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Collection
Identifier: 015.ASWH
Abstract
The Adonijah S. Welch Hall collection includes building specifications, illustrations, documents, news clippings, fact sheets, building reports, and building rehabilitation documents. Welch hall was built in 1896 with renovations completed in 1900, 1909, 1974, and 1988. Documents in the collection from 1895 to 2010, with the bulk of materials dating from 1985-1989 during the last building rehabilitation.
Dates:
1895 - 2010
Collection
Identifier: 04.AOH
Abstract
Arm of Honor is the oldest local fraternity in the United States and was founded at the then Michigan State Normal School in 1895 for the stated purpose of fostering "in its members the ability to think, to think extemporaneously."
The records of the organization includes founding documents, membership information, minutes and records of events and activities as well as ephemeral items. Materials in the collection are organized into three primary series: ...
Dates:
1895 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1913 - 2021
Collection
Identifier: 04.AWS
Abstract
The Associated Women Students (AWS) records were created by the AWS student organization at Eastern Michigan University. The organization sought to promote the interests of female students and the Intercollegiate Association of Women Students. The AWS records collection includes materials from approximately 1919 to 1975 that detail the goals and activities of the group, as well as their participation in national and state-wide conventions.
Dates:
1919 - 1975
Collection
Identifier: 00.AVC
Abstract
Media services at Eastern Michigan University began in 1938 and were a viable educational tool after WW II with the mass production of media and motion pictures. Today, these services have been divided and are provided by the University Library and Media Relations. The Library's audiovisual services include equipment rentals, on-site viewings, circulation, media reserves, printing, and a video production studio. Media Relations manages the University media and public relations needs,...
Dates:
1938 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1988
Collection
Identifier: 016.AY
Abstract
The Aurora Yearbook was the annual commemoration of students and faculty, as well as student activities and sports, for this institution from 1893 to 1995. With the exception of 1994, when a video formatted in VHS was created with a small booklet in accompaniment, all of the publications were in book form. 1897 was printed as a class composite only and does not include the addtional information about faculty, departments, student organizations, athletics, and students enrolled. The...
Dates:
1893 - 1995
Collection
Identifier: 010.BK
Abstract
The Benjamin J. Klager papers contain clippings, correspondence, and Klager's personal memoirs. Klager was an alumni and faculty at Eastern Michigan University, and served in the position of controller from 1948 to 1960. The collection is arranged alphabetically. Records date from 1960-1972.
Dates:
1960 - 1972
Collection
Identifier: 02.BKN
Abstract
Bruce K. Nelson, was the longest serving administrator at Eastern Michigan University when he retired from his role of Vice President for Instruction in 1974. The Bruce K. Nelson papers documents his tenure in this position and does not include records from his time as administrator of the Lincoln Consolidated Schools from 1954-56, or as a member of the teaching faculty (1954-56 and 1975-1981). The records in the collection are organized into eight record...
Dates:
1954 - 1975
Collection
Identifier: 04.CD
Abstract
The Campus Demonstration records include materials regarding several unrelated campus conflicts, protests, demonstrations, and movements that were part of larger national or international demonstrations. A large portion of the materials relate to race relations on campus, specifically the Black student movement, which was part of the larger national Civil Rights movement. Also from this era are records pertaining to the conflict in Vietnam; as was the case on...
Dates:
1961 - 2017; Majority of material found within 1961 - 1970
Collection
Identifier: 015.CM
Abstract
The Campus Maps collection includes directional, expansion, and transportation maps of Eastern Michigan University from 1870-2007. The collection mainly consists of official directional walking and aerial maps, mostly ranging from the 1950s to the early 2000s, but also includes pamphlets on parking and transportation guidelines as well as maps of the University's expansion and growth projects. Booklets from the University pertaining to other topics are found in...
Dates:
1870 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2000
Collection
Identifier: 013.Ca
Abstract
The Campus Slide collection consists of color and black and white slides of campus views and buildings at Eastern Michigan University. Some slides are dated, and the collection also includes a few slide reproductions of maps and drawings of campus.
Dates:
1890 - 1908
