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Scope and Contents
The VISION records contain information on budget, correspondence, clippings, newsletters, proposals, school information, external organizations, service training, and visual materials. The collection is divided into four series.
The Administration series contains information regarding an agreement between EMU and the City of Ypsilanti, budget, grants, coordinator materials, correspondence, deep thought exercises, fire victim information, fundraising, Institution for the Study of Children, Families, and Communities report, organization contracts, proposals, school information, and service training. The Coordinator subseries includes handbook and coordinator guidebook. The Proposals subseries includes the College Work Study Student Community Workers Modules proposal. The last subseries in the Administration series is Service Training which includes Starting Strong: A Guide to Pre-service Training.
The second series Publicity and Outreach includes information related to Americorps, brochures and flyers, clippings, correspondence, external organizations pamphlets and brochures, Community Plunge, Habitat for Humanity, History of Vision, National Make a Difference Day, newsletters, news releases, oral histories, Parkridge, Stewardship and Engages our Members to advance the Interests, Students to Student Higher Learning Initiative, Surveys, Volunteer Spirit Awards, and Ypsilanti Youth Empowerment Act. There is a subseries Americorps that includes America Reads Challenge, director’s meeting, forms and applications, newsletter and publicity and Make a Difference Day that includes correspondence and a manual.
The third series Visual Materials contains photographs, scrapbooks, and slides. Many of the photographs were taken at Alternative Spring Break, American Reads and Community Plunge events. Each of these are organized into event subseries and further organized chronologically. The final series Memorabilia contains a VISION banner, t-shirts, keychain, mousepad, and resolution. Records date from 1990-2012.
Dates
- Creation: 1990 - 2016
Conditions Governing Access
Researchers are asked to request materials 24 hours prior to visiting the University Archives.
Extent
From the Collection: 8.6 Linear Feet (1 record center carton, 8 archive boxes, 3 halfsize archive boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 negative box, 3 objects)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Eastern Michigan University Archives Repository
Bruce T. Halle Library, Room 310
955 West Circle Drive
Ypsilanti Michigan 48197
734-487-2673
lib_archives@emich.edu