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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (University of Michigan) records, 1909-2016
230 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 51 oversize volumes — 283 GB (online)
Measuring 230 linear feet, 1 oversize folder, 51 oversize volumes, and 283 GB (online), the records of the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer document the fiscal history of the university beginning from 1909. At least since the 1950s, the vice president has taken responsibility for the creation of university policy in areas requiring special fiscal knowledge as well as for the preparation of the university's general fund and trust budgets. Other activities, such as policing actual expenditures or the day to day operations of specific service units within the university reporting to the vice president, have been delegated to subordinate offices.
Reflecting this division of responsibility, the records of the vice president document major fiscal issues facing the university and the preparation of the university's annual budgets. Some of the records are office files. However, the office also retained many key bound financial documents including an official set of the university's annual budgets.
The records are organized into seven series: Central Topical Files; Supplemental Files; Assistant to the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Associate Vice President for Finance; University Budgets, Accounts and Reports; Photographs; and Enterprise Financial Planning and Analysis. Most series are further divided into several subseries, reflecting different accessions. There is considerable overlap in date span of the topical files of the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Files created by one Vice President were sometimes retained for use by his successor(s) and transferred at a much later date than the bulk of his records.
1960-2006
The subseries was accessioned by the Bentley in 2008. Records included in this accession primarily come from the later years of Robert Kasdin's time as CFO, with a few assorted files from earlier time periods, as well as projects that continued into the beginning of Timothy Slottow's term. Significant sections include files regarding the audit, budget, Chief Information Officer, and human resources.
1953-2016
The 1953-2016 Central Topical Files, accessioned in 2015, consists of 13.5 linear feet of alphabetically arranged material. Records from the terms of Pierpont, Brinkerhoff, Womack, Kasdin, and Slottow can be found in this subseries. The materials in this accession range from regent communications to task force information, but center mainly around the construction and renovation of university related buildings located in both Ann Arbor and Detroit, including parking structures and renovations to the Michigan Stadium in the early 2000s.