University of Michigan-Flint
Frances Willson Thompson Library

Genesee Historical Collections Center

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Name of the collection: Alfred C. Raphelson
Inclusive years: 1955-1988
Quantity: 1 linear foot
Acquisition: The collection (donor number 023) was transferred in April, 1984. Additions were made in January, 1985; 1990; and January, 1991.
Access: Most of the collection has no restrictions on access. Certain files (see folder list) are closed for 30 years from the dates of the items within the folders.
Photographs: There were no photographs.
Processed by: Paul Gifford, January, 1992.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Alfred C. Raphelson was born in Washington, D.C., in 1927. He studied psychology at the University of Michigan, from which he received the degrees of A.B. and Ph.D. In 1956, he became one of the original fourteen faculty members of the Flint College of the University of Michigan and the only full-time instructor in psychology until 1963. He retired at the end of 1990.

He was actively involved with the administration of the new school. He was a member of the Executive Committee as well as numerous faculty committees; of the Institutional Planning Committee (1966-1969); Study Committee for the Flint Campus (1969); and the Strategic Planning Committee (1987-1988). His files from these activities have been cataloged separately.

The papers in this collection document his professional activities, especially the correspondence. A number of files are useful for the study of the development of University of Michigan-Flint, including the studies of tenure rates, 1978-1979, and the surveys of the student body by Pollie, 1964. Raphelson's special concerns included curriculum, governance, accreditation, and personnel matters, and material on all of those jobs can be found here.

FOLDER LIST

Correspondence
                1955
                1956-1957
                1957-1958
                1958-1959
                1959-1960
                1960-1961
                1961-1962
                1962-1963
                1963-1964
                1964-1965
                1965-1966
                1966-1967
                1967-1968
                1968-1969
                1969-1970
                Index
Candidates
                1964-1965
                1965-1966
                1966-1967
                1967-1968 (closed for 30 years) 
                1968-1969 (closed for 30 years)
                1969-1970 (closed for 30 years) 
                1974 (Kamal) (closed for 30 years)
Departmental organization, 1967-1969 Hogrefe incident, 1961
Research proposals (National Science Foundation), 1962 
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Psychology Department, 1962-1963
Conference on the University, Ann Arbor, 1962
Phi Beta Kappa, 1959-1962
Correspondence from Bob Isaacson, 1964-1966
American Psychological Association, 1956-1958
College policies, 1966-1977
Extension Office in Flint - history, 1968
Undergraduate program
Graduate program
College of Literature, Science and Arts transfer student study, 1959
Study of tenure rates, age and salary costs...for College of Arts and
Sciences, 
   University of Michigan-Flint, 1978-1979
Surveys of student attitudes by Pollie, 1964
Statement on faculty-administration relations, ca.1964-1965 
Murchie memorial statement, 1968
Nelson, Conny, 1980-1983
*Faculty Advisory Committee to the Presidential Selection Committee,
1987-1988 
   (closed for thirty years)