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8.5 linear feet (in 9 boxes) — 1 oversize box — 1 oversize folder — 2.31 GB (online)

Art teacher in Ann Arbor, Mich. Public schools and the founder of the Teaching-Learning Communities program and Lifespan Resources, Inc., an educational non-profit organization. Administrative papers, correspondence, news clippings, photographs, reports, grant proposals, and personal speeches and publications related to intergenerational education and related initiatives from the early 1970s until 2000.

The personal papers of Carol Tice document her contributions to the development of intergenerational education in the Ann Arbor Public Schools and the Ann Arbor Community more broadly.

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11.6 linear feet — 0.3 MB (online)

Professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work; was heavily involved in researching psychosocial rehabilitation of the mentally ill and an advocate of supported education; and researched the affects of mental illness on mothers. Collection consists of correspondence, lectures and speeches, project information and publications completed during her tenure at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University

The Carol T. Mowbray collection consists primarily of correspondence and project related materials and publications detailing her professional career. This collection is divided into eight series: Personal, Correspondence, Teaching, Conferences, Lectures and Speeches, Committees, Projects and Publications. The collection is organized primarily in alphabetical or chronological order for ease of use. The collection itself is focused on the professional activities of Carol T. Mowbray, and researchers will find few insights into the personal life and character of Carol outside of the work environment.

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7 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 196 MB (online)

The records of the Casa de Unidad Cultural Arts and Media Center cover the organization's efforts to promote, develop, and celebrate Hispanic and Latino arts and traditions in Southwest Detroit. The record group consists primarily of correspondence, board minutes, grant proposals and reports, newsletters, event and program budgets, event flyers, educational workshop reports and audio material.

The records of Casa de Unidad cover the period between 1980 and 2006. The collection consists primarily of correspondence, board minutes, grant proposals and reports, newsletters, event and program budgets, event flyers, educational workshop reports and audio material. The majority of the material is in English, though a small number of flyers, newsletters, and audio recordings are in Spanish. The collection contains the following series: Administrative Material, Educational/Artistic Activities, Unity in the Community Festival, and Audio Material.

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25 linear feet — 19 oversize volumes

The Cathedral Church of St. Paul was founded in Detroit in 1824 as St. Paul⿿s parish. The record group spans the period from 1824 to 1995 and includes church registers of services, meeting minutes, and other documentation of the administrative life of the church. The record groups also includes record books of baptisms, marriages, and burials from 1824 to 1936.

The Cathedral Church of St. Paul records span the period from 1824 to 1995 and includes church registers of services, meeting minutes, and other documentation of the administrative life of the church. The record groups also includes record books of baptisms, marriages, and burials from 1824 to 1936.

The record group consists of seven series: Church Registers; Administrative Records; Church Publications, Annual Reports/Annual Meeting Reports, Vestry Records, Topical Files, and Miscellaneous earlier records.

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1.5 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 31.1 MB (online)

Members of the Cavanagh family have resided in Yale, St. Clair County, Michigan since 1857. The collection was accumulated by Martha Cavanagh Cameron and consists of original and copied materials of various Cavanagh and Johnston family members.

The Cavanagh family papers have been arranged into an alphabetical series. The files have been arranged by name of family member with a few exceptions for general family and Yale related files. Of special note are the diaries of George Cavanagh, who was proprietor of the Princess movie theater in Yale, Michigan beginning in 1915.

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1.25 linear feet — 18.3 GB (online)

An extension of President Coleman's Initiative on Ethics in Public Life; the Center for Ethics in Public Life's goals were to promote discourse, research, and teaching on ethics at the University of Michigan. Includes records of the precursor initiative, ethics-related activities on campus, and the Center's administration under Dr. John R. Chamberlin from its creation in 2008 through its closing in 2011.

The Center for Ethics in Public Life collection has eight series: Presidential Initiative on Ethics in Public Life, Activities, Administration, and Archived Website.

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14.4 linear feet — 240 MB (online) — 1 oversize folder

Founded in 2001 as the Center for Religion and Society at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, the Center houses and supports the interdisciplinary minor in Religious Studies, and advances research on religion and its relationship to American society. The Pluralism Project, developed by Claude Jacobs, focused on religion and religious communities in Detroit, Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties, Michigan. The Center's records primarily document the Pluralism Project and the files of the director, Claude Jacobs. The collection also contains publications and printed material from religious communities across Michigan.

The Center for Ethnic and Religious Studies records primarily document the Pluralism Project collaboration between the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Harvard University. The records highlight communities within the southeast Michigan and the greater Detroit area in particular, as well as the Pluralism Project itself.

Claude Jacobs' Director's files document his time as Director of the Pluralism Project and professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

The collection also includes Michigan religious communities material includes inspirational/instructional texts, pamphlets, fliers, newsletters, community outreach, and various programs.

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22 linear feet

Office that administered foreign travel and study programs the University of Michigan; records document administration of program, content of curriculum and student experience.

The records of the Office of International Programs document the development and administration of the University of Michigan's travel abroad and foreign study programs and the content of the program at various sites, particularly Florence, Paris, Aix-en-Provence, London, and Freiburg. Records include committees minutes, correspondence, curricular records, syllabi and student evaluations of the program.

42.5 linear feet — 0.4 MB (online)

A unit of the University of Michigan's Institute of Science and Technology which conducts and sponsors interdisciplinary studies of fresh water lake ecology. It is the successor to the Great Lakes Research Institute and the Great Lakes Research Division of the University of Michigan. Primarily research data, analysis, and reports on two major studies: the Coherent Area Study of Lake Michigan, 1963-1971, and the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant Studies, 1967-1983.

The records in this collection are largely research files from the period when John C. Ayers was director of research for the Great Lakes Research Division. The bulk of the records document two large research projects: the Coherent Area Study, 1963-1971, and Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant Studies, 1967-1983. There is also documentation of several smaller research projects. The research files include reports, field and laboratory data, and a variety of logs documenting data collection. The collection has few if any administrative records of the GLRD or its successors.

The records are arranged in ten series: Historical Information, Coherent Area Study, Ship's Logs, Donald C. Cook Power Plant Studies, Lake Michigan Ice Studies, John C. Ayers Research Files, Administration, Grants, Topical files, and Visual materials. Because the records contain a variety of formats, including slides, fan-fold computer printouts, and outsize volumes, some subgroups and series are split between ranges of box numbers. The summary contents list provides an overview of the physical arrangement of the records.

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2 linear feet

The University of Michigan Center for Human Growth and Development was established in 1964 to study the ways in which human beings grow and develop. It is an interdisciplinary department with faculty from a variety of the university's schools and colleges. The records date from 1963 to 2008 and include reports, committee files, administrative information and topical files.

The records of the University of Michigan Center for Human Growth and Development (CHGD) date from 1963 to 2007 and divided into the five series: Reports, Committees, Administration, Publications and Visual Media.