Abstract The Advisory Council for Academic Affairs collection is comprised primarily of inter-office correspondence, meeting minutes, and clippings to the Advisory Council for Academic Affairs and the Advisory Council for Instruction. Materials are arranged chronologically. The collection is further arranged into two series: Correspondence concerns budgetary situations, procedures for recruitment and screenings; residence hall...

Abstract Bruce K. Nelson, was the longest serving administrator at Eastern Michigan University when he retired from his role of Vice President for Instruction in 1974. The Bruce K. Nelson papers documents his tenure in this position and does not include records from his time as administrator of the Lincoln Consolidated Schools from 1954-56, or as a member of the teaching faculty (1954-56 and 1975-1981). The records in the collection are organized into eight record...

Abstract The Eugene B. Elliott papers, 1941-1975 documents the professional career of Eugene B. Elliott who served as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Michigan and then as President of the Michigan State Normal College, Eastern Michigan College and Eastern Michigan University. While the collection documents Elliott's professional work prior to his inaguration as the President of the Michigan State Normal College in 1948 the bulk of the...

Abstract George S. May taught Michigan and American History in the History Department at Eastern Michigan University from 1966 until his retirement in 1988. May had a particular interest in the history of the automotive industry, the automobile and the Upper Penninsula of Michigan and his publications and research reflect this. The George S. May papers includes files kept by May during his time on faculty at Eastern Michigan University related to his committee work both for the University and for...

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The L. Sandy MacLean papers are organized into two series. The first documents MacLean’s role at Eastern Michigan University as the Dean of Students from 1970 to 1976, and consists of administrative, financial, and minutes subseries. The second series details MacLean’s activities as Associate Vice President of Student Affairs from 1977 to 1981, and is comprised of administrative, financial, and conference subseries.

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The materials in the President's Executive Board records, 1913-1985, are arranged chronologically and are titled with the name used during the time period. A mix of correspondence and meeting minutes, the bulk of the collection are the approved minutes of meetings held with the University President and his advisors: Vice President for Instruction, Vice President for Student Affairs, etc.

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The Sesquicentennial Oral History collection is composed of interviews by Laurence N. Smith on the history of Eastern Michigan University.

Abstract The University Teaching Faculty Organization, originally named the College Teaching Faculty of Eastern Michigan College, was created in 1958 to provide a forum in which teaching faculty could "deliberate upon and prepare recommendations concerning the instructional program of the College and other matters which may come within its area of professional interest." The Organization met outside the structure of the Faculty Council and was ultimately disbanded in 1961 as the institution...