Board of Directors Meeting Files
The Board of Directors series includes minutes from the Board's meetings between 1943 and 2002. These meetings determined the council's activities and dealt with budget issues as well.
The Board of Directors series includes minutes from the Board's meetings between 1943 and 2002. These meetings determined the council's activities and dealt with budget issues as well.
21 linear feet — 1 drawers (oversize maps, architectural drawings, and displays mounted on foam core)
The Board of Regents series includes agendas, reports, background materials, and correspondence from the meetings of the Regents, 1946 to 1961. There is also a smaller grouping of files relating to the University's Workers Education Service and the ensuing controversy which involved the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights.
13 linear feet — 1 oversize folder
286 linear feet — 3 oversize volumes — 20 oversize items — 298.4 MB (online) — 1 oversize folder
The first series of the Regents' records contains Fundamental Documents By or About the University Governing Body, including information regarding the predecessors of the Board of Regents. Included are acts of the Michigan territorial and state legislatures which created or modified the university, as well as relevant decisions of the state Supreme Court. Documents from predecessor bodies include the minutes of the Trustees of the University of Michigan (1821-1837) and the Detroit Classical Academy (1818-1829). Selected Regents' material found in this series include the minutes of the Regents' Executive Committee (1845-1857) and manuscript minutes of Regents' meetings (1837-1870), and online content consisting of bylaws, traffic ordinances, and trademark policies.
The Boards, Committees and Commissions series, 1957-1995 (6.5 linear feet) represent the records of the various organizations that report through SACUA to the Senate. Interesting records include the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics, the Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty (CESF), and the Committee for a Multicultural University. CESF reports are particularly valuable because of their annual reports discussing faculty compensation. The Bylaws/Rules Committee subseries, 1959-1997 (.25 linear feet) consists of bound correspondence and reports surrounding the formation of policy for the senate and the university, including rules governing the makeup of the senate's governing bodies and the demographics of the university faculty. The Bylaws Committee changes its name to the Rules Committee in December 1977. The Grievance Subcommittee subseries, 1983-1996 (.75 linear feet) contains correspondence, reports, and research information pertaining to the university grievance policy. This material was part of an accession from Professor Thomas E. Moore, who served on SACUA, the Grievance Subcommittee, and was president of the University of Michigan chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
39.8 linear feet (in 41 boxes) — 362.5 MB (online) — 3 archived websites
The first series is Borman's Inc. (3 linear ft.) includes files related to the business of the Borman Family corporation. Included are employee newsletters, annual reports, advertisements, correspondence, as well as photographs of people and many of the stores owned by Borman's Inc. The largest portion of this series contains site surveys, which document the company's process of selecting and monitoring potential and existing sites for supermarkets.
The first series, Botany Department (1.5 linear feet, 1957-1990), documents Benninghoff's research, teaching, and administrative activities as a member of the Botany Department and Division of Biological Sciences from 1957 to 1983. Materials include chronological files, administrative files, and documents related to Benninghoff's committee work and teaching responsibilities. The administrative files' strength lies in their documentation of Benninghoff's role in shaping departmental policies and programs. The committee files are strong in their documentation of Benninghoff's role in the shaping and ultimate discontinuance of the Interdepartmental Program in Ecology, the Botany Department's graduate program, and the reorganization of the Biology Department in the early 1970s. The teaching materials are mostly syllabi and reading lists for courses that Benninghoff taught.