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25 linear feet (in 29 boxes) — 1 archived website — 3.4 GB (online)

University of Michigan department responsible in part for the development of materials for the teaching of English as a second language. The English Language Institute records contain correspondence, notes from staff meetings, publications, reports, photographs, and administrative records, especially records of South East Asia Regional English Program and the Ford-Japan Project. The records also include files of directors Charles C. Fries and Robert Lado and administrator George E. Luther. Also includes photos of Institute staff, students, and activities, including international students at the University of Michigan and the institute's South East Asia Regional English Project (1957-1965).

The records of the English Language Institute encompass the period, 1940-2012, and contain 11 series: Correspondence; C.C. Fries Correspondence; Books; Manuscripts and Publications; Scrapbooks; Project Files; Administrative Files; South East Asia Regional English Project (SEAREP); Ford-Japan Project; Publications; and Photographs. The bulk of the collection deals with routine business such as student requests for admission, inquiries from throughout the world regarding the operation of the Institute, requests for linguistic materials available from the Institute, and staff meeting minutes. There is an abundance of information on the relationship between the English Language Institute, its staff and similar institutions both at the University of Michigan and elsewhere; including the University of Michigan International Center, the Civil Aeronautics Administration, the English Language Institute in Mexico, the Ford Foundation, the Inter-American Educational Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, the Linguistic Institute, Rockefeller Foundation, and the U.S. Office of Education. Also in the collection are extensive files of directors Charles C. Fries and Robert Lado and administrator George E. Luther.

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Project Files, 1952-2009

4 linear feet

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The Project Files contain various records of programs and projects run by the ELI. Examples include several overseas projects (SEAREP, Pakistan Project, etc.), the Robert Lado Project File, the Teachers Education Project, and the Angola project.

A portion of the series consists of project files of the Michigan Corpus of Upper-Level Student Papers (MICUSP) and Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English (MICASE) projects, which offered resources for the study of written and spoken English, respectively. The MICASE materials also includes an archived website with all of the transcripts included as a part of the project.