Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

Contains brochures and pamphlets, bulletins, newsletters, building prospectuses, and reports, including the report of the review committee. Also includes golden anniversary convocation addresses The Next Fifty Years in Aviation and Astronautics -- Past and Present. Also contains an anecdotal history entitled The First Fifty Years (A Fragmentary Anecdotal History).

The Department of Aerospace Engineering Publications (.5 linear feet) are divided into four series: Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, Topical Publications, and Student Publications. The bulk of the publications document the Department of Aerospace Engineering and its sub-units.

The Unit Publications series contains printed material published specifically by the Department of Aerospace Engineering. These publications are defined as being widely distributed and may be published at regular intervals. They are arranged by genre of the publication.

The Unit Publications series includes brochures, bulletins describing the graduate programs, newsletters, prospectuses and reports. The Bentley Historical Library holds the Alumni Newsletter from 1989 to 1994. There is a prospectus, published in 1988, for the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building entitled Prospectus for a New Building for the Department of Aerospace Engineering. There is also a report from the department Review Committee published in 1988.

The Sub-Unit Publications series contains publications from subordinate offices, departments, programs and organizations within the Department of Aerospace Engineering. These publications are arranged alphabetically by the creating sub-unit. The Sub-Unit Publications include brochures, case statements, programs, from the Aerodynamics for Industry Program, Aeronautical Design Symposium, Aerospace Engineering Complex, and the Aerospace System Design Team. Under the heading "Development" publications such as lectures from the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Aerospace Prize and brochures and programs describing the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud building are found. There is a newsletter, published in 1991, from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium. The annual report published in 1982 describes the activities for the Self-Contained Orbital Research Experiment (SCORE) from the Senior Design Class.

The Topical Publications series includes printed materials published to document specific events or activities such as celebrations or one-time conferences hosted by the Department of Aerospace Engineering. The Topical Publications series includes printed material from the Golden Anniversary celebration which took place in 1964. It includes an article entitled Space Research at the University published in 1963, convocation addresses, a brief history of the first fifty years of aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan, and programs.

The Student Publications series contains publications published by student groups within the Department of Aerospace Engineering. The Student Publications series includes flyers from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

The Department of Physics Publications are divided into three series: Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, and Topical Publications. The Unit Publications series contains printed material published specifically by the Department of Physics. These publications are defined as being widely distributed and may be published at regular intervals. They are arranged by genre of the publication. The Sub-Unit Publications series contains publications from subordinate offices, departments, programs and organizations within the Department of Physics. These publications are arranged alphabetically by the creating sub-unit.

Formed in 1996, the M-Pathways Project was charged with the design and implementation of new administrative information systems for the University of Michigan. Until this point, administrative business transactions were performed using the Michigan Terminal System (MTS).Includes a prospectus describing the M-Pathways Project and its goals entitled M-Pathways Connecting People and Information: Project Description and Request for Comments. Also contains end user training manuals and printouts of email announcements and the electronic newsletter "SA Update" published by the Student Administration System.

The M-Pathways Project Publications are divided into two series: Unit Publications and Sub-Unit Publications. The bulk of the publications document the training offered to prepare instructors to teach and university staff to learn the new data system.

Contains brochures, bulletins and course catalogs, directories, manuals, newsletters such as the Ar See Nooz, RC News, R.C. Newsletter, and the Residential College Newsletter, programs, prospectuses, reports, and schedules. Also contains programs from the Residential College Players, and an anthology entitled Tales from Around the Bend by the Residential College Writers Group. Includes student publications such as the anthologies Chrysalis and Trains. Also contains an anthology entitled Crosswinds, programs, reports and working paper from the Mackenzie High School/Residential College Educational Project and the Mackenzie High School/University of Michigan Writing Program.

The Publications of the Residential College are divided into three series: Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, and Student Publications.

The Unit Publications series contains printed material published specifically by the University of Michigan Residential College. These publications are defined as being widely distributed and may be published at regular intervals. They are arranged by genre of the publication.

The Solar Car Team is an interdisciplinary student organization at the University of Michigan whose objectives are to design, finance, build and race a solar-powered vehicle from scratch. Publications Includes articles, brochures, directories, newsletters such as the Solar Car Express and the Southern Sun, press releases, programs, prospectuses and regulations regarding the various University of Michigan Solar Car Projects as well as the GM Sunrayce and the Sponsor World Solar Challenge. Also includes two histories describing the 1990 races.

Solar Car Publications (1 linear foot) are divided into six series. The first focuses on the 1990 Sunrayce and World Solar Challenge– Sunrunner. It contains official race regulations, newsletters, programs, brochures, magazines, and photocopies of articles on GM Sunrayce USA and the World Solar Challenge. This series also includes prospectuses which give early details on the budget for and design of the Sunrunner and press releases from News and Information Services, General Motors Corporation and the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.

It also includes two published histories. In Sunracing, Richard and Melissa King write about both the American and Australian races. Because of Michigan's great success in both races the Sunrunner features prominently in this history. It includes a narrative of the races and color photographs of many, but not all the entrants. The second history, Racing With the Sun: The 1990 World Solar Challenge by Chester R. Kyle focuses on the technical aspects of the cars and the race. There are black and white photographs of all the cars entered in the World Solar Challenge with their specifications. There are also rules and regulations for both the GM Sunrayce and World Solar Challenge

The second series focuses on the 1993 Sunrayce and World Solar Challenge– Maize & Blue. It includes brochures, a directory of team members, a fact sheet on the GM Sunrayce, the newsletter Solar Express covering the years 1991-1993, and press releases for both the GM Sunrayce and the World Solar Challenge.

The third series contains material on the 1995 Sunrayce– Solar Vision including the newsletter Solar Express for the years 1993-1995 and press releases on the GM Sunrayce.

The fourth series includes documentation on the 1997 Sunrayce– Wolverine, such as the newsletter Solar Express for 1997 as well as programs and regulations from the race.

The fifth series covers 1999 Sunrayce– MaizeBlaze. It includes brochures and newsclippings from the race and 1998-1999 issues of Solar Express.

The sixth series focuses on the 2001 World Solar Challenge– M-Pulse with brochures and programs from the race as well as issues of the newsletter Southern Sun.

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.