Alpha Phi Alpha, Theta Zeta Lambda Chapter records, 1953-2019 (majority within 1970-2010)
3 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 1 archived website
3 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 1 archived website
The Chapter Records series (1.9 linear feet) documents the actions of the Theta Zeta Lambda alumni chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. The bulk of the series is comprised of meeting minutes and agendas, but the series also includes reports, correspondence, directories, constitutions and by-laws, and other material, as well as archived iterations of the Theta Zeta Lambda website from 2017-2019.
Researchers should note that some folders contained in "Meetings" (for example: "Minutes, Correspondence, and Other Compiled Materials, 1979-1981") were originally binders that included not only meeting minutes but correspondence and various other materials. These materials have been kept together.
169.8 linear feet (in 171 boxes) — 1 oversize volume — 84.4 GB (online)
22.8 linear feet (in 24 boxes) — 7 digital audiovisual files — 3 oversize folders
148 complete sets (approx. 14,800 slides)
Jack Delano was a photographer for the Farm Security Administration and a composer influenced by Puerto Rican folk material. He moved to Puerto Rico in 1946. This series contains an interview with Jack Delano conducted by Ana Cardona, materials concerning Jack Delano's performance at Hostos Community College and his role as a visiting artist to the University of Michigan, his correspondence with Cardona (1985 and 1987), notes, photographs and video recordings by and about Delano.
The Topical Files contain documentation of Cardona's involvement in the Alliance for Cultural Democracy, Cardona's writings and biographical information, administrative records and calendars of Artes Unidas de Michigan. The Raza Art and Media Collective (RAMC) folder includes negatives of portraits and publications. Of special interest are video interviews of Detroit los Repatriados, Mexicans who were deported from the U.S. in the 1930s, taken by Nora Mendoza in 2004. Also sound recordings of interviews and monologs on various subjects, in Spanish and English, as well as Latin music.
38 linear feet — 257.6 MB (online)
Ann Arbor Board of Education, 1857-2011 (AAPS) series includes agenda items for Board meetings, minutes, rules, a partial index to Board proceedings, and audio tapes with historical narratives. Board meeting agenda for the period between 1941 and 2011 contain gaps for the following periods: July-October 1994, April 1997, July-December 1999.
The 2012 Accession includes files on facility planning (2000-2004), bond/sinking fund (2004), new school (1998-2005), and miscellaneous topics notably a set of school dedication and anniversary programs and a series of three volumes containing students' writings in the early 1940s, mainly autobiographical and some relating to World War II experiences, by fifth graders at Angell, Eberbach, and an unidentified school.
26 linear feet (in 27 boxes.) — 231 oversize volumes — 7 digital audio files
14 linear feet (in 15 boxes) — 37 oversize volumes — 1 oversize folder — 3.67 GB (online)
15 GB (online) — 1 oversize volume — 3.5 linear feet
The Professional Files (1960-2004, 0.5 linear feet) series includes materials related to Ann Davis' professional career that are not directly related to her roles in television and stage productions. The series consists of writings and correspondence from producer Lloyd Schwartz and advertisements, correspondence, and photographs related to Davis' work in advertisements for Swiffer.
The Annual Reports series (0.8 linear feet and digital files (online)) provides a yearly overview of the state of the department. The title of these reports changed over the years. They were first called annual conferences or retreats, then committee reports, and finally annual reports. These records include the annual reports from the chair and, occasionally, the associate chair as well as annual reports of various committees, programs, centers, laboratories, task forces, and other units within the department. Special faculty accomplishments are also noted in some reports from the 1990s.
Related material, including retreat planning material, can be found in the Topical Files series.
22 linear feet — 2 oversize boxes — 4.49 GB (online)
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.