Abstract The Joseph Bom and Edward C. Green Civil War collection contains correspondence, service and pension files from two American Civil War soldiers. The collection is arranged alphabetically. The Joseph Bom file contains the service and pension records for Joseph Bom (alternative spellings include Baum and Born). The Edward C. Green file contains the correspondence written by and sent to Edward C....

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The banners and posters in this collection documents the 1999 publicity campaign "Celebrating 150 years of Shaping the Way America Learns" as part of the University wide sesquicentennial celebration. Materials were donated to the University Archives from the Office of Communications.

Abstract The Elisabeth Knibbe, FAIA papers are a collection of guidelines, handbooks, issue publications, project master plans, reports and surveys. Materials in the collection are divided into three groupings: guidelines and handbooks; issue puplications; and project master plans, reports and surveys. They are listed by title and while much of the material focuses on building reuse and rehabilitation in Michigan, there are other publications that cover community...

Abstract The Detroit Club collection contains the records of the Detroit Club (1882-1996), a social and dinner club for men founded in the city of Detroit in 1882, where members could meet to dine, exchange ideas, conduct business, and promote fellowship. This collection is a comprehensive documentation of the club’s activities, which include administrative, financial, and membership records. Records date past the life of the club; after the club disbanded, members continued to meet through 2001 and...

Abstract In 1935, as part of the WPA the Federal Theatre Project was created to employ theatre professionals during the Great Depression. The Federal Theatre Project collection documents the project through the scripts, publications and written histories of the project. The collection is divded into four series of records: Administrative and History, Individual Role SCripts, Publications, and Radio Scripts and arranged alphabetically within the series. The records date...

Abstract The John Norman Collins press collection is an accumulation of press materials, clippings, press releases, and video collected in the month preceding and years after John Collins was formally arraigned for the murder of Karen Sue Beineman, a student enrolled at Eastern Michigan University. Once on trial, Collins became linked to 6 other murders that took place in Southeast Michigan between 1967 and 1969. Known as the Michigan Murders, the young female victims...

Abstract The Jane Schmiedeke papers consists of materials relating to her preservation efforts in Ypsilanti, Michigan from 1974 through 2009. The majority of the materials are centered on the foundation, operation and preservation activities of the Ypsilanti Heritage Foundation (YHF), preservation of the Towner House, her time on the Ypsilanti Historic District Commission (YHDC), and the controversy between the YHDC and the National Bank of Ypsilanti. This collection...

Abstract The Laura Bird papers ranges in dates from 1960-1970, with the bulk of the material falling between 1963-1967. The collection contains the documentation collected during the original dissertation research process of EMU alumna Laura Bird regarding the short-lived life and production of the Ypsilanti Greek Theatre in celebration of the Ypsilanti sesquisentential. In 1999, Bird submitted her dissertation The Ypsilanti Greek Theatre,...

Abstract Berry Gordy founded the Motown Record Corporation in 1959. Motown flourished in the 1960s and 1970s due to Gordy’s ability to bring talented individuals aboard, such as Smokey Robinson who produced his first record in 1962. The Gordy Motown Collection was established by Esther Gordy Edwards in November 1972 and includes Sound Recordings and Print Materials that document Motown Records and the other labels established by Berry Gordy from the 1950s, 60s through...

Abstract The Lyla M. Spelbring collection documents the career of Ms. Spelbring in the armed services and as an occupational therapist and educator. Included in the collection are Award and Certificates, primarily of her work in the field of occupational therapy; a copy of her 1981 Dissertation to the University of Michigan; a Photographic biography created in 2011; Photographs of Spelbring in uniform; and an album of well wishes from her Retirement from Eastern Michigan University in 1984. Spelbring...