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Mary Culver papers
Collection
Identifier: 018.MC
Abstract
The Mary Culver papers contain resource materials and research files created and collected by Culver while attending and teaching in the Historic Preservation Graduate Program at Eastern Michigan University. The papers include information related to local historic districts, sites, and organizations. Culver was particularly interested in Greek Revival architecture in southeast Michigan. Records date from 1980 through 2000, with the bulk of materials dating from...
Dates:
1980 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1990 - 1999
Found in:
Eastern Michigan University Archives
Office of Religious Affairs records
Collection
Identifier: 04.RA
Abstract
The Office of Religious Affairs records date from 1960 to 1979 when the office operated out of Starkweather Hall on the campus of Eastern Michigan University. The collection, organized into four series: Speaker and Performances, Groups and Meetings, Administrative Files, and Charles Minneman papers, is a comprehensive history of the Office during this timespan. The personal belongings of director Charles Minneman includes detailed appointment cards and books,...
Dates:
1953 - 1979
Found in:
Eastern Michigan University Archives
Sherzer Hall records
Collection
Identifier: 015.ShH
Abstract
Built in 1903 to house the Department of Natural Sciences, the building was designed by E. W. Arnold of Battle Creek, In 1922, the Natural Science Building was further updated when a 10-inch refactor telescope was installed on roof of building. Renamed in 1957 for Dr. William H. Sherzer, professor of geology and head of the Department of Natural Sciences (1892-1932), the building has sustained two fires one in 1973 and another which almost destroyed the building in 1989. Sherzer Hall, home...
Dates:
1903 - 2010
Found in:
Eastern Michigan University Archives
Starkweather Hall records
Collection
Identifier: 015.SH
Abstract
Starkweather Hall is the oldest building on Eastern Michigan University's campus, having been built between 1895-1896 and dedicated in 1897. Mary Ann Starkweather, a local philanthropist, donated the funds to erect the building on behalf of the Student Christian Association (SCA). Operation of the building was later transferred to the Office of Religious Life, which dissolved in 1976. The Starkweather Hall records contain materials relating to the...
Dates:
1895 - 2010
Found in:
Eastern Michigan University Archives
Ted J. Ligibel papers
Collection
Identifier: 010.TJL
Abstract
Dr. Ted Ligibel was a professor in the Historic Preservation Program at Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Ligibel began his career at EMU in 1991, rising to director of the Historic Preservation program in 1999. He held this position until 2017 as he transitioned to retirement. In addition to overseeing the largest graduate HP program in the United States, Dr. Ligibel was also involved in numerous local, state, and national preservation projects. His papers are dated from 1985 to 2017 and...
Dates:
1985 - 2017
Found in:
Eastern Michigan University Archives
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- Buildings -- Remodeling for other use. 2
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- Building Technology 1
- Building dedications. 1
- Building materials 1
- Concert programs 1
- Conference proceedings 1
- Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighborhoods of the Modern Movement 1
- Eastern Michigan University. Department of Geography-Geology 1
- Eastern Michigan University. Starkweather Hall 1
- Education -- History 1
- Historic districts 1
- International Historic Preservation 1
- Landmarks Preservation Council 1
- National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States 1
- Preservation Partnership 1
- Religion. 1
- Student papers 1
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- Universities and colleges -- Faculty. 1 ∧ less
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- Ligibel, Ted 1
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