Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

Publications produced by the Extension Service and its subunits including bulletins and course listings, reports, newsletters and manuals.

The Extension Service publications consist of publications produced by the Extension Service and its subunits and include bulletins and course listings, reports, newsletters and manuals and other printed items. The material is divided into three series: Unit Publications, Sub-unit Publications and Topical Publications.

Unit Publications include bulletins concerning credit and non-credit courses, reports and a run of the newsletter Extension Service News, whose title later became U-M Extension. Sub-unit Publications consist of material produced by units under the control of the Extension Service. These include the Audio-Visual Education Center and the Michigan High School Forensic Association. Records of the Broadcasting Service will be found in the WUOM record group. Topical Publications contain pamphlets and brochures pertaining to conferences and institutes and various other programs sponsored or produced by the Extension Service. Printed material will also be found scattered throughout the record group.

Includes bibliographies; pamphlets and brochures; bulletins and college catalogs; calendars; directories; histories; manuals; newsletters such as that from Sigma Theta Tau (a professional and student nursing honor society); proceedings; programs; proposals; surveys; and school yearbooks from the School of Nursing. Also contains publications from the School of Nursing Alumni Association, the Center for Nurasing Research, Continuing Education Services, and the Graduate Program in Medical-Surgical Nursing. Also included are publications pertaining to various symposia, and milestone anniversaries such as the Diamond and Centennial Celebrations.

The School of Nursing publications are divided into five series that are arranged in alpha-chronological order: Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, Topical Files, Student Publications, and the Archived School of Nursing Website. The Unit Publications series is arranged by genre and contains printed material published specifically by the School of Nursing. Many of these publications are widely distributed and may be published at regular intervals. The Sub-Unit Publications series contains publications from subordinate offices, departments, programs and organizations within the School of Nursing. The Topical Publications contain brochures, calendars, invitations, and programs from milestone anniversaries and other celebrations. The Student Publications series contains newsletters published by School of Nursing students. The Archived Website series contains captured websites from or related to the School of Nursing from 2002 onward.

University of Michigan radio station, founded 1948. Administrative records documenting the development of radio broadcasting at the University of Michigan; radio scripts, transcripts of talks given by faculty, publicity, scrapbooks, and photographs; and sound recordings of radio programs produced and broadcast by WUOM, as well as recordings of various University conferences, ceremonies, etc.

The records of radio station WUOM document the development of radio broadcasting at the University of Michigan from the 1920s through the 1960s. The bulk of the material dating from the founding of the campus radio station WUOM in 1948. The records include administrative files; scripts, publicity material, course guides and other program related material; and recordings of select broadcasts. the WUOM records are organized into three subgroups: Paper Records (including visual materials), Audio Materials (sound recordings) and Printed Material. The content description and arrangement idiosyncrasies of each are presented below. Though the dates of the current accession continue only into the early 1980s, with the bulk of materials concentrated in the 1940s-1960s, WUOM is a continuing unit of the university, and future accessions are anticipated.

Contains bulletins (college catalogs); directories including the Photographic Roster; manuals; newsletters such as Findings, Public Health Reviews, and The School of Public Health Newsletter; proceedings from the Baker Lectures; programs including the Thomas Francis, Jr. Memorial Lecture; and reports including the Dean's Report, Report of the School of Public Health, Report of the Division of Hygiene and Public Health, A Self Study of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Report to the Kellogg Foundation. Also contains publications from the Bureau of Public Health Economics including the Medical Care Review, Public Health Economics, Public Health Economics and Medical Care Abstracts, and research series reports. Also contains publications from the Dept. of Epidemiology including reports from the Poliomyelitis Vaccine Evaluation Center. Includes publications of the Dept. of Population Planning; the National Sanitation Foundation; Office of Development and Alumni Relations; Office of Development and External Relations; Office of Student Affairs including Student Enrollment and Application Information statistics; the Program in and Bureau of Hospital Administration; Program in Hospital Administration; the Public Health Library. Also includes bulletins for the Summer Session and student publications.

The Publications of the School of Public Health are divided into four series: Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, Topical Publications and Student Publications. Some publications (or their successors) may no longer be available in print but are available on the school s website.

Includes addresses, annual reports, faculty bibliographies, brochures and pamphlets, bulletins and college catalogs, directories, manuals, newsletters, programs, proposals, reports, statistics, yearbooks, and born digital materials. The collection also contains publications from the Bureau of Business Research, the Bureau of Industrial Relations, the Center for International Business Education, the Division of Research, the Executive Education Center, the Institute for International Commerce, the Program in International Business, and the Public Utility Executive Program. Also included are conference publications from meetings held at the university and sponsored or co-sponsored by the School of Business Administration. There are also some publications describing various development campaigns and the Summer Session. Additional materials include the publication entitled "Dividend". Some publications (or their successors) may no longer be available in print. but are available on the schools website.

The Ross School of Business Publications, 1922-2017, (31 linear feet, 49.6 MB) are divided into five series: Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, Topical Publications, Student Organization Publications, and the Archived Ross School of Business Website. The publications include addresses, annual reports, faculty bibliographies, brochures and pamphlets, bulletins and college catalogs, directories, manuals, newsletters, programs, proposals, reports, statistics, yearbooks, and digital file formats. The collection also contains publications from the Bureau of Business Research, the Bureau of Industrial Relations, the Center for International Business Education, the Division of Research, the Executive Education Center, the Institute for International Commerce, the Program in International Business, and the Public Utility Executive Program. The collection also includes conference publications from meetings held at the university and sponsored or co-sponsored by the Ross School of Business Administration. There are also some publications describing various development campaigns and the Summer Session. Also includes the publication entitled "Dividend". Some publications (or their successors) may no longer be available in print but are available on the school's website.

Five linear feet of material was added in October of 2018:

Box 27: 1930-1990, contains a biography of distinguished U-M business school professor C.K. Prahalad; a volume of selected writings by distinguished U-M accounting professor William A. Paton; examination questions; faculty bibliographies; and reports.

Box 28: 1932-1972, contains proceedings from the National Symposium of the State of the Black Economy (1972) as well as the Michigan Accounting Conference (1932-1949; 1968-1970). Also included are handbooks; and reports.

Box 29: 1970-2011, contains reports and working papers including annual reports from 2009-2011.

Box 30: 1958-2013, contains journals; reports; business and working papers; proceedings from the 1958 Social Security conference; and additional publications.

Box 31: 1949-2012, contains reports; UMBS Public Policy papers (2002); volumes 1-4 of the Michigan Journal of Business (2008-2011); and additional publications.

Publications produced by the Housing Division and its subunits, includes miscellaneous annual reports, brochures, bulletins, calendars, directories, manuals, newsletters, programs, reports, schedules, and statistics of the Housing Division and its predecessors, the Housing Office, Office of Student Community Relations, Office of the Director of Residence Halls, and Office of University Housing. Also includes printed materials from Department of Residence Education, Family Housing, Food Service, Housing Conference Services, Housing Facilities Department, Off-Campus Housing Program, the Pilot Program/College Community Program, and Residence Halls Libraries, and Housing Special Programs.

The Housing Division Publications (10 linear feet) include annual reports, brochures, bulletins, directories, ephemera (including flyers, invitations, posters, and programs), a history, manuals, newsletters, proceedings of conferences sponsored by the Housing Division, and reports. These publications are divided into three series: Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, and Topical Publications. The Housing Division publications document the broad responsibilities of this office and its sub-units, including the various housing options, such as family housing, off-campus housing, and residence halls; as well as food and dining services, mediation services, Residence Halls Association, Residence Halls Libraries, and various university housing task forces. Publications of individual residence halls are part of the sub-unit series.

Includes brochures, manuals, proceedings, programs, and reports. Also contains bulletins or course catalogs from the School of Public Policy, the Institute of Public Policy Studies, the Institute of Public Administration, and the Institute of Public and Social Administration. Contains 1967 and 1968 W. S. Woytinsky lectures and the newsletters Newsletter: Institute of Public Administration, IPPS Newsletter and the School of Public Policy Newsletter. Also includes Bureau of Government bulletins, pamphlets, and reports and the newsletter The Staebler Caucus published by the Neil Staebler Political Education Fund. Also contains the Newsletter to Graduates published by the Michigan chapter of the American Society for Public Administration.

The Publications of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy (6.2 linear feet) are divided into three subseries: Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, and Student Publications. Some publications (or their successors) may no longer be available in print but are available on the school's website.

Established in 1897, the Matthaei Botanical Gardens serves as an educational resource for the university and local community. The publications cover the published and printed material produced by the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and its sub-units. In 2004, the Matthaei Botanical Gardens merged with the Nichols Arboretum. The publications produced after the units combined can be found in the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum collections.

The record group Matthaei Botanical Gardens (University of Michigan) Publications contains a variety of publications produced by the Botanical Gardens, including annual reports, brochures and pamphlets, bulletins, histories, manuals and guidebooks, newsletters, and reports as well more ephemeral items such as event programs and flyers. The Publications of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens are divided into three series: Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, and Topical Publications.

The Inter-Cooperative Council at Ann Arbor is an organization established to coordinate the activities of cooperative houses founded and operated by University of Michigan students. Their records are comprised of minutes, office files, and newsletters, as well as organization-level topices and related research. The collection also contains records of student cooperative, the Socialist House.

The records of the ICC at Ann Arbor cover the years 1932 to 2012 and are divided into ten series: Minutes, Office Files, Printed Materials, Events and Programs, Organizational Topical Files, Correspondence Files, Collected Research Materials, House Records, External Organizations, and Audio-Visual Materials.

Researchers should note that because of the differences between ICC office organizational systems and the individual processing archivists working on the collection, topics and materials might be found in multiple series.

The Bentley Historical Library (BHL) houses the Michigan Historical collections, which documents the history of Michigan; and the University Archives and Records Program, which maintains the historical records of the University of Michigan. Founded in 1935 as the Michigan Historical Collections, directors of the library include Lewis G. Vander Velde, F. Clever Bald, Robert M. Warner and Francis X. Blouin, Jr. The publications include annual reports, bulletins, bibliographies, newsletters, and books produced by the BHL using its holdings

The PUBLICATIONS (3.7 linear feet) are divided into two series: Unit Publications and Sub-Unit Publications.

The Unit Publications series contains complete runs of the Bentley Historical Library publications. These include annual reports, 1935-2012 (except for 1989-1990 and 1997-2004, when no annual reports were published). The Unit Publications series also includes brochures, calendars, exhibit programs and manuals such as the University Archives and Records Program Records Policy and Procedures Manual. There is a complete run of topical resource bibliographies including the Bibliographic Series (No. 1-11) dating from 1973 to 1988 and the Guide Series written starting in 1996. In 2001 a guide to holdings relating to Detroit was published. The Unit Publications series includes a comprehensive collection of bibliographies such as the Guide to Manuscripts in the Bentley Historical Library published in 1976 and a bibliography of works derived using the holdings in the Bentley Historical Library, 1935-2010, issued as the Bentley celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2010. The Bulletin Series is a series of booklets largely written on Michigan or University of Michigan topics using Bentley Library collections and record groups as source material. This series began in 1947 and continues to the present.

The Unit Publications series contains monographs published by or in conjunction with the Bentley Historical Library. This eclectic subseries includes a biography of Ann Allen written by Russell Bidlack, a history of the Detroit observatory by Patricia Whitesell, and an updated edition of Howard Peckham's history of the University of Michigan. There have been two newsletters published by the unit, the Michigan Historical Collection Gazette published from 1967 to 1988 and the Bentley Historical Library which began publication in 1989 and continues to the present.

The Sub-Unit Publications series contains undated brochures from the Friends of the Bentley Historical Library.