abstract:University Microfilms International or UMI, was founded in the 1930s by Eugene Power in Ann Arbor. By June 1938, Power worked in two rented rooms from a downtown Ann Arbor funeral parlor, specializing in microphotography to preserve library collections.
Doctoral theses and dissertationsare not available from University MicrofilmsInternationalor a national repository or eventhe institution's ownlibrary, ifithas one.