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Department of Psychology (University of Michigan) records, 1903-1998 (majority within 1960-1990)
11.25 linear feet (in 11 boxes) — 437 KB (online)
Department of Sociology (University of Michigan) records, 1922-2012, undated (majority within 1980-1999)
22 linear feet — 2 oversize boxes — 4.49 GB (online)
Committees and Departmental Meetings, 1938-2011
The Committees and Departmental Meetings (10 linear feet and digital files (online)) series includes departmental meeting (also referred to as faculty meeting) minutes as well as the records of the executive committee and several smaller committees. The executive committee records provide the most complete source for documenting the history of the department. The minutes, which were assembled over the years, include not only the minutes of executive committee meetings but also correspondence, reports, committee agendas, announcements, and miscellaneous material broadly pertaining to executive committee business. Besides the minutes, the executive committee records also include six folders of memoranda (1938-1984).
This series also contains correspondence and memoranda of several other committees. They include: the Ad Hoc Committee for the Curriculum in Social Organization; the Committee on Undergraduate Education; the Department Chairman Search Committee; the Student-Faculty Committee; and the Task Force on Diversity and Discrimination. The Committee on Undergraduate Education's records provide some insight into the changing nature of the sociology curriculum. The Department Chairman Search Committee folder is rather thin and offers only limited information regarding the selection process.
Executive Committee, 1938-2011
(There is overlap between the materials in this group and the Departmental and Faculty meetings group.)
Detroit News records, 1856-1991 (majority within 1912-1982)
164.5 linear feet (in 180 boxes) — 33.4 GB (online)
Detroit Observatory (University of Michigan) records, 1860-2004 (majority within 1994-2001)
29 linear feet (and oversize material) — 1.7 GB (online)
Historical, 1860-2004
14 linear feet
The Historical series (1860-2004, 14 linear ft.) consists of data, audiovisual materials, artifacts, and other collected records documenting the many uses and functions of the Observatory throughout its history. The series includes records of observations and research activities conducted at the Detroit Observatory as well as some observational data from as early as 1800. Some of these records were apparently held by the university Department of Astronomy, individual faculty members and private collectors. When the Observatory was reopened for educational and public programming activities in the 1990s, director Sandy Whitesell began acquiring historical records of the observatory. The Historical series has been organized by material type into three subseries: Records and Observational Data, Audiovisual Materials, and Artifacts.
Don Binkowski collected materials, 1825-2013
16.5 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 1 oversize volume — 15.6 GB (online)
Don Binkowski papers, 1910-2013 (majority within 1958-1975)
11.4 linear feet (in 13 boxes) — 1 oversize folder — 122 MB (online)
Dorothy H. Coons papers, 1936-1999
3 linear feet (in 4 boxes) — 1 oversize box — 11 digital audio files