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A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning (University of Michigan) records, 1876-2011
92 linear feet — 2 oversize boxes — 1 flat file drawer — 343 GB (online) — 1 archived website
The A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning (University of Michigan), records document the teaching of architecture and design at the University of Michigan beginning in 1878. The records include administrative files, correspondence committee minutes, reports, photographs and architectural drawings. The records have been received in a number of separate accessions which may include material that continues or complements record series from a previous accession or may overlap chronologically with previous accessions. This finding aid reflects the intellectual structure of the records by bringing like material together across accessions. As a consequence, in the container listing box numbers will not necessarily be in consecutive order.
The records are organized in the following principal series:
- Minutes of Meetings
- Dean's Administrative Files
- National Architectural Accrediting Board
- Miscellaneous (correspondence and select files)
- Raoul. G. Wallenberg
- Dean's Correspondence
- Doctoral Program Files
- Topical Files
- Administrative Files
- Architectural Drawings
- Photographs and Negatives
- Art and Architecture Building Renovations
- Department of Urban Planning
- Audio-Visual Material
- Articles, Reports and Speeches
- Artifacts
- Archived School of Architecture Website
A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Website
The A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Archived Website series (2 CDs and 700 MB) documents the academic programs, accomplishments, resources, events, and people at the Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning. Content includes important news and announcements, publications (such as newsletters and course catalogs), and information about admissions, curriculum, degree requirements, faculty, and the overall mission of the College. The website series is arranged chronologically, with captures from 2002, 2006, and 2008 stored digitally. Starting in 2010, this archived website is being captured on a regular, ongoing basis as part of the University of Michigan Web Archives.
Administrative Files, 1926-2008
The Administrative Files series (12 linear feet) is comprised of the following subseries: William Werner, Development, and Personnel, Program Chair, and Associate Deans.
Articles, Reports and Speeches, 1998-2009
The Articles, Reports, and Speeches series, 1998-2008 (0.5 linear feet and 330 GB) includes various speeches and published materials written by Douglas S. Kelbaugh during his tenure as dean. Kelbaugh's writings were organized into categories including: articles written for the College publication "Portico," other published essays and articles, book chapters and introductions, commencement addresses, reports to the faculty, conference remarks and lecture introductions, and miscellaneous writings. Within each category the materials are organized chronologically.
The bulk of the series contains numerous video recordings, as well as some digital copies of transcripts, of lectures hosted by the college. These lectures come from TCAUP faculty members, notable alumni, as well as prominent members of the architectural field. These lectures are taken from the Wallenberg Lecture Series, the Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Series, and others hosted by the college. Another portion of the lectures present various projects completed by faculty such as the Perimeter Project and the Michigan Solar House (MiSo). The rest of these are presentations given by various members of the Architecture community.
Audio-Visual Material
The Audio-Visual Material series (3 linear feet and 1.5 GB) includes audio tapes, video tapes, digital video recordings (from DVDs) and a film reel. Of particular interest in this series is a digital video recording celebrating TCAUP's centennial in 2006, three video tapes containing the three parts of the 2004 "Michigan Debates on Urbanism," and a video focusing on Albert Kahn called "Architects We Knew." There is also a lecture on audio tape delivered by Peter Eisenman in 1991, and a video of a lecture on the North Campus Redux effort delivered by Doug Kelbaugh.