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The first series of the Regents' records contains Fundamental Documents By or About the University Governing Body, including information regarding the predecessors of the Board of Regents. Included are acts of the Michigan territorial and state legislatures which created or modified the university, as well as relevant decisions of the state Supreme Court. Documents from predecessor bodies include the minutes of the Trustees of the University of Michigan (1821-1837) and the Detroit Classical Academy (1818-1829). Selected Regents' material found in this series include the minutes of the Regents' Executive Committee (1845-1857) and manuscript minutes of Regents' meetings (1837-1870), and online content consisting of bylaws, traffic ordinances, and trademark policies.

Islamic Center of America series documents the history, administrative services, and community activities of the Islamic Center. There is a significant amount of material related to the planning, construction, and completion of the Grand Mosque and new Islamic Center of America building on Ford Road in Dearborn. The series also contains papers related to the purchasing and selling of property on M-14 in Plymouth Township. Proceeds from the sale of the Plymouth Township property helped the Islamic Center purchase their current property on Ford Road. The series contains correspondence, by-laws and amendments, board minutes, committee notes, donation pledges, membership lists, photographs, newspaper clippings, and financial statements and reports.

During the period between 1982 and 1985 Magnaghi interviewed over 150 individuals with a variety of backgrounds as part of a project of the Center for Oral History at Northern Michigan University dealing with Italian immigration into Upper Michigan, also known as the Upper Peninsula. These interviews offer insight into the immigrant experience. The project visited every Italian-American community in Upper Michigan, neighboring Wisconsin, and Ontario.

Magnaghi donated the original tapes to the Northern Michigan University Archives. Two additional copies are available at the Bentley Historical Library and at the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota.

Magnaghi published a book entitled Miners, Merchants, and Midwives: Michigan's Upper Peninsula Italians (1987) based on the interviews on tape in this collection and on summaries of interviews not on tape.

The collection as held by the Bentley Library includes cassette taped interviews, a catalog of the interviews, and indexes to many of the interviews.

The Kevorkian Family series (1911-2014, 1 linear foot, oversize materials, and digital files) includes materials related to Jack Kevorkian's parents Lewis (Levon) and Satenig Kevorkian, his older sister, Margaret (Margo) Janus, and his niece, Ava Janus. Lewis Kevorkian's material includes his business ledgers, a small collection of business records, and various certificates and estate documentation. Satenig Kevorkian's papers include her letters, written in Armenian and dated between 1912 and 1919, as well as letters of condolence received by the family after her death. Margaret Janus's personal files include her correspondence, letters of condolence on her death, and obituaries as well as her diplomas, certificates, and collected personal effects. Ava Janus's materials include a small collection of correspondence and collected newspaper clippings on various subjects. Oversize Kevorkian family materials include collected articles on the 1915 Armenian genocide, passports, and maps. The Kevorkian family series includes photographs depicting family gatherings, snapshots, studio portraits, and wedding photos as well as a photo album of the Armenian Relief Corps of Pontiac, Michigan, dated 1930, that contains a photo of Satenig Kevorkian. The audiovisual materials include digitized video and audio recordings of family gatherings. Some audio recordings are partially in Armenian. There are also Jack Kevorkian portraits, photographs taken during his military service, and photos of his travels abroad.

The Lectures series includes video recordings of "The Catford Lectures," a series of eight lectures given by Catford from February to April, 1985 on occasion of his retirement. The following is a brief description of each lecture:

The Leo Sarkisian Music Time in Africa (MTIA) Radio Show series contains 3,054 analog tapes, 690 scripts, and 3,617 electronic files representing the MTIA radio program produced by Leo Sarkisian between 1965 and 2004. The radio show is a complex archival object composed of an audio recording and associated script. The audio component of the show could be either a complete show or the musical selections only. The scripts occasionally exist only as the audio recording of the host's performance of the typed script and in the future these will be available as transcriptions. The series includes analog audio tapes, paper scripts, born digital files, and digitally reformatted radio shows. The analog tapes are either 10" or 7" quarter-inch open reels of acetate or polyester tape stock. Reformatted shows contain digital surrogates of audio recordings (.wav and .mp3), digital images (.jpg) of the scripts when available, and digital images (.jpg) of the analog tapes and the original container. Digital surrogates of the Leo Sarkisian Music Time in Africa radio shows are available here.

The series is arranged in four subseries. The first subseries contains the single most complete analog version (audio + script) of each extant MTIA show created between 1966 and 2004. The second subseries is the full digital representation of the analog materials in the first subseries. The third subseries includes all extant analog duplicate copies of MTIA audio recordings in the first subseries. The fourth subseries is an incomplete sequence of audio recordings of "Music Time in Africa AM," a fully pop-music oriented radio show that Leo Sarkisian created for broadcast Sunday mornings from 1980 to 2004.