Office of Research (University of Michigan) publications, 1959-2015 (majority within 1991-2002)

Summary

Creator:

University of Michigan. Office of Research.

Abstract:

Office overseeing administration of research activity at the University of Michigan. Includes miscellaneous annual reports, brochures, budgets, directories, flyers, histories, invitations, manuals, newsletters, programs, policy statements, and reports. Also includes publications from the Center for Human Growth and Development, Center for the Study of Complex Systems, the Detroit Observatory, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Jerome B. Wiesner Symposium, Planning Committee on the Merger, and the Substance Abuse Center.

Extent:

3.4 linear feet (in 4 boxes)
145.7 MB (online)

Language:

English

Call Number:

03156, Bimu, B6, 2

Authors:

Finding aid created by Jennifer Jacobs, 1999 Marilyn M. McNitt, October 2003. Latest update: November 2018, by Elizabeth Hannigan.

Background

Scope and Content:

The Office of Research Publications (3.4 linear feet and 145.7 MB ) include annual reports, brochures, budgets, bulletins, ephemera, manuals, newsletters, policy statements, and reports. These publications are divided into two series: Unit Publications and Sub-Unit Publications. The bulk of the publications document the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Center for Human Growth and Development, the Detroit Observatory, and the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Center (UMSAC) which became the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center (UMSARC). Other sub-units under the jurisdiction of the Office of Vice President for Research include the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project, University of Michigan Division of Research Development and Administration, University of Michigan Institute of Gerontology, and University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. For publications from these units the researcher should consult their publications finding aids.

Biographical / Historical:

Please consult historical note in University of Michigan. Office of Research records finding aid immediately preceding the publications finding aid.

Acquisition Information:

The publications were first transferred in 1981. The Bentley Library continues to receive publications periodically from the unit (donor no. 5123 ).

Processing information:

Previous collection title: Office of the Vice-President for Research (University of Michigan) publications.

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Office of Research (University of Michigan) records

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Formats:

Annual reports.
Budgets.
Flyers.
Digital file formats.
Directories.
Histories.
Invitations.
Manuals.
Newsletters.
Pamphlets.
Programs.
Reports.

Names:

Jerome B. Wiesner Symposium (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
University of Michigan. Center for Human Growth and Development.
University of Michigan. Center for the Study of Complex Systems.
University of Michigan. Detroit Observatory.
University of Michigan. Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
University of Michigan. Office of Research.
University of Michigan. Office of the Vice President for Research.
University of Michigan. Planning Committee for the Merger.
University of Michigan. Substance Abuse Center.
University of Michigan. Planning Committee on the Merger.