Lucy Ligget papers

Collection

Identifier: 010.LL

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Lucy Liggett Papers are the personal and professional files and items kept by Dr. Lucy Liggett. She was a professor for Eastern Michigan University from 1983 to 1999. The collection includes two series: ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL PAPERS and AUDIO VISUAL PRODUCTIONS. The ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL PAPERS series is divided into sub-series chronologically. The AUDIO VISUAL PRODUCTIONS series includes individual items. The collection includes the work that Dr. Lucy Liggett had done while at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). This includes her work with music therapy for hospice patients, her research into film director Ida Lupino and former Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Frieda B. Hennock, and Dr. Liggett's work with the EMU Theatre and Ypsilanti Cable Television Review Committee. The collection also includes her work as an educator, containing class schedules and instruction plans. There are materials such as personal and inter-office correspondence, applications for reappointment and promotion, newspapers and articles, applications for travel, and information about EMU's Summer Institute and Symposiums. There are VHS tapes and U-Matic tapes that Dr. Liggett had kept of her students projects and productions put on by the EMU Theatre. The materials inside this collection are dated approximately 1983 to 1999.

Dates

Creation: 1983 - 1999

Conditions Governing Access

Researchers are asked to request materials 24 hours prior to visiting the the University Archives.

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Lucy Liggett was a professor for the Communication and Theater Arts department at Eastern Michigan University from 1983 to 1999. She received her undergraduate degree from Western College in Oxford, Ohio in 1954; her master's degree from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio in 1955; and,her doctorate from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1979. She was a professor at Ferris State College from 1966 to 1983 and then began to work for Eastern Michigan University in 1983. She became a full-time professor in June of 1990 where she was involved in many different projects. From 1986 to 1987, she researched the effects of music therapy on those in hospice care. She also conducted research on movie director Ida Lupino. Ligget was a supporter of the Speech Communication Association, the Broadcast Educators Association, the Association of Black Communicators, and the Arts and Entertainment Theater at Eastern Michigan University. Through her many years of teaching at Eastern Michigan University, she was able to teach a wide range of multimedia courses. One such example would be her Reel Women/Real Women course that focused on the perception of women in film and society. Dr. Liggett retired from Eastern Michigan University in 1999.

Extent

3.2 Linear Feet (5 archive boxes, 3 legal archive boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Lucy Liggett was a professor for the Communication and Theater Arts Department at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) from 1983 to 1999. The Lucy Ligget papers document her teaching, scholarship, and service. The collection also includes AV productions that contain student projects, Ypsilanti Public Access television, and research files. The papers are arranged chronologically.