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Selected Local Records by Historical Eras:
Pre and Post Civil War Era | Progressive Era |
Depression Era | Post-WWII Boom | Post-Modern Era

Post-Modern Era

Cushway, Phil. Papers, 1970-1978. (Student activist at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Cushway's papers consist of correspondence, notes, and research material regarding the local People's Bicentennial Commission, the Indochina Peace Campaign, and various radical movements at the University.) Repository: Joseph Labadie Collection.

University of Michigan, Women's Advocate Office, 1970-1976. (Office created to meet the personal and legal needs of women at the University of Michigan. Summary: Reference and topical files concerning women's issues, especially abortion, child care, health care, legal problems, affirmative action, and equal rights.)
Repository: Bentley Historical Library

Diana Warshay papers, 1971-1979.(Michigan sociologist specializing in areas of abortion rights and crisis intervention training. She conducted a study of abortion referral agencies 1971-1973, one of whose members was the Michigan Clergy Counseling Service. She was also coordinator of the Detroit Police Department's Social Conflict Research Project, 1978-1979, and was one of the founders of the Tri-County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The collection includes correspondence, minutes, bylaws, newsletters, grant applications, and other materials relating to her work in studying abortion and domestic abuse cases.)
Finding aid online at the Bentley Historical Library.

Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services 1971-(The collection includes a history of the organization and a history of the Arab-American community in Detroit; also newsletters and information about many of the organization's activities.)
Collection at the Bentley Historical Library.

Women's Crisis Center, Ann Arbor 1971-1990. (Women's support group founded, 1971, to aid and counsel victims of rape and abuse. Summary: Background materials, coordinator's files, publicity files, and visual materials.)
Repository: Bentley Historical Library

Rape reform act collection, 1972-1978. 2 boxes; Largely typescripts, some photocopies, newspaper clippings and audiocassettes. Library also has a photocopy and duplicates of the audiocassettes housed in three boxes. Publisher note: Marsh, Jeanne C. Rape and the limits of law reform. Boston, Mass.: Auburn House, 1982. is based on the documents in this collection. Summary: Documents relate to the revision of the Michigan Rape Reform Act,1974. Finding aids: Unpublished guide in library. Repository: Wayne State University Law Library.

Right to Life of Michigan Papers, 1972-1986. (Anti-abortion citizens' group. Summary: Administrative materials; records of area concerns within the organization; subject files; and materials of affiliate organizations consisting mainly of local right-to-life organizations, correspondence, and press statements.)
Repository: Bentley Historical Library

Carmen A. Roberts papers, 1972-1981. (Member of the Detroit school board and a leader of the anti-busing movement in Detroit. Correspondence, speeches, clippings, legal brief, organizational miscellanea, and collected pro- and anti-busing materials; also photographs and motion picture film).
Finding aid online at the Bentley Historical Library.

Shirley Wohlfield papers, 1972-1978. (Detroit anti-busing activist. Correspondence, speeches, minutes of meetings, and other materials relating to her involvement with anti-busing organizations, principally Northeast Mothers Alert, Mothers Alert Detroit, and the National Association for Neighborhood Schools; also files detailing involvement with Happiness of Women (HOW) and the 14th Congressional District Republican Committee; and scrapbook containing clippings and photographs relating to anti-busing rallies and activities.)
Collection and finding aid in the Bentley Historical Library.

Spectrum Human Services, 1975 - (Annual Report 2000, Annual Report 2001 online and earlier Annual Reports at Main Office))

Leaping Lesbian. Records, 1976-1980. (The Leaping Lesbian collective was formed in Ann Arbor in 1976 by four women and funded by the UM Student Government, out of a "need for the original writings of local lesbians to be made generally available to the lesbian community." )
Unpublished finding aid available in the Joseph Labadie Collection.

Ennis Center for Children, Inc. 1978- (Annual Reports, Minutes of the Board and program evaluations are kept at Rosa Parks Office)

Gray Panthers - Metro North records, 1979-1995. (Chapter of the Gray Panthers serving the northern Detroit suburbs. Organizational material including minutes of meetings and newsletters; also photographs.)
Collection and finding aid in the Bentley Historical Library.

Bridging Communities, Inc., 1980- (Originally Ecumenical Project S.A.V.E., 1989 Parkside Intergenerational, 1999 Bridging Communities, Inc. Official records are kept at 6900 McGraw Detroit, MI 48210)

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., Chapter 9 records, 1981-1987.
Collection and finding aid in the Bentley Historical Library

Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Wayne County Chapter records, 1982-1986. (Established in 1982, this chapter also served as state headquarters until 1986. Reports to national office, including financial summaries; minutes of meetings, bulletins and newsletters; and newspaper clippings.)
Collection at the Bentley Historical Library.

Felix J. Rogers papers, 1985-1991. (Physician involved with peace organizations, notably Physicians for Social Responsibility, an organization opposed to nuclear weapons testing and the construction of nuclear power plants. Files relating to activities with the Physicians for Social Responsibility-Detroit and with the Episcopal Peace Fellowship.) Collection and finding aid in the Bentley Historical Library.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Detroit, Mich.), 1986-1996.(Detroit chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (also called PFLAG) established in 1986 by Bill and Harriet Dart as an informational support group. Records of organization include minutes, financial reports, newsletters, videocassette recordings, correspondence, promotional materials, clippings, and photographs.)

Wolverine Human Services, Inc. 1986-

Some historical trends tracked by this organization are truancy, educational grade gains, rates of drug selling and kids shooting kids. The annual strategic plan documents their mission revisions over time.

Save Our Sons and Daughters records, 1987-1992. (Detroit-based civic organization (known as SOSAD) formed to educate the public to the problem of teen violence and youth homicide. Topical files, correspondence, and videotape relating to organizational programs and activities.)
Collection and finding aid in the Bentley Historical Library.

Triangle Foundation records, 1987-1999. (Gay and lesbian civil rights and advocacy organization, located in Detroit. It was formed in 1990. Its programs include an anti-violence project, media activism, and legislative education on gay civil rights. While its focus is on southeast Michigan, Triangle collaborates with other groups across the state and nationally. Minutes, correspondence, press releases, case statements, and publications of the Triangle Foundation; news clippings documenting issues relevant to the gay/lesbian community and of Triangle activities; and videotapes of local cable television newsmagazine, Lambda Digest.)
Finding aid online at the Bentley Historical Library.

Childnet 1993- (Juvenile assessment for courts. Official records kept at 2565 West Grant Blvd., Detroit)

Women's Center of Southeast Michigan 2000-

Selected Local Records by Historical Eras:
Pre and Post Civil War Era | Progressive Era
Depression Era | Post-WWII Boom | Post-Modern Era
A. Digital archives | B. Archival Repositories
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Part II: Subject-Specific Databases for the Literature Review

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 Last revised: 3 April 2007