Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

UNIT PUBLICATIONS (approximately 2 linear feet) includes bibliographies, brochures, calendars, directories, publication descriptions, discussion guides, flyers, press releases, programs, and questionnaires, each under their respective heading. CEW published several sets of papers (journals and proceedings) in conjunction with conferences and seminars that it sponsored. There is a nearly complete run of the center's newsletters Cornerstone: Center for the Education of Women and its predecessor Newsletter: Center for Continuing Education of Women. There are also scattered issues of the Center's first newsletter The University of Michigan Center for Continuing Education of Women. "Print Books" includes various CEW compilations of its printed ephemera for each term or academic year, often including details such as paper type and duplication costs. Reports are broken down into "Histories and Retrospectives," which describe the activities and history of CEW, "Research Reports," that include studies on attitudes and needs of women at the University of Michigan, as well as a four-part series on the "Women at the University of Michigan." "Miscellaneous Reports" include reports generated from individual researchers at CEW, as well as reports that include arrange of topics.

The Central Office Files, 1961-1998 (27.8 linear feet) subgroup contains two series, Core Administration, 1961-1994 and Topical Files, 1962-2009.

The Core Administrative Records, particularly the Staff Meeting, Correspondence, and Review files, are quite valuable in documenting the day-to-day activities of the center and its major programs. In addition, the series includes records regarding the center's creation (including Louise Cain's original proposals and the Alumnae Council's early involvement in the center), annual and long-term reports, CEW descriptions and organizational charts, planning and budget materials, thank-you letters from former participants, and Executive Committee records.

The researcher should note that the Correspondence sub-series and its components--Directors Correspondence, Staff Correspondence, and Intra-University Correspondence--should not be viewed as complete runs of all incoming or outgoing correspondence. Also, it contains major overlaps both between those three components, with the Topical Files, and with individual staff members' files. This sub-series is largely based on the organization of the pre-existing collection, and does not necessarily reflect how the files came from CEW. Correspondence in the newer accessions were generally kept with either individual staff members' files or with the Topical files. The Intra-University Correspondence is only loosely based on the UM office or unit in question; in some cases it is more topically arranged. (E.g. 'Affirmative Action' contains not only correspondence from the Affirmative Action Program, but also correspondence relating to affirmative action from the President's Office and the VP for Academic Affairs.) Titles of purely topical files of Intra-University Correspondence (with no basis in the university office/administrative unit structure) are enclosed in quote marks ("").

Similarly, the researcher should be aware that the Staff Meetings and Notes sub-series was compiled from several different staff-members overlapping, partial runs of minutes and notes. Duplicates that had annotations were generally retained. Of special note within the sub-series are the two binders: The first, the 'Staff Calendar and Events' binder includes not only agendas, notes, and calendars (like the regular staff meeting files), but also flyers for CEW events. The second is 'Patricia Wulp's Staff Meetings and Notes binder'. This file, along with the 'Administration Binder' in Wulp's individual staff files, appears to have been started in 1973, while Wulp was serving as Acting Director during a sabbatical of Jean Campbell's. They include staff minutes agendas, calendars, and minutes, as well as Wulp's notes on CEW administration, program planning materials, and correspondence with Jean Campbell and others.

Finally, many of the materials relating to CEW's budget have been removed from the Core Administrative series and restricted. Other places to find budgetary information include the Planning sub-series (especially for 1985-1987), the Staff Meetings and Notes, and the Correspondence files (especially with the President's office and the Vice President for Academic Affairs). Additionally, records documenting the center's founding and start-up funds, as well as some of its early fundraising efforts can be found in the Alumnae Council section of the Founding and Historical Documents sub-series, and budget information for various CEW programs can be found in the Topical and Individual Staff files under "Programs" and under the names of specific events.

Ordered chronologically, the Central American Peace Interests series, 1986-1988 (0.1 linear feet) is divided into two folders and contains many pamphlets, flyers, membership directories, and issue statements. This material aptly reflects Gomberg's fervent wish for peace in Central America and spans the time period between 1986 and 1988.

The Central Files (32 linear feet, 1983-1994), comprise the bulk of the record group and consist of an alphabetical arrangement of key subjects, activities, and units within the Medical Center. The arrangement generally mirrors the original filing system utilized by the office. The records relate mainly to the academic programs, research activities, and clinical activities within the Hospital and Medical School, but also include documentation on the health science schools and the administration of the university as a whole. A number of headings serve as umbrella headings such as "centers" which brings together material on the Burn Center, Cancer Center, Cardiac Center, Geriatrics Center, Substance Abuse Center, and Transplant Health Policy Center. Of note are files of the Genome Ethics Committee which studied the ethical dimensions of human gene therapy. These records also contain material on the beginnings of the Program in Society and Medicine, which had its roots in this committee.

Significant topics within the CENTRAL FILES include AIDS and the response of the university to educating students and citizens about the dangers of the disease. The development of paid provider organizations and health maintenance organizations is well documented, including the M-CARE corporation, and files relating to affiliated hospitals and efforts to develop satellite clinics and hospital networks. Documentation of the Hospital is extensive and consists of budgetary material, governance files, and the hospital's position on pregnancy termination. Equally well documented is the Medical School, including files on departments and programs. The use of animals in research is chronicled in the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM), and under the heading Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (ILAR).

Concise compilations of planning material and background references can be found in the records of the Medical Center Alumni Society (MCAS) and under "retreats." MCAS material consists of reports prepared for the board of governors and the visiting committee, including background and updates on Medical Center activities and the work of the Vice Provost. Retreats represent a chronologically arranged record of long-range and strategic planning, as well as studies of enrollment and curriculum, managed care, and biotechnology.

The Central Files series (46.5 linear feet), 1997-2010, are arranged in alphabetical order by subject or university unit. The files are arranged alphabetical in each of the three accessions. Boxes 1-6 contain the 2001 acquisition, Boxes 8-19 contain the 2002 acquisition, and Boxes 20-26 contain the 2004 acquisition. Boxes 30-55 contain accessions added in 2013. Some subjects may be contained in more than one accession, while others will be in only one. Some subject headings are broken down into related components. For example, "Clinical Departments" serves as an umbrella heading for folders containing information on individual clinical departments of the Medical School, including the departments of dermatology, internal medicine, and pediatrics, while "Executive Officers" serves as an umbrella heading for correspondence between Omenn and the chief executives of the university, including the President and the Provost.

The records include written correspondence, printouts of email, reports, promotional literature, and planning materials related to all of the office's areas of oversight (health sciences, hospitals and health system, Medical School, and M-Care, the university's managed health care organization). The record group also reflects the diverse activities of the office, with its true strength deriving from its demonstration of how these activities relate to each other, to other units at the university, and to the overall philosophy and mission of the medical programs at the university. Of particular note are minutes and reports from the Health Affairs Senior Team and its successor, the Health Sciences Council, a working group comprised of the deans of the university's health-oriented schools, which reflect the evolving priorities and concerns of the university as they relate to medical affairs. Also of note is information about the development of the Michigan Life Sciences Initiative and the Life Sciences Corridor.

In addition to providing insight into the overall scope and direction of medical programs at the university, the record group contains information on the specific activities of individual units reporting to the office which may not be available in other record groups currently held by the university archives. These include internal and external reviews of departments in the Medical School, information on the recruitment process for faculty and students for the Medical School and hospitals, planning materials for M-Care and the Michigan Health Corporation, and correspondence related to new medical initiatives such as the Center for Organogenesis and the Tobacco Research Network.

The records also reflect the office's role in providing outreach to people and groups outside the university, and contain information about various health agencies, health organizations, and hospitals in Michigan. Of particular note is correspondence pertaining to relationship with hospitals such as Henry Ford Health System and Foote Hospital, and information on the university's health insurance negotiations with major Michigan employers such as Ford Motor Company and General Motors.

In 2013, accessions from 2006 (boxes 30-36), 2008 (boxes 38-45), 2012 (boxes 47-55), and 2013 (boxes 56-58) were added to the series. These new accessions primarily document Kelch's service as Executive Vice President of Medical Affairs although there is material from Omenn as well as from his successor, Ora Pescovitz. The new accessions follow the same arrangement as previous materials and cover many of the same topics, extending the documentation of the office's activities. However, later accessions do add new content on topics such as stem cell research, development and expansion projects such as the Children and Women's Replacement Project and the Cardiovascular Center, and materials related to the Survival Flight Crash.

Central Files (1904-ca. 1979) have been further divided into three subseries, Board of Directors, Committees, and Union Presidents. The Board of Directors material is most notable for a complete set of Board minutes (1904-1979). Committee records are most interesting for the records of the Finance Committee, which includes records of the committee's predecessor, the Board of Governors. Included are minutes (1920-1963), annual audits (1914-1960) and monthly financial statements (1919-1960). Union Presidents material consists of correspondence from two early union presidents, Edward G. Kemp (correspondence dates 1905; 1911-1913) and Seldon S. Dickinson (correspondence dates 1913-1914).

The Central Files series (12.5 linear ft., 1984-1997) is the main administrative file of the division. It is organized into two subseries, 1984-1992 and 194-1997, reflecting different accessions. Each subseries is organized in a number of sub-subseries including: Historical Files, Audit records, Budgets, Committees-ITD, Committees-University-Wide, Correspondence and Topical file.

Historical files are mainly news clippings featuring computing at the University of Michigan and organizational charts for 1985 to 1991. Audits include thorough reports on 1985 to 1987 external audits of ITD operations (including ITD responses) and a 1991 ITD response to an internal audit. There is also some information on a Medical Information Systems audit. (Note: The subseries does not include records on the 1992/93 audit following allegations of ITD overcharges to federally sponsored projects.) Budgets, 1985 to 1991, include correspondence and reports on the ITD budget process, as well as some background information.

The Committees sub-subseries is further divided into ITD Committees and University-wide committees. Files of the Computing Policy Committee (CPC), Information Technology General Council (ITGC), Information Technology Policies Committee (ITPC), and Executive Computing Committee (ECC) provide the broadest overview of campus information technology issues and are among the most significant. Also important are the files of the Information Technology Architecture Committee (ITAC), formed in 1986 to provide the functional and broad technical specifications for the systems implemented by ITD over the next several years, and the Strategic Planning Committee files. The latter include minutes, Van Houweling's notes, and drafts of the 1989 report "Strategic Directions for Information Technology at the University of Michigan." The Senior Managers Committee files, which include minutes of monthly meetings and several retreats, offer the best source on internal management of ITD.

Topical files are arranged alphabetically. Significant files include Grants, ITD Vision Statement, MEET:STUDENTS Computer Conference, Policy Statements, Supercomputers, and Van Houweling. Grant files provide examples of the types of projects encouraged and supported by ITD, promoting the educational use of information technology. The ITD Vision statement file consists of notes for a 1990 presentation by Van Houweling. MEET:STUDENTS records document the controversy over the appearance of allegedly racist and sexist comments in the "Bad Joke" item of an ITD sponsored computer conference. Included is the text of the item, correspondence, memoranda and a printout of a discussion about the controversy from online discussion in the MEET:PLANNERS computer conference. The MEET:PLANNERS discussion raises issues of free speech, acceptable behavior on computer conferences and ITD's response to the controversy.

Policy Statements contain a number of ITD policies on the use of computing facilities including: "Conditions of Use," "Proper Use of Information Resources," "Information Technology and Networks," and "Guidelines for Interaction with Corporate Representatives." There is also a small file on ITD policy relating to Freedom of Information Act Requests. (Note: The records do not include files on the 1992 to 1994 FOIA requests arising from a controversy over access to private computer conferences.) The Supercomputer files document ITD's unsuccessful bid to become host for one of six NSF supercomputing sites in 1986. The Van Houweling files include biographical material, resumes, a May 1989 interview transcript and two folders of speeches and articles.

Other files of interest in Topical Files include material on ITD's 1989 reorganization and Research Resources, a printout describing resources of the Computing Center and resources available in various colleges and departments. The last of these includes an overview of the development of computing at Michigan and describes the machines, programs, and services available in 1985.