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Sound Recordings, 1978-1982
Sound Recordings consists of seven audiocassette tapes. The topics of these tapes include Arab immigration and contribution to culture, family and childhood stories narrated by Aliya Ogdie-Hassen, a speech given to the Kiwanis Club, and information on the Southend Dearborn Health and Social Services.
Arab Culture Access: Contributions to Civilization; Early Arab Immigration, 1978
Audio Cassette, Compact Cassette, 1 7/8 ips
Visual materials, 1973-1978
The Visual Materials (1973-1978) include photographs documenting Earthworks activities both in the school as well as on various field trips. The series also includes films of a student dance concert and a student-created animation.
Allen F. Sherzer visual materials collection, 1880s-1940s (scattered dates)
0.3 linear feet (in 2 boxes) — 1 oversize folder — 1 film reels (16mm)
Motion Picture
The 16mm film was shot by Allen Sherzer, ca. 1928. It consists of a series of short segments spliced together into a single roll. Segment/shot list title cards have been spliced into the compiled reel as follows (not all shots have title cards)
- Glider Club -- new plane
- AA train station -- students leaving for holiday
- Diag
- Pep Rally
- Huron river tug-of-war
- Frosh march to Ferry Field / Sophomore band
- Wrestling and obstacle course at Ferry Field
- Baseball vs Wisconsin
- Fraternity initiations -- scrubbing Diag
- Michigamua on lawn of President's House
- Graduates marching on Diag -- close-up of Bennie Oosterbaan
- Tom Lovell -- poet, campus character
- Sr. Class Day
- Dean Cooley's last class address (Cooley stepped down as dean in 1928)
University of Michigan Campus Scenes, circa 1928
Allie Fayz papers, 1953-2009 (majority within 1989-2009)
1.5 linear feet — 1 drawer — 50.5 MB (online)
Islamic Center of America
Islamic Center of America series documents the history, administrative services, and community activities of the Islamic Center. There is a significant amount of material related to the planning, construction, and completion of the Grand Mosque and new Islamic Center of America building on Ford Road in Dearborn. The series also contains papers related to the purchasing and selling of property on M-14 in Plymouth Township. Proceeds from the sale of the Plymouth Township property helped the Islamic Center purchase their current property on Ford Road. The series contains correspondence, by-laws and amendments, board minutes, committee notes, donation pledges, membership lists, photographs, newspaper clippings, and financial statements and reports.
Background/History, 1988-2009
(Contains a graphical representation of the Islamic Center of America.)
Alpha Kappa Alpha, Beta Eta Chapter (University of Michigan) records, 1916-2018 (majority within 1933-1997, 2016-2018)
2 linear feet — 3.2 GB (online)
Beta Eta Chapter records
The Beta Eta Chapter records series features materials documenting the history and activities of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at the University of Michigan. The series includes photographs, event information, news articles, yearbook pages from The Michiganensian, and a small number of administrative documents.
The series also contains historical documents including a copy of the original petition to the University of Michigan to establish an Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter on campus and information about the Beta Eta chapter member lineages. There is also a selection of historical yearbook pages and news articles indicating there were women associated with other chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha on the University of Michigan campus before the Beta Eta chapter officially formed in 1933.
Alpha Phi Alpha, Epsilon Chapter (University of Michigan) photographs collection, circa 1910-1912
0.1 linear feet — 5.5 MB (online)
Alpha Phi Alpha, Epsilon Chapter (University of Michigan) records, 1909-1997, 2009, undated (majority within 1978-1996)
1.7 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 2 oversize boxes — 3 digital audio files
History and Administrative Records, 1909-1997 (with gaps), undated
The first series, History and Administrative Records (1 linear foot), contains early records of the fraternity, including an audio tape interview with one of the early members of the fraternity (J. Leon Langhorne) and a minute book (1909-1927). There are also records of the activities of the fraternity, including parties, workshops, and community service. Administrative and organizational records are contained in this group as well, including organizational charts, officers' reports, minutes of meetings, and several versions of the constitution and bylaws of the chapter. This series also contains two editions of a book by Charles H. Wesley, The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life, which is a general history of Alpha Phi Alpha from 1906 to 1979. Several references to the Epsilon Chapter and the University of Michigan are made in the book, many of which have been marked.
Alpha Phi Alpha, Theta Zeta Lambda Chapter records, 1953-2019 (majority within 1970-2010)
3 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 1 archived website
Chapter Records, circa 1999-2019 (majority within 1999-2009)
The Chapter Records series (1.9 linear feet) documents the actions of the Theta Zeta Lambda alumni chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. The bulk of the series is comprised of meeting minutes and agendas, but the series also includes reports, correspondence, directories, constitutions and by-laws, and other material, as well as archived iterations of the Theta Zeta Lambda website from 2017-2019.
Researchers should note that some folders contained in "Meetings" (for example: "Minutes, Correspondence, and Other Compiled Materials, 1979-1981") were originally binders that included not only meeting minutes but correspondence and various other materials. These materials have been kept together.