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Michigan State Normal College

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin L. D'Ooge papers

 Collection
Identifier: 05.BD
Abstract The Benjamin L. D'Ooge papers contains publications, photographs, and biographical information related to professor and head of the Latin Department at Michigan State Normal School now known as Eastern Michigan University, Benjamin L. D'Ooge (1860-1940). D'Ooge was on faculty for fifty years, and the author of numerous textbooks for teaching Latin. He retired in 1936 and died in 1940. The collection includes genealogical and biographical material on D'Ooge and...
Dates: 1884 - 2007

Egbert R. Isbell research materials

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Identifier: 010.ERI
Abstract The Egbert R. Isbell research materials collection are the research files compiled by Dr. Isbell during the process of researching and writing a history of Eastern Michigan University where he served as both a faculty member and administrator from 1937-1967. The book, A History of Eastern Michigan University: 1849-1965 was published posthumously in 1971 by the now defunct Eastern Michigan University Press. The original order of...
Dates: 1849 - 1965

Electa Jane (Jennie) Pease D’Ooge diaries and letters

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Identifier: 04.JD
Abstract Electa Jane (Jennie) Pease D'Ooge diaries and letters is an almost daily chronology from 1886-1937 of life in Ypsilanti, Michigan of the D'Ooge family. Electa Jane (Jennie) Pease was married to Benjamin D'Ooge the 25th of June 1885 and the couple moved to Ypsilanti, MI shortly after when Benjamin took a faculty position teaching Latin at the Michigan State Normal School. Chronicled in the diaries are the lives of the couples four children, Ida, Helen, Leonard,...
Dates: 1880 - 1920

Pedagogical Society records

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Identifier: 04.PS
Abstract

Pedagogical Society records includes meeting agendas, invitations, and minutes of meetings, as well as outlines and printed copies of papers presented before the society by various faculty members. Records span from 1885 to 1900, with the bulk of the material dating from 1892 to 1900.

Dates: 1885 - 1900

Sodalitas Latina records

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Identifier: 04.SL
Abstract The information contained in the Sodalitas Latina records include bound meeting books that outlined meeting activities, members, and financies of the organization; and invitations and correspondence to events promoted and sponsored by thte organization. The Sodalitas Latina was the name of the Latin Club formed during the 1915-16 school year and this is a small sample of records of this student organization. Materials in the collection date from 1915 through...
Dates: 1916 - 1945

Stoic Society records

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Identifier: 04.SS
Abstract The Stoic Society records documents the Stoic Society at Eastern Michigan University from 1909 until 2015. The Stoic Society has grown with the University and currently offers twelve scholarships and loan funds commemorating outstanding faculty members. The traditional banquet, Spring Breakfast, and reception for new members are the Society's annual events. The collection is arranged into four series: Administrative Files which includs historical sketches of...
Dates: 1909 - 2015