Janet Blanchard Papers, 1987-1990

University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library

1150 Beal Avenue

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2113, USA

bentley.ref@umich.edu

Creator:: Blanchard, Janet.
Abstract:: Career state government worker, later wife of Michigan governor James J. Blanchard. Files detailing her career in state government and her later duties as wife of Michigan governor James J. Blanchard, 1989-1990. The collection includes extensive documentation of the Governor's Task Force on Telecommunications (1990) on which she served.
Extent:: 3.5 linear feet
Language:: English.
Call Number:: 028 Aa 2
Authors:: Finding aid prepared by: Karen Jania

Scope and Content:: The collection is divided into three series. In addition to a few folders of biographical information, there is a small series of correspondence and other materials pertaining to her education and career prior to her marriage to Governor James J. Blanchard. The third series of papers relates to Janet Blanchard's role as First Lady of Michigan. This later series is comprised of general information, including correspondence; organizational activities files, with extensive documentation pertaining to the Governor's Task Force on Telecommunications in 1990; and events files containing speeches, drafts of talks, and related correspondence detailing her attendance and participation at various public functions.
Biographical / Historical:: Janet Fox Blanchard was a native of Williamston, Michigan. She attended Michigan State University in the mid-1970s and later took evening classes in Western Michigan University's satellite program in Lansing. She graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in 1988. Until her marriage to James Blanchard in September 1989, Janet Blanchard was a career civil servant working in various state departments, serving at the time of her marriage as executive assistant of the Cabinet Council on Human Investment (beginning in 1987).
Acquisition Information:: These files were received as part of the James J. Blanchard gubernatorial papers accession. Donor no. 7893 .

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Subjects:: Governors' spouses -- Michigan.
Women -- Michigan.
Schools -- Michigan.
Formats:: Videotapes.
Photographs.
Names:: Michigan. Governor (1983-1991 : Blanchard)
Michigan. Governor's Telecommunication Task Force.
Michigan Information Technology Network, Inc.
Children's Trust Fund for the Prevention of Child Abuse.
Blanchard, Janet.
Blanchard, James J., 1942-

RESTRICTIONS:: The collection is open for research.
USE & PERMISSIONS:: Copyright of the James Blanchard gubernatorial papers from which these files were taken has been transferred to the Regents of the University of Michigan but the collection may contain third-party materials for which copyright was not transferred. Patrons are responsible for determining the appropriate use or reuse of materials.

PREFERRED CITATION:: item, folder title, box no., Janet Blanchard Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan