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Administration

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The Administration series (0.75 linear feet) includes information about awards, letters of support for AOC, budgets, events, committees, course syllabi, presentations, program summaries, project and partnership listings, publicity, reports, and press coverage. Information on individual projects is found in the Project Files series. Committee records feature two groups, the Graduate Working Group and P-SPACE. The P-SPACE Working Group (Public Scholarship, Public Art, Cultural Engagement) included the Arts of Citizenship, Imagining America, and the Scholarly Publications Office of Digital Library Services, who proposed an online publication series dedicated to public cultural projects and public scholarship in the arts, humanities, and design. Course syllabi are taken from five classes: "Community Resources," UC 310, UC 312, UC 313, and Dance 490.

Arts of Citizenship Program (University of Michigan) records, 1997-2007
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Arts of Citizenship Program (University of Michigan) records, 1997-2007

2.75 linear feet — 1.2 GB (online) — 5 digital audiovisual files

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The Arts of Citizenship Program at the University of Michigan fostered the role of the arts and humanities through collaborative cultural partnerships and community projects in the Ann Arbor and Detroit area. The program aimed to enrich public life and to enlarge the university's educational mission. These records contains notes, correspondence, publicity, audiovisual materials, presentations, and other material documenting the administration, public programming, and community partnerships undertaken by the Arts of Citizenship program. Also included is a website capture taken July 18, 2005.

The Arts of Citizenship (AOC) Program documentation consists of notes, correspondence, publicity, audiovisual materials (audiocassettes, digital materials, videotapes), and other material documenting the daily administrative activities, public programming, outreach, research, and community partnerships. The record group is divided into three series: Administration, Project Files, and Website. These series represent the original order of materials as received upon accession. The researcher should note that the records do not provide an in-depth portrayal of AOC, but rather information about the operation, functions, and details on specific projects undertaken by the program.

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Project Files

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The Project Files series (2 linear feet) contains 15 subseries comprising individual projects. Files are organized and described by individual project. The richest description of each individual project is located on the captured website. The researcher should note that not all projects listed on the captured website are equally documented or found within these records.

Arts of Citizenship Program (University of Michigan) records, 1997-2007
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Homelands Project

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The Homelands Project (4 folders) contains audio and visual records in addition to correspondence and publicity. In this project, AOC produced dramatic materials from oral histories in the diverse neighborhood of southwest Detroit, The project focused mainly on Detroit's Michigan Central train station. Material includes a lobby exhibit of historic photographs. Audio recordings include two cassette tapes and a VHS videocassette of the May 11, 2002 performance of "Homelands" by the Matrix Theatre Company.

In: Arts of Citizenship Program (University of Michigan) records, 1997-2007Project Files
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