Abstract Beta Gamma Sigma is a national honor society for students of business, economics, and commerce, founded in 1907 at the University of Illinois. The Eastern Michigan University chapter was founded in 1975. The Eastern Michigan University Beta Gamma Sigma records consists of chapter administration papers, including meeting minutes, constitution and by-laws, institutional history, directory of members, initiations, and financial reports from 1975 to 2006, with the...

Abstract Founded at Eastern Michigan University on March 11th, 1968 as the Black Student Association, the organizational name was changed to the Black Student Union in 1982. Serving the Eastern Michigan University community the BSU was established in order to address issues affecting the black community that had often been over looked through programming and community service. The contents of the Black Student Union (BSU) records include the BSU constitution, bylaws,...

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The Brian Steimel T-Shirt collection includes a variety of t-shirts created for events on campus, collected by an alumni and employee of Eastern Michigan University Brian Steimel. Events range from festivals sponsored by WEMU, departmental t-shirts, homecoming, and programatic materials and date from 1987-2011.

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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.

Abstract The Campus Demonstration records include materials regarding several unrelated campus conflicts, protests, demonstrations, and movements that were part of larger national or international demonstrations. A large portion of the materials relate to race relations on campus, specifically the Black student movement, which was part of the larger national Civil Rights movement. Also from this era are records pertaining to the conflict in Vietnam; as was the case on...

Abstract The Office of Campus Life "offers student-centered learning, development and involvement activities that challenge and support the unique gifts, needs, experiences and interests of our students, our professional staff members and members of the broader campus community." The Office of Campus Life records includes materials pertaining to the activities of the organization and its sub-group which administers student organizations as a whole. The...

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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 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 Caribbean Student Association collection documents a student organization that exists to create a community for students at Eastern Michigan University of Caribbean decent. Members in the Caribbean Student Association (CSA) come from anywhere in the Caribbean including the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, South America, Jamaica, and Suriname. The collection includes an photograph album circa 1996.

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The Multicultural Center collection documents an organization on campus that is dedicated to cultural learning and exploration on campus. The collection includes financial transactions, budget and programs, clippings, correspondence, events, VHS resource tapes, and scholarships. Records date from 1989-2011. The collection is arranged alphabetically.