Scope and Contents From the Series:

Department History and Timelines includes a number of documents and articles created by Lloyd W. Olds and others that outline the development of the department. The collection while extensive is not a complete record of the department or the divisions within the department. The collection also does not document the department after the reorganization and move to the School of Health Promotion & Human Performance.

Abstract The Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance department records documents one of the oldest departments of Eastern Michigan University. The Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance department began with a formal course in "Elements of Physical Education" as early as 1868. In the 1870s classes in Physiology were offered through the Natural Science Department. By 1894 a new gymnasium had been built and the Department of Physical...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Department History and Timelines includes a number of documents and articles created by Lloyd W. Olds and others that outline the development of the department. The collection while extensive is not a complete record of the department or the divisions within the department. The collection also does not document the department after the reorganization and move to the School of Health Promotion & Human Performance.