Residential College (University of Michigan) records, 1957-2011

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Residential College (University of Michigan) records, 1957-2011

73.7 GB (online) — 2 phonograph records — 1 oversize folder — 30 linear feet (in 31 boxes)

Inaugurated in 1967 as a living-learning community within the larger university, planning for the Residential College began in the early 1960s. Records relate to the planning and founding of the Residential College, 1962-1967, and include materials concerning curriculum, educational policies, governance and student attitudes from the College's opening in 1967 through 2010. Research papers produced by the Social Science Program's Student-Faculty Research Communities are also present

The records of the Residential College relate to the planning and founding of the Residential College, 1962-1967, and include materials concerning curriculum, educational policies, governance and student attitudes from the College's opening in 1967 through to the present. Research papers produced by the Social Science Program's Student-Faculty Research Communities are also present. The records are arranged into the following series: Planning and Organization, Administration, Executive Committee, Triennial Reviews, Social Science Program, Photographs, Topical Files, Audiovisual, and Archived Website.

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"Event Shaping the Beginning of the UM's residential College" (as remembered by Max Heirich), undated

Box 14

Faculty Planning Committee

Administration

The Administration series (6.5 linear feet, 3.7 GB (online), 1966-2010), is organized chronologically by directorships of the Residential College, beginning in 1967, as follows: James Robertson, Louis Orlin, Marc Ross, John Mersereau, Elizabeth Douvan, Herbert Eagle, Thomas Weisskopf, and Charles Bright. The records relate to curriculum, governance, student attitudes, educational policies, and campus events. Digital content (3.7 GB) includes Director Charles Bright's e-mail files, which are arranged by subject and give a day-by-day account of the activities and contacts involved in directing the college. Some of the subjects of these files include admissions, community outreach, East Quad, and business relating to the various RC programs. These files are closed for 75 years from the date of creation under the student educational records restriction. Further information on the Administration can also be found in the Topical Files.

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