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The Administrative Files series is comprised of records created by the Diversity Blueprints Task Force and its subcommittees in the fulfillment of their official charge from President Mary Sue Coleman. The records in this series were originally created and maintained in a collaborative digital workspace (CTools, the University of Michigan's implementation of the open source Sakai platform). Screenshots of this software platform are included alongside records to provide contextual information about the original environment of the materials. The series is divided into six sections: records of the full Task Force, records of the four subcommittees (Undergraduate Admissions, Financial Aid, and Pipeline; Graduate Student Recruitment, Retention, and Pipeline; Faculty and Staff Hiring and Retention; and Educational Outreach and Engagement), and the Task Force final report. The task force and subcommittee records consist of email correspondence (with attachments), report drafts, suggestions from the community, information on diversity initiatives at peer institutions, meeting materials, PowerPoint presentations, and reviews of U-M efforts to promote diversity.

The Toward A Fair Michigan records reflect that organization's efforts to promote dialogue on the controversial ballot initiative Proposal 2 (the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative) and encourage public participation in the political process. In addition to illustrating essential steps in the formation and management of 501(c)(3) nonprofit groups, the records will be especially valuable to those interested in the public debate surrounding Proposal 2 and the issue of affirmative action in the United States in the early 21st century. The collection is comprised of three series: Administrative Files, Program Director's Files, and Organizational Activities.

The Administrative Files series documents the decisions of high level administrators and committees regarding the planning and management of the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries. A large portion of the series consists of material from the Board of Directors, including a complete run of minutes from the mid to late 1980s, as well as minutes from their retreats and special meetings. Also included are annual, financial, and strategic planning meeting reports.

An area of note within the series includes records of past presidents and organization officers. Material related to Chad Audi can be found in the Chad Audi series.

Material from COO Barbara Willis document the DRMMs work with external organizations and development efforts. The series includes one file of material noting the recognition recieved by Donald DeVos for his work with the organization during the 1990s.

The Administrative File series contains materials related to the history, organization, and administration of the Michigan Natural Areas Council.

The series has been divided into six subseries: the Background/Historical subseries, the Chronological subseries, the Committees subseries, the Executive Committees subseries, the Organizational Affiliations subseries and the Website subseries.

The Website subseries contains digital files of website captures from the Michigan Natural Areas Council website. The website provides information about the history of the organization, current initiatives, events, and offers information about the organizational newsletter.

The Administrative Files series (3 linear feet and digital files (online)) is divided into two subseries: Executive Files and Office Files. The executive files subseries contain correspondence and other material created or directed to the office co-coordinator, Billie Edwards, or, after 1994, to the Director, Ronni Sanlo. Sanlo was the first person to hold the position of Director of the office.

The Office Files subseries includes general office correspondence dated circa 1991-2012, staff meeting minutes and agendas, material related to the President's New Century Fund Award for Diversity for work on the "From Invisibility to Inclusion" project, and a number of files related to the Task Force on Sexual Orientation. The task force materials range in date from 1987 to 1991. Note that the James W. Toy papers, boxes 8 and 9, also contains material related to the Task Force on Sexual Orientation.

The 2012 Accession added annual reports, budgets, meeting minutes, photographs, strategic plans, reports, forms, and administrative information from 1991-2012 to the Office Files subseries. Many of the materials are digital files from the Spectrum Center's shared drive. The accession highlights core issues and concerns for the center during this period and also contains information about the 40th Anniversary celebrations.

The Administrative Files series (2.5 linear feet, 1.4 GB) contains materials related to the Foundation's establishment and recognition as a non-profit organization, the Board of Directors records, and employee and volunteer material. This series includes The YES Foundation®'s Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, 501 (C)(3) and Trademark documentation. The Board materials include member profiles, meeting minutes, handbooks, and reports. The employee and volunteer material includes an employee reference guide, volunteer debriefing meetings material, and a The YES Foundation® Staff Orientation Guide.

The Administrative series includes office correspondence, financial files, meeting minutes, and planning proposals, giving information on the daily operations of the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs. The Administrative series includes records of Minority Student Services (MSS). Within these files are notes from the MSS retreat, MSS training council, and the multi-cultural training program. These programs helped the staff learn more about other cultures and how to plan better programs that serve the needs of students who identified with those cultures. This series also includes materials related to MESA's student organization grant program, files from the computer of Program Manager, associate director and interim director Linh Nguyen, and materials related to the Growing Allies retreat.

The Administrative Records subgroup (1935-2013, 35.5 linear feet) begins with the Meetings series (1956-2012, 1.5 linear feet), which contain the agendas, minutes and correspondence of the Executive Committee Meetings, the Friends of the Michigan Historical Collection and Bentley Library, the Bentley Library's Administrative Committee, and Staff Meetings. The next set of series are organized by director (see the list above). The first subseries category is the Director's Office/Central Files, which are administrative records generated by the director and the associate director including correspondence, evaluation and planning, fundraising, physical facilities documents, and budget materials. The Staff files subseries, contains staff meetings, staff lists, staff interviews, manuals and farewell parties. The Conferences and Events subseries consists of agendas and speeches and planning material from Bentley-related conferences. Materials in this subseries from the tenure of Francis Blouin include digital materials from the Visual Culture and Archives Symposium held April 4-5, 2013 in honor of Blouin's 32 years of service to the library. The Special Projects subseries includes material regarding intensive activities undertaken by the BHL that often were in some way distinct from core functions. In many cases, a "special project" is one that received outside funding.

Among Blouin's records are planning documents that include results of five-year reviews of the library for 1986, 1991, and 1996, and there are a number of files documenting the evolution of archival education at the University of Michigan through the 1980s. There are also papers and correspondence regarding work in 1993, which resulted in a special issue of the American Archivist devoted to diplomacy. Also of interest is documentation of the Vatican Archives Project, which resulted in Vatican Archives, An Inventory and Guide to Historical Documents of the Holy See.

The 2014 accession of Francis X. Blouin's files is divided into two additional sub-series. The first, Topical Files, 1974-2013 (3.8 linear feet), consists of a mixture of administrative, events and special projects materials, arranged alphabetically. This arrangement reflects how these files had come to be maintained in the director's office. The second, International, 1991-2012 (1.2 linear feet), contains materials related to the library's international programs and is arranged alphabetically by country. Files relating to William Wallach, Associate Director, 1958-2010, bulk 1978-2010, (2.5 linear feet), are arranged in two sub-series: Topical, 1958-2010 (1.5 linear feet) and Building Addition, 1998-2004 (1.0 linear foot).

The Administrative 2001-2015 subseries contains annual reports, revised by-laws, fellowship grant summaries, and summaries of various funding sources for teachers, faculty, and students.

The Administrative Records series consist of board and committee meeting minutes and agendas as well as member lists, the chapter constitution, and some administrative correspondence, photographs, and reports and planning material. The Miscellaneous Items folder contains newspaper articles, event information, membership committee lists, speaker series information and other task force and correspondence documents.