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"Michigan" (10), 1936-1988, focuses mainly on Camp relations with state government during the Maddy era, 1936-1965. Included are controversies over the development of Interlochen State Park, the relocation of the main highway, and a proposed prison camp (1953). It also covers gubernatorial appearances and attempts to secure legislative subsidies for performance trips (such as to the 1939 World's Fair) and promotional movies (which received aid from 1939 through 1954). Information on the controversy over the proposed Camp orchestra appearance at the Mackinac Bridge dedication (1958) can be found in "Petrillo controversy" (12) while the attempt in 1979 to locate a state prison camp near Interlochen is documented in Post-Maddy Administrators Jacobi.

The State's cultural efforts are covered in files on the Michigan Cultural Commission (1960-1963) and the Michigan Council of the Arts (1963-1965). They show Maddy's work with Karl Haas, who later became President of Interlochen. On the Michigan Council of the Arts, researchers should also consult Post-Maddy Administrators Haas and Jacobi and Boal .

Related materials concern the Michigan Youth Arts Festival, a Michigan Cultural Commission offspring (suggested in 1962 by William Stirton of the U. of M. and promoted by Maddy). Correspondence, minutes, and programs document its origins and subsequent development, especially the Interlochen auditions and Flint Michigan Week performances (sponsored by Harding Mott).