Louis A. Hopkins papers, 1906-1942.

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Louis A. Hopkins papers, 1906-1942.

Correspondence relating to church work and his scholarly activities and publications in the field of mathematics and astronomy. Correspondents include: S.B. Barrett, Miner L. Bates, Mortimer E. Cooley, Cloyd Goodnight, Thomas C. Howe, Edward Kraus, Joseph W. Mauck, and Shirley W. Smith; also addresses, 1942, by Hopkins to units of the University relating to the University's wartime role; recollections, 1940, of Professor George P. Coler; and paper by Hopkins entitled "The Case for the Michigan School. of Religion."

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