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Office of Research (University of Michigan) records, 1911-2013 (majority within 1950-2010)

323.5 linear feet (In 324 boxes) — 1 oversize volume — 157 MB (online) — 4 digital video files

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Officially established in 1959, the Office of Research supports and administers large interdisciplinary projects called research centers and administers research institutes. The record group includes individual vice president's files, central office files, staff files, financial records, administrative files, committee and task force documents and reports, special event files, and project and institute files.

The records of the vice-president for research date from 1911 to 2013 and measure 323.5 linear feet, 1 oversize box and 157 MB of digital materials. The records document the activities of the office overseeing grant funded research at the University of Michigan and offer some insight into the range of research undertaken at the university. Records include administrative files of vice-presidents, including correspondence, memoranda, and budgetary material relating to research projects and grants of university units and departments; and photographs.

The organization of the records, particularly the early accessions, reflects the tenure of the successive vice presidents for research. Later accessions included files of associate vice-presidents and senior staff officers as well topically organized files that spanned the tenure of several vice presidents. The records are organized into the following series:

  1. A. Geoffrey Newman -- Boxes 1-15, 70-71
  2. Charles Overberger -- Boxes 15-69
  3. Charles Overberger/Warren Sussman -- Boxes 72-87
  4. Linda S. Wilson,-- Boxes 88-100
  5. William C. Kelly -- Boxes 102-105
  6. Central Files -- Boxes 108-127, 180-210, 266-275, Boxes 277-301, Boxes 311-322
  7. OVPR Staff Files -- Boxes 128-134
  8. Julie Ellison -- Boxes 135-136
  9. Marvin Parnes -- Boxes 137-146
  10. OVPR Financial and Administrative Files -- Boxes 147-148
  11. Administrative Files -- Boxes 149-150, Boxes 323-324
  12. Committees and Task forces -- 151-164
  13. Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project and Ford Nuclear Reactor -- Boxes 165 --166, 218-219
  14. Special Events, Symposiums, and Promotional -- Boxes 167-170, 275
  15. Presidential Initiatives Fund -- Boxes 171-179
  16. Contractual Restrictions Requests (PAF-R's) -- Boxes 213-216
  17. Michigan Life Science's Corridor -- Boxes 216-218
  18. Discretionary Fund -- Boxes 220-264
  19. Indirect Waivers -- Boxes 265
  20. Research Faculty Appointments -- Boxes 276, Box 322
  21. Washington D.C. Office -- Boxes 302-310
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Marvin G. Parnes Files, 1981-1999

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Marvin Parnes served as an OVPR staff member during most of the 1980s and 1990s, an Assistant Vice President for Research during much of the 1990s, and (Interim?) head of DRDA during some of the mid-1990s. The Marvin Parnes Files, 1981-1999 (9.0 linear feet) are related to both the Central Files and the OVPR Staff Topical Files, with topics that overlap in subject matter, if not scope, with topics in each of those series.

Office of Research (University of Michigan) records, 1911-2013 (majority within 1950-2010)
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Special Events, Symposiums and Promotional, 1989-1999

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OVPR Special Events, Symposia, and Promotional (3 linear feet) includes the records of various OVPR-sponsored symposia and lecture series relating to national research policies and priorities, as well as those of OVPR presentations and functions. The Year of Humanities and Arts (YoHA) files come mostly from Julie Ellison, Professor of English and Associate VP for Research (specializing in the Arts and Humanities) at the time (1996-1998). The rest of the files come mostly from Lee C. Katterman, the OVPR Senior Science Writer. Where noted, a (VHS) video of the event is also in the OVPR files. This series also includes the files for the Michigan Arts and Humanities Awards (1 linear foot).

The 2009 addition to the series includes two subseries: Distinguished Lecture Series, 1994-1999; and Wiesner Symposium, 1996-1999. Both subseries are organized chronologically, and include articles on the events, posters, copies of lecture and/or remarks form the events, and several of the files include photographs.

Office of Research (University of Michigan) records, 1911-2013 (majority within 1950-2010)
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Smithsonian Institution "Presenting History: Museums in a Democratic Society" Tape 1, 1995 April 19

1 videocassettes (VHS Videotape )

Box 170
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(A conference titled "Presenting History: Museums in a Democratic Society" with discussions on the role of museums in democratic societies, the factors that contribute to public controversy, and how those factors should be handled when planning an exhibit. Speakers include Michael Hammond and Neil Harris, with panelists Cary Carson, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Edward Linenthal, Harold Skramstad, and Betsy Broun.)
In: Office of Research (University of Michigan) records, 1911-2013 (majority within 1950-2010)Special Events, Symposiums and Promotional, 1989-1999VideosUniversity of Michigan Smithsonian Institution "Presenting History: Museums in a Democratic Society" (four tape set), 4-19-1995
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