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1 volume — 15 digital files (108 MB)

Papers of a soldier with the 339th Infantry in the Allied intervention in Russia, 1918-1919, the "Polar Bear Expedition."

Teh Primm Papers include a typed reminiscence (titled "Polar Bear Tales") with transcribed copies of letters written from Russia describing Primm's experiences. Also contains a digitized copy of the reminiscence and letters supplemented by photos and maps.

This collection contains digital reproductions; the original papers and/or photographs are owned by the donor. The digital items in this collection were digitized from originals by the individual donors before being received by the Bentley Historical Library. Preservation copies of these files with their original file names and CD-ROM file structures intact have been submitted to Deep Blue. Access copies of these digital files can be viewed by clicking on the links next to the individual folders in the Content List below.

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.4 linear feet (7 folders and 5 volumes in 1 box)

Native of Ann Arbor, Mich. and officer in the U.S. Civil War; served as a Regent of University of Michigan and Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Collection includes a diary, 1862-1865, written while serving in Co. D, 20th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War and recounting daily activities and the sieges of Knoxville and Petersburg; correspondence, mainly with his mother and wife, while a student at University of Michigan and during the Civil War; papers of other family members; and portraits of Grant and members of his family as well as and water-colors of Civil War.

The Claudius Buchanan Grant papers provide insight into the Civil War as experienced by a Union officer and also document life in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century. This collection is comprised of three series: Personal Papers, Family Papers, and Visual Materials.

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Personal Papers

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The Personal Papers series reflects aspects of Claudius Grant's military, professional, and personal lives. It includes a multi-volume diary written while serving in Co. D, 20th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War (1862-1865) and which documents daily activities in camp and on the march; comments on drunken officers; a criticism of Colonel A. W. Williams; accounts of the sieges of Knoxville and Petersburg and of the battles fought during May and June in 1864, especially the battle of the Wilderness. The series also includes correspondence (mainly with Grant's mother and wife) while he was a student at University of Michigan and during the Civil War. ASmong other topics, these letters explain the resolutions asking for the resignation of Colonel Williams; describe a march through Kentucky and the battle before Petersburg. Other highlights include letters to William H. Pettee (Dec. 6, 1880) concerning the establishment of a school of mines at the University and Harry B. Hutchins (Sept. 18, 1905) discussing the relative merits of the Michigan Union and Alumni Also included is a paper (Oct. 18, 1899) on the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.; letter, Dec. 6, 1880, to William H. Pettee concerning the establishment of a school of mines at the University; letter, Sept. 18, 1905, to Harry B. Hutchins discussing the relative merits of the Michigan Union and Alumni Memorial building projects. The series also includes some miscellaneous deeds as well as a paper (Oct. 18, 1899) on the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in Kentucky during the Civil War.

0.2 linear feet — 64 digital files

Soldier from Cudahy, Wisconsin; master engineer with 1st Battalion, 310th U.S. Engineers who served in the Allied intervention in Russia, 1918-1919, the "Polar Bear Expedition." Collection includes correspondence, reports, clippings, and photograph album.

Correspondence describing his activities in Russia, brief letter from Robert La Follette regarding his opposition to the intervention, final report of the 310th Engineers (incomplete), and news clippings. Photograph album includes photos of scenes in Archangel and surrounding countryside, American soldiers in camp and in the field, fortifications and buildings constructed by the 310th Engineers, Russian people, Allied ships.

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Soldier from Fruitport, Mich., member of Co. I, 339th U.S. Infantry who served in the Allied intervention in Russia, 1918-1920, the "Polar Bear Expedition." Collection includes a diary, article from The Literary Digest, and newspaper clipping describing his combat experiences in Russia.

The papers, all photocopies, include a typescript of Colburn's diary, Sept. 1918-April 1919, which contains very brief accounts of his experiences, including fighting on several fronts and the alleged mutiny of Co. I. Also included are a short reminiscence, a newspaper clipping containing a letter from Colburn describing fighting along the railroad in Sept. 1918, and an article from The Literary Digest describing the "mutiny" of Co. I. The originals of the papers are owned by Colburn.

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0.7 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 1 phonograph record

Detroit African American clergyman and civil rights activist. Papers accumulated by Franklin's daughter, Erma Franklin, relating to the life and career of her father; include biographical information, transcripts of oral interviews; scattered sermons and correspondence, including letters from daughter Aretha and from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; topical files about his church and civil rights activities; and photographs

The C. L. Franklin collection is a small but significant accumulation of materials relating to the life and career of this Detroit-based clergyman. Although the collection dates from the mid-1950s, most of the materials fall within the period of 1963 to 1984. The collection is comprised of photocopies and copyprints of materials made available to the library by Erma Franklin. The importance of the collection is for the sampling of Franklin sermons that have been preserved, for the scattered documentation of the important March of Freedom that took place in Detroit in the summer of 1963, and for the copyprints made of photographs of Franklin, his family and his friends and professional associates. The collection has been arranged into five series: Biographical Information, Various Papers, Topical Files, Photographs, and Sound Recordings.

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C. Loring Brace, professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan and Curator of Biological Anthropology at the University's Museum of Anthropology. Known for extensive field research on cranial and dental material of hominid remains all over the world, particularly in Asia, to study human evolution. He has done considerable research on how structural reduction can result from Probable Mutation Effect, as well as on the development and application of the 'race' concept.

The papers of anthropologist and professor C. Loring Brace document his research, publications and teaching. Material includes extensive correspondence, research material including visual material illustrating crania, bones, teeth, and mandibles, also topical files and material Kennewick Man case. The papers are arranged in ten series: Biographical and Personal, Correspondence, 1966-2002, Correspondence, 1986-2009, Professional Service and Activities, Publications, Research, Teaching Materials, Topical Files, Kennewick, and Visual Materials.

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Visual Materials

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The Visual Materials series, 1969-1984? (4 linear feet) is made up, for the most part, of color slides. Other materials found are some illustrations, negatives, prints, a few maps, and digital scans of crania and bones, a small number of transparencies, and some X-Rays housed as oversize materials. Among these materials there are 27 Kodak slide boxes that are part of a group. These boxes are numbered and the slides have some minimal description of the content. The majority of materials show crania, bones, teeth and mandibles. For most of the contents here there is limited date and context information.

27.3 linear feet — 5.16 GB

Publications produced by the College of Engineering and some of its academic departments and administrative units as student organizations. Includes annual reports, briefing papers, brochures and pamphlets, bulletins and college catalogs, calendars of college events, histories, manuals, newsletters, programs, proposals, reports, songbooks, and statistics.

The College of Engineering Publications consist of printed and born-digital material produced by the College of Engineering and some of its academic departments, administrative units and student organizations. Publications of some academic departments are cataloged separately. This collection includes:

- annual reports - briefing papers - brochures and pamphlets - bulletins and college catalogs - calendars of college events - histories - manuals - newsletters - programs - proposals - reports - songbooks - statistics

The College of Engineering Publications are divided into five series; Unit Publications, Sub-Unit Publications, Topical Publications, Student Publications; and Chronologically Arranged Publications.

The Unit Publications series contains printed material published specifically by the College of Engineering. These publications are defined as being widely distributed and may be published at regular intervals. They are arranged by genre of the publication.

The Sub-Unit Publications series contains publications from subordinate offices, departments, programs, laboratories and organizations within the College of Engineering. These publications are arranged alphabetically by the creating sub-unit.

The Topical Publications series includes publications which document specific events or activities such as anniversary celebrations, convocations, faculty awards or memorials, graduation exercises, or one-time conferences hosted by the College of Engineering.

The Student Publications series contains publications published by student groups within the College of Engineering. The specific student organizations are arranged alphabetically by name of the organization.

To expedite access to the College of Engineering publications, all materials received after 2017 are added to the collection in chronological order by the year of publication within the Chronologically Arranged Publications series. The series contains Unit, Sub-Unit, Topical, and Student publications.

Some publications (or their successors) may no longer be available in print but are available on the school's website, www.engin.umich.edu.

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Unit Publications

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The Unit Publications series includes brochures, bulletins, calendars of events, directories, histories, manuals, newsletters, planning documents, programs, proposals and reports.

Academic degree program requirements are defined in what is called the university "bulletin" or general catalog. For example, program requirements outline how many credits and what subjects a student needs to complete in order to receive a degree in an academic program within a specific school or college. At theUniversity of Michigan, the degree program requirements are positioned as a contract between the university and the student with regard to the definition and program requirements. Bulletins are arranged chronologically by academic year from 1881 to the present. There is a complete run of college bulletins available via print and digitized copies. As of academic year 2018, print copies of the Bulletin have been discontinued. The online version is available at http://bulletin.engin.umich.edu.

This series also includes calendars titled The Week Ahead, The Two Weeks Ahead and This Month Ahead, which describe day-to-day activities of the college from 1967 to 1999. The College of Engineering published the directories Photographic Roster of the Engineering Faculty from 1969 to 1983 and the Faculty Directory from 1985 to 2001. Earlier faculty pictorial directories dating from 1960 to 1969 will be found under the "Industry Program" in the Sub-Unit Publications. There are several histories in the Unit Publications series, including the centennial history titled A Century of Engineering Education published in 1953, and an undated History--College of Engineering Buildings. There are several manuals which describe the community, university, and the College of Engineering in detail for incoming students. These include The Arch which was published in 1940 and What Every Engineer Should Know...Or...The Facts of Life (At Michigan), issued in 1949. To orientate its students the College of Engineering published The U-M Survival Guide to the Engineering Universe in 1991, and from 1995 to 1997 and 2004 to 2008, The First-Year Students' Handbook.

There are several newsletters published by the college, including News, issued from 1981 to 1982, News from the College of Engineering published from 1982 to 1983, and The Michigan Engineer which was first released in 1984 and continues to the present. What's New in the College of Engineering was printed from 1992 to 1993. The Unit Publications series also includes planning documents describing the vision for the future of the college, programs for various events occurring at the college, proposals to various government agencies requesting support, and reports on improving engineering education and space utilization.

118.5 linear feet (including 207 reels of microfilm) — 3 oversize folders — 1196 GB (online)

Records of the University of Michigan College of Engineering include histories, correspondence and topical files of deans; minutes of the executive and other committees; faculty records, including minutes of meetings and faculty biographies; miscellaneous student and alumni records; photographs, microfilm, digital files, and archived website.

The College of Engineering records date from 1860 to 2014 and measure 118.5 linear feet, 3 oversize folders, and 1,196 GB. The records document the internal activities of the College of Engineering, both administrative and academic, the role of the college as a unit of the University of Michigan, and research developments and trends over the years. Correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, financial records, and other material reflect changing research interests within the field of engineering as well as the curriculum development that has accompanied technological advances. Of particular interest are the files relating to outside work by faculty members, a question of enduring concern within the college. The records reflect the relations of the College of Engineering with private industry, especially through the documentation of funding from outside sources and the involvement of professors in outside research.

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11.5 linear feet (in 12 boxes) — 1.48 GB (online) — 1 archived website

Founded in 1841, the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) is the liberal arts college of the University of Michigan, encompassing over 100 academic departments and non-departmental centers, programs, institutes, museums, and laboratories. The collection contains publications from the college's units, subordinate units, and student groups, and includes miscellaneous announcements, annual reports, bibliographies, brochures, bulletins, calendars, directories, flyers, guidebooks, manuals, newsletters and reports of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts and the Summer Session. Also included are newsletters from the Honors Program; reports of the Commission on Graduation Requirements, the Committee on the Underclass Experience, and Office of Faculty Counselors; and web archives.

The University of Michigan. College of Literature, Science and the Arts publications (11.5 linear feet and 1.48GB (online)) include addresses, annual reports, bibliographies, brochures, bulletins or college catalogs, by-laws, calendars, catalogs, directories, ephemera (including flyers, invitations, posters, and programs), manuals, monographs, newsletters, proceedings marking the centennial of the college, questionnaires, regulations, reports, and web archives. A large percentage of the publications are bulletins and course catalogs of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LS&A) and its predecessor, the Department of Literature, Science and the Arts. There is also extensive information on the Honors Program, the Office of Student Academic Affairs, and LS&A Student Government.

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Unit Publications, 1855, circa 1871-2017, undated

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The Unit Publications series contains printed and digital material published specifically by the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. These publications are defined as being widely distributed and may be published at regular intervals. They are arranged by genre of the publication.

The Unit Publications series (8.4 linear feet and 1.48GB (online)) includes addresses, annual reports, bibliographies, brochures, bulletins (course catalogs), by-laws, calendars, catalogs, directories, manuals, newsletters, proceedings, programs, regulations, reports, and related material.

The annual reports cover the period from 1933 to 1998, with the bulk documenting the period from 1977 to 1998. They briefly describe the activities of the college and list donors to the college's programs. For earlier annual reports, the researcher should consult the President's Report (call no. Fimu, B3), published from 1853 to 1984. The brochures describe some of the special offerings of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, including collegiate seminars, first year seminars, special foreign language offerings, general studies, and various theme semesters.

The bulletins or college catalogs (2.4 linear feet) describe the admissions requirements, course offerings (but not descriptions), degree requirements, facilities, and history of the college. The print version of the bulletin, from 1871 to 2012, is the authoritative source of admissions information, course offerings, and degree requirements. Under the heading "catalogs," the researcher will find about 1 linear foot of course descriptions under the titles LSA Course Guide documenting the period from 1976 to 1998, and the LS&A Brief Course Guide covering the period from 2001 to 2002. These titles also contain information about prerequisites.

In the manuals subseries there are handbooks for first year students. These volumes include an alphabetical listing, by department, of detailed course descriptions, even noting differences between the various sections offered. Distribution information (Social Sciences, Humanities, etc.), prerequisites, credits, and instructors are also identified. These handbooks also contain information about LS&A degree requirements, a directory of academic advising and counseling services, advice on distribution requirements, selecting an advisor, concentration course information, in addition to book costs and special fees associated with the course. They are found under various titles such as the:

Freshman Course Guide, 1988

First Year Handbook and Freshman Fall Course Guide, 1988-1994

First Year Handbook, 1994 to 2007

In 1997, the course information was broken out of the First Year Handbook into a separate publication entitled the First Year Course Guide.

In this subseries, researchers will also find handbooks for the faculty, international students, parents, and transfer students. The Handbook for LSA Instructional Staff was compiled in 1981 from the Faculty Code, the governing document created by the LS&A faculty. The Information and Regulations Governing the Conduct of Undergraduate Courses, published in 1962 and 1967, was to provide the teaching staff with a readily accessible list of the policies and procedures governing the conduct of LS&A courses. The International Student Handbook contains information to help ease the transition for incoming, non-American students. There is information on LS&A advising resources, academic resources, learning communities, academic conduct, international student associations, and helpful hints for living far from home for the first time. The Parent Handbook includes similar information with hints for how parents can help their student succeed at the University of Michigan. The library holds this publication from 1997 to 2002 and 2004 to 2006. In later years this publication became the LSA Guide for Parents and is available as well in the sub series. The Transfer Student Handbook discusses LS&A advising, but concentrates on the transfer of credits from other academic institutions and planning for the students' academic career at Michigan.

The LSA Distribution Book, in conjunction with the Bulletin, is designed to help students select courses outside of their concentration area in the categories of Humanities, Natural Science, and Social Sciences. By selecting courses not in their concentration or cognate fields, they are broadening their intellectual horizons and interests, which is a goal of a University of Michigan education. The LSA Distribution Book lists various courses, arranged alphabetically by department, with brief descriptions and explains how these courses can be used to fulfill distribution requirements. The library holds this publication from 1989 to 1992.

The newsletters subseries contains several titles, including Diagonalia, LSA Checkpoint, LSA Magazine, and the LSA Student Academic Affairs Newsletter. The Diagonalia, published from 1971 to 1975, provides much information about what was going on in the dean's office and the various departments in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. It describes new courses being offered, programs being developed, and long-range planning. There are also articles by faculty members on topics such as creativity or liberal arts education. The LSA Checkpoint published from 1974 to 1996, and its successor LSA Student Academic Affairs Newsletter issued from 1996 to 1998, were originally published monthly during the academic year and later three to four times a year. These newsletters discuss summer orientation, registration, new courses, mini-courses, and graduation and counseling information. The library does not hold a complete run of these publications. The LSA Magazine, documents the activities of the various administrators, faculty, staff, students, and alumni of the college. Published twice a year as of 2021, the Bentley Historical Library holds a nearly complete run of this publication. The library also provides access to digital copies of most of the LSA Magazine issues published between 2007 and 2017.

There are three small commencement programs, from 1992 through 1994, included in this series. A better source for commencement information, including lists of graduates, will be found in the University of Michigan. Chief Marshall records (call no. 8753 Bimu E3 2), documenting the period from 1914 to the present.

549.4 linear feet (in 550 boxes) — 3 oversize volumes — 123.93 GB (online) — 1 archived website

Founded in 1841, the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) is the liberal arts college of the University of Michigan, encompassing over 100 academic departments and non-departmental centers, programs, institutes, museums, and laboratories. The record group includes correspondence, meeting minutes, memoranda, reports, proposals, subject files, and program materials from the administrative offices of the dean and the academic units that make up the college.

The records of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) of the University of Michigan date from 1846 with the first meeting of the literary college's faculty. They now span more than a century and a half and comprise 549.4 linear feet (in 550 boxes), 3 volumes, and 169.9 GB of minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, and subject files detailing the activities of the college from its early beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century to its present status as the largest of the university's colleges.

The administrative records of the college have come to the library in six major accessions beginning in 1942 with small periodic accessions thereafter. In addition, the college has periodically deposited bound record copies of the minute books of the meetings of the LSA faculty. Covering the years 1846 to 2007, the minute books (oversize volumes, boxes 204 to 209, and box 388) are the most important source of information about the college, especially for the period before World War I because few other extant records document the activities of the university's liberal arts college.

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Dean's Files, circa 1911-2018

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The Dean's Files series (453 linear feet and digital files (online)) constitutes the central file of the office covering the years from 1911 to 2015. The organization and substantive content of the Dean's files changed over the years. In the early period, a single alphabetical file covered a span of years. Later, there is a separate alphabetical file for each academic year. The annual alphabetical files were later subdivided into an alphabetical Topical File and files for Departments, Centers/Programs, Museums, Laboratories/Gardens, Institutes, and Committees. The content of the Dean's files evolved over the years from being primarily routine correspondence to the central administrative record of the college. The records were received in several accessions. In this finding aid, the dean's files from the various accessions have been brought together. As a result, the box numbers are not always consecutive.

The first accession of records (boxes 1-39) cover the years 1916-1932, the period when John R. Effinger was dean, and document the role of the dean as an administrator of student problems and activities. The content of these files focus on matters of admission, transfer of credits, request for transcripts, letters of recommendation, and questions regarding degree requirements. These files, though occasionally containing information about university administrative policy, faculty affairs, and the relationship of the university with other institutions and with the public, are for the most part routine in content and of modest research value. The bulk of the records in this accession are arranged alphabetically and thus will be difficult to use when researching a subject area unless the name of a correspondent or organization associated with a subject, or the approximate date when discussion of a subject within the college might have occurred, is known. Fortunately, John R. Effinger maintained a separate subject file (boxes 34-37) that supplements somewhat the alphabetical files. This file contains departmental and committee files, budgetary materials, policy statements, and various administrative reports.

With the death of Effinger and the appointment of Edward H. Kraus as dean of the college in 1933, the character of the dean's files changed. In this second major accession of records (boxes 40-65), dating from 1933 through the end of Kraus' deanship in 1945, the dean's files become more properly an administrative record of the dean's relationship with other university administrators and faculty members. Gone from the files are those documents and letters concerning individual student problems. The file headings in this accession are specific subjects; a much smaller part of the files are those alphabetical sequences of letters that characterized the records from Effinger's deanship. This accession of records is arranged, with but few early exceptions, alphabetically by academic year. The early sequences appear to be grouped in a random fashion: 1933-1936; 1936-1937; 1937-1940; and 1940-1942. With academic year 1942/43, the files are arranged alphabetically by single academic year. As a rule in these files, there is a miscellaneous folder (or folders) of materials for each letter of the alphabet followed by subject files.

The third accession of records covers the period beginning with academic year 1944/45 and continuing through 1970/71, years when the College of LSA was administered by a number of deans. These years saw tremendous growth in the College as the University responded to returning veterans attending college via the GI Bill after World War II. Postwar files detail work with refugees and Cold War issues, including Red Scare politics, charges of un-American activities among faculty, and the massive influx of federal research funding. Files from the 1960s reflect the college responding to campus unrest, Civil Rights issues, and anti-Vietnam protests. The administrative files detail the administration, budget, priorities, and the development of new programs such as the Residential College.

Midway through this third accession, there is a change in the order of the files. With academic year 1957/58, the dean's office abandoned the use of the single alphabet in favor of a system that grouped certain categories of files together. At first, there were just two series of records for each academic year: the alphabetical subject files and "Departmental files." Formerly, the departmental files had been part of the subject files, but now, because of their importance, the dean's office had separated them. The departmental files document the college's relationship with the various LSA departments on matters of budget and personnel. The fourth major accession of records (boxes 201-317) covers the period of the academic years from 1971/72 to 1981/82, when Frank Rhodes and Billy Frye served as dean. The content of the files is much the same as for preceding years. One difference the researcher should note is that the finding aid lists each folder in the accession (rather than just listing an alphabetical span with an index to the subject headings used). Additionally, the dean's office, perhaps reflecting the increasing complexity and diversity of its responsibilities, created other series of records that formerly had been placed in the single alphabetical sequence. With files for departments and museums, the records for each academic year also includes files for university centers and programs, university committees, university laboratories and gardens, and university institutes over which the college had some responsibility. The researcher should note that the placement of a file heading within one of these series might vary from year to year depending upon who did the filing. A quick perusal of the finding aid for each academic year should enable the researcher to locate such folders.

Issues well documented in the 1996 accession (boxes 336-355) include a proposal to create a Center for Public Affairs; information on a merger between LSA and Engineering which would create a unified division of computer science and engineering; proposal drafts for the creation of a Center for Law and Society, which would arise out of a merger between LSA and the law school; recommendations, endowment proposals, and drafts for the establishment of a Humanities Institute; and a large amount of documentation centering on the academic freedom dispute with Professor Mark Green in the early 1970s. The dispute focused upon Green's showing of an anti-war film in his Chemistry class; his actions caused an outcry among both students and faculty as this occurred during the volatile Vietnam era.

As in previous accessions, the Dean's Files received in 2000 (boxes 356-386) are primarily comprised of records for Departments, Museums, Centers/Programs, and Institutes and document the administrative functions of two deans, Peter Steiner and Edie Goldenberg. The Dean 's Files 1989-1998 covers the broadest period and includes more files of a topical nature, as well as Goldenberg's general correspondence, committee files, and records documenting special initiatives. Of particular note within the 1988-1990 series is a run of bound documents with data on most LSA departments entitled "Historical Reports." The reports contain department salary histories, comparative rankings with peer institutions, faculty teaching load statistics, position requests, and other information accumulated in the mid-1980s. Particularly strong in this accession is documentation of a dramatic transformation in undergraduate education that was instituted during Edie Goldenberg's tenure. Both Dean's Files and Administrative Files hold records pertaining to the Undergraduate Initiative, an undertaking that resulted in a rich array of planning documents, reports, surveys, and correspondence. Among the new initiatives documented are Theme Semesters and the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP).

The Topical Files, 1997-1999 subseries, received in 2002, (boxes 389-400) contains the dean of LSA's central files related to LSA administration and budgeting, coordination with non-LSA university units, faculty awards, and other topics for the academic years 1997/98 and 1998/99. The majority of the files are from Edie Goldenberg's final academic year as dean, and the one-year tenure of her interim successor, psychology professor Patricia Gurin. Older files are included on several topics, including the Magellan Project, a multi-institution collaboration between Michigan, the Carnegie Institution, Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Arizona, to build two large telescopes in northern Chile.

The Departments, 1990-1991 and Centers, Institutes, Museums, and Programs, 1990-1991 subseries, and the subseries of the same name for 1991-1992, contain correspondence between the dean, the associate deans, and the various academic units of LS&A during the 1990/91 and 1991/92 academic years. The files include event announcements, reports, proposals and external reviews. The files also contain a wealth of information about search processes for chairs and directors of the units, hiring and retention negotiations with faculty and personnel, the development of new academic programs and initiatives, and the various priorities and concerns of the college during these years. Older files are included within the four subseries for some long-running negotiations or projects.

The Dean's Files in the 2009 accession primarily document the administrative functions of three deans: Edie Goldenberg, Patricia Gurin (Interim Dean), and Shirley Neuman. The records are divided among ten dated sub-series, covering the academic years from 1992-1993 to 2001-2002. The sub-series are then further divided into sub sub-series: Departments, Centers/Institutes/Museums/Programs, and, beginning in 1999/2000, Topical Files. The files contain correspondence between the dean, the associate deans, and the various academic units of LS&A. The files include event announcements, reports, proposals, and external reviews. The files also contain a wealth of information about search processes for chairs and directors of the units, hiring and retention negotiations with faculty and personnel, the development of new academic programs and initiatives, and the various priorities and concerns of the college during these years.

In addition to the dated sub-series, there are three other sub-series: Neuman, Shirley, 1999-2002; Reports and Reviews, 1973-1991; and Subject Files, 1982-1999. The Neuman, Shirley sub-series contains materials pertaining to Dean Neuman's hire and subsequent departure from LS&A, personal and professional papers, and speeches written by or for the dean for specific events. The Reports and Reviews sub-series contains internal and external reviews for degree granting, non-degree granting, and smaller academic programs within LSA. However, researchers should note that similar records regularly appear in Dean's Files throughout the record group, and there is sometimes varying material for the same year in more than one location. Reviews contained here cover the period from 1973 to 1991. The Subject Files, 1982-1999 sub-series contains the dean of LSA's central files related to LSA administration and budgeting, coordination with non-LSA university units, faculty awards, and other topics for the academic years from 1982/83 to 1998/99.

Some topics of interest include the Kitt Peak Telescope, a telescope in Arizona that was originally shared by the Astronomy Departments of the University of Michigan, Dartmouth, and MIT. The files on the Kitt Peak Telescope document efforts by the three institutions to include other institutions in splitting the costs of using and maintaining the telescope. Also related to the Astronomy Department are additional files on the Magellan Project, which can also be found in the 2002 accession. Other interesting topics include issues concerning the Communication Department. The first involves controversy surrounding the hire and subsequent resignation of Professor Neil Malamuth, documented in the Malamuth, Neil files, and partially documented in the News Articles (1994-95 Investigation and Reorganization) file. Along with the Malamuth controversy, there are materials regarding an evaluation of the Journalism department that can also be found in the New Articles file, and in the file entitled Journalism Response to Faculty Advisory Committee Charge. Finally, a file from the Political Science Department, "Meizlish/Brown Censorship Issue," contains documentation on a disagreement between a teaching assistant and a student regarding a passage from a class paper. The disagreement resulted in correspondence between the dean and the department, as well as between the dean and a number of newspapers that commented on the situation.

The Dean's Files accession covering the years 2002-2004 includes two sub-series consisting of dean's files from 2002-2003, and 2003-2004. The files in this accession document the administrative functions of Terrence McDonald, who became interim dean in 2002 following Shirley Neuman's departure, and was then appointed Dean of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts in 2003. Scattered documents from Dean Neuman's tenure appear in some files. The files in the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 sub-series are divided into three sub sub-series: Topical Files, Departments, and Centers/Institutes/Museums/Programs.

Some topics of interest include the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. In 2003 Associate Provost Janet Weiss headed a committee to investigate a possible alliance between Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. This committee eventually proposed that the two units be combined. The Botanical Gardens (Matthaei) file from 2002-2003 contains correspondence and other documentation related to the proposed unification. Another interesting set of files cover the Life Sciences Institute. The new Life Sciences Institute building was completed in September 2003. The file contains documents and correspondence leading up to the building's completion. Some of the materials hint at some possible disagreements within the college regarding the building project. Finally, there is a healthy amount of material included on the ADVANCE program. Beginning as a five-year, grant-funded project, the ADVANCE program continues to insure equal treatment and provide incentives for women pursuing careers in fields relating to science and mathematics.

The DEAN'S FILES, 2004-2006 (2011-2012 accessions) consists of two sub-series of dean's files from 2004-2005, and 2005-2006. The records continue the documentation of the administration of dean Terrence McDonald. The files in the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 sub-series are divided into the following three sub sub-series: Departments, Centers/Institutes/Museums/Programs, and Topical Files.

Among the significant topics covered in this accession are the construction of the new North Quad Building, the allocation of spaces for LSA units, and the development of theme semesters, a practice that began in the 1990s.

The 2019 accession added additional departmental and topical files covering the years 2006-2015. Several accessions acquired from 2018-2020 added additional departmental and topical files for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2017-2018 years.