-271
Men's Basketball, newspaper clippings
272-279
Football, digital images, 1999-2008
280-282
Football, Photos, 1996-2006
283
Women's Water Polo
284
Men's Soccer
285
Women's Track, Photos, 1996-2006
286
Women's Tennis -photos
287-296
Basketball-Men
297
Wrestling, photos
298
Golf-Men photos
299
Golf-Women, photos
300-303
Basketball-Men, photos
304
Basketball-Men, programs
305-309
Football, programs
310-311
Wrestling results
312
Wrestling scorebooks
313
Football game actin slides and photos
314
Men's Track results
315
Men's Swimming results
316
Volleyball - photos
History
The University of Michigan Athletic Department manages the university's participation in intercollegiate athletic competition. The department is governed by the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics and headed by the Athletic Director. Since 1973 the department has managed women's intercollegiate athletics. Sub-units of the department include offices for each varsity sport, Sports Information, and various administrative and support offices.
The first organized athletic activity at the University of Michigan was sponsored by the "Pioneer Cricket Club" formed by students in 1860. In 1865, the university appropriated fifty dollars for the maintenance of a playing field, the first official recognition and support for student athletics. Prior to 1873 athletic competition was managed by informal student clubs that had no official standing with the university. Baseball, football, and boating clubs organized occasional competitions with the local high school or area community teams. In 1873 a Football Association was formed and a Baseball Association in 1876. The two merged in 1878 to form the first Athletic Association. This was a completely student controlled organization seeking to direct the activities of the university athletic teams with the aim of raising funds for construction of a gymnasium. In addition to modest gate receipts from games, the Athletic Association sponsored dances and other social events as fund-raisers. The Athletic Association dissolved in 1884 and the management of athletics reverted to the individual sports clubs, including a track club originally formed in 1874.
In 1890/91 the University of Michigan Athletic Association was formed. According to its constitution, any student could become a member by paying the annual fee of three dollars, making him a participant in the management of university athletics. The Association elected managers for each sport who were scheduled games an handled other administrative matters. In 1891 the Athletic Association hired Frank Crawford as the first football coach.
The Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics was formed in 1893 to assert a measure of faculty control over athletics. It assumed overall responsibility for athletic policy and financial management, but the student Athletic Association continued to play a role in athletics until 1920. The board originally consisted of nine members; five chosen from the faculty senate by President Angell and four undergraduates, at first selected by the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association but later chosen by the student body.
A desire to regularize competition with other Midwestern universities led the Athletic Association to join Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Northwestern in forming the Northwestern Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1893. The league sponsored competition in baseball and track but folded after one year. The Western Intercollegiate Athletic Association was formed in the fall of 1894 and sponsored a track meet the following spring. In 1896 Dr. C.B.G. de Nancrede and Professor Albert Pattengill joined representatives of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Chicago, Illinois and Northwestern who met in Chicago to form the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives, commonly referred to then as the "Western Conference" and now as the Big Ten. Indiana and Iowa joined the conference in 1899 and Ohio State in 1912. The University of Chicago left the conference in 1939/40 and Michigan State joined in 1950.
Charles Baird was appointed "Director of Outdoor Athletics" under the Board in Control in 1899. Baird had been an officer of the Athletic Association as an undergraduate and later held the title of "Graduate Director of Athletics." Baird is considered to be the first Athletic Director. He was responsible for hiring Fielding Yost as football coach in 1901. Baird served as Director of Outdoor Athletics until 1908. He was succeeded by Philip Bartelme, who had attended the university in 1855-96 and 1897-98. He held the post through 1920.
In 1907 Michigan withdrew from the Western Conference over a dispute on reform measures originally proposed by President Angell. Michigan remained outside the conference until 1918. During this period the Board in Control was reorganized several times as different factions of the faculty, student body, administration, and alumni sought influence on the question of rejoining the conference.
Fielding Yost was appointed Director of Intercollegiate Athletics in 1921. At the same time Dr. John Sundwall was named chairman of the Department of Physical Education, Athletics and School Health leading to conflict with Yost over control of athletic administration. In 1926 acting university president Alfred Lloyd appointed Edmund Day, dean of the Business School, to head a Senate committee to investigate the athletic situation on campus. The resulting "Day Report" was a far ranging document that led to significant changes in athletic administration, programs and facilities. Considered the foundation document of the modern athletic department, the "Day Report" adopted much of Yost's program of "Athletics For All" and resulted in the construction of Michigan Stadium, the Intramural Sports Building, the University Golf Course, and facilities for women's athletics at Palmer Field.
In 1925 Yost hired Philip C. Pack as the department's first "publicity agent" laying the groundwork for the modern Sports Information Office. Pack was succeeded by Frank DeLano in 1940 and Les Etter in 1943. Yost retired as Athletic Director in 1941 and was succeeded by football coach Herbert. O. "Fritz" Crisler, who also assumed responsibility for the intramural and physical education programs. Crisler retired as football coach following the 1947 season, but continued as Athletic Director until 1968. Crisler oversaw a further expansion of the athletic department's physical plant, including two expansions of Michigan Stadium, a varsity pool, a women's swimming pool, the Athletic Office Building (now Weidenbach Hall), modern baseball stands, and the University Events Building - later named Crisler Arena.
Crisler was succeeded by track coach Don Canham who initiated aggressive marketing and promotional campaigns that made Michigan a pioneer in the development of merchandising and licensing agreements as sources of revenue. Canham's tenure saw the inauguration of varsity competition for women. In 1972 Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendment Act prohibiting sexual discrimination in education programs which received federal funding. The Department of Health Education and Welfare and the courts interpreted this to mean schools must provide equal athletic opportunities for men and women students. In response to Title IX and complaints from women students, university president Robben Fleming created a Committee to Study Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, headed by Eunice Burns, an Ann Arbor political and social activist and later assistant dean in the School of Education. On the basis of the "Burns Committee" report, varsity level competition in seven sports was instituted in 1973/74. Marie Hartwig was appointed Associate Director of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics, reporting to the Athletic Director. Hartwig retired in 1976 and was succeeded by Virginia Hunt who served less than one year. Phyllis Ocker assumed the post in 1977. Ocker was succeeded by Peggy Bradley-Doppes in 1991. In the course of several reorganizations of the department in the 1990s aimed at fully integrating administration of the men's and women's programs the separate position of Director of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics was eliminated.
From 1973 to 1981 women's sports at Michigan operated under the rules of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), a national association that tried to provide women's athletics an alternative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association which governed men's sports. Michigan's women's teams competed in two associations affiliated with the AIAW; the Midwest Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women and the State of Michigan Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. In 1981 women's sports left the governing structure of the AIAW to join the NCAA and began competing in the Big Ten conference.
Canham retired in 1989 and was succeeded by football coach Glen E. "Bo" Schembechler, 1989-1990; Jack Weidenbach, 1990-1994; and Joe Roberson, 1994-1997. Thomas Goss was named athletic director in Sept. 1997 and was succeeded by Bill Martin in 2000.
Michigan now offers varsity competition in 26 sports. The recent media guides contain capsule histories for each sport. The first years of varsity level intercollegiate for UM sports are :
Men's Sports:
Baseball - 1866
Basketball - 1909, 1917 (basketball was dropped after initial the season then resumed when Michigan rejoined the Western Conference)
Cross Country - 1920-1932, 1972 (cross country was dropped in 1932 and reinstated as a varsity sport in 1972)
Fencing - 1928-1932 (fencing was dropped as varsity sport in 1932)
Football - 1879
Golf - 1922
Gymnastics - 1926
Hockey - 1923
Lacrosse - 2012
Soccer - 2000
Swimming - 1922
Tennis - 1892
Track - 1893
Wrestling - 1922
Women's Sports
Basketball - 1973/74
Cross Country 1978/79
Crew - 1996
Field Hockey - 1974
Golf - 1979
Gymnastics - 1975/76
Rowing - 1996
Soccer - 1994
Softball - 1979
Swimming/Diving - 1973/74
Synchronized Swimming - 1973/74-1982 (dropped as varsity sport in 1982)
Tennis - 1974
Track - 1974
Volleyball - 1973/74
Water Polo - 2000/01
The Athletic Department now manages an extensive complex of indoor and outdoor facilities. The first athletic competitions and practices were held on central campus, approximately where the Chemistry building now stands, and at the Fair Grounds (now Burns Park). In 1890 the Board of Regents appropriated $3000 for the purchase of land on South State Street for use as a playing field for football, baseball, and track. Regents Field opened in 1893 with a single covered bleacher accommodating 400. The original bleachers, which stood approximately where Schembechler Hall is today, burned in 1895 and were replaced with covered bleachers seating 800. Later additions of permanent bleachers and temporary stands increased capacity to 17,000. Regents Field was the site of UM football games through the 1906 season.
In 1902 Dexter Ferry donated a tract of land north of Regents Field for development of new athletic facilities. The entire athletic complex was renamed Ferry Field. Construction of a new football field, on the site of the current running track, was completed in 1906. The new Ferry Field seated 18,000 fans. Replacement of the south stands with concrete bleachers in 1914 increased capacity to 25,000. Construction of permanent wooden bleachers in the end zones expanded seating to 41,000.
A "club house" was built at the east end of Ferry Field in 1912, providing a locker room for the football team and offices for the coaches. (It now houses the ticket office, Sports Information, and administrative offices.)
Michigan Stadium was completed in 1927 with permanent seating of 72,000 and temporary wooden bleachers for a total capacity of 84,400. In 1949 the wooden bleachers were replaced with permanent steel bleachers, raising capacity to 97,239. Additional bleachers were added in 1956 increasing seating to 101,000. Artificial Tartan Turf was installed in 1969 and replaced with All Pro artificial turf in 1983. A grass playing surface was reinstalled in 1991. The replacement of the remaining original redwood seats with metal and reconfiguring of seat numbers in 1992 added 800 seats bringing the official capacity to 102,501. The addition of five rows of seats to the top of the stadium in 1998 raised capacity to 107,501
Football facilities also include Oosterbaan Field House, an indoor practice area and Schembechler Hall, with locker room, weight training, and physical therapy facilities, as well as coaches' and administrative offices. Schembechler Hall also houses the Margaret Dow Towsley Museum featuring historical displays and sports memorabilia.
Waterman Gymnasium (now the site of the Chemistry Building) was completed in 1894. In addition to serving as the site for all physical education courses and intramural sports, Waterman was home for the varsity basketball and indoor track team until the opening of Yost Arena in 1922. Wrestling and gymnastics teams also used Waterman gym.
Yost Field House, completed in 1923, was the nation's first multi-purpose field house. It was designed for indoor track and basketball, but also served as a practice and training facility for baseball, football and other sports. Yost was home for the UM basketball team until 1967. In 1973 Yost Field House was converted for use by the hockey team and renamed Yost Arena. The hockey team had previously played at the Coliseum Building (located at the corner of South Fifth Avenue and Hoover St.) which the university had purchased in 1925. The Sports Coliseum now houses practice and training facilities for gymnastics.
Baseball had originally been played at the old Regents Field. The current university baseball field was laid out in 1923. The grandstands were built in 1948 and remodeled in 1973. Wooden bleachers were added in 1983. The field was named Ray Fisher Stadium in 1967 in honor of Ray Fisher, who coached Michigan baseball teams from 1921-1958.
The first facility for the swimming team was the pool in the Michigan Union which opened in 1921. In 1928 swimming events moved to the pool in the new Intramural Sports Building. In 1957 a new pool was constructed on the east end of the I-M Building. The largest collegiate pool in the nation at the time, it was named for Matt Mann, UM swimming coach from 1924-1954. The Don Canham Natatorium opened in 1989.
The wrestling team originally trained in Waterman Gymnasium then moved to facilities in the Intramural Sports Building. It now competes in Cliff Keen Arena on the site of the former Matt Mann Pool. Keen Arena also hosts women's and men's gymnastics and women's volleyball.
In recent years facilities have been added for women's softball, field hockey and soccer; all located at the southern end of Ferry Field. The Tisch Tennis Complex, located on South State St. just beyond the UM Golf Course, opened in 1997.
For additional information about current Athletic department facilities consult the Athletic Department home page at: http://www.umich.edu/~mgoblue/CampusInfo/map.html
Collection Scope and Content Note
The records of the University of Michigan Athletic Department document the participation of University of Michigan Athletic teams in intercollegiate competition, 1864 to the present. The records include media guides, game programs and other printed material; press releases; team and individual statistics; photographs, films and videotapes; development and Fund-raising material, and a variety of accounts, audits and other administrative The records are organized into several sub-groups based on the administrative structure of the department. The subgroups are: Sports Information Office, Football Office, Athletic Director's Office, Development Office, Ticket Office and Business Office. The Sports Information Office sub-group constitutes by far the largest portion of the Athletic Department records and includes series for each of the varsity sports.
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.
Athletics -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Baseball -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Basketball -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
College sports -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Football -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Golf -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Gymnastics -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Hockey -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Running -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Sports for women -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Swimming -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Tennis -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Track-athletics -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Wrestling -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Baseball.
Basketball.
College sports -- Michigan.
Ferry Field (University of Michigan)
Football.
Golf.
Gymnastics.
Ice hockey.
Running.
Sports.
Sports for women -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor.
Swimming.
Tennis.
Track athletics.
Wrestling.
Motion pictures.
Photographs.
Videotapes.
University of Michigan. Athletic Dept.
University of Michigan -- Sports.
University of Michigan -- Baseball.
University of Michigan -- Basketball.
University of Michigan -- Football.
University of Michigan -- Golf.
University of Michigan -- Hockey.
University of Michigan -- Soccer.
University of Michigan -- Sports.
University of Michigan -- Swimming.
University of Michigan -- Track athletics.
University of Michigan. Women's Athletics.
University of Michigan -- Wrestling.
Crisler Arena (University of Michigan)
Michigan Stadium (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
University of Michigan -- Baseball.
University of Michigan -- Basketball.
University of Michigan -- Football.
University of Michigan -- Golf.
University of Michigan -- Hockey.
University of Michigan -- Sports.
University of Michigan -- Swimming.
University of Michigan -- Track athletics.
University of Michigan -- Wrestling.
Yost Field House (University of Michigan)
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Sports Information Office, 1860- [subgrp]
The Sports Information Office (SIO) as a separately functioning unit within the Athletic Department dates from 1925 when Philip Pack was hired as publicity agent. The SIO subgroup includes material created by the office and material it collected or assembled, including material pre-dating 1925. The sub-group is divided into a number of series based on record format and sport. The series are: Scrapbooks, Press Releases, separate series for each of the varsity men's and women's sports, Minor Sports, Miscellaneous, and Official Rosters of Letter Winners.
The Sports Information Office records contain a separate series for each of the men's and women's varsity sports. Each sport series in turn is composed of several standard sub-series and files, including Media Guides, Photographs (usually subdivided into files of team photos, individual portraits, and game action), and Game or meet results. For some sports there may also be game programs, and game films or videotapes.
The Media Guides are produced by the Sports Information Office. They include team rosters, brief biographical information on team members and coaches, schedules, individual and team statistics, pictures of some or all team members, and a variety of historical information. Modern media guides usually contain a roster of all individuals who have lettered in the sport. The first formal media guide was produced for football in 1931. Guides for other sports do not begin until the late 1930s or 1940s. The format and size of the media guides have varied considerably over the years. Until the 1960s, media guides for sports other than football consisted of two to ten mimeographed pages. Media guides for women's' sports begin in 1976/77. Initially they were simple brochures with roster and schedule information. They now are comparable to media guides for men's sports.
The Photographs subseries for each sport includes the "official" team photograph for each year and occasionally other "informal" team photos s well as posed portraits of athletes in uniform and game action photos.
An official team photograph for each sport appears to have been taken each year, however, the Athletic Department record group does not include team photos for all years for every sport. Other collections in the Bentley Library contain athletic team photographs that complement or duplicate the photos in the Athletic Department records. From approximately 1896 to 1968, the Rentschler Photography Studio took the official team photos for most sports. The University of Michigan News and Information Service began taking team photographs in the early 1960s and has taken team photos since 1969. The Bentley's Rentschler Studio and News and Information Service collections include original negatives of many team photos. A compiled list of team photographs located in a number of Bentley Library collections is available at the library. This is the most authoritative listing of team photographs. It is arranged by sport and year and indicates the location of the photo and whether or not an original or copy negative exists. For years for which a print or negative does not exist, a team photo usually may be found in the school year book.
Each sport includes a sub-series of Portraits and Action Photographs. The portraits may include formal studio portraits - typically in uniform or letter-sweater, but sometimes in suit and tie - or more informal portraits taken on the practice field. The latter are sometimes referred to as "picture day" photos referring to the annual "media day." The Sports Information Office has conventionally differentiated the portraits as "head shots" - close-up portraits, "posed in uniform" - a still pose wearing game or practice uniform, or "posed action" - in which the athlete strikes a typical or stylized action pose. The portraits are arranged chronologically. If the exact date of a photograph is not known, it has generally been placed in the folder for the last year in which the athlete competed. Researchers should examine folders for all years in which the athlete competed. The Athletic Department records do not include portraits of every athlete. For some years there are no individual photographs. After the university News and Information Service began taking "picture day" photos, in the mid-1960s for most sports, the Athletic Department records may include only contact sheets of individual portraits. Original negatives for most of these contact sheets can be found in the News and Information Service records. For several sports there are separate files of headshots or posed action shots of All-American athletes. As with team photos, the Bentley has many other collections that include photographs of individual athletes. There is no comprehensive list or index to these collections. Indexes to several of the more important collections are available at the library. The Sports Information Office has retained a significant number of photographs of "star" athletes.
The Action Photographs have been collected by the Sports Information Office from a number of "side-line photographers," including newspaper and wire-service photographers. Copyright restrictions may apply to some of these photos. Beginning in about 1970, some sports include game action contact sheets. These photos were taken by Bob Kalmbach, photographer with the News and Information Service. Kalmbach holds the negatives for these photos.
Several sports series, football in particular, contain files of photos of Facilities and Miscellaneous topics. Some sports also include a separate file of photographs of coaches.
Most sports series include a sub-series of Game Programs and/or Season Statistics and Programs. For football, basketball and hockey the game programs are filed separately and arranged by year. For other sports, individual game programs are inter-filed with a variety of game or meet results and statistics. The earliest football program dates from 1894. Through 1925 the football programs sub-series is very incomplete. There are two or three programs for most years, but for some years there are no programs. Following 1925, the collection of home game programs is nearly complete, while the away-game programs are about 60% complete. An item listing of all football programs in the Athletic Department collection and several personal manuscript collections is available at the library. Basketball and hockey programs are scattered until the mid-1960s.
Individual game or meet programs for other sports are often little more than one or two page flyers. Programs for major meets and Big Ten or NCAA championships are more substantial. The number of programs and the extent of meet and season statistical information vary considerably among the various sports.
Football is the only sport with a significant body of Game Films and Videotapes. The earliest game film (the Bentley has a videotape copied from the original at the Library of Congress) is of portions of the 1904 Michigan vs. Chicago game played in Ann Arbor. The game was filmed by Edison Company and is one of the earliest known football game films. There are scattered film clips and newsreels from the late 1920's including some footage of the dedication of Michigan Stadium in 1927. Beginning in 1930 there are a few films (usually not complete games) for each year, except 1934. After 1940 the game films are nearly complete. A complete listing of all football game films in the Athletic Department record group as well as several from other collections is available at the library. With a few exceptions, the films are the "coach's film" shot with a single camera from the top of the press box. A few games from the 1950s-- which were delayed broadcast on television-- have sound. Most films are black and white until the late 1960s. Most game films and videotapes are stored off-site. Generally two days notice is required for retrieval of these items. The poor condition of some films may preclude their being projected
The Athletic Department record group has some basketball films covering the years 1954-1966, including footage from the "Cazzie Russell era," 1963-1966. Most of the Cazzie Russell footage has been transferred to videotape. There are only scattered films of other sports. There are some videotapes of women's sports and men's minor sports from the mid-1980s that were taped by CTC Sports or by students for use on a local access cable TV program called "Wolverine Watch." These tapes have not been fully catalogued.
Media Guide, Team and Individual Photograph, and Program/Results subseries for varsity women's sports begin in 1977/78. The records for women's basketball, cross country, swimming and diving, tennis and track are fairly complete. The library's holdings in women's field hockey, golf, soccer, softball and volleyball represent only preliminary accessions, largely media guides and a few photographs. Records for these sports are still held by the Sports Information Office. Rosters and some statistical information for women's sports, 1972-1977, can be found in the separately cataloged "University of Michigan. Women's Athletics" record group.
Scrapbooks (Microfilm) [series]
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.
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 1 1942
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 2 1943
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 3 1944
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 4 1945
(Also includes some basketball, hockey, track, and baseball clippings)
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 5 1946
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 6 1947
Box 2
Roll 2
Vol. 7 1948
Box 2
Roll 2
Vol. 8 1949
Box 2
Roll 2
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
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 1 1921-1936
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 2 1937-1941
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 3 1942-1949
Box 2
Roll 2
Vol. 4 1950-1958
Box 2
Roll 2
Vol. 5 1959-1965
Box 2
Roll 2
Vol. 6 1966-1970
Box 2
Roll 3
Vol. 7 1971-1974
Box 2
Roll 3
Vol. 8 1975
Box 2
Roll 3
Vol. 9 1976
(includes 1976 Orange Bowl)
Box 2
Roll 3
Vol. 10 1977
(includes 1977 Rose Bowl)
Box 2
Roll 4
Vol. 11 1978
(includes 1978 Rose Bowl)
Box 2
Roll 4
Vol. 12 1979
(includes 1979 Rose Bowl)
Box 2
Roll 4
Vol. 13 1980
(includes 1981 Rose Bowl)
Box 2
Roll 4
Vol. 14 1981
(includes 1981 Bluebonnet Bowl)
Box 2
Roll 5
Vol. 15 1982
Box 2
Roll 5
Vol. 16 1983
(includes 1984 Sugar Bowl)
Box 2
Roll 5
Vol. 17 1984
(includes 1984 Holiday Bowl)
Box 2
Roll 6
Vol. 18 1985
(includes 1986 Fiesta Bowl)
Box 2
Roll 6
Vol. 19 1986
(includes 1987 Rose Bowl)
Box 2
Roll 6
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 for his hometown Cleveland newspapers and the Jewish press.
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 1
(High School and UM)
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 2
(UM and professional football)
Women's Athletic Scrapbooks 1982-1990 [subseries]
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 1 1982-January 27, 1986
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 2 February 1, 1986-November 13, 1988
Box 2
Roll 1
Vol. 3 November 8, 1988-September 4, 1990
Box 2
Roll 2
Vol. 4 November 28, 1989-July 18, 1990
(120 pages)
Box 2
Roll 2
Vol. 5 August 23, 1990-March 18,1992
(286 pages)
Box 2
Roll 2
Vol. 6 September 7, 1990-December 31, 1992
(381 pages)
Box 2
Roll 3
Vol. 7 January 5, 1993-December 30, 1993
(286 pages)
Box 2
Roll 3
Vol. 8 January 6, 1994-December 22, 1994
(449 pages)
The Press Releases series consists of press releases produced by the Sports Information Office, 1943-1996 and continuing. Sometimes titled "Michigan Sports News," the releases were issued weekly. They provide information on upcoming games and events, give statistical summaries of the previous week's games and often a compilation of season statistics for teams and individuals. The press releases are arranged chronologically (by calendar year 1943-1979 and academic year beginning in 1979/80). Beginning in 1983/84 the year's releases are further subdivided by sport.
"Michigan Sports News"
Box 3
1943-1960
(one folder per calendar year)
Box 4
1961-1978
(one folder per calendar year)
Box 4
1979 January-August
Box 5
1979/80
(Academic year)
Box 5
August-December
Box 5
January-March
Box 5
April-August
1980/91
Box 5
Football
(3 folders)
Box 5
September-December
Box 5
January
Box 5
February
Box 5
March
Box 5
April-July
1981/82
Box 5
August
Box 5
September
Box 5
October
Box 5
November
Box 5
December
Box 5
January
Box 5
February
Box 5
March
Box 5
April-July
1982/83
Box 5
August
Box 5
September
Box 5
October
Box 5
November
Box 5
December
Box 5
January
Box 5
February
Box 5
March
Box 6
April
Box 6
May-June
1983/84
Box 6
Football
Box 6
Basketball
Box 6
Hockey, Baseball
Box 6
Non-Revenue and Miscellaneous
Box 6
Women's Sports
1984/85
Box 6
Football
Box 6
Basketball, Hockey
Box 6
Baseball
Box 6
Non-Revenue, Miscellaneous
Box 6
Women's Sports
1985/86
Box 6
Football
Box 6
Basketball
Box 6
Hockey
Box 6
Baseball, Non-Revenue
Box 6
Women's Sports
1986/87
Box 6
Football
Box 6
Basketball
Box 6
Hockey, Baseball
Box 6
Non-Revenue
Box 6
Women's Sports
Box 7
1987/88
Box 7
Football
Box 7
Basketball, Hockey, Baseball
Box 7
Non-Revenue and Miscellaneous
Box 7
Women's Sports
1988/89
Box 7
Football
Box 7
Basketball, Hockey, Baseball
Box 7
Non-Revenue
Box 7
Women's Sports
1989/90
Box 7
Baseball
Box 7
Non-Revenue, Miscellaneous
Box 7
Women's Sports
1990/91
(August-December and Fall sports missing)
Box 7
January-June
Box 7
Basketball, Hockey, Baseball
Box 7
Non-Revenue
Box 7
Women's Sports
1991/92
Box 7
August-December
Box 7
January-June
Box 7
Football
Box 7
Basketball
Box 7
Hockey
Box 7
Baseball
1992/93
Box 7
August-December
Box 7
January-July
Box 7
Football
Box 7
Hockey
Box 7
Baseball
1993/94
Box 7
August-December
Box 7
January-April
Box 56
Football
Box 56
Hockey
Box 56
Basketball
Box 56
Baseball
1994/95
Box 56
September-December
Box 56
January-July
Box 56
Football
Box 56
Hockey
Box 56
Baseball
1995/96
Box 56
August-December
Box 56
January-May
Box 56
Cross Country
Box 56
Football
Box 56
Hockey
Box 56
Baseball
Box 56
Minor Sports
1996/97
Box 56
September-December 1996
Box 56
January-June, 1997
Box 56
Football
Box 56
Hockey
Box 56
Women's Sports
1997/98
Box 56
August-September 1997
Box 56
January-May 1998
Box 56
Football
Box 56
Hockey
Box 56
Baseball
1998/99
Box 309
September 1991-July 1992
Box 309
Football
Box 309
Basketball
Box 309
Baseball
Box 309
Ice Hockey
Football [series]
Photographs, 1879- [subseries]
Team Photos, 1879-
(Team photos in the Athletic Department. records for the following years are in outsize boxes 1-2, negatives and prints or contact sheets of team photos 1969-1994 are located in boxes 8-10 below. For a more complete, but not exhaustive, listing of football team photographs in the Athletic Department and other collections, see Appendix A, "Football Team Photographs")
(Phooto Album, mostly 8x10 rpints or reprints, all are avaialbe online.)
Digitized Football Team Photographs 1879-2008
(The digitized football team photos displayed in the Bentley Library Image Bank include scans from prints and negatives in the Athletic Department records as well as team photos from other collections, including Rentschler's Studio, U-M News and Inforamtion Service, Michigan Union, U-M Photographps Vertical File, and other sources.)
Online
Digitized Football Team Photos 1879-1900[access item]
Online
Digitized Football Team Photos 1901-1940[access item]
Online
Digitized Football Team Photos 1941-1980[access item]
Online
Digitized Football Team Photos 1981-2008[access item]
Portraits and Action Photos, 1883-1968
(see also box 3 outsize.)
Box 8
1892-1901
Box 8
Ca.1900-1910
Oversize Box 9
"calendars" with player portraits 1901-1904
Box 8
"Niles Scrapbook" 1898-circa 1905
(magazine and newspaper photos of UM athletics; teams, individuals, and game action.)
Box 8
1901
Box 8
1902
Box 8
1903
Box 8
1904-1905
Box 8
1906-1907
Box 8
1908-1909
Box 8
1910-1912
Box 8
1913
Box 8
1914-1918
Box 8
1919
(na copy negatives only)
Box 8
1920-1924
Box 8
1925
Box 8
1926
Box 8
1927
Box 8
1926-1927
(see also photo scrapbook in outsize box 9)
Box 8
1928
Box 8
1929
Box 8
1927-1930
(players identified, years not)
Box 8
1930
Box 9
1931
Box 9
1932
Box 9
1933
Box 9
1934
Box 9
Gerald Ford 1934
(3 posed action photos and later photos)
Box 9
1935
Box 9
1936
Box 9
1937
Oversize Box 9
1938-1942
(photo scrapbook of Detroit News and Detroit Free Press picture day photos)
Box 9
1938
Box 9
1939
Box 9
1940
Box 9
Tom Harmon 1940
Box 9
Airplane trip to California 1940
Box 9
1941
Box 9
1942
Box 9
1943
Box 9
1944
Box 9
1945
Box 9
1946
Box 9
1947
(including 1948 Rose Bowl trip)
Box 9
1948
Box 9
1947-1949
Box 9
circa 1938-1949
(opposing players and coaches, includes Buddy Young, Bernie Bierman, and Frank Leahy)
Box 9
1950-1959
Box 9
1950
Box 9
"Snow Bowl" Ohio State game 1950
(prints and negs.)
Box 9
1951
Box 10
1952
Box 10
1953
Box 10
1954
Box 10
1955
Box 10
1956
Box 10
Ron Kramer 1956
(prints and photocopies of News and Information Services action shots 1954-1956)
Box 10
1957
Box 10
1958
Box 10
1959
Box 10
Raeder's Raiders 1959
Box 10
1960
Box 10
circa 1960-1969
(undated action shots)
Box 10
1961
(includes Dale Fisher color portraits)
Box 10
1962
Box 10
1963
Box 10
1964
Box 10
1965
(includes color prints of Georgia game)
Box 10
1966
(includes negatives)
Box 10
1967
(includes print of coaches Bump and Pete Elliott)
1968
Box 10
Uniforms
(prints, also includes prints of California game)
Box 10
Uniforms (color slides)
Box 10
Game Action (color slides)
Box 10
Ron Johnson
Team and Individual Portraits, Game Action 1969-2006
("Team" = team photo, "portrait" = coat and tie player photos, "uniforms" = player photos in uniforms on picture day, negs=original negatives, cs=contact prints. Original negatives of Bob Kalmbach photos and contact sheets are in the Robert Kalmbach collection.)
1969
(includes color prints of OSU game)
Box 11
Team (negs/cs)
Box 11
Portraits (negs/cs)
Box 11
Uniforms (prints)
Box 11
Uniforms (negs)
Box 11
Uniforms and coaches (color slides)
Box 11
Game Action
(including Rose Bowl)
Box 11
Action 1970-1975
(color and b/w negs.)
1970
Box 11
Team (negs/cs)
Box 11
Uniforms (prints)
(2 folders)
Box 11
Uniforms (negs/cs)
(includes Glazier negatives)
Box 11
Game action (color slides)
1971
Box 11
Team (negs/cs)
Box 11
Portraits (negs/cs)
Box 11
Uniforms (prints)
Box 11
Uniforms (negs/cs)
Box 11
Uniforms (color slides)
Box 11
Football Banquet (negs)
Box 11
Game Action (prints, including Rose Bowl)
1972
Box 11
Team (negs/cs)
Box 11
Portraits (negs)
Box 11
Uniforms (prints)
Box 11
Uniforms (negs/cs)
Box 11
Uniforms (color slides)
Box 11
Game action (color slides)
Box 11
Gama Action (prints)
1973
Box 11-A
Team (negs/cs)
Box 11-A
Portraits (negs/cs)
Box 11-A
Uniforms (prints)
Box 11-A
Uniforms (negs/cs)
(includes color negatives)
Box 11-A
Game Action (color slides)
1974
Box 11
Team (negs/cs)
Box 11
Portraits (negs/cs)
Box 11
Uniforms (prints)
Box 11
Uniforms (negs/cs)
Box 11
Uniforms (color slides)
Box 11
Game Action (color slides)
Box 11
Game Action (prints)
Box 11-A
Game action (prints) 1970-1979
1975
Box 11-A
Team (negs/cs)
Box 11-A
Portraits (negs/cs)
Box 11-A
Uniforms (prints)
Box 72
Uniforms (negs/cs)
Box 11-A
Game Action (color slides)
Box 11-A
Uniforms (color slides)
1976
Box 72
Team (negs/cs)
Box 72
Portraits (negs/cs)
Box 72
Uniforms (prints, b/w)
Box 72
Uniforms (prints, color)
Box 72
Uniforms (negs/cs)
Box 72
Uniforms (color slides)
Box 72
Game action (color slides)
Box 72
Game Action
(3 folders)
(prints and negs. Includes some Rose Bowl game)
1977
Box 72
Team (negs/cs)
Box 72
Portraits (negs)
Box 72
Uniforms (prints/slides)
Box 72
Uniforms (negs/cs)
Box 72
Uniforms (prints)
(also prints and negs of captains)
Box 72
Game action (prints and negs)
(2 folders)
Box 11-A
Game Action Rose Bowl (1/1/1978)
1978
Box 72
Team (negs/cs)
Box 72
Uniforms (prints)
(includes some game action and)
Box 72
Uniforms (negs/cs)
Box 72
Uniforms and Game Action (color slides)
Box 72
Rose Bowl action, Charles White disputed fumble 1979
1979
Box 73
Team (negs/cs)
Box 73
Portraits (negs/cs)
Box 73
Uniforms (negs/cs)
Box 73
Uniforms (prints)
Box 73
Coaches (color prints)
Box 73
Uniforms and Game Action (color slides)
Box 73
Game Action (prints)
1980
Box 73
Team (negs/cs)
Box 73
Portraits (negs/cs)
Box 73
Uniforms (prints)
Box 73
Uniforms (negs/cs)
Box 73
Game action (prints)
Box 73
Uniforms and Game Action (color slides)
1981
Box 73
Team (b/w print/negs/cs)
Box 73
Portraits (negs/cs)
Box 73
Uniforms (prints)
Box 73
Uniforms (negs/cs)
Box 73
Game Action (prints)
Box 73
Uniforms an Game Action (color slides)
1982
Box 73
Team (b/w print/negs/cs)
Box 73
Uniforms (prints)
Box 73
Uniforms (negs/cs)
Box 73
Portraits (negs/cs)
Box 73
Game action (prints)
Box 73
Uniforms (color slides)
1983
Box 254
Team (b/w & color print/negs/cs)
Box 254
Portraits (negs/cs)
Box 254
Uniforms (prints)
Box 254
Uniforms (negs/cs)
Box 254
Game Action (prints)
Box 254
Game Action and uniforms (color slides)
(2 folders)
1984
Box 254
Team (b/w & color print/negs/cs)
Box 254
Portraits (negs/cs)
Box 254
Uniforms (prints and color slides)
Box 254
Uniforms (negs/cs)
Box 254
Game Action
1985
Box 254
Team (b/w & color prints)
Box 254
Uniforms (c/s some prints and slides)
Box 254
Portraits (negs & cs)
Box 254
Game action (Kalmbach cs)
1986
Box 254
Team (prints and cs)
Box 254
Uniforms (cs & some slides)
Box 254
Portraits (cs)
Box 254
Portraits (color prints)
Box 254
Game Action (Kalmbach cs)
Box 254
Game Action, Rose Bowl
(slides, by Paul Jasienski)
1987
Box 254
Team (c/s, freshman team negatives)
Box 254
Uniforms(cs, some prints and slides)
Box 254
Portraits (cs)
Box 254
Game Action (prints, includes aerial shot of Hall of Fame Bowl) 1988
Box 254
Game Action (negs. & cs)
(by Jim Kerringer Photography)
1988
Box 264
Team (prints & cs)
Box 264
Uniforms (cs and some prints and slides)
Box 264
Uniforms (prints and slides)
Box 264
Game Action (prints and slides, including Rose Bowl)
(thumbnails only except 1 Cd of Notre Dame game by Brad Mills)
Box 275
Bill McKenna Photos 2003
(2 volumes)
(Houston, Notre Dame, Indiana, Purdue, Michigan, State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rose Bowl vs. Southern California)
2004
Box 276
Brad Mils, Bill McKenna, and John Gilman Photos 2004
(includes Miami of Ohio, Notre Dame, San Diego State, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Minnesota, Illinois)
Box 276
Game Action(Amir Gamzu and Eric Bronson photos) 2004
(2 volumes)
(Miami of Ohio, Notre Dame, San Diego State, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rose Bowl vs. Texas)
Box 276
Miscellaneous (Amir Gamzu and Eric Bronson photos) 2004
(includes First Spring Practice, Final Spring Practice, 125th Reunion, Carr's Wash for Kids, Women's Football Academy, 2004 Media Day, President Ford)
2005
Box 276
Brad Mills, Bill McKenna, John Gilman, Mike Stone Photos 2005
(includes Miami of Ohio, Notre Dame, San Diego State, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Minnesota, Illinois)
Box 276
Seniors, Career Bios and Newspaper Articles 2005
(1 volume)
(includes Max Martin, Grant Mason, Tim Massaquoi, Pat Massey, Scott McClintock, David Schoonover, Adam Stenavich, Jacob Stewart, Matt Wilde, Gabe Watson, Pierre Woods,)
Box 276
Wolverine Photo 2005
2006
Box 277
Wolverine Photo 2006
(Vanderbilt, Central Michigan, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Penn State, Michigan State, Iowa, Northwestern, Indiana, Ohio State, Ball State, Rose Bowl vs. Southern California)
Getty Images - Season photos 2006
2007
Box 277
Amir Gamzu Photos 2007
(includes NFL Football Draft Spring Practice, '97 Football Reunion, Griese and Hutchinson Golf Outing, WTKA, Young Henry Talks to Team, Young Henry Talks to Team, Carr's Car Wash, Women's Football Academy, Fantasy Football Camp, Football Fan Day, Football Media Day, Appalachian State, Oregon, Notre Dame, Penn State, Northwestern)
Miscellaneous (Martin Vloet, Scott Galvin, Scott Soderberg) 2008
(3 volumes)
(includes Rich Rodriguez Introductory Press Conference, Players and Staff Portraits, Family Photos, Fall Practices, Staff group photos, Media and Fan Day, Seniors Program Cover)
(includes Rich Rodriguez Introductory Press Conference, 1969 team Reunion, Signing Day, Weight Training, Night of Champions, Pro Player Workout and Practice Facility Construction, Spring Practice)
(includes Mott Children's Hospital Golf Outing, Bo Schembechler Portrait Dedication, Women's Football Academy, Summer Group Shot, Fall Practices, NASCAR Drivers at Practice, Bowling for Brock, Fall Practice, First Coaches TV Show)
Box 279
Game Action (Amir Gamzu, Jon LeFaive, Daryl Marschke) 2008
(3 volumes)
(includes Utah, Miami of Ohio, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Penn State, Michigan State, Purdue, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State)
(photos of pregame activities, fans, band, locker room, etc.)
Game Action, outsize
Oversize Box 3
undated
Oversize Box 3
1930s
Oversize Box 3
1940s
Oversize Box 3
1950s
Oversize Box 3
1960s
Oversize Box 3
1970s
Oversize Box 3
1980s
Game kickoffs at Ferry Field
Oversize Box 11
Wisconsin 1905
Oversize Box 11
Minnesota game 1910
Oversize Box 11
Pennsylvania game 1911
Oversize Box 11
Cornell game 1912
Oversize Box 11
Pennsylvania game 1914
All-American Photos
(mostly letter sweater portraits, several others posed in uniform. Several outsize prints in Box 4 outsize. All-American photos are also available online)
Prints
Box 12
1898-1929
Box 12
1931-1968
Box 12
1969-1989
Box 12
1990-
Negatives
(includes some contact sheets, some years also include team captains)
Box 12
1969
(Curtis, Mandich)
Box 12
1970
(Huff, Hill, Dierdorf, Morehead)
Box 12
1971
(Darden, Mike Taylor, Bill Taylor, McKenzie, Murdock, Gusich)
Box 12
1972
(Logan, Seymour, Coyle)
Box 12
1973
(Brown, Gallagher, Seal)
Box 12
1974
(Brown, Franklin)
Box 12
1975
(Bell, Dufek)
Box 12
1976
(Lytle, Donahue, O'Neal, Smith, Lewis)
Box 12
1977
(Downing, Donahue, Hicks, Anderson)
Box 12
1978
(Leach, Davis)
Box 12
1979
(Greer, Simpkins, Arbeznik)
Box 12
1980
(Lilja, Carter, Cannovino)
Box 12
1981
(Woolfolk, Muransky, Paris, Becker)
Box 12
1983-1988
(Dixon, Hammerstein, Messner)
Coaches
(includes individual shots of head coaches, group shots of assistant coaches and some sideline shots)
Box 12
Early Coaches
(Frank Barbour, William McCauley, William Ward)
Box 12
Fielding Yost
Box 12
George Little, Tad Weiman
Box 12
Fritz Crisler
Box 12
Harry Kipke
Box 12
Bennie Oosterbaan
(includes Oosterbaan comparing old footballs) (negs)
Box 12
Chalmers "Bump" Elliott
Box 12
Glenn "Bo" Schembechler
(3 folders)
(also includes personal and non-football activities)
Box 12
Gary Moeller
Box 12
Lloyd Carr
(2 folders)
Box 12
Miscellaneous
(print and negatives of photo of 5 head coaches-Kipke, Crisler, Oosterbaan, Elliott, and Schembechler, and print of Yost, Thomas Trueblood and George May, May with "Indian Clubs")
Facilities
Box 12 A
Ferry Field
(see also box 11 outsize for wide angle kickoff photos)
Box 12 A
Photographs 1894-1924
Oversize Box 11
Oversize photos 1905-1914
(includes wide angle views of kick-offs)
Oversize Folder 10
Game action, 1907 Penn game 1907
Michigan Stadium
Box 12 A
Aerial views, crowds and miscellaneous
(3 folders)
Oversize Box 11
Outsize aerial views and construction photos
Box 12 A
Stadium Construction 1926-1927
Box 12 A
Stadium Expansion 1949
Box 12 A
Stadium Expansion 1997-1998
2010 Expansion - Renderings of Sky-boxes 2010
Box 12 A
Stadium Renovation and locker-room 2004
(by Brian Williams)
Box 12 A
Stadium Renovation, 2008-
(thumbnails and DVD)
Box 12 A
Scoreboard ca. 1930, 1968-69, undated
Box 12 A
Installation of Tartan Turf 1969
Box 12 A
Removal of PAT Turf and Installation of FieldTurf 2003
(2 optical discs (CDs and thumbnails))
Box 12 A
Winter Scenes (inside stadium, granite M)
Box 12 A
Locker Rooms/Training Room
Box 12 A
Oosterbaan Field House
Box 12 A
Schembechler Hall
(prints and proofs and digital files of construction and dedication events)
Box 12 A
Prettyman's Training Table circa 1937
(house on N. University, where Horace Prettyman hosted football training table)
Miscellaneous
Box 12 B
Rings, helmets, 1997 team Gerald Ford with Tom Goss and Lloyd Carr, other "iconic photos"
(prints and slides in 1 binders)
Box 12 B
Aerial photographs of Michigan Stadium, Golf Course, Athletic Campus, and central and north campus, slides of Athletic buildings
(1 volume (4x6 color prints and 35mm slides))
Box 82
"100 Years of Michigan Football"
(8x10 color transparency of poster)
Box 82
1898 Team Reunion 1938
Box 82
1921 Team Reunion 1971
Box 82
1925 Team Reunion (neg/cs) 1971
Box 82
1948 Team Reunion 1998
Box 82
All-Time All-American team (neg.) 1951
Box 82
All-American Homecoming (negs) 1979
Box 82
All-Time Reunion May 22, 2004
Box 82
Band
Box 82
Cheerleaders
(current and alumni squads)
Box 82
Coaching School circa 1928
Box 82
Cobblers working on football shoes circa 1898
Box 82
Louis Elbel
(portraits and article about The Victors)
Box 82
"Doc" Losch
(Hazel Losch, includes Losch and Ernie Vick at mid-field at Michigan Stadium)
Box 82
Fans in stadium
Box 82
Henry Hatch, equipment manager and H.A. Tillotson, business manager, Hatch with retired jerseys
(also color negatives of display of retired Harmon and Oosterbaan jerseys for game program cover)
Box 82
M Go Blue Banner
Box 82
Michigan Helmets
(includes "Heston" and "Harmon" helmet)
Box 82
Miscellaneous "historical" photos
(negs. include UM and other Big Ten helmets, block "M", and official's ribbon)
Box 82
"Old Ironsides Football" from Harvard game 1930
150 Pound Football Teams
Box 82
Photographs 1947-1948
Box 82
Clippings and articles 1947-1948
Box 82
Radio and Television Broadcasting
(including Ty Tyson and "Doc" Holland, Lindsey Nelson & Red Grange, in press box, Lloyd Carr and Jim Brandstadter on TV set)
Box 82
Tailgating
Box 82
Ticket Sales
(includes Frank Royce purchasing season tickets for 71st consecutive year)
Adolph "Germany" Schulz National football Hall of Fame induction certificate 1951
Oversize Box 4
Frank Williams Cartoons
(Yost, Harmon, Oosterbaan, Chappuis)
Oversize Box 4
Portraits
(Athletic Director Phil Barthelme, Bob Brown, Stan Fay, John Maulbetsch, H. O. Crisler, Tom Edwards, Jim Mandich, Bo Schembechler, Gary Moeller, Elroy Hirsch)
Oversize Box 4
Fritz Crisler "Coach of the Year" cartoon
Rose Bowl
Oversize Box 4
Aerial View of stadium 1971 (negative) and 1982 (print and negative) 1971-1982
Parade Floats
Oversize Box 4
1948
(color photo of Michigan float which recreates picture of Michigan team riding in wagon 1902 Tournament of Roses)
Oversize Box 4
1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981
Oversize Box 4
Bowl Game Stadiums (Gator Bowl, Hall of Fame Bowl
Game Posters
Oversize Box 12
Chicago, Case, Kalamazoo 1904
(3 items)
Oversize Folder UBImul
Virginia game at Detroit 1899
Oversize Folder UBImul
Minnesota 1910
(color negative (in box 12 out.) and scan from negative also available)
Oversize Folder UBImul
Cornell 1912
Color Separation negatives
(Mostly outsize color separation negatives from ca. 1976-1983 apparently used for media guide or program covers. Some identifications tentative)
Oversize Box 8
Boren, Mike
Oversize Box 8
Boren, Mike, Girgash, Paul, Carraway, Winfred
Oversize Box 8
Bostic, Keith ?
Oversize Box 8
Canham, Don
Oversize Box 8
Carter, Anthony (2)
Oversize Box 8
Edwards, Stan ?
Oversize Box 8
Girgash, Paul, Boren, Mike
Oversize Box 8
Haji-Sheikh, Ali
Oversize Box 8
Leach, Rick
Oversize Box 8
Mercer, Brian, Sincich Al
Oversize Box 8
Morris, Jamie (?)
Oversize Box 8
Plant, Marcus
Oversize Box 8
Schembechler, Bo
Oversize Box 8
Thompson, Robert; Girgash, Paul; Rose, Carlton; Burgei, Jerry
Oversize Box 8
Thompson, Robert
Oversize Box 8
Ufer, Bob
Oversize Box 8
Zurburg, Chris, Perryman, Robert, White, Gerald
Oversize Box 8
Graver running ball in Indiana game at Ferry Field 1903
(original photo in Wilfred Shaw collection, box 8)
Oversize Box 8
Stadium and Athletic Campus
Oversize Box 8
Fan with stack of cups
Original Artwork for football program covers
Oversize Box 8
Northwestern game 1972
Oversize Box 8
Iowa 1972
Schedules/ticket information brochures [subseries]
Box 13
1939-1971
(3 folders)
Media Guides 1914, 1931-2008 [subseries]
Box 13
1914
Box 13
1931
Box 13
1932
Box 13
1933
Box 13
1934
Box 13
1936
Box 13
1938
Box 13
1939
Box 13
1940
Box 13
1941
Box 13
1943
Box 13
1944
Box 13
1945
Box 13
1946
Box 13
1947
Box 13
1948
Box 13
1949
Box 13
1950
Box 13
1951
Box 13
1952
Box 13
1953
Box 13
1954
Box 13
1955
Box 13
1956
Box 13
1957
Box 13
1958
Box 13
1959
Box 13
1960
Box 13
1961
Box 13
1962
Box 13
1963
Box 13
1964
Box 13
1965
Box 13
1966
Box 13
1967
Box 13
1968
Box 13
1969
Box 13
1970
Box 13
1971
Box 13
1972
Box 13
1973
Box 13
1974
Box 13
1975
Box 13
1976
Box 13
1977
Box 13
1978
Box 13
1979
Box 13
1980
Box 13
1981
Box 13
1982
Box 13
1983
Box 13
1984
Box 13
1985
Box 13
1986
Box 13
1987
Box 13
1988
Box 131
1989
Box 131
1990
Box 131
1991
Box 131
1992
Box 131
1993
Box 131
1994
Box 131
1995
Box 131
1996
Box 131
1997
Box 132
1998
Box 132
1999
Box 132
2000
Box 132
2001
Box 132
2002
Box 305
2003
Box 305
2004
Box 305
2005
Box 305
2006
Box 305
2007
Box 305
Spring 2008 2008
Box 305
2008
Box 305
2014
Bowl Game Media Guides [subseries]
Box 14
Tournament of Rose Bowls History
Box 14
Rose Bowl (general) 1946-1948
Box 14
Rose Bowl 1948
(for photo of Michigan float in Tournament of Roses Parade see box 4 outsize)
Box 14
Rose Bowl 1951
Box 14
Rose Bowl 1965
Box 14
Rose Bowl 1970
Box 14
Rose Bowl 1972
Box 14
Orange Bowl 1976
Box 14
Rose Bowl 1977
Box 14
Rose Bowl 1978
Box 14
Rose Bowl 1979
Box 14
Gator Bowl 1979
Box 14
Rose Bowl 1980
Box 14
Rose Bowl 1981
Box 14
Bluebonnet 1981
Box 14
Rose Bowl and UM supplement 1983
Box 14
Sugar Bowl 1984
Box 14
Holiday 1984
Box 14
Sunkist Fiesta 1986
Box 14
Rose Bowl 1987
Box 14
Hall of Fame Bowl 1988
Box 14
Rose Bowl 1989
Box 14
Rose Bowl 1990
Box 79
Gator Bowl 1991
Box 79
Rose Bowl 1992
Box 79
Rose Bowl 1993
Box 79
Hall of Fame Bowl 1994
Box 79
Holiday Bowl 1995
Box 79
Alamo Bowl 1995
Box 79
Outback Bowl 1997
Rose Bowl 1998
Box 79
Media Guides and publicity
Box 79
National championship Commemorative Magazines
(Sports Illustrated and Gold Collectors series Football Magazine)
Oversize Folder 7
Newspaper articles, special editions on Rose Bowl game and national championship
(Includes scans of prints and negatives from the Athleltic Depaartment, Michigan Union, News and Information Service, Micihgnanensianm and other collections))
1979
(cs, negatives, prints, head shots, game action)
Box 197
1980
(cs, negatives, prints, head shots, game action)
Box 197
1980
(cs, game action)
Box 197
1981
(includes negs of CWS)
(cs, game action)
Box 197
1981
(prints, head shots, game action)
Box 197
Ca. 1981-86, unidentified and misc., including Chris Sabo, Barry Larkin, Hal Morris, Scott Kamieniecki
(negatives, prints, game action, posed)
Box 197
1982
(cs, negatives, prints, game action)
Box 197
1982
(cs, game action)
Box 197
1983
(2 folders (cs, negatives, prints, game action, head shots))
Box 197
1983
(cs, game action)
Box 197
1984
(cs, prints, game action, head shots)
Box 197
1985
(cs, prints, head shots, game action)
Box 197
1986
(cs, head shots)
Box 197
1986
(2 folders (cs, game action))
Box 197
1987
(cs, head shots, posed)
Box 197
1987
(cs, game action)
Box 197
1988
(cs, head shots)
Box 197
1988
(cs, game action)
Box 197
Jim Abbott at Michigan and the USA Team 1987
(prints, slides, game action)
Box 197
1989
(cs, head shots, posed)
Box 197
1989
(cs game action)
Box 197
1990s
(cs, prints, game action, headshots)
Box 197
1991
(prints)
Box 197
1992
(cs, headshots, game action)
Box 197
1993
(cs, game action)
Box 197
1994
(cs, headshots, posed action)
Box 197
1994
(cs, game action)
Box 197
1994
(by Douglas Kanker)
(cs, game action)
Box 197
1995
(cs, headshots)
Box 197
1995
(cs, game action)
Box 197
1995
(by Douglas Kanker)
(game action, cs)
Box 224
1996
(cs, posed action, game action)
Box 224
1997
(cs, headshots, game action)
Box 224
1997
(cs, game action)
Box 224
1998
(cs, headshots)
Box 224
1998
(cs, freshmen team and posed action)
Box 224
1998
(cs, game action)
Box 224
2000
(cs, headshots)
Box 224
2000
(cs, game action)
Box 224
2001
(headshots-negs. And posed action and team-cs.)
Box 224
2001
(cs, game action)
Box 224
2002
(cs, headshots)
Box 224
2003
(thumbnail prints, headshots)
Box 224
2003
(cs, posed action)
Box 224
2004
(cs, headshots)
Box 224
2005
(baseball cards)
2006
Box 224
Game action vs Oakland U.
(thumbnail prints)
Box 224
Game action vs Oakland U.
(digital files)
Box 224
Miscellaneous Photos (stadium, fans, negs. of Ray Fisher 92nd Birthday at MSU game, etc.) 1977
Box 224
2008-2009
(baseball cards)
Box 227
2004
(headshots, game action, stadium shots)
Box 227
2005
(headshots, game action, NCAA Regionals)
(contact sheets & digital files (CDs))
Box 227
2006
(1 volume (contact sheets & digital files (CDs)))
(headshots, game action)
Box 227
2007
(1 volume (contact sheets & digital files (CDs)))
(headshots, coach's families, NCAA Super Regionals, golf outing, baseball tailgate)
Box 227
NCAA Super Regionals, video of Memphis and Vanderbilt games 2007
(1 optical discs (DVDs))
Box 228
2008
(3 volumes (contact sheets & digital files (CDs)))
(headshots, game action, NCAA Regionals, stadium construction shots, Wilpon dedication ceremony)
Box 228
2009
(1 binders)
Box 228
Support Staff Photos circa 1985-2005
(includes Jim Schneider, Ian Hume, Eric Keil, staff and student trainers, student managers, volunteer assistant coaches, including Alan Trammel during MLB strike in 1994-1995)
Season Statistics, Programs, etc. [subseries]
Box 195
Compiled Season Statistics 1939-40, 1960-61, 1963-66 1936, 1968-1997
(from media guides or other sources)
Box 195
1890, circa 1893, 1922-1923
(scorecards)
Box 195
1940/41
Box 195
1960
Box 195
1961
Box 195
1962
Box 195
1963
Box 195
1964
Box 195
1965
Box 195
1966
Box 195
1967
Box 195
1968
Box 195
1969
Box 195
1970
Box 195
1971
Box 195
1972
Box 195
1973
Box 195
1974
Box 195
1975
Box 195
1976
Box 195
1977
Box 195
1978
Box 195
1979
Box 195
1980
(2 folders)
Box 195
1981
(2 folders)
Box 195
1982
(2 folders)
Box 195
1983
Box 195
1984
Box 195
1985
Box 195
1986
Box 196
1987
(2 folders)
Box 196
1988
(2 folders)
Box 196
1989
(2 folders)
Box 196
1990
(2 folders)
Box 196
1991
Box 196
1992
(2 folders)
Box 196
1994
(2 folders)
Box 196
1995
Box 196
Post Season Guides 1996
Box 196
Results and Statistics 1996
Box 196
Releases 1997
(2 folders)
Box 196
Big Ten Tournament Results 1997
Box 196
Articles 1999
(2 folders)
Box 196
Post Season Guides 1999
Box 196
Big Ten Tournament Guide 2001
Box 196
NCAA Regional Guide 2005
Box 226
Season Statistics 2008
Box 226
Media Relations Kit 2009
(2 folders)
Scorebooks [subseries]
Box 93
1922, 1924-1928 (1929 Western and Japanese trip), 1930-1932, 1938, 1944-1960, 1962-1963, 1966-1967, 1972 1922-1972
(E.D. Mitchell, Ed Mather, George Veenker, Frank Cappon, Bennie Oosterbaan, Ozzie Cowles, Ernie McCoy, Bill Perigo, Dave Strack, John Orr, Bill Frieder, Steve Fisher, Brian Ellerbe, Tommy Amaker)
Box 27
1926-1927
(see photo scrapbook in outsize box 9)
Box 27
1925-1929
(neg. of coach Mather in Yost Arena, na 824)
Box 27
1930-1939
Box 27
1940-1949
Box 27
Trip to the west coast 1948/49
Box 27
1950-1955
Box 27
1956-1960
(see U of M News & Information Services NIS) record group, Series B, Boxes 1-2, for game action negs. & contact prints)
Box 27
1961-1963
(see NIS Series B, Boxes 7-10 for negs. & contact prints)
Box 27
1964-1966
(see NIS, Series B, boxes 10-11 and Series C, boxes 4 & 6, for negs. & contact prints)
Box 27
1966/67
(see NIS Series C, Boxes 7, 9-10 for negs. & contact prints)
Box 81-B
Cazzie Russell photos
(prints mounted on board)
Box 27
1967/68
(see NIS, Series C, Boxes 10 & 12 for negs. & contact prints)
Box 27
1968/69
Box 27
1969/70
(prints, headshots, posed action, game action)
Box 27
1969/70
(negs. & cs, headshots, posed action)
Box 27
1969/70
(negs. & cs, game action)
Box 27
Rudy Tomjanovich
Box 27
1970/71
(prints & cs, headshots, posed action, game action)
Box 27
1971/72
(prints, headshots, game action)
Box 27
1971/72
(negs, & cs, headshots)
Box 27
1972/73
(prints, headshots, posed action)
Box 27
1972/73
(negs. & cs, headshots, posed action)
Box 27
1972/73
(cs, game action)
Box 27
1972/73
(cs, game action, "Mayas photos")
Box 27
1973/74
(prints & cs, headshots, posed action)
Box 27
1974/75
(prints, headshots)
Box 27
1975/76
(prints & cs, headshots; cs of team and group shots)
Box 27
1975/76
(cs, game action)
Box 27
1976/77
(Ricky Green only)
Box 27
1977/78
(print of Cornell Williams only)
Box 27
1978/79
(negs. & cs, headshots)
Box 27
1978/79
(cs, team & group shots)
Box 27
1978/79
(cs, game action)
Box 27
1979/80
(prints, Mark Lozier only)
Box 27
1979/80
(cs, game action)
Box 27
1980/81
(cs & color prints, headshots)
Box 28
1982/83
(cs & prints, headshots)
Box 28
1982/83
(cs, game action)
Box 28
1982/83
(cs, individual action, Joe James)
Box 28
1982/83
(cs, individual, Ike Person)
Box 28
1983/84
(cs, headshots & team; color negs. of headshots, some posed action)
Box 28
1983/84
(cs, game action)
Box 28
1983/84
(cs, individual action, Dan Pelekoudas)
Box 28
1984/85
(cs, headshots, team groups, coaches)
Box 28
1985/86
(cs, headshots & game action)
Box 28
1985/86
(prints, game action)
Box 28
1986/87
(cs, headshots and game action)
Box 28
1987/88
(cs, game action, Gary Grant)
Box 28
1988/89
Box 28
1989/90
Box 28
1990/91
(cs, portraits, action photos, head shots)
Box 28
1991/1992
(cs, portraits, action photos, head shots)
Box 28
1992
(cs, action prints and Classic draft card)
Box 28
Chris Webber 1991-1993
(individual action)
Box 28
1992/93
Box 28
1995/96
(game action slides)
Box 28
1996/97
(2 folders)
(cs, portraits, action photos, headshots, game action)
Box 28
1997/98
(cs, portraits, action photos, game action, headshots)
Box 28
1998/99
(2 folders)
(cs headshot, game action)
Box 28
1998/99
(cs, portraits, action photos, headshots)
Box 28
1999/2000
(cs, headshots, portraits, action photos)
Box 28
2000/2001
Box 28
2001/2002
(3 folders)
(cs, portraits, action photos, game action)
Box 28
2002/2003
(2 folders)
(cs, game action, headshots)
Box 28
2002/2003
(cs, headshots and posed)
Box 28
2003/2004
(cs, game action, posed, prints from NIT)
Box 28
2000/01
(team and individual, negs.)
Box 242
2003/04
(2 folders (game action, cs sheets and cds))
Box 242
2004/05
(2 folders (game action, cs sheets and cds))
Box 242
2005/06
(1 folder (game action, cs sheets and cds))
Box 243
2005/06
(2 folders (game action, cs sheets and cds))
Box 243
2006/07
(3 folders (game action, cs sheets and cds))
Box 300
2007/08
(5 folders)
(game action, team photos headshots)
