University of Michigan - Flint

The History & Auxiliary Sciences division supports the curriculum of the History Department, which offers undergraduate degrees, and contributes support to the Master of Liberal Studies program in American Culture.

Monographs. The History & Auxiliary Sciences collection holds 23,877 monographs, which is equivalent to a 3a, and is 133% of the number from the modified ACRL standard (17,887). The median publication date of the books in this division is in the 1970s, with over 10% published in the last decade.

Archives. The Genesee Historical Collections Center, which is a division of the University of Michigan-Flint Library, contains both published and unpublished material concerning the history of Flint and Genesee County, Michigan, as well as the archives of the University of Michigan-Flint. It has existed since 1984, primarily serving UM-Flint students.

Among the more significant manuscript collections held here are those of Flint realtor Gerald Healy, African- American activist Edgar Holt, records of the Flint Woolen Mills, Flint Junior League, Rotary Club, and other personal and organizational records. The papers of Sen. Donald Riegle and Rep. Dale Kildee are included among its political collections. The Center holds a microfilm copy of the papers of Henry H. Crapo, Flint governor, lumberman, and railroad executive, as well as papers of members of his family. Finding aids are available at the archives and on the Web.

The Center holds a general reference collection relating to Michigan history, besides many books and pamphlets on Flint-area topics. Organizational newsletters, maps, sound recordings, and microfilm of Flint newspapers are among further holdings.

Acquisitions. The 1997/1998 monographs allocation for the History Department is $7970. Taking a proportional share of librarians budgets, plus the reference allocation, yields a weighted total of $9659. This is sufficient to buy approximately 331 books at a discounted average price of $29.19 apiece. This amounts to about 6% of the total domestic publishing output for history, for an AC rating of 2b. Acquiring 10% of the publishing output per year would require a monographs allocation of $16,843; a 15% acquisitions rate would cost $25,279.

Periodicals. The Library has several partial or complete runs of print indexes and abstracts related to history, as well as general indexes, but no electronic indexes dealing primarily with historical topics. There are 149 Wilson-indexed history periodical titles, of which the Library has paper subscriptions to 66 (44%=2b) and web access to 19 more (57% total=3a).

Sources consulted: AHAG

Prepared by Paul Gifford and Paul G. Streby.

Ratings for History & Auxiliary Sciences CL=Current collection level; AC=Acquisitions commitment; GL=Goal level
LC class	Line no.	Category	CL	AC	GL	Comments
CB	HIS 002	History of Civilization & Culture	3b		3b
CC 1 - 960, GN 700 - 885	HIS 002.5 - 002.6	Archaeology (General) & Prehistoric Archaeology	2b		3a
D 1 - 900	HIS 023.5	History (General)	3b		3b	Subscriptions to 14 of 28 Wilson-indexed periodicals (50%=3a); Web access to 6 more (71% total=3a)
D 901 - 1075	HIS 043	History of Europe (General)	3b		3b
DA 1 - 995	HIS 046	History - Great Britain	3b		3b
DC	HIS 068	History - France	3b		3b	Only 4% of titles published in last decade.
DD	HIS 077	History - Germany	3b		3b
DE	HIS 087	History - Mediterranean Region, Greco-Roman World	3a		3b
DF	HIS 088	History - Greece	3a		3b	Holdings on Byzantium weak.
DG	HIS 097	History - Italy	3a		3b	Includes holdings on ancient Rome.
DH, DJ, DQ	HIS 110 - 118, 153	Low Countries & Switzerland	2b		3b
DJK	HIS 123	History - Eastern Europe	3a		3b
DK	HIS 124	History - USSR	3b		3b
DP 1 - 900	HIS 140 - 148	History - Spain & Portugal	3a/ 3b		3b
DR	HIS 158	History - Eastern Europe, Balkan Peninsula	3a		3b
DS 1 - 40	HIS 188	History - Asia	3a		3b
DS 41 - 329	HIS 189	History - Southwest Asia, Ancient Orient, Near East	3a		3b
DS 330 - 500	HIS 224	History - Southern Asia, Indian Ocean	2b		3a
DS 501 - 935	HIS 237	History - Eastern Asia, Southeast Asia, Far East	3a		3b	Korea holdings weak.
DT	HIS 273	History - Africa	3a/ 3b		3b
DU	HIS 384	History - Oceania	3a		3a
E 1 - 139	HIS 394	History - Americas (General, Indian, North America)	3b		3b/ 3c
E 140 - 200	HIS 397	History - United States (Colonial, Special Topics)	3b		3b/ 3c	Subscriptions to 11 of 19 Wilson-indexed periodicals (58%=3a); Web access to 1 more (63% total=3a)
E 201 - 299	HIS 403	History - United States (Revolutionary Period)	3b		3b/ 3c	Few books in last decade.
E 301 - 440	HIS 404	History - United States (1790-1855)	3b		3b/ 3c
E 441 - 655	HIS 407	History - United States (Slavery & Civil War)	3b		3b/ 3c
E 656 - 867	HIS 411	History - United States (Since the Civil War)	3b		3b/ 3c
F 476 - 705	HIS 423	State & Local History - Midwest, Mississippi Valley	3b		3b	Supported by archives collection
F 1201 - 3799	HIS 439 - 467	History - Latin America & the Caribbean	3b		3b
DIVISION AS A WHOLE			3a	2b	3b/ 3c

0 -- Out of scope

1 -- Minimal level
1a ---- Minimal level, uneven coverage
1b ---- Minimal level, even coverage

2 -- Basic information level
2a ---- Basic information level, Introductory
2b ---- Basic information level, Advanced (Appropriate for community college students)

3 -- Study or instructional support level
3a ---- Basic study or instructional support level (Adequate to support lower division undergraduate courses)
3b ---- Intermediate study or instructional support level (Adequate to support upper division undergraduate courses; not adequate for master's degree programs)
3c ---- Advanced study or instructional support level (Adequate to support master's degree programs)

4 -- Research level (Adequate to support doctoral research)

5 -- Comprehensive level