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 Administrative Records series contains topical files and press clippings from the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation. Materials include organizational histories, economic assessments, donor policies, and event planning information. The series also includes records from the Ypsilanti Area Community Foundation and the Community Foundation of Plymouth, similar organizations that collaborate with the AAACF.

The Administrative Records series (1 linear foot) include budget information, departmental histories, and club and organizational records. Budget files contain worksheets, used to track salaries, which detail increases, decreases and promotions. There is also correspondence concerning justification for budget requests. Departmental histories include several brief histories, as well as a copy of the script from a play, titled "T.H.", performed in 1957 in honor of T.H. Hildebrandt's retirement. There is, in addition, an interesting thirteen-page transcript of the recollections of Raymond L. Wilder, in which he discusses other faculty members, recruitment, and curriculum changes during his tenure as professor from 1926 to 1968. Wilfred Kaplan's history includes an appendix listing all of the faculty members who served in the department from 1841 to 1988. Club and organizational records contain the files of the Undergraduate Mathematics Club and the Ishango Society of Mathematics. The Undergraduate Mathematics Club was established ca. 1890 and was designed to stimulate discussion on mathematical topics through presentations and meetings. The records include a minute book covering the years 1913 to 1937. It presents a relatively complete record of the club's activities, finances, and papers presented. The Ishango Society of Mathematics was created in 1975 by African American graduate students to give voice to their demands for more minority students and faculty members. The materials primarily consist of correspondence between the organization and the department.

The Administrative records consist of operational and legal files relating to the administration of the Home. Included are board meeting minutes and reports dating from 1970 to 2002. These document the monthly board meetings in the last decade of the organization's existence giving insight into the daily running of the organization as well as a hint of the personal lives of the women living in the home. This series also includes other records of note, such as those relating to the designation of the Robert Mackenzie Home (which long housed the Anna Bach Home) as part of the Ann Arbor Historic District and a scrapbook kept by the organization and containing clippings dating from the Home's beginning in 1909.

The Administrative Records series is comprised of eight subseries: Annual Reports and Minutes, Clerk, Leadership, Membership, Nurture, Stewardship, Worship, and Miscellaneous.

Administrative Records contain the Ark's financial records and correspondence addressed to Dave and Linda Siglin. Financial records are part of this series and are most comprehensive for 1969 until the early 1970s, though scattered dates are represented in the collection. An oversized financial ledger also comprises part of this series.