Abstract Volunteers Incorporating Service Into Our Neighborhoods or VISION is a campus unit dedicated to making positive changes in the community by helping those in need. Establishied in November of 1990, VISION continues to work with local schools, mentoring programs such as Best Buddies, and external organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. The VISION records are arranged alphabetically and are divided into four series: Administration, Publicity and Outreach,...

Abstract The Veterans Administration Program records are the administrative files associated with the enrollment of veterans in the 1920s, 1940s and 1950s at Michigan State Normal College, Eastern Michigan College and Eastern Michigan University. The majority of materials are associated with those students taking advantage of benefits associated with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (Public Law 16) and Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (P.L. 78-346), known...

Abstract The Women's Physical Education Club scrapbook, 1958-1964 documents the social activities of those women majoring in Physical Education at Eastern Michigan University. Included in scrapbook are photographs, clippings, programs and flyers related to members, speakers and events on campus, and activities by the club. The Women's Phyisical Education Club existed to support those women enrolled as Physical Education Majors in the Department of Health, Physical...

Abstract The Women's Association of Eastern Michigan University was founded in November of 1914 by female faculty members in order to pursue professional, political, civic, cultural, philanthropic, and social activities. The Women's Association records include materials from the Eastern Michigan University Women's Association, also known as the Contemporary Club and the Faculty Women's Club. The records date from approximately 1914 to 2004, and include materials...

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This collection includes materials concerning the Zeta Chi Sigma Fraternity at Eastern Michigan University from 1928 to 1964. The collection includes correspondence and other documents from 1928 to 1959, the Zeta Cry Newsletter from 1941 to 1950, and material from the Aurora yearbooks on Zeta Chi Sigma from 1929 to 1964.

Abstract This collection contains information from the Zeta Phi Sorority at Eastern Michigan University. The material is largely from the collection of Ella Curtis, a member of Zeta Phi at Eastern Michigan University. A scrapbook includes: dance booklets and invitations from Zeta Phi and other Greek organization’s events, commencement and graduation bulletins, and other pamphlets and documents from 1907 to 1909. The collection also has a song book, initiation...

Abstract The Young Women's Christian Association at Michigan State Normal College was a non-sectarian voluntary association founded on Christian principles in order to build a fellowship of students and faculty on campus. The Young Women's Christian Association records include the materials pertaining to the founding, administration, history, and activities of the organization at Michigan State Normal College. Included in the collection...

Abstract Campus Service Corps, a student volunteer program at Eastern Michigan University administered throuhg the Office of Religious Affairs, worked with members of the Ypsilanti community from 1964-1979, focusing on youth in the the Parkridge Housing development. This collection includes program communications, bylaws, manuals, and other materials. Records are organized alphbetically with a series for Manuals. Materials are valuable to understanding community outreach volunteer organizations and...

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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.