Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

Music, theatre, and dance education unit of the University of Michigan. Also represented in this collection are its predecessor organizations, the Ann Arbor School of Music and the University School of Music, and its departments. Includes records of students and instructors, correspondence, topical files, and materials related to student and faculty performance groups. Archived versions of the School's websites provide additional documentation of academic programs, research, events, people, and policies.

The School of Music, Theatre, & Dance (University of Michigan) records document music education in Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan and student and faculty musical production beginning in 1885. The records include student ledgers listing names, tuition, and instructors; correspondence and clippings, 1924-1953, concerning the University Band, including correspondence of William D. Revelli; files relating to musical programs, particularly the Michigan Singers' Spring Tour, the Union Opera, and Musket productions; minutes of the executive committee and faculty; and digitized audio and video recordings of performances, including performances at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, by the Michigan Youth Ensembles, and other groups associated with the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Also included are files associated the Department of Dance and Department of Theatre and Drama.

1. Topical Files -- Boxes 1-5, 25-30, 35-41, online
2. Student Ledgers -- Volumes 1-7
3. Dean's Files -- Boxes 6-8, 30-31
4. Faculty Records -- Boxes 9-24
5. Donor Files -- Box 31
6. Executive Committee -- Boxes 32, 34
7. Department of Dance -- Boxes 44-46, online
8. Department of Theatre and Dance -- Box 33
9. Archived Website -- online
10. Audio recordings (original audiotapes and digital recordings) -- Boxes 42-43, online
11. Video recordings -- online

Mineralogist and materials scientist whose research focuses on the properties of nuclear materials. Ewing is Frank Stanton Professor in Nuclear Security and a Co-director at the Center for International Security and Cooperation in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and a Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences in the School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences at Stanford University. He is the University of Michigan Edward H. Kraus Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences, Professor Emeritus of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences. Ewing is a Regents' Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico. He served as president of the International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS) in 1997–1998. The collection includes IUMRS correspondence, by-laws, statutes, meetings minutes, agenda, programs, lists of members, etc. Also, Ewing's grant applications, teaching and research materials, and video recordings of lectures.

The collection includes materials related to Ewing's activities as the IUMRS president and contain correspondence, by-laws, statutes, meetings minutes, agenda, programs, lists of members, etc. A small amount of records relate to Ewing's teaching and research at the University of Mexico and the University of Michigan and include two video recordings of lectures and grant applications and reports.