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Eastern Michigan University Negative collection

 Collection
Identifier: 016.EMUN

Scope and Contents

The Eastern Michigan University Negative collection is arranged in three series: Campus Life, Classroom Instruction, and University Buildings. The Campus Life series includes athletics, Aurora staff, band and theater, banquets and teas, bowling alley, class games, field services, freshman events, graduation, high school music, homecoming, Normal News, poetry recital, registration, ROTC Field Events, school dance, staff, faculty and alumni, student government, and theater, concerts and performances. The Classroom Instruction series includes art gallery, printing & art duplication, audio visual, business education, human skeleton, industrial arts, music department, and workshop at Willow Run Junior High. The third series, University Buildings contains arts building, campus shots, dedications and groundbreakings, greenhouse and Hover Building, Health Center, housing, Ford Hall, Lincoln School, McKenny Union, open houses, Pease Auditorium, Pierce Hall, Rackham, Roosevelt School, science building, Starkweather Hall, and Welch Hall. The collection is arranged alphabetically. Records date from 1949-1959.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949 - 1959

Conditions Governing Access

Researchers are asked to request materials 24 hours prior to visiting the the University Archives.

Extent

0.8 Linear Feet (2 negative boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Eastern Michigan University Negative collection documents the activities, happenings, and events on campus while the school transitioned from Michigan State Normal College to Eastern Michigan College, and finally to Eastern Michigan University. The collection contains three series: Campus Life, Classroom Instruction, and University Buildings. The collection is arranged alphabetically. Records date from 1949-1959.

Title
Eastern Michigan University Negative collection
Status
Completed
Author
Robert A. Kett, Elizabeth Searls
Date
2014 March 18
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Eastern Michigan University Archives Repository

Contact:
Bruce T. Halle Library, Room 310
955 West Circle Drive
Ypsilanti Michigan 48197
734-487-2673