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Abstract The Marshall McLennan papers consists of materials related to McLennan's academic, professional service and volunteer efforts in the field of Historic Preservation during his years instructing in the Historic Preservation program in the Geography and Geology Department at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). The materials in the collection span from 1978-2009 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1979-1999. They reflect his involvement in important events,...

Abstract The Norma collection contains historical documents collected by the mother of anonymous donors. Norma started collecting autographs as a young girl, corresponding with local dignitaries and celebrities. Later, motivated by a keen interest in history, she began collecting signatures of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and branched out to signatures of other historically prominent figures. The 45 documents in the collection are organized by last name and include the date signed...

Abstract The National Council for Preservation Education records (NCPE) consists of materials related to the organizations foundation and historic preservation activities, efforts and events. The materials in the collection span from 1985 to 2010 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1992 to 2004. The materials reflect the organizations involvement in important events, such as the creation of the organization and the James Marston Fitch Award, annual/collaborative...

Abstract The Nathalie "Nat" Edmunds collection includes publications for the field of historic preservation; heritage tourism, and materials related to the preservation communities in Washtenaw County, specifically Ann Abror and Ypsilanti collected by Edmunds. Edmunds has been involved with community development and historic preservation in Ypsilanti since the 1960s, in 1979 Edmunds organized the first "Ypsilanti Yesteryear Heritage Festival", which...

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The records date from 1990 through 2018, with the bulk of the records in the 1990s and 2000s. Roughly half of the collection is made up of administrative records including documents related to EMWP programs, grants and other funding, site surveys, and annual reports and evaluations. The rest of the collection is projects/presentations created as part of EMWP’s summer institutes, anthologies, copies of the EMWP newsletter, and some handouts and resources for teachers.

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The Michael Davis papers contain research files and publication materials related to his book America's Favorite Homes, published in 1988 with Wayne State University Press.

Abstract The Veterans History Project is an initiative of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress that was created through an act of the United States Congress in 2000. The local efforts to interview and record veteran oral histories as a part of the Veterans History Project were taken up by several volunteers including this collection’s donor and Ypsilanti Rotary Club volunteer, William “Bill” Vollano and Eastern Michigan University Professor of History JoEllen Vinyard. For over a...

Abstract The Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association (MORSA) records provide examples of the efforts of MORSA between 1994 and 2019 as it pertains to research, publications, and special events. Founded after the first Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Conference held at Eastern Michigan University in May of 1993, the Association is a “consortium of owners, historians, teachers, students and preservationists dedicated to promoting and preserving these treasured buildings…”and conducts an annual day-long...

Abstract The Association of Arab American University Graduates collection contains the records of the Association of Arab American University Graduates (AAUG), a cultural and intellectual organization pertaining to the critical issues affecting the Arab peoples in North America and the Arab region, (1967-2007), the papers of Abdeen Jabara and Mujid Kazimi and records pertaining to the Symposium on Zionism in Baghdad that took place in Iraq in November, 1976. The AAUG...