Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

The Administrative Materials series contains various documents regarding the organization's governance and membership from the mid-1940s to the mid-1990s. It includes several versions of the chapter constitution, membership lists, and financial reports. Minutes, agendas, leadership lists, correspondence, and various other records can be found in the three "Mixed records" subseries. Additional administrative records may be found among the items filed in the "Miscellaneous" folders within the Topical Files series.

The Administrative materials series consists of governing documents, correspondence, minutes, and other materials.

The Administrative Records series is comprised of Budget Reports; Correspondence; Executive Committee Minutes; Funding Materials; Grant Proposals, Reports, and Related Materials; Job Descriptions; Memoranda; Office Organization; Preservation and Storage Concerns; Reorganization of PASE; Staff Meeting Notes; and Personnel Records.

Highlights of this record group include five folders, which contain minutes of PASE's Executive Committee arranged chronologically. These records, dating from 1974 to August 1979, also include related correspondence and other materials that provide valuable information about the operation of the office.

Five folders consisting of correspondence, memoranda, and other related materials document PASE's identification of funding agencies. This set of materials spans nearly the entire period of PASE's existence, although no materials from the years 1976 and 1979 are present. Complementing these records is a significant number of grant proposals, reports, and other related materials, which PASE submitted to various organizations in order to secure funding. It should be noted that two folders include proposals and related records sent to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) during the years 1972 to 1975. To maintain these documents' original order, the folders are dated 1972-1975 and 1973-1975, respectively.

The record group includes a folder of job postings and descriptions, which provide information about employees' responsibilities. Included also is one folder of memoranda exchanged between PASE and the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies in 1975 and 1976. Of special note is a memo that serves as an introduction to PASE's recently reorganized personnel in 1976. Memoranda and correspondence from 1979 and 1980 document the prospective administrative reorganization of PASE.

Because of the personally identifiable nature of the records contained, one folder of personnel-related documents is closed to research for thirty years past the records' dates of creation. These materials date from 1973 to 1980. The folder comprises the records of particular employees, arranged alphabetically by last name, which were selected for their documentation of PASE activities. Of special note are records pertaining to the three directors that PASE had throughout its existence.

The Administrative Records series, while slight (ca. .5 linear ft.), is important because it is currently the only source of information in the record group that is text-based. The most significant documentation is in several folders of year-end reports prepared by Institute sponsored fellows; a folder of exit interview notes is also informative. The latter, a 1991-1992 project designed to evaluate expectations, events, and services was also geared toward gathering recommendations from fellows. The series also includes a folder of applications from students, ca. 1992-1996. Four additional application folders hold correspondence and accompanying material from undergraduates applying for the Program in the Sciences and Humanities.

The Administrative Records series contains topical files and press clippings from the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation. Materials include organizational histories, economic assessments, donor policies, and event planning information. The series also includes records from the Ypsilanti Area Community Foundation and the Community Foundation of Plymouth, similar organizations that collaborate with the AAACF.

The Administrative Records of Michigan Media and its predecessor, the University of Michigan Television Center, document management and policy aspects of television production at the university. The most significant files within the Administrative Records series are Annual Reports to the President, 1953/54-1984/85; Broadcasting Committee minutes and correspondence, 1950-1978, and Remley Files, 1980-1987; Budget Materials, 1954-1985; Merger of the TVC and the AVEC, 1978; Unit Review Material and Reports, 1986; Vice President for Academic Affairs correspondence, 1976-1986; and Yearly Production Summaries, 1950/51-1958/59.

Other administrative series include correspondence and budget material relating to various special projects undertaken by Michigan Media and several special reports and speeches, notably President Ruthven's 1950 address to the Television Broadcasting Association on "The Possibilities of Educational TV," Garnet Garrison's 1968 report on "TV in the University Community," the report of the President's Ad Hoc Communication Review Committee on "The New Teaching Technology" (1973), and a case study of the impact of university-imposed budget cuts on Michigan Media by Marcia Jablonsky, a student in the School of Business Administration and a former employee of Michigan Media (1981).

There are no administrative records for the Audio-Visual Education Center from the period before its incorporation into Michigan Media. Some information on AVEC can be found in records of the University of Michigan Extension Service, boxes 18 and 20.

The Administrative Records series (1 linear foot) contains a wide variety of materials pertaining to the club and its established mission and aims. The series includes three subseries: Constitutions and legal certification, 1944-1973, Minute Books, 1937-1947, and Chronological Files, 1937-1988. Included in the Chronological Files subseries are minutes for club meetings and board meetings, annual reports of elected club officers, newsletters detailing club activities, press releases to Detroit area newspapers, and correspondence with various parties that reflect the nature of the club's activities and the club's internal working mechanisms.

The Administrative Records series (1 linear foot) include budget information, departmental histories, and club and organizational records. Budget files contain worksheets, used to track salaries, which detail increases, decreases and promotions. There is also correspondence concerning justification for budget requests. Departmental histories include several brief histories, as well as a copy of the script from a play, titled "T.H.", performed in 1957 in honor of T.H. Hildebrandt's retirement. There is, in addition, an interesting thirteen-page transcript of the recollections of Raymond L. Wilder, in which he discusses other faculty members, recruitment, and curriculum changes during his tenure as professor from 1926 to 1968. Wilfred Kaplan's history includes an appendix listing all of the faculty members who served in the department from 1841 to 1988. Club and organizational records contain the files of the Undergraduate Mathematics Club and the Ishango Society of Mathematics. The Undergraduate Mathematics Club was established ca. 1890 and was designed to stimulate discussion on mathematical topics through presentations and meetings. The records include a minute book covering the years 1913 to 1937. It presents a relatively complete record of the club's activities, finances, and papers presented. The Ishango Society of Mathematics was created in 1975 by African American graduate students to give voice to their demands for more minority students and faculty members. The materials primarily consist of correspondence between the organization and the department.

The Administrative Records series is comprised of eight subseries: Annual Reports and Minutes, Clerk, Leadership, Membership, Nurture, Stewardship, Worship, and Miscellaneous.

Administrative Records (1968-1987) consisting of three folders. The series sheds light on the origins of the Marketing Communications office. The policies and procedures are the record group's link to past incarnations of the unit. It includes organizational charts, job descriptions, office roles, and procedures for standard activities within the Office of University Publications. These records reveal not only procedural and focus changes between the offices but also the dramatic differences in the use of technology and today's focus on multimedia communications. The Undergraduate Recruitment Literature Committee minutes and correspondence reveals a time when admissions advertisement played a larger role within the office's mission.

The Administrative records consist of operational and legal files relating to the administration of the Home. Included are board meeting minutes and reports dating from 1970 to 2002. These document the monthly board meetings in the last decade of the organization's existence giving insight into the daily running of the organization as well as a hint of the personal lives of the women living in the home. This series also includes other records of note, such as those relating to the designation of the Robert Mackenzie Home (which long housed the Anna Bach Home) as part of the Ann Arbor Historic District and a scrapbook kept by the organization and containing clippings dating from the Home's beginning in 1909.

The Administrative Records series contains material generated by the Washtenaw County chapter of the Labor Party, and documents both the local activities of the chapter and the national issues the Labor Party sought to address. The correspondence and minutes are the largest and most significant of the administrative material.

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 (0.4 linear feet) include by-laws as well as committee reports and meeting minutes.

The Administrative Records series (1.5 linear feet), 1930-2002, includes historical information and physical descriptions of the E.S. George Reserve, correspondence, meeting minutes, and information about the facilities and maintenance of the reserve.

Administrative Records contain the Ark's financial records and correspondence addressed to Dave and Linda Siglin. Financial records are part of this series and are most comprehensive for 1969 until the early 1970s, though scattered dates are represented in the collection. An oversized financial ledger also comprises part of this series.

The Administrative Records series is divided into two subseries, Staff Files and Topical Files. The Staff Files subseries contains the Directors' Correspondence for the late 1960s, most of the 1970s and the early 1980s, information on the Center's associates, a few Library files regarding the Center's holdings in the Graduate Library's Asia Library, and Center correspondence with other Southeast Asian studies institutes. It includes information on staff and student work, and travel documents, and donor files. The Topical Files subseries was organized alphabetically, with new materials organized on the box level, and documents Center projects, studies groups, mailings and information on specific areas of South and Southeast Asian study.

The Administrative Records document the beginnings of the Migrant Health Promotion and the formation of its various programs. It has been divided into three subseries, records from 1982-1989, 1990-1996, and records after 1997. The largest and most substantive portion of the first subseries is a set of "Administrative and Policy Notebooks." These are of two sorts: (1) three volumes cover the years 1983-1984 and include the MMHIO statement of purpose and philosophy, study of the migrant "stream" north and maps listing location of migrant health care facilities, and notes of MMHIO personnel who visited the various camps; (2) 4 volumes probably intended as the executive director's ready reference files and consisting of quarterly reports, financial reports, grant proposals, and related information. Another significant set of materials is a set of volumes labeled "Grant Proposals" and consisting of the various proposals made by MMHIO to state and federal agencies to fund its program of migrant health services directories and more especially its program of migrant camp health aides. The later subseries also contains grants proposals, as well as other fundraising strategies and the organization's strategic planning materials.

The first series, Administrative Records (1936-1983), contains topical files relating to a number of areas of the Society's operation, documenting the work of and on various committees and activities. It also includes articles of incorporation and bylaws, newsletters, correspondence, and records relating to real estate owned by the cooperative.

The series Administrative Records (1957-1997) consists of seven sub-series: Executive Committee, Inter-Center Council, Curriculum Materials, Orientation Materials, Advisory Council, Business Outreach, and Conference Materials. The sub-series Executive Committee documents the administration of CREES since it was founded. Of special interest to the researcher will be the history of the center. The Inter-Center Council was made up of representatives from all of the area centers. Its concern was how all of the centers should work together at the university. Curriculum Materials contains many bibliographies that were used for the courses that were taught. Orientation Materials are the records of a series of orientations that CREES held in conjunction with the Business School for people who were traveling to Russia or East European countries. They introduced people to a basic history of the country, the current political and social situation of the country and the culture of the country. Business Outreach and Advisory Council documents CREES's interest in making ties to the business community. Business Outreach covers the earlier, initial phase of the program, while Advisory Council is the official name that was given to the program once it became an established part of the center. The final sub-series, Conference Materials, documents the planning that went into many of the conferences that CREES sponsored.

The Administrative Records documents some of the daily operations of GTN, its staff. The series includes some correspondence, as well as company advertisements, and newsletters.

The Administrative Records series documents the work of a number of departmental and university committees and the management of the women's athletics program. The principal files in the Administrative Records series include: Topical File, Advisory Committee on Recreation, Intramurals, and Sports Clubs; Advisory Committee on Women's Intercollegiate Athletics; Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics; Budget; Salary and Personnel; Championships and Tournaments Hosted; and Individual Sports.

The Administrative Records series contains minutes, reports, and correspondence pertinent to the development and maintenance of MTS and other Computing Center and Information Technology Division initiatives from 1974 to 1992. Notable records in this series include:

1. The minutes of monthly meetings of "Committee A," which addressed a wide range of issues of concern to the Computing Center staff.
2. An extensive set of printouts from online forum sessions which provide transcripts of detailed, and often technical, discussions concerning various issues in MTS development.
3. "The Future of MTS" includes committee minutes, survey results, and reports that were used to anticipate trends in technology and in the organizational requirements of ITD in the early 1990s.
4. The Information Technology Architecture Committee addressed several critical issues including user access and authorization; core network architecture; email; file systems; connectivity among operating systems; and support for applications and peripherals.
5. Records pertaining to organizational planning meetings from 1989 provide insight into the organizational transition from the Computing Center to the new ITD. And the L3 Project documents a proposal in 1985 to buy a supercomputer, the ELXSI 6400 Multiprocessor System.

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.

The Administrative Records series (0.4 linear feet) mostly relates to the internal activities of the organization. The files include material about the organization's background, agendas and minutes, memos, and budget material. The Background and Organization file highlights the goals, objectives, committee description, constitution, and other general information about the structure of the organization. The Agendas and Minutes files are arranged chronologically and span the years from 1991 to 1997. There are no agendas and minutes for the first year of the organization. The Correspondence file (1992-1997) shows interaction between the UAAO and other university units as well as with other A/PIA member organizations. The Memos file covers the years 1992-1997. A researcher should note that no memos appear for the years 1990-1991.

The Administrative Records and Bylaws series contains budgets, financial records, and three binders with minutes, correspondence, and club officer reports ranging from 1989 to 2012. The binders also include information about the bylaws and mission statement of the Black Student Union.

The Admissions series (8 linear feet) consists of admission records and applications for advanced standing. An admission form was generated for each student that applied to the university. The forms most relevant for genealogical research are those dated 1856-1871, as they include parent's name, home address and occasionally the age of the student. The application for advanced standing indicates the institutions previously attended by the student. The researcher should note that there are related outsize volumes described at the end of the finding aid.

The Advisory Board Minutes contain information on budget materials, programs offered for disabled students, physical renovations on the campus, affirmative action policy proposals for the disabled, and pertinent legislative issues.

The Advisory Board On University Policies series, covering the period 1941-1944, is composed of the extensive minutes and reports generated during Tibbitts tenure as secretary. The five-member board was established in 1940 to investigate and report on any issues influencing "the functioning, the efficiency, and the objectives," of the University.

The Advisory Committee is the body which oversees the running of the airport for the Ann Arbor City Council. The series spans the years 1972 to 1995. It contains the minutes of committee meetings, resolutions and material relating to issues discussed at the meetings. The expansion of the airport was the largest issue the committee had to deal with so there is some material which complements the Expansion series.

The first series, Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules, (2 linear feet) relates to his work as reporter for the committee and his sixteen-year membership from 1960 to 1976. The subseries of correspondence is arranged in reverse chronological order in each folder. The correspondence includes exchanges with members of Congress and copies of the laws resulting from the committee's discussion, as well as minutes of ACBR meetings. Correspondents include Lawrence King of New York University and Vern Countryman of Harvard University. The Official Forms subseries contains correspondence, drafts, revisions and ballots relating to the revision of particular legal forms used in bankruptcy. The topical subseries is collected background materials used for developing particular general orders and official forms. The materials in this subseries include: research, reports, minutes, correspondence, ballots, and memoranda.

The "After the Fall" series is composed of a binder of black and white photographs from the performance of Arthur Miller's play in March 1967. Arthur Miller was present during this particular performance, and is visible in many of the photographs. The first folder contains the cover of the original binder that housed the photographs. It was saved because there is a label on the cover that describes the contents of the binder. The remaining folders contain the photographs themselves, removed from their original cardboard backings.

The A. Geoffrey Norman series dates from 1958 to 1972 and has been divided into three sub-series, Correspondence, General File, and Consortiums File.

The Albert B. Cleage, Jr.: Correspondence, Biographical, Sermons, and Writings series documents Cleage importance as a clergyman and as a leader locally within Detroit's African American community and nationally as a spokesman for Black pride. The correspondence file spans the years 1954 to 1978 and details Cleage's interactions with both religious and civil rights leaders across the country, as well as within Detroit. This series also includes sermons from the early 1950's through 1983, giving a detailed look at Cleage's views and thoughts. Finally, there are manuscripts of Cleage's two books Black Messiah and Black Christian Nationalism, along with a third, unpublished work, Nothing Is More Sacred Than the Liberation of the Black People.

The Albert B. Cleage, Jr.: Correspondence, Biographical, Sermons, and Writings series documents Cleage importance as a clergyman and as a leader locally within Detroit's African American community and nationally as a spokesman for Black pride. The correspondence file spans the years 1954 to 1978 and details Cleage's interactions with both religious and civil rights leaders across the country, as well as within Detroit. This series also includes sermons from the early 1950's through 1983, giving a detailed look at Cleage's views and thoughts. Finally, there are manuscripts of Cleage's two books Black Messiah and Black Christian Nationalism, along with a third, unpublished work, Nothing Is More Sacred Than the Liberation of the Black People.