Finding aid for Detroit Adventure records
00662

Summary Information

Repository
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Creator
Detroit Adventure.
Title
Detroit Adventure records
ID
00662
Date
1958-1980
Extent
20.0 Linear feet (27 boxes, 1 wallet, 37 volumes, 1 large manuscript)
Language
English
Language of Materials
In English.

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Biographical/Historical note

Detroit Adventure, a coordinating arts council, was founded in 1959 to strengthen the cultural activities of its member institutions. Up to twenty-six cultural and educational institutions comprised Detroit Adventure.

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Arrangement

Organised into three series: I. Organizational papers -- II. Participating organizations --- III. Programs. Series;

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research use.

Immediate Source of Acquisiton

00662

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Detroit Adventure records, 1958-1980 (OCLC record)

[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/423052150]

Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • Business records

Subject(s)

  • Arts publicity
  • Non-profit organziations--Michigan--Detroit

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Collection Inventory

Organization Papers 

General note

Detroit Adventure began in 1959 with a group of cultural institutions. Lists of these organizations are included in Box 1. Also contained in this series are newsletters, correspondence, financial papers, minutes of meetings, membership and personnel. See also Volumes for more Financial Papers and Minutes of Meetings.

Box 1 

 Box
1
File

Biographical Material 

 1

Committees—Detroit Adventure Committee, 1965 

 2

Events of the Month Committee, 1965-1966 

 3

Expanded Communication Committee, 1973 

 4

General Correspondence, 1960-1964 

 5

General Correspondence, 1965-1969 

 6

General Correspondence, 1970 

 7

General Correspondence, 1971 

 8

General Correspondence, 1972-1979; undated. 

 9

Lists 

 10

Address Labels 

 11

Board of Trustees—Members & Committees, 1962-1979 

 12

Delegates 

 13

Sculpture List, 1966 

 14

Newsletters, 1964-1973 

 15

"Journal of the Archives of American Art", 1965-1966 

 16

box 2 

Newsletters—"DAC News", Golden Anniversary Issue, April 1965 

Newspaper Clippings 

Notes 

Photographs, 1959 

Photographs, 1960 

Photographs, 1961 

Photographs, 1962 

Photographs, 1963 

McGregor Conference, 1959-1962 

Metropolitan Opera Association 

box 3 

Photographs, undated 

Portraits 

Press Releases, 1962-1978; n.d. 

Printed Material 

Publicity, 1963-1964 

Special Projects, 1965-1967. 

Telephone Advertising, 1962 

Reports, 1961-1969; n.d. 

Detroit Adventure/Wayne State University, 1979 

Slide Presentation, 1973-1975 (see also: Box 26) 

Statistics 

TV Schedules, 1974-1977 

box 4 

 Box
4
Item

Accounts Payable/Expense Ledger, 1977-1980 

 1

Accounts Receivable/Dated Ledger Sheets, 1973-1980 

 2

Duplicating Services, 1976-1980 

 3

Invoices, 1965 

 4

invoices, 1966 

 5

Mail Service, 1973-1980 

 6

Teller's Reports, 1966 

 7

Teller's reports, 1967 

 8

box 5 

 Box
5
File

Teller's Reports, 1968 

 1

Teller's Reports, 1969 

 2

Teller's Reports, 1971-1972 

 3

Teller's Reports, 1973-1974 

 4

Teller's Reports, 1975-1976 

 5

Teller's Reports, 1977-1978 

 6

box 6 
File

Administrative Heads of Institutions, 1969-1970 

 6:1

Board of Trustees, 1967-1969 

 6:2

Board of Trustees, 1970-1971 

 6:3

Board of Trustees, 1972-1973 

 6:4

Board of Trustees, 1975-1976 

 6:5

Board of Trustees, 1977-1978 

 6:6

Board of Trustees, 1979 

 6:7

Board of Trustees, 1980 

 6:8

Delegates (Participating Institutions), 1972 

 6:9

Delegates (Participating Institutions), 1973 

 6:10

Delegates (Participating Institutions), 1974 

 6:11

Delegates (Participating Institutions), 1975 

 6:12

box 7 
File

Delegates, 1976 

 7:1

Delegates, 1977 

 7:2

Delegates, 1978 

 7:3

Delegates, 1979-1980 

 7:4

Executive Committee, 1972-1973 

 7:5

Executive Committee, 1975-1976 

 7:6

Executive Committee, 1977-1980 

 7:7

Miscellaneous Meetings, 1964-1975 

 7:8

Participating Institutions, 1962-1964 

 7:9

Participating Institutions, 1965 

 7:10

Participating Institutions, 1966-1967 

 7:11

Participating Institutions, 1968-1969 

 7:12

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Participating Institutions 

General note

Participating Institutions—also known as "Delegates"—were the members of Detroit Adventure. This series contains material on all the participating institutions, as well as affiliate members.

Wayne State University 

WSU—Division of Urban Extension (D.U.E.) 

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Programs 

General note

The organization's calendar of events is included in this series, along with the many programs and projects it sponsored. Among the more notable were: Conversations in the Arts, Day in the Arts, poetry workshops, Excursions in Music, May (Arts) Odyssey, Noel Night, and the American Revolution Bicentennial. Also contained in this series are Audio-Visual Materials. More information on programs may be found in Volumes: Scrapbooks and Loose-leaf Binders.

Calendars of Events 

American Revolution Bicentennial 

Excursions in Music 

May/Arts Odyssey 

Noel Night 

Audio/Visual Materials 

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