Merrill-Palmer Institute: Dr. Michael D. Usdan Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002122
Important Subjects:
Child Therapy
Community education—United States
Community service
Day care
Education—United States
Emotions in children—Study and teaching
Family services—United States
Higher education and state—United States
Human potential movement—Study and teaching
Parent-child relations
Preschool education
Teacher training
Unemployment—Psychological aspects
Urban youth—Education—United States
Important Names: Mead, Margaret Milliken, William Knapp, Pauline Park Wilson
Important Names: Mead, Margaret Milliken, William Knapp, Pauline Park Wilson
Dates
- 1973 - 1978
- Majority of material found within 1974 - 1978
Creator
- Merrill-Palmer Institute (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material entirely in English.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Use
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library
Rules for Use of Archival Materials.Restrictions: Researchers may encounter records of a sensitive nature – personnel files, case records and those involving investigations, legal and other private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information which might identify an individual, except with written permission from the Director and/or the donor.
Extent
4.5 Linear Feet (4 SB, 1 reel)
Abstract
Dr. Michael D. Usdan was president of the Merrill-Palmer Institute from 1974-1977.
Educated at Brown University and Teachers College at Columbia University, Usdan
worked as a professor at City University of New York before joining Merrill-Palmer. He
published widely, writing mainly on educational politics. His records document his work
on urban and lower income youth in the Detroit area, as well as research and conferences
focusing on urban poor, parent-child relationships and the impact of unemployment on
families.
Arrangement
Folders are listed by their location within each box. They are not necessarily arranged, so any given subject may be dispersed throughout the entire collection.
Unboxed AV Material (i.e. reel) is numbered sequentially by item.
Acquisition
The Michael Usdan Records are part of the Merrill-Palmer records placed at the Walter Reuther Library in the 1980s and early 1990s, beginning in 1982.
Transfers
One reel-to-reel audiotape reel was transferred to the
Reuther’s Audiovisual Department (see end of inventory).
Processing History
Processed and finding aid written by Kathy Makas on September 14, 2010.
Creator
- Merrill-Palmer Institute (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Merrill-Palmer Institute: Dr. Michael D. Usdan Records
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Processed by Kathy Makas.
- Date
- 2010-09-14
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Walter P. Reuther Library Repository
Contact:
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA