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Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies (University of Michigan) Records, 1958-2015 (majority within 1963-1982)
9 linear feet — 1.39 GB
The Center for Chinese Studies record group consists primarily of material for the years 1962 to 1994. Overall strengths of the collection include documentation of PASE, records of the Asia Library (1962-1982), and course information from curriculum development (1960s). Yearly budget and financial records are fairly complete, except for the period from 1971 to 1976. The gap is unfortunate because it was during these years that the Ford Foundation grants ended and the center had to search for new funding sources. Other material is broadly illustrative of the diversity of the tasks undertaken by the center.
The record group, as received by the Bentley Library, mostly consisted of loose documents and random topical folders. It now consists of topical folders arranged alphabetically within five series. The series Directors Correspondence and the Asia Library are in their original order, as received by the library; Administrative Records, Activities, and Printed Materials are artificial groupings created to provide order and easy access to the records.
The Bentley Historical Library received another large transfer of records from the Center for Chinese Studies in 1997. Spanning the years 1966 through 1994, these consist primarily of administrative files and information pertaining to the activities which the Center for Chinese Studies organized or in which it participated. The records were relatively well organized when it was attained by the Bentley Library. The original order of the records was retained with the exception of some files pertaining to the East Asian Capital Campaign. These were reorganized so that they could be located in one series.
1962-1982
The Administrative Records (1.5 linear feet) series contains materials relating to the daily operations of the CCS, the various projects it administers, and its interaction with the other area centers. They include correspondence, minutes, financial records, syllabi, reports, and proposals. Documents pertaining to the early history of the center, including several from 1958 which document the initial proposals to create the unit, are present in this series as are the fairly comprehensive PASE records. Class materials pertaining to the development of an interdisciplinary curriculum can be found in the Course files. The Correspondence files relate mostly to administrative tasks and intradepartmental communication. There are substantive reports concerning the state of the center in 1974 in the Faculty Retreat folder. The Executive Committee and Faculty Meetings folders contain correspondence but only scattered minutes.