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Information Technology Division (University of Michigan) records, 1976-1998, 1985-1997

Title: Information Technology Division (University of Michigan) records 1976-1998 1985-1997

The information Technology Division, formed in 1985, consolidated academic and administrative computing at the University of Michigan. Douglas Van Houweling was named head of the unit and at the same time appointed to the new position of Vice Provost for Information Technology. During the 1980s, the unit oversaw a shift away from Michigan Terminal System (MTS) mainframe computing to a distributed, networked environment.The Information Technology Division record group documents the development of networked computing at the University of Michigan as it evolved from 1979 to 1995, mainly during the tenure of Douglas Van Houweling. The records include historical data, internal and external committee material, correspondence, and topical files and visual material.

ArchivalResource: 69 linear feet.

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-921070?rgn=main;view=text View

Merit Network, Inc. Merit Network records, 1966-2002.

Title: Merit Network records, 1966-2002.

Administrative records documenting Merit's early development and growth and involvement with NSFNET sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Material includes correspondence, project proposals, meeting minutes, publications, training videos, and photographs. Eric Aupperle, Merit director 1974-2001, is well represented.

ArchivalResource: 60 linear ft.

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University of Michigan. News and Information Services. Faculty and Staff Files, 1944-2005 (bulk 1960-1995)

Title: News and Information Services (University of Michigan) Faculty and Staff Files: 1944-2005 (bulk 1960-1995)

The Faculty and Staff files contain biographical and background information created and collected by the University of Michigan News and Information Services. News and Information Services is the media relations office of the university. The files represent more than 6,000 individual faculty and staff members. Some files contain photographs.

ArchivalResource: 145 linear feet

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-2009097 View

Merit Network, Inc. records, 1966-2002

Title: Merit Network, Inc. records 1966-2002

Merit (once an acronym for Michigan Educational Research Information Triad) was an organization developed to research the effects of connecting large research universities together by means of a computer network. Officially established in 1966 and still operating today, Merit contributed greatly to networking and the growth and expansion of the Internet. Most of the materials in the Merit record group documents Merit's early growth and development in the 1960s through Merit's post-NSFNET involvement in the late 1990s. Correspondence, project contracts and proposals, meeting minutes, and administrative records make up the bulk of the records.

ArchivalResource: 60 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-05138?rgn=main;view=text View

NSFNET 20th Anniversary collection, 2007

Title: NSFNET 20th Anniversary collection 2007

The NSFNET 20th anniversary celebration, held November 29-30, 2007, recognized the impact and achievements of the NSFNET program. The conference featured keynote speeches and panel discussions from participants who worked directly on NSFNET, and also from those whose work it benefited. The collection contains print and digital media documenting the event: program of event proceedings, video recordings of panel discussions, video recordings of oral history project interviews, 35 mm color slides.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear foot and 16.6 GB

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-2012078?rgn=main;view=text View