School of Dentistry (University of Michigan) records, 1873 - 2020

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School of Dentistry (University of Michigan) records, 1873 - 2020

40.5 linear feet (in 41 boxes) — 1 oversize volume — 1 oversize folder — 1.3 GB (online)

The School of Dentistry is a teaching and research unit of the University of Michigan. Records include administrative files, faculty meeting minutes, curriculum and education, subject files relating to dentistry and to the professional interests of the school's faculty; and photographs and films.

The School of Dentistry record group spans the years from 1873 to 2010, but does not comprehensively document the entire span. The records are fragmentary, providing only a partial picture of the School of Dentistry. Documentation reflects the tenures of various deans with scattered documents from the late 1800s and more detail in the period 1920-1990. The records give some insight into the development of dentistry as a profession, and the training and education of dental students. The records, comprised of 40.5 linear feet, 1 oversize volume, 1 oversize folder, and 1.3GB, have been divided into 10 series: Educational Information, Administration, Black Dentistry Conference, Organizations, Surveys, Photographs and Audiovisual Materials, Department Chairpersons' Meetings, Faculty Meetings, American Dental Association Accreditation, Dental Research Institute, and Website.

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Black Dentistry Conference, 1989-1993

0.2 linear feet (in 5 folders)

The Black Dentistry Conference file (1989-1993, 0.2 linear feet) contains materials related to the planning and execution of (and response to) a conference on Black Dentistry hosted by the University of Michigan in 1991 and planned by two faculty members of the School of Dentistry, Dr. Emerson Robinson and Dr. Michael Razzoog, with the support of Dean Bernard Machen. The conference was convened specifically to generate dialogue about issues related to oral health in African American communities and African American representation within the dental profession. Materials in this file include topical and budgetary planning documents, literature reviews for the six different tracks of the conference, correspondence and press, contractual documents and correspondence with funding sponsors. Also included is a 1989 research grant proposal by Dr. Robinson and Dr. Marilyn Woolfolk to explore dynamics influencing the disproportionate rate of black women entering the dental profession as compared to black men.