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University of Michigan's Women's Athletics Records 1973-1990
Glossaries
U-M Women's Athletics Terms
Big Ten- a group of 11 midwestern large universities.
Field Hockey - A sport played by women on a grass field with short wood hockey sticks.
MAIAW- Midwest Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.
SMAIAW- State of Michigan Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.
WAA- Women's Athletic Association.
Archival Terms
Linear Feet- A measurement of how much space the collection physically occupies.
Original Order- The principle that archives should maintain the arrangement including document control numbers, indexing schemes and other organizational characteristics in order to perserve existing relationships and evidential significance.
Provenance- The organization or individual that created, accumulated, and/or maintained and used records in the context of business.
Series- File units or documents arranged in accordance with a filing system or maintained as a unit because they result from the same accumulation or filing process, the same function, or the same activity; have a particular form or have some other relationship arising out of their creation, receipt or use.
Subseries- A subunit of the series.
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