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Ann Arbor Bicentennial Commission records, 1975-1976

1 linear foot

Minutes, publicity, and project files relating to the city's observance of the nation's bicentennial.

The record group consists of a single series of organizational records documenting Ann Arbor's participation in the nation's bicentennial celebration. Included are minutes of meetings, project files, clippings about events, and other administrative materials.

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Ann Arbor Board Of Education

Ann Arbor Board Of Education (.25 linear ft.; 1979-1982) consists of correspondence, notes and clippings from Pollack's first elective office. Of particular interest are notes and background materials relating to the controversy over the teaching of "Black English" in Ann Arbor public schools.

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Ann Arbor Board of Education, 1857-2011

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Ann Arbor Board of Education, 1857-2011 (AAPS) series includes agenda items for Board meetings, minutes, rules, a partial index to Board proceedings, and audio tapes with historical narratives. Board meeting agenda for the period between 1941 and 2011 contain gaps for the following periods: July-October 1994, April 1997, July-December 1999.

The 2012 Accession includes files on facility planning (2000-2004), bond/sinking fund (2004), new school (1998-2005), and miscellaneous topics notably a set of school dedication and anniversary programs and a series of three volumes containing students' writings in the early 1940s, mainly autobiographical and some relating to World War II experiences, by fifth graders at Angell, Eberbach, and an unidentified school.

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Ann Arbor Book Festival records, 2003-2010

5 linear feet — 1 oversize folder

The records of the Festival document the management of the yearly event. The records are largely maintained by year and include program of events, publicity and promotional material, scheduling information, minutes of meetings, advisory board agenda, grant applications and other financial information, and snapshot photographs of events.

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Ann Arbor Camera Club records, 1956-2017

1 linear foot

Organization established to "promote growth in the appreciation and skill in the making of photographs of all kinds." Newsletter ("The Wide Angle News"); by-laws, membership materials, scattered correspondence, and contest material.

The Ann Arbor Camera Club records includes a run of the Wide Angle News, by-laws, membership materials, scattered correspondence, and contest material.

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Ann Arbor Chamber Of Commerce records, 1919-1969

4 linear feet — 1 oversize folder

Organizational records and photographs.

The records of the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce include correspondence, minutes of meetings of the board of directors, subject files, photographs, and newspaper clippings concerning community projects. There are also papers concerning the work of Economic Development Committee and the Central Business District Committee, and the development of Greater Ann Arbor Research Park.

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Ann Arbor Charter Commission (Ann Arbor, Mich. : 1953-1955) records, 1938-1955

2 linear feet

Commission established to recommend revision of the Ann Arbor, Michigan, city charter. Correspondence, petitions, 1949, requesting appointments of commissioners, minutes, financial statements, and drafts of proposed charter at various stages of revision, also recommendations of the League of Women Voters.

The records of the Ann Arbor Charter Commission of 1953-1955 also includes early materials from the 1942 Charter Study Commission and as well as other collected materials on municipal issues. The record group has been arranged into five series: Correspondence; Papers and reports; History and organizational materials; Drafts; and Miscellaneous and background materials.