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The Office of the Provost records contains agendas, minutes, award overviews, sabbatical reports, award letters, approved and denied research funding letters, correspondence, and ratings and rankings from 1980-2015. Materials not included in this collection are the administrative files of individual Provosts, e.g. correspondence, schedules, initiatives, etc.

Abstract The Principal and Presidential portrait and photograph collection contains the drawings and photographic portraits and other photographs of the administrators of the Michigan State Normal School (when they were known as Principals), Michigan State Normal College, Eastern Michigan College and Eastern Michigan University. The inclusive dates listed next to the administrators names are the dates of their tenure in office. The photographs of Charles McKenney have...

Abstract The Office of Public Information News Releases is arranged chronologically by decade and contain news releases and newspaper clippings generated by the Office of Public Information, beginning in 1959 when the office was established and end in 2009 when all releases were distributed electronically. This office is currently known as the University Communications Department and all releases published since 2009 are available through the website...

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The Richard Gause Boone papers document the ninth president of the Michigan State Normal College, who served from 1893 to 1899. His papers include such materials as publications, MSNC curriculum and policies, clippings, correspondence, and scholar biographies.

Abstract The Summer Institute for the Arts, Science and Technology was a two week residential program for IIth grade students selected by their schools or intermediate school districts because of their abilities and interests. Starting in 1984, Eastern Michigan University was one of five universities participating in the Summer Institute with a focus on communication, politics and the law. During the two weeks participants selected from a series of intensive courses taught by EMU faculty and...

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Samuel A. Kirkpatrick was the 19th president of Eastern Michigan University, serving from 2000 through 2004. The Samuel A. Kirkpatrick papers include documentation from his inauguration, outreach programs and events on campus, campus development and proposals, and the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan Board Meetings. Records date from 2000 to 2004.

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The materials in the President's Executive Board records, 1913-1985, are arranged chronologically and are titled with the name used during the time period. A mix of correspondence and meeting minutes, the bulk of the collection are the approved minutes of meetings held with the University President and his advisors: Vice President for Instruction, Vice President for Student Affairs, etc.

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The Vice-President for Budget & Finance records detail the financial activities and budgetary decision at Eastern Michigan University for the approximate period 1959 to 1990. The records include such materials as audit and finance reports, Board of Regents recommendations on financial matters, clippings, news releases, and office administration records.

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The Barriers to Learning Advisory Committee records include materials from the Barriers to Learning Initiative (BTL), an initative to improve university functions, from 1997-2000. The collection contains reports, agendas, initiatives, and other materials pertaining to the operation of BTL. This collection is valuable to the study of advisory committees and program initiatives in higher education.

Abstract The Institute for the Study of Children, Family and Communities was an entity housed adminitratively in the Office of Research Development (ORD) that worked on a variety of grant funded projects. These projects revolved around community development, improvement, and research through non-profit work in Ypsilanti and surrounding areas. ISCFC often collaborated with the School of Social Work giving University students the opportunity to participate in the creation and implementation of these...