The Administrative File series contains materials related to the history, organization, and administration of the Michigan Natural Areas Council.
The series has been divided into six subseries: the Background/Historical subseries, the Chronological subseries, the Committees subseries, the Executive Committees subseries, the Organizational Affiliations subseries and the Website subseries.
12 linear feet — 2.8 MB (online)
The MNAC records are organized into three series: Administrative Files, Natural Areas Files, and Site Files. The record group documents the Michigan Natural Areas Council's activities and structure from 1934 to 2006, including some materials relating to the MNAC's administration and organization. The bulk of the files relate to the group's efforts to identify and dedicate natural areas in the state of Michigan. There is also some information relating to other Michigan naturalist groups that worked with MNAC members.
The Chronological files subseries (2.2 linear feet) consists of former chairman George Thomson's chronologically-arranged files and includes correspondence, minutes, notes, reports, newspaper clippings, and maps.
The Executive Committee subseries (2 linear feet) contains files relating to the running of the organization, which are arranged alphabetically by topic and then chronologically. The meeting minutes and correspondence make up the bulk of this subseries. Also included are Treasurer's Reports and files relating to membership. Researchers will note that for most years there are no meeting minutes for the months of June, July, and August; the Council did not hold meetings during the summer months.