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Austin and Foote families papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00495
Scope and Contents
These papers contain the records of the Austin and Foote families of Milford from 1842 to 1907.An account book (1852-1866) and household accounts of the Foote family (1840-1878) are included as well as political tickets for Oakland County in the election of 1864. Materials on reunions of the Grand Army of the Republic and Women's Relief Corps (1890s) and articles of the Battle of Chickamauga are also included. The Civil War related materials have been scanned and put online...
Dates:
1842 - 1907
David Khilji papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 348 large
Scope and Contents
This David Khilji Papers (1999-2001) relate to Khilji’s interest in campus political activities. Of particular note is the folder on the construction of a memorial fountain at EMU honoring union labor organizer and President of the United Farm Workers, Cesar E. Chavez.
Dates:
1999-2001
Dobbins family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00045
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of miscellaneous papers concerning the Dobbins family of Ionia, Michigan. Included are a few letters, some from William Dobbins, who was a student at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (1908), and others from members of the family living in Ireland.There are also tax receipts for property in Ionia, other miscellaneous receipts, insurance policies from the German Insurance Company and the Fireman's Insurance Company, report cards of members of...
Dates:
1882 - 1937
James Taylor papers
Collection
Identifier: 00026
Scope and Contents of the Papers
The James Taylor papers include correspondence, receipts, and other materials dealing with his business and personal activities. Throughout the correspondence there are numerous letters concerning education, particularly at the college level. One letter, dated February 26, 1865 gives a good account of academic life at the University of Michigan. The collection also contains personal correspondence about life in general. Most of the receipts pertain to Taylor's agricultural implement business...
Dates:
1855 - 1900
LGBT Activists and Their Lives oral history project
Collection
Identifier: MSS 792
Scope and Contents
The LGBT Activists and Their Lives Oral History Project consist of approximately 1 linear feet of material from 2004. The collection includes video interviews and transcripts conducted by students from Eastern Michigan University under the supervision of Dr. Margot I. Duley.Documents were kept in the order they were originally arranged, including documentation related to the project. Interview summaries and transcripts were kept in alphabetical order. Video interviews in CDs will...
Dates:
2004
Mabel Claire Henderson Hutchinson scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: 00158
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Mabel Henderson Hutchinson's scrapbooks which include an autobiographical sketch from birth to 1943 with many mementos from school, friends, activities and news clippings. Mabel kept extensive journals of each Florida trip she and her husband took, as well as other trips across the west. Also included in the collection are photographs of relatives of the John Henderson family, friends and their families and a sewing book done by Mabel.
Dates:
1889 - 1943
Michigan Government Television (MGTV) collection
Collection
Identifier: 00252
Scope and Content
The collection consists of daily programming schedules and videorecordings received from Michigan Government Television (MGTV) during its operation. Coverage includes the televised broadcasts of proceedings of the House of Representatives, the Senate, oral arguments at the Supreme Court, speakers at the Economic Club of Detroit, commencement speakers at universities in the state, press conferences of state officials, committee and commission meetings of many state departments, live phone-in...
Dates:
1996 - 2013
Rajee Tobia collection
Collection
Identifier: 00084
Scope and Contents
Folder 1 contains miscellaneous papers from Jackson, Michigan that were collected by Rajee Tobia. They include various receipts and bills, pages from account books belonging to a grocery store and a carriage shop, a marriage announcement, and, a poem. Folders 2-5 contain papers relating to the 41st biennial convention of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic and educational organization, held at Vancouver, B.C. in 1953. These papers belonged to Elizabeth H. Loree, a delegate to the...
Dates:
1865 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1865 - 1953
Rule family papers
Collection
Identifier: 00216
Scope and Content
The Rule and Alward papers consists of photographs, postcards, Officer Training notes, a commencement program from Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University), and class notes. About half of the postcards were sent from Clifford Rule to Lela Alward during World War I while he was deployed in France. Many of the postcards are scenes from France, or of soldiers training. Some notable photographs include Notre Dame Cathedral with supports for protection during air raids,...
Dates:
1911, 1917-1919
Sports Broadcasting Center records
Record Group
Identifier: UA-4.3.16
Scope and Content
The collection consists of athletic event video tapes and digitized sports film footage. Sports include basketball, football, hockey, cross country, and swimming & diving.
Dates:
1956 - 1987