Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

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 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 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.