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20.3 linear feet — 38 GB (online)

Correspondence, reports, budgets, and other materials concerning the establishment of the Okayama Field Station and the subsequent publication of Village Japan, including correspondence with Douglas MacArthur; also records and minutes, 1947-1987, of the executive committee of the Center for Japanese Studies; also papers relating to the programs and financial operations of the center; and photographs and films.

The Center for Japanese Studies records document the founding and functioning of the center, covering the period from the late-1940s through the 1990s. The center's executive committee minutes and official correspondence cover most of this period evenly. Otherwise, documentation of the center's history is somewhat uneven. The center's first decade is well covered, with a considerable amount of field research notes and audio-visual material. From the early-1960s on, however, such documentation is sparse. This later period is documented in other ways, though. The records include a considerable amount of material concerning grants and fundraising, and these documents often describe the center's activities in detail. The records pertaining to special activities of the center also cover the later decades well.

The records are arranged in nine series: Administrative Files, Correspondence, Course Material, Faculty Files, Financial, Grants, Research Special Activities, and Audio-Visual Material.

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Audio-Visual Materials, 1945-1991

3 linear feet

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The Audio-Visual series (1945-1991, 3 linear feet) consists of photographs, negatives, slides, reel-to-reel audio tapes, films, a videotape, and cassette tapes. The material dates from the 1950s through the early 1990s. It primarily consists of material about rural Japan recorded for research purposes, and material documenting the social life and educational activities of the Center for Japanese Studies. Some of the films have been duplicated to U-matic videotape.

1.8 linear feet — 0.2 MB (online)

Interdisciplinary area studies center at the University of Michigan. Publications miscellaneous annual reports, brochures, calendars, catalogs listing scholarly publications from the center, flyers, and newsletters which describe the activities of the faculty and students. Also includes publications from the Curriculum Development Group, Middle East Outreach Council, and the Middle East Studies Association of North America.

The Center's publications are divided into three series: Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, and Topical Publications.

Unit Publications includes the Center's annual reports, some research reports in three volumes of the Michigan Series on the Middle East, the monthly Schedule of Events the Center has put out since 1989 and the Newsletter, among others. In the early 1990's, various faculty members wrote study and instruction guides entitled Roots of Violence in the Middle East for use in secondary schools.

Under Sub-Unit Publications are found another secondary-level study guide--produced by the Curriculum Development group. The publications of the nationwide Middle East Outreach Council, which is based at the Center, are also found in this series.

Topical Publications contains a study guide and various other research papers and programs published for seminars and workshops sponsored by the Center.

2 linear feet — 18 GB (online)

Center was established as the Historical Center for the Health Sciences. Records include interviews of emeritus University of Michigan Medical School faculty members conducted by the Center for the History of Medicine. Transcripts and audio recordings of interviews discussing their backgrounds, education, careers, and tenure at the University of Michigan.

An oral history project undertaken by the University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine, the project focused on interviewing retired or emeritus faculty members in order to preserve their institutional knowledge of the Medical Center and the university.

Between the years 2002 and 2004, the center's assistant director for programs, Christine Bass, conducted four interviews. From 2004 to 2007, Enid Galler, proprietor of Voice Treasures, took over the interviewing process and conducted fourteen additional oral histories. All interviews include discussions of the faculty member's early life, education, and career accomplishments.

The interviews are available as digital materials online and were recorded on audio cassettes. In addition to these audio formats, there are one or more folders corresponding to each interview, which contain a typed transcript of the interview, a copy of the faculty member's curriculum vitae and in some cases, additional biographical information. The interviews conducted by Enid Galler include an index (with people, organizations, and subjects) and a detailed subject list. Mary Beth Reilly conducted later interviews.

Transcripts are arranged alphabetically by last name, with all audio cassettes in Box 2.

57.5 linear feet — 2 archived websites — 92 MB (online)

Office serving as chief advisor to the university's executive offices on matters of health policy, research, finance, education, and provides oversight for the Health System and Medical School. Contains administrative files, committee minutes, topical files and correspondence.

The records for the Office of the Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs are held in five series existing in multiple accessions: Central Files, Life Sciences Initiative, Speeches and Presentations, Committees, and the Archived Website series.

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Central Files

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The Central Files series (46.5 linear feet), 1997-2010, are arranged in alphabetical order by subject or university unit. The files are arranged alphabetical in each of the three accessions. Boxes 1-6 contain the 2001 acquisition, Boxes 8-19 contain the 2002 acquisition, and Boxes 20-26 contain the 2004 acquisition. Boxes 30-55 contain accessions added in 2013. Some subjects may be contained in more than one accession, while others will be in only one. Some subject headings are broken down into related components. For example, "Clinical Departments" serves as an umbrella heading for folders containing information on individual clinical departments of the Medical School, including the departments of dermatology, internal medicine, and pediatrics, while "Executive Officers" serves as an umbrella heading for correspondence between Omenn and the chief executives of the university, including the President and the Provost.

The records include written correspondence, printouts of email, reports, promotional literature, and planning materials related to all of the office's areas of oversight (health sciences, hospitals and health system, Medical School, and M-Care, the university's managed health care organization). The record group also reflects the diverse activities of the office, with its true strength deriving from its demonstration of how these activities relate to each other, to other units at the university, and to the overall philosophy and mission of the medical programs at the university. Of particular note are minutes and reports from the Health Affairs Senior Team and its successor, the Health Sciences Council, a working group comprised of the deans of the university's health-oriented schools, which reflect the evolving priorities and concerns of the university as they relate to medical affairs. Also of note is information about the development of the Michigan Life Sciences Initiative and the Life Sciences Corridor.

In addition to providing insight into the overall scope and direction of medical programs at the university, the record group contains information on the specific activities of individual units reporting to the office which may not be available in other record groups currently held by the university archives. These include internal and external reviews of departments in the Medical School, information on the recruitment process for faculty and students for the Medical School and hospitals, planning materials for M-Care and the Michigan Health Corporation, and correspondence related to new medical initiatives such as the Center for Organogenesis and the Tobacco Research Network.

The records also reflect the office's role in providing outreach to people and groups outside the university, and contain information about various health agencies, health organizations, and hospitals in Michigan. Of particular note is correspondence pertaining to relationship with hospitals such as Henry Ford Health System and Foote Hospital, and information on the university's health insurance negotiations with major Michigan employers such as Ford Motor Company and General Motors.

In 2013, accessions from 2006 (boxes 30-36), 2008 (boxes 38-45), 2012 (boxes 47-55), and 2013 (boxes 56-58) were added to the series. These new accessions primarily document Kelch's service as Executive Vice President of Medical Affairs although there is material from Omenn as well as from his successor, Ora Pescovitz. The new accessions follow the same arrangement as previous materials and cover many of the same topics, extending the documentation of the office's activities. However, later accessions do add new content on topics such as stem cell research, development and expansion projects such as the Children and Women's Replacement Project and the Cardiovascular Center, and materials related to the Survival Flight Crash.

1 oversize folder — 605 linear feet (in 610 boxes) — 50.6 GB (online) — Digital files

Central academic administrative unit of the University of Michigan which functions as chief executive assistant to the president, responsible for appointments and promotions with oversight for schools, colleges, educational units and programs; including budget planning, legislative relations, institutional research, and affirmative action policies. Central Files subgroup includes correspondence files of vice-presidents, associate and assistant vice-presidents, and other staff members within the vice-president's office.

The records of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs date from 1947 to 1997 and total more than 675 linear feet. The records are a rich source of information on the University of Michigan from the 1960s to the present. They contain a wide variety of material documenting the concerns of the administration and, to a lesser extent, the faculty and students regarding academic programs, student and faculty activities, and the administrative operations of the University of Michigan.

The records, which include the provost's files as well as the files of associate and assistant vice presidents, are arranged in three subgroups: Central Files, Staff Files, and Supplemental Files. The Central Files subgroup consists of the records maintained by the provost's office and is discussed in greater detail below. The Staff Files subgroup includes the records of assistant and associate vice presidents and of the assistants to the provost. The Supplemental Files subgroup contains material on specific topics to which a number of academic affairs staff contributed their efforts, including retreats, unit reviews, and searches. Each of the subgroups is fully described in a separate finding aid.

It should be noted that some of the records in the record group predate the founding of the Office of Academic Affairs. Such records were generally brought by vice presidents or staff members from previous positions or inherited from persons who formerly performed their duties.

The Central Files subgroup consists of 605 linear feet dating from the creation of the Office of Academic Affairs in the academic year 1961/1962 to 2012/2013. The records consist primarily of correspondence, minutes and other committee files, reports, and budget materials, reflecting the broad range of responsibilities and functions of the provost. Whereas the records of the Staff Files subgroup tend to document the process of policy formation and decision-making functions, the Central Files records more often contain finished products, such as reports and policy statements. For the researcher interested in the provost's views on a particular topic or issue, or the Office of Academic Affairs involvement in the academic and financial life of various schools and colleges, the Central Files subgroup is the single best starting point.

The records of the Central Files subgroup are broken into series by academic year, and each series consists of one or more of the following subseries: Alphabetical Files, Schools and Colleges Files, and Chronological Files. From 1961/1962 through 1973/1974 the series each consist of one subseries of Alphabetical Files. The Alphabetical Files are arranged alphabetically and include topical files as well as files regarding university academic, research, and service units.

From 1974/1975 to 1983/1984 the series are split into two subseries, Alphabetical Files and Schools and Colleges Files. The Alphabetical Files remain similar in content to previous years with the exception that files relating to academic units, namely schools, colleges, and their departments, now comprise the subseries Schools and Colleges Files. Records concerning centers, special libraries, museums, institutes, and interdisciplinary programs are filed in the Alphabetical Files subseries. The Schools and Colleges Files are arranged alphabetically by academic unit and contain materials relating to the annual budget requests, promotion and tenure decisions, internal and external reviews, dean evaluations, and changes in academic programs.

For the years 1974/1975 to 1981/1982, with the exception of 1976/1977, there is an "Index to Correspondence" located at the end of the Alphabetical Files which lists in chronological order the letters written by the vice president, the name of the recipient, the subject of the letter, and the heading under which it is filed.

From 1984/1985 to 1993/1994, 1998/1999-2008/2009 and 2010/2011-2011/2012 the series consist of three subseries: Alphabetical Files, Schools and Colleges Files, and Chronological Files. The Alphabetical Files and the Schools and Colleges Files, while becoming more voluminous over the years, remain similar in nature. The Chronological Files consist of all outgoing correspondence from the vice president and are arranged by month. The Chronological Files are useful if the researcher knows the date the vice president might have corresponded on a particular topic but is unsure of the heading used for filing in the Alphabetical Files.

The Alphabetical Files, as mentioned above, are a strong source of information on a variety of topics relating to the administration of a large university, including the university's relationship with state and federal governments, issues confronting institutions of higher education at various points in time (student unrest and affirmative action, for example), collaborative efforts with other Big Ten and area colleges and universities, and the creation and revision of university policies. The minutes of the Academic Affairs Advisory Council (AAAC) are an especially good source of information on the activities of the Office of Academic Affairs. The AAAC, composed of the deans of the schools and colleges, directors of institutes, centers, and special libraries, and the staff of the Office of Academic Affairs, was established to hold monthly meetings to discuss educational policy, planning for growth, and special studies.

Because folder titles on a particular subject may vary from year to year, researchers are advised to be imaginative in searching for information in the topical files. It should also be noted that information on any given subject can probably be found in various places in the collection.

The 2010 and 2011 series feature the addition of the Archived Website subseries. These were created to preserve the office's public website over time. The subseries document the mission, activities, policies, and individuals involved in the operation of the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs as they are presented on its public website. Content includes important news and announcements, publications (such as reports and administrative documents), and information about committees, initiatives, and events. This archived website will be captured on a regular, ongoing basis as part of the University of Michigan Web Archives, hosted at https://archive-it.org/organizations/934.

230 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 51 oversize volumes — 283 GB (online)

Central administrative office responsible for financial management of the University of Michigan and fiscal policy with oversight for the general fund and trust budget. Unit has undergone several name changes: Vice President in Charge of Business and Finance (1935-1966); Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (1966-1993); Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (1993- ). Includes administrative records reflecting oversight of the university's financial assets, preparation of annual budgets, fiscal policy, investments and expenditures, and various financial issues. Documentation includes topical files, university budgets, and trust fund records. Includes files of office holders Shirley Wheeler Smith, Robert P. Briggs, Wilbur K. Pierpont, James Brinkerhoff, and Farris Womack, Chandler Matthews, Robert Kasdin, and Timothy Slottow.

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.

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1960-2006

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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.

4.2 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 6.98 GB (online) — 9 digital audio files — 1 digital video file

Aviator, civilian personnel officer with the U.S. Air Force; chronological and topical files, audio-visual materials, and clippings and scrapbooks.

The Chauncey Spencer collection is an accumulation of personal materials - correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, sound and video recordings - relating to his lifelong interest in aviation, his career with the military, and the career of his mother, poetess Anne Spencer.

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Sound Recordings

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The Sound Recordings date from 1970 to 1974 and consist of six cassettes. Included are a conversation with his mother, poet Anne Spencer; recordings with Al Dunmore, Alexander Jefferson, Ray Spann, Wardell Polk, and Chauncey Spencer concerning the condition of blacks in the armed forces; recording of actor-singer Clarence Muse; and a recitation (by Frank Silvera) of works of black poets.

0.1 linear feet — 5 digital audio files

Photographs and sound recordings of Alston remarks at the dedication of the Robert Hayden Lounge in the University of Michigan Center for Afroamerican and African Studies in 1988. The Center was renamed the Department Afroamerican and African Studies in 2011. A 1988 discussion between Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Alston, William McAdoo, and member of the Bentley Historical Library staff about African American historical material housed at the Bentley. Interview conducted by William McAdoo (1990, includes transcript) relating to the Inventory of Negro Manuscripts project at the Bentley Historical Library.

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Sound recordings, 1988-1990

2 sound cassettes

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Recordings of Alston remarks at the dedication of the Robert Hayden Lounge in the University of Michigan Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (1988) and interview conducted by William McAdoo (1990, includes transcript) relating to the Inventory of Negro Manuscripts project.

16.8 linear feet — 7 oversize volumes — 1 oversize folder — 460.1 GB (online)

University of Michigan choral group founded in 1859; includes correspondence, administrative records, musical scores, publicity material, photographs, posters and sound recordings in addition to digitized versions of records and born digital audio, video, and still images

The records of the Men's Glee Club date from 1886 to 2012 and were received in several major accessions. The first accession, covering 1886-1985 and 1991, includes four linear feet of manuscript, printed, and photographic material as well as posters, scrapbooks, and sound recordings in a variety of formats. The first accession has been divided into five series: Chronological File, Philip A. Duey Material, Photographs, Sound Recordings, Scrapbooks, and Archived Website.

The 1995 accession of the records of the Men's Glee Club were comprised of two linear feet of correspondence, photographs, and topical files ranging from 1919 to 1994. Items of particular interest include a folder of historical writings, which provides anecdotes, reflections, and facts about the club prepared for an exhibit on club history. The Press Releases folder is also of note, as it reflects information given out by the club to newspapers and other media of the towns they visited. Both of these folders are found in the Topical series. The records of this accession are divided into 3 series: Correspondence, Topical, and Visual Materials.

The 2010 accession to the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club records is organized into one series. The Sound Recordings series, 1952-1987, (10 linear feet) is comprised of University of Michigan Men's Glee Club concert recordings, including its annual fall and spring concert series. Many of the boxes of tape reel also include a concert program and concert set list.

The 2012 accession consisted entirely of digital materials (scanned images, audio files, video files, and still images) that added content to the Chronological Files series and established a China Concert Tour series. The 2018 accession consisted of phonograph records, which have been added to the Sound Recordings series, and publications.

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Chronological File

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The Chronological File represents the basic records of the collection. Arranged by academic year, it consists primarily of printed concert programs, newspaper clippings and other publicity material, occasional financial records (generally summary statements of club finances for an academic year), details regarding tours (particularly the annual spring tour), and minutes. Many posters were included in the Chronological File. Unfolded posters have been housed separately in an oversized folder. This series contains four individual documents of particular note. A fifteen page club history written by John Payne is found in 1958-1959. Narrative logs of the club's international trips in 1955, 1959 and 1967 were maintained and are filed in the appropriate years. Chronological File materials from 1886-1969 have been scanned and these digital versions may be found in the Bentley Library's digital repository.

The 2012 additions to the Chronological Files series include digitized images of content in the first two boxes of the series, spanning the years 1886-1969. Glee Club members scanned this content as part of an organizational project in 2011. Digital versions of Laudes, the official newsletter of the Men's Glee Club, were also part of the addition. These newsletters were published biannually and span the years 2000-2011 (with the Fall 2009 issue missing from the accession). Both the original and digital copies have been retained.[BHL deposit ID: 87250_0002]

(BHL deposit ID: 87250_0002)

9.2 linear feet — 1 oversize box — 1 oversize folder — 7.6 GB (online)

The Chrystal G. Tibbs Papers comprise over a half-century of documents pertaining to Tibbs's membership in various chapters of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and to the history of the sorority at large. Founded at Howard University in 1908, A.K.A. was the first sorority established by African-American women and currently has approximately 250,000 members. The collection's four series contain papers pertaining to Tibbs's personal participation in sorority activities (including those related to her tenure in various administrative posts), materials from several Michigan chapters, sorority publications, and audiovisual materials. In addition, the collection contains work done by Tibbs and family members to document the Powell, Webster, and Winchester family history.

The Chrystal G. Tibbs Papers comprise materials accumulated through Tibbs's participation in Alpha Kappa Alpha conferences, chapter meetings, and special interest groups at the local, state, regional, and national level over a span of fifty years. The activities of Michigan-based chapters are particularly well represented. Materials also include personal and professional documentation directly related to Tibbs and her immediate family. The collection is divided into four series: Personal Papers, Professional Career, Powell Family Papers, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

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The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority series (3.3 linear feet) is divided into five subseries: A.K.A. National and Regional Activities, Michigan Chapter Activities, Audiovisual Materials, Collected Publications, and Digital Materials. Material includes policy documents, programs and ephemera from events, photographs, newspaper clippings, publications, one 45 RPM record, VHS tapes, and digital materials.

The first subseries includes papers pertaining to the sorority's national and regional efforts to preserve its history, as well as documents from Tibbs's tenure as Great Lakes Regional Representative to the I.A.C. Such documents include histories, conference presentations, committee meeting proceedings, and materials related to activities of A.K.A.'s Great Lakes Region, including Great Lakes Regional Conferences and regional histories.

The second subseries focuses specifically on the Michigan chapters of the sorority, and includes programs of events, such as the Michigan Cluster Conference, obituaries of Michigan members, events programs, membership rosters, and documents from Tibbs's tenure as Basileus of the Tau Alpha Omega Chapter of Redford, Michigan. Also included are meeting minutes, annual reports, and records regarding charitable initiatives.

The third subseries consists of media in a variety of formats. The VHS tapes and digital video recordings consist of short films commemorating A.K.A.'s history, while the more numerous digital materials contain information about Boules, campaign presentations of prospective Basilei, and information about archival practices undertaken to document the sorority's history. The subseries also contains one 45 RPM record of A.K.A. sorority songs.

The final subseries contains issues of A.K.A.'s national publication entitled the Ivy Leaf, and books published by A.K.A. devoted to the topics of the sorority's early history, its notable members, and the professional and political accomplishments of African-American women.