Abstract

The Eastern Michigan University Physical Plant maintains the physical environment on EMU's campus, including the exteriors and interiors of buildings, parking facilities, and landscaping. The Physical Plant records include materials related to the maintenance of the campus, as well as the administration of the Physical Plant Division.

Abstract The Quirk Dramatic Arts and Sponberg Theatre Buildings records (1935-2008) contains material related to the construction and dedication of the Quirk Dramatic Arts building, the history of the theatre, as well as planning, fundraising, and publicity material for its expansion and renovation to include the Sponberg Theatre in the 1980s. The collection includes newspaper clippings, blueprints, press releases, brochures, flyers, correspondence, manuscripts, and...

Abstract The Pray-Harrold Building collection is comprised of two buttons made to promote a rennovation of one of the primary classroom buildings on the campus of Eastern Michigan University. The specifics of when these items were created and distributed is not entirely known, but were likely created between 2000 and 2009. Photographs are located in the University Building Photograph collection. The collection also contains a Pray-Harrold Modernization Program Analysis...

Abstract Born Rashko Stoyan Gerganoff January 19, 1887 in Kereka, Bulgaria, Ralph S. Gerganoff immigrated to the United States in October, 1905. Receiving a degree in architecture from the University of Michigan in 1917, Gerganoff established his own firm in 1925, and lived in Ypsilanti, Michigan. In the late 1930s as the campus of the Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University) began a building boom, he designed a number of projects for the College including the Horace Rackham...

Abstract

The Student Center at Eastern Michigan University was dedicated in 2006 and serves as a gathering place for students. The Student Center records include materials from the groundbreaking and dedication, records for the Virtual Event Management system (EMS), and items distributed to promote the new building and the services within the building.

Abstract Starkweather Hall is the oldest building on Eastern Michigan University's campus, having been built between 1895-1896 and dedicated in 1897. Mary Ann Starkweather, a local philanthropist, donated the funds to erect the building on behalf of the Student Christian Association (SCA). Operation of the building was later transferred to the Office of Religious Life, which dissolved in 1976. The Starkweather Hall records contain materials relating to the...

Abstract

The University House records document the construction and controversy surrounding the President's home at Eastern Michigan University. The collection includes clippings, correspondence, news releases, and the Performance Audit of the home. The collection is arranged alphabetically. Records date from 2000-2009, with the bulk of information from 2003-2004.

Abstract

The Work Projects Administration collection documents the projects completed by the WPA at Eastern Michigan University, then Michigan State Normal College. The collection includes correspondence, news letters, equipment rentals, memos and bulletins, outline of the program, project information, schedule of wages, and statsitical survey and research information. The collection is arranged alphabetically. Records date from 1935-1941.

Abstract The Eastern Michigan University Building photograph collection documents the architectural heritage of the campus of Eastern Michigan University, the Michigan State Normal College and the Michigan State Normal School. From the nationally recognized Historic District at the core of campus to the late 20th century renovations and additions both on and off campus; this collection documents the photographic history of the buildings on campus, their initial and...

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...