Administration, 1934-1945
The Administration (1934-1945) group consists of four folders of reports from various offices and organizations contributing to orientation.
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Office of Orientation (University of Michigan) records, 1925-1995 (majority within 1928-1946)
1.5 linear feet
University of Michigan office responsible for programs to help students adjust to college life. Records include reports from various university offices and organizations with responsibility for orientation; correspondence and pamphlet material; and printed works directed toward incoming students and their families.
The Office of Orientation records document, somewhat unevenly, the efforts of the administration of the University of Michigan to ease the transition from high school student to university undergraduate. These records consist of correspondence and published materials sent to incoming students and reports of the various offices involved in orientation. The strength of this record group derives from the face presented by the university in these first documents given to its students. It is illuminating to note what advice the university deems essential for new students, but the tone of presentation is more telling.
The Office of Orientation records span the years 1925-1990, but primarily cover the years 1928-1946. The records came to the library in good order and are organized into three groups: Administration, Orientation Period, and Printed Materials.
Researchers interested in visual images of the orientation process should consult the University of Michigan News and Information Services collection for negatives on freshman week in 1930 and orientation in the 1950s and 1960s.
Orientation Period, 1925-1972
The series Orientation Period (1925-1972), consists of six linear inches of correspondence and pamphlets arranged chronologically by year of orientation. These materials are the richest part of the record group, documenting the early efforts of the University and its component elements to advise incoming students. In addition to student orientation materials, there are instructions to faculty advisers.
Publications
The last group, Printed Materials (1967-the present), contains brochures, bulletins such as About Drugs, manuals, and newsletters aimed at incoming students and their parents. These polished publications contain the wealth of information which had been presented in myriad pamphlets in earlier years.
Other printed materials created by the Office of Orientation include the manuals How Thick Do They Slice the Baloney Around Here: A Students' Guide to the Ins and Outs of U.M. and Rounding Out A2, These handbooks describe the community of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan, and contain information on community and university services, housing, recreation and entertainment, and university regulations.