Brochures

Description The "Academic" subseries contains miscellaneous materials on a number of topics related to the Vice-Chancellor's academic role. Records consist of brochures, correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, and notes. A number of files contain Vice-Chancellor's correspondence with friends, colleagues, and former students and reflect the chief academic officer's diverse range of issues. One file from 1973, for instance, contains correspondence from the Northwestern College of Chiropractic in...

Description Some of this record series' earliest materials--agendas, brochures, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, newspapers (including clippings), handwritten notes--date from the 1960s. However, most of the records are from Bettina (Elizabeth) Blake's tenure as academic dean. The earlier materials date from Gordon Bopp's administration, and of interest here are records having to do with the Morris Chamber of Commerce. Other files from the earlier period involve civil service issues and...

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This small record group consists mainly of promotional materials--pamphlets and brochures--for various years. Other materials include artifacts, correspondence, news clippings, photos, and a video. Of special interest is the file devoted to the Koslowski Twins (Dennis and Duane) and their amateur wrestling careers.

Key words: Dennis Koslowski, Duane Koslowski, University of Minnesota, Waseca, Promotional Material, Fortieth Anniversary.

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Collected materials from the Bedford Branch of the YMCA of Greater New York, located in Brooklyn. Covers early history and founding, focuses on the 1960s and 1970s with special attention to the Board of Managers and vocational training.

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Collected records of the Bowery Branch of the New York YMCA, from its early history to its merger with the YMCA Vocational Service Center in 1945.

Description The Rodney Briggs Library record group reflects the library's central role within the campus' intellectual and cultural life. A few folders ("Library, 1979-80," "Library, 1980-81," etc.) contain correspondence and chronicle library growth and developments in technology. Other files, having to do with the "Briggs Library Associates," (including a large binder compiled by Joanne Hagstrom and given to UMM Archives May, 2008 that details meetings and grant-writing activities) reflect the...

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Collected minutes, reports, correspondence, pamphlets, flyers, governing documents, fund raising material, program information and publications primarily from the Brooklyn Central branch of the YMCA of Greater New York.

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This collection contains materials related to the life and work of Camille LeFevre such as: personal notes, brochures, posters, clippings, book, correspondence, newsletters, flyers, publicity, production files, and A/V - photos, CDs, Cassettes.

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Collected brochures, clippings, branch publications and reports from the Carlton YMCA branch in Brooklyn..

Description This record group documents the work accomplished by the Center for Small Towns, an office originally linked to Continuing Education and Extension and one that works with local partners in addressing challenges to communities in West Central Minnesota. Materials in the group reflect these efforts at local outreach and reflect the work of the Center with foundations, such as Blandin, to develop programs to serve the needs of local communities. These programs ranged from economic development...

Description The record group on the Commission on Women contains a wealth of materials documenting the work of the commission from the 1970s to the present. Materials include minutes, brochures and pamphlets, posters, newsletters, memoranda and correspondence, petitions, budget and financial records, etc. Topics addressed include salary equity and the Rajender Consent Decree, the early efforts to establish a Women's Study major, the establishment and administration of a campus Women's Resource Center,...

Description Materials from this record series involve committees, organizations, and task forces from a variety of different levels. Some files are for all-university committees, and some are for national organizations. However, the majority have to do with campus governance and serve to document the campus response to significant issues during its formative years. The majority of the records are from Bettina (Elizabeth) Blake’s tenure as Academic Dean. Materials include agendas, brochures,...

Description This is a modestly sized record series consisting of materials from various conferences, institutes, and workshops attended by the academic deans or their representatives. The vast majority of materials date from the 1970s and consists of articles, brochures, memoranda, newsletters, notes, pamphlets, and reports. One item of special interest is the file, “Computing Services Directors Mtgs., 1985-86,” which documents an important moment in the campus’s transition to micro-computing. ...

Description The materials contained in this record group reflect the diverse activites spnsored by Continuing Education and Regional Programs (CERP). These range from programs developed in conjunction with the local business community to promote economic development and entrepreneurship to various summer school programs--including Gateway and Summer Scholars--to efforts to enhance faculty and staff performance. Materials having to do with grant-writing are well represented, and prominent among these are...

Description This record sub-series consists mainly of materials from the deanships of Gordon Bopp and Bettina (Elizabeth S.) Blake. The correspondence and memoranda included here represent individuals from the campus community, from the city of Morris and surrounding community, from the larger University of Minnesota system and from various persons both within and outside the academy. Correspondence--both letters and memoranda--are heavily represented, but a wealth of supporting and related materials...

Description This relatively small record group represents some of the functions of the Counseling Office. Most of the records date from the 1960s and 1970s. The contents of the first two boxes consist of ACT Research Service Reports and present a statistical profile of Morris students for the first two decades of UMM's history.Box 3 consists of bound materials--primarily agendas, minutes, reports--assembled by the "Council of Academic Officers." The Council was an all-University group of...

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Collected minutes, planning documents, newspaper clippings, brochures, flyers and program announcements from the Cross Island (formerly Eastern Queens) branch of the YMCA of Greater New York.

Description The boxes in this record group contain materials having to do with the organization and operation of the Division of Social Sciences and with the various disciplines that comprise the division. Office forms of various kinds--book order forms, for instance, or travel reimbursement forms or applications for leave or sabbaticals--are heavily represented and paint a useful picture of the day-to-day operations of the Division. The materials also illustrate the development of the Division and of...

Description This record series contains materials reflective of the Academic Dean Office’s relationship with the various divisions and with the office of Continuing Education and Extension. Topics covered include curriculum, general education requirements, sabbaticals and leaves, salaries, tenure, and other personnel issues. Materials are organized by division and chronologically but are otherwise unstructured. Materials consist of agendas, announcements, brochures, correspondence, invoices, memoranda,...

Description These materials go beyond a narrow focus on facilities and instead engage myriad administrative issues for various offices and administrative units. The majority of these records date from the 1980s and Elizabeth Blake's tenure as academic dean.Most of these records are in the form of brochures and pamphlets, correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, hand-written notes, and reports.Of special interest is the large number of files that document the founding of the...

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Collected minutes, reports, clippings, program announcements, fundraising material. correspondence and building plans from the Flushing branch of the YMCA of Greater New York.

Description The General Files of Student Activities is organized as a record sub-group within the larger Student Activities record group. The materials date back to the establishment of the college and include a broad range of materials reflective of student life and campus culture. Of special interest are the materials on KUMM, the student-operated radio station, contained in Box 1. The Morris Campus Union minutes and miscellaneous papers are filed in the same box. Records from the Student Services...

Description This short record series consists mainly of print materials--bulletins, pamphlets, reports--emanating from various federal agencies and private foundations. Most of the records date from the 1970s. Of special note are the materials from the HECB (Higher Education Coordinating Board) in regards Southwest State University in Marshall and its present and future status. Also included are weekly publications from the Energy Research and Development Administration group based in Washington D.C....

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Collected materials from the 125th Street Harlem Branch covering governance, programming, finance. Also includes historical materials from 1855-1922.

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Collected materials from the African American Harlem Branch of the YMCA of Greater New York. This collection covers governance and public programming with special attention to the Black Achievers program, which honors African Americans who distinguish themselves from their peers in a positive way.

Scope and Contents Container Summary Box 1 Posters for: Wolrd Touch Cultural Heritage Week, 2007 Pride of the Prairie feasts, 2007 Pride of the Prairie feasts, 2006 Pride of the Prairie feasts, 2009 Fast Food World, 2006 Farmer's Market, 2006 Farmer's Market, 2010 Minnesota Cooks calendar, 2005-06 Pride of the Prairie Seasonal Food Guide Native Harvest Magazine Land Stewardship Project brochure Pride of the Prairie Meal brochure Food Alliance Midwest Approval brochure UMM...

Description The Historic Preservation record group reflects the work accomplished by UMM community members, friends of the campus, and outside consultants in creating a 286-page report and plan in regards to the campus landscape and buildings. In 2003, the same year that campus was named to the National Register of Historic Places, the J. Paul Getty Foundation agreed to fund an ambitious project documenting the history of the campus's physical plant and establishing guidelines for future change and...

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This collection contains notes, brochures, and articles collected by John P. Brantner, professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota.

Description The materials in this record sub-series, dating mainly from the administrations of Gordon Bopp and Elizabeth (Bettina) Blake, are not easily classifiable and fit only awkwardly into the other groupings of the "General Files and Correspondence" series. Not surprisingly, these records engage a wide variety of topics. Materials include: brochures, correspondence, pamphlets, memoranda, handwritten notes, reports.Of special interest is the plethora of materials having to...