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The Students on Site (SOS) Project was the first major project undertaken by AOC. It served as a model and core project to lunch other collaborations with AOC. SOS is divided into two parts: Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Students on Site-Ann Arbor (5 folders) contains group meetings, orientation and training, quarterly reports, and summary materials. The group meetings are broken in two groups, the SOS meeting and workshop notes and staff meeting minutes. Summary materials include an abstract of the project, SOS team members, flyers describing the project, and a master list of partnerships. Students on Site-Ypsilanti (4 folders) contains meeting minutes, project summary, and summary reports. The project summary is a bound copy that describes the project, including the curriculum. The summary report was written for the 2002-2003 academic school year, and includes a calendar, meeting information, lesson plans, and archival resources useful for teaching.

The "Telling It" Initiative (1 folder) was a community-based arts and literacy project which assessed how engaging children ages 7-10 years old in the creative arts can foster growth in writing skills. Materials include notes, correspondence, newspaper articles, grant information, and pamphlets.

The Underground Railroad Project (16 folders) contains administration, bus tour information, and materials related to "Midnight Journey." The project undertook groundbreaking research on the Underground Railroad and African-American community life in nineteenth century Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Administration records include minimal correspondence, the 2001 exhibit presentation, expenses, meeting notes and summaries, project toolkit, and reports. The bus tour records include an audio recording of Bill Browning giving the bus tour (cassette tape), 2002 program summary, and the 1999 script from the Bill Browning bus tour. "Midnight Journey," a traveling public exhibit, contains docent guides, press coverage, publicity, slides from the opening reception in 2001 at the Ann Arbor District Library, and website design printouts for a website that may or may not have ever been published.