The Committee Records (.7 linear feet; 1959-1984) series consists of minutes and correspondences of various committees formed within OTS. The Michigan Committee on Tropical Studies (MCOTS) is included in this series, but the Executive Committee is not because it is part of the Meeting Files series. There are ad hoc and standing committees included. This series is organized alphabetically by the title of the committee.
Committees (1972-1984, 0.75 feet), consists of fairly complete minutes, as well as some correspondence, of the Committee for Women's Studies, the Steering Committee, and the Program Committee. Also included are scattered material of other miscellaneous committees and minutes of marathon meetings, held at the beginning of each term to discuss short- and long-range planning and committee work. The steering and program committee minutes reflect the program's interest not simply in academic matters but in wider political issues, such as gay rights and sexual assault.
The Committees records (3.5 linear feet, 1972-2004) primarily include information from the Executive Committee, including meeting agendas and minutes, election results, memoranda, correspondence, and reports. For the years 1972-1982 the records are arranged chronologically by school year and are divided into five sections within each year: "Organization," "Agendas," "Minutes," "Documents," and "Miscellaneous." For the years 1989-1994, the records are arranged chronologically by month of the school year. Other committee information is included in the record group, most notably information on the activities of the Graduate Affairs Committee.
The Committees and Organizations series, 1954-1974 (0.7 linear feet), is arranged alphabetically and consists of materials regarding the various committees and organizations for which Estep was a member, including the American Bar Association Special Committee on Atomic Energy Law, and the State Bar of Michigan Committee on Atomic Energy Law.
The Committee Work series (1 linear foot) includes reports, minutes of meetings, correspondence, proposals, petitions, research materials, and publications of Ann Arbor area historic preservation organizations, most notably, the Ann Arbor Historic District Commission. Issues discussed in documents include surveying buildings and sites of historical and architectural value, preservation of historic buildings and sites, collection and preservation of historic records, establishing Historic Districts with special description and preservation standards, special celebrations and commemorative plaques.
16.75 linear feet (in 17 boxes)
The records of Common Cause in Michigan comprise nearly seventeen linear feet of materials and consist of agendas, minutes, newsletters, correspondence, memoranda, press releases, reports, and drafts and comments on pending legislation. The materials document this public interest group's efforts to secure a more ethical, open, responsive, and representative government in Michigan. The strengths of the record group derive from its reflection of the reform issues salient to the Michigan electorate and the perspective it manifests on the close relations between the Michigan legislature and lobbyists in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The records also shed light on the internal workings and outreach efforts of Common Cause in Michigan. The record group is arranged into three series: Administration, Office Reference, and Reforms. Each series is further divided by period of time (with overlap) reflecting the different dates of accessioning.
The Communications series (1.5 linear feet) includes documentation that reflects the project's enterprise-wide unit liaison program, end user support, and efforts towards involving users in the design of the systems. In this series one will find comprehensive "Performance Support" plans which show how change management personnel meticulously planned for the change in the systems environment. A "snapshot" of the Change Management (CM) Deliverables database is included in this series on CD-ROM (located in Box 1). This database includes additional performance support and what was titled "gap" documentation. These materials are useful indicators of the change in work processes that the "change management" professionals foresaw with the implementation of the new system. Documentation on the training program can also be found in this subseries. A researcher interested in the enterprise-wide training effort should also consult the M-Pathways Project publications record group. The publications record group contains numerous training manuals for each of the five systems implementation projects. The training manuals not only detail specific business procedures but also, include related university adopted policies
The Communications series (57.1 MB, 2008-2009) contains materials produced by and about the Cockrel administration, with talking points and speeches related to the opening of a new Census Bureau office, cable commission, Spring Clean Up and Detroit Recycles, and the 2009 State of the City Address as well as articles about Mayor Ken Cockrel's transition and performance, op-ed pieces and news releases produced by the Mayor's office, and snapshots of various pages on the mayor's website as it appeared in 2008-2009. Also includes campaign materials and April 2009 poll results.
2 linear feet
The records of the Communicative Disorders Clinic are predominantly administrative files of the clinic and of Shady Trails Camp. The record group came to the archives in two accessions. The material received in 1996 is in the Administrative Files series. A second series, Shady Trails Camp Files, was created from the material received in 1997. A small amount of material from the 1996 accession was interfiled into the Shady Trails Camp Files series.
11 linear feet — 36 digital audio files
The Community Action on Substance Abuse records consist of CASA organizational materials – meeting minutes, annual reports and more – publicity and prevention materials, program information, Ann Arbor-area and national substance abuse resources, conference materials, local drug use surveys, fundraising materials, VHS and cassette tapes, and photographs and other items from Ann Arbor's Drug Free Schools drug prevention art contests. The records have been arranged into thirteen series: CASA Organizational files, Publicity, Prevention Materials, CASA Programs -- Ann Arbor Schools, CASA Programs -- Ann Arbor Community, Area Treatment Resources, State and National Affiliations, Conferences, Drug Use Surveys, Fundraising, Sound Recordings, Visual Materials, and Ann Arbor Schools Drug Prevention Contest.
