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The Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia records contain materials from 1930-1990, with most of the collection ranging from 1965-1980. Materials include chapter and national reports, membership details, financial statements, correspondences, and other documents. This collection is useful to the study of fraternal organizations, bureaucracy, and campus life at Eastern Michigan University.

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A collection of postcards, both mass produced as well as independently printed, from the mid-1800s through the mid-1900s of the campus of the Michigan State Normal School (1849-1898), Michigan State Normal College (1899-1955), Eastern Michigan College (1956-1958) and Eastern Michigan University. The collection is organized alphabetically by building names or purposes of space.

Abstract The Eagle Filmmakers Association is a student organization on the campus of Eastern Michigan University. Materials in the collection date from 2014-2016 and were initially collected for a museum exhibit about student organizations. The collection does not include any official documents about the foundation, running or additional activities of the organization. In November of 2020, the EFA posted on social media that the would "no longer be meeting for the rest of the Fall 2020 semester. This...

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Richard "Dick" Fulton and Greta Hellum Fulton were students at Michigan State Normal College and then Eastern Michigan University. Their collection includes materials concerning their lives on campus, as well as campus-specific materials.

Abstract The Mabel E. (Walters) Glockzin class notes is a collection of notebooks from her time at the Michigan State Normal College in the spring of 1909 and notes from the Teacher Librarian Training Course attended in the summer of 1931 at the Central State Teachers College in Stevens Point, Wisconsin (now University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point). The books each contain handwritten class notes for a single course and is labeled with the course and instructor. The course...

Abstract Arrival was an informational and social organization whose mission was to establish a connecting link between the University and disabled students with the eventual goal of providing all disabled students with a degree from Eastern Michigan University. The Arrival records document the organization's goal of supporting access and services provided to disabled students at Eastern Michigan University. The records include materials relating to the operations of...

Abstract The AmeriCorps records documents the official business of the AmeriCorps members on Eastern Michigan University’s campus from 1998-2000. AmeriCorps is a national service program that supports needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. The collection is arranged into six series: Administrative Files including the America Reads Challenge, Program Summaries, and Staff Meeting Minutes , ...

Abstract The Anna Foster autograph book titled Memory's Leaves, contains lithographs and many hand-written notes from Anna Foster's friends and colleagues during her time as a student at the Michigan State Normal School. The autograph book was published by Moss & Brother in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Enrollment records show that Foster was a student enrolled at Michigan State Normal School in 1861; however, the notes and signatures in the book are dated between...

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The Business Wives records include newsletters, membership lists, and event plans of the group from 1971-1979. The Business Wives were a society of women bonded by marriage to Eastern Michigan University's College of Business faculty. This record is valuable to the study of women's social groups in the 1970s.

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The Child Care Facility records include papers pertaining to child care demands and program evolution at Eastern Michigan University from 1970-2014. The collection includes program proposals, press releases, handbooks, marketing tools, and other materials. The bulk of materials are from the decade of the 1980s, which documents the change from the EMU Children's Center to the Children's Institute. This collection is valuable to the study of child care needs and program changes.