The Administrative series (3.5 linear feet) details the overall governing and planning structure of the ACJ including constitution and bylaws, executive board meeting minutes and agenda, financial reports and statements, incoming correspondence (1984-2003) and some outgoing correspondence (1988-1990). Meeting minutes and director's reports are especially useful for the background and planning of ACJ projects and to get an overall sense of the ACJ's goals.
The Administrative Series (1988-2003) is arranged alphabetically and includes files dealing with program issues. It contains correspondence and e-mails (print outs) to and from Director Gaylyn Studlar dealing with equipment, space, and technology issues. A small file on notable alumni is included as well as some information of faculty and executive committees. Two program reviews, the first in 1988 and the second in 1993, important to the growth of the program, are also filed here. The reviews contain information regarding the history, development, faculty, curriculum, and critiques of the program.
5 linear feet
The Administrative series (1994-2004, 5 linear feet) includes materials relating to the operation and functioning of the Detroit Observatory since 1994. This series includes an extensive inventory of photographs and descriptive records of the over three-hundred Detroit Observatory holdings; these are scientific instruments, historical photographs, publications, logbooks, and other miscellaneous artifacts and materials. The administrative series also includes correspondence, budget and fundraising documentation, meeting minutes, and materials documenting the day-to-day operation of the Observatory. A substantial portion of this series concerns the planning and implementation of the extensive restoration of the Observatory. For administrative materials prior to 1994, researchers should consult other Bentley collections, including the University of Michigan Observatory record group. The Observatory record group contains administrative material on the Detroit Observatory, including inventories, budgets, personnel, and account books from approximately 1908 to 1948.
The Administrative series, 1994-2006 (1.25 linear ft.), contains general administrative notes and correspondence regarding productions and staffing, advertising plans, and copies of the Dance Gallery Studio's quarterly newsletter.
The Administrative and Financial series documents the management of the organization, and includes board of directors' minutes, planning materials, financial statements, annual reports, procedure manuals, and correspondence. The bulk of the correspondence in this series consists of letters sent by Executive Director LeRoy Harvey and a smaller number sent by his successor Patrick Hudson. There are some incoming letters as well, but the majority of incoming correspondence is filed by the program or activity to which it pertains.
The Administrative and Related Records series documents IGE's background and general administration and includes bylaws, clippings, correspondence, financial records, grant proposals, and information related to meetings and volunteers.
The Administration and Research Development and Training Program series (1.8 linear feet, 1976-1996) contains records from the administrative core facility and the research development and training program component of the MDRTC; these two components form one series since they are closely intertwined. This series contains the minutes of many committees, including the policy committee (1976), the executive committee (1976-1980), and the scientific review committee (1978-1984). The series documents the planning process behind the MDRTC, the initial grant application and site visit preparation, subsequent grant renewal activities, and the development of research projects.
