In the 1920s, William Watts Folwell, first University president and librarian, began to collect University publications and faculty papers. In the 1940s, James Gray, author of the University's centennial history, discovered that no policy existed for collecting departmental records and successfully recommended the establishment of a formal archival program, with the University Libraries as its administrative home. Today the University Archives includes over 15,000 linear feet of faculty papers, departmental records, University publications, reports, campus maps and blueprints, historical data and much more. Over 20,000 cataloged photographs of University buildings, staff, students, classes, laboratories and events provide visual documentation of the University's history and the people who have contributed to it. The Archives is open to the public. The collections are used by students, faculty, staff, and an international community of scholarly researchers. |
 Ask Us! University Digital Conservancy Archives & Special Collections at U of M Academic Health Center History Project  The Academic Health Center History Project  The AHC History Project is a collaborative effort of the Academic Health Center and the University Libraries. The outcome of the project is to ensure the institutional and historical documentation of the AHC is preserved over the long term and made permanently accessible for scholarly and administrative uses in the University Archives. To learn more, please see the project blog. |
