Collections

The papers include DAC (Dean’s Advisory Council) and SFC (See, feel, care) Meeting Minutes, agendas, and attachments, annual reports, five-year plans, bylaw revisions, goals, publicity and art materials, library master plan, 2015, LibQual Survey, 2011.

Organizational records, 1984-2016, include: DAC (Dean’s Advisory Council) and SFC (See, feel, care) Meeting Minutes, agendas, and attachments; Five-Year Plans, Annual and other Reports; Bylaws Revisions by the Faculty and by the Dean; Long-term plans; Goals; Libraries Review and Evaluation; Dean’s Evaluation, June 29, 2011; Dean’s Retirement information, June 2016; Publicity, Art, 2006-2009; Library Master Plan, 2015; and a LibQual Survey, 2011. These materials came from Dean of Libraries, Tom Moore’s office, after he retired in 2016. All boxes are .5 cubic foot boxes except #1, #3 and #7, which are .25 cubic foot boxes. The LibQual Survey was very important and highly positive about the services the library and library staff provided to the university community and surrounding communities.

The collection is ongoing. It is organized by series, alphabetically by topic, and in original order, which is reverse chronological.

For additional information about the Park Library, see other, related collections housed in the Clarke Historical Library.

Scrapbooks, constitutions, bylaws, programs, photographs, booklets and a few meeting minutes of the Central Michigan University. Residence Halls Assembly.

The collection documents some of the history of the CMU. RHA in constitutions, bylaws, programs, photographs, scrapbooks, booklets, webpages [added by the Archivist], and a few meeting minutes. The majority of the collection consists of the scrapbooks, all eighteen of which are oversized volumes of varying completion. Some of the covers and scrapbooks are particularly beautiful, creative, and well identified, including 1995-1996 (Cover of cotton flannel with cars design); 1996-1997 (Cover of bright tie-dyed material with PEACE); 1999-2000 (Cover words in pink, green, and silver sparkle paint on black scrapbook cover); 2006 (Cover of red satin cover with black RHA, 2006, and trim); and 2006-2007 (Cover of beautiful tie-dyed material with white rope and purple ribbon trim, RHA).

There are a number of organizations represented in the collection to which CMU. RHA belongs to and interacts with, including:

GLAUCURH [Great Lakes Association of College and University Residence Halls] is a student-run organization which works to promote and improve student life at college and university campus in the region including Michigan, Ontario, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. It focuses on providing quality programming and activities for on-campus residents to improve their college experience. It was founded in 1968. The organization works with the NCCs [National Communications Coordinator]s who each represent their school. There are conferences, regional and national awards and regional directors and national officers of the organization;

MORHA [Michigan Organization of Residence Hall Association] which is the related state organization;

and, NACURH [National Association of College and University Residence Halls] which is the related national organization, which has a program of the month competition in which CMU routinely competes.

Processing Note: Approximately .5 cubic foot of materials, duplicates and reading or reference materials, were returned to the donor as per his request on May 23, 2014.

The collection includes correspondence, 1982-2003, and undated, concerning the planning, financing and construction of the Student Activity Center (SAC) at Central Michigan University (CMU).

This collection consists mainly of correspondence dealing with the planning, financing, and construction of the SAC. Key people involved in the process and correspondences were Jerry Scoby (Director of Business Services and Assistant Vice President for Business Affairs), Kim Ellertson (Vice President of Business and Finance), and Tim Jones (Director of Campus Recreation).

Box 1 in this collection contains documents generally focusing on the immediate planning and building of the recreation center, 1983-1990.

Phase I of the SAC Project began in 1983 and focused on proposals for and the planning of the campus’s recreation building, and the renovation of several other buildings on campus, including: remodeling the President’s house, the physical plant building, and a library addition.

There are numerous correspondences between the University and the Nuveen Co., which was chosen to be the senior manager of the projects and the financial advisor. The letters discuss different funding avenues for the projects, including the use of student bonds.

In addition, there is documentation of several other capital projects that the university was planning and funding in conjunction with the SAC. One such project was the Biomass Wood Fuel Plant and Telephone Systems Project (aka Woodchip).

Phase II of the project began in 1987 and comprised the final approval of designs and schematics of the building, and topographical surveys of the land. Most of the letters are between Anthony Paparella, the University Architect, and TMP Associates, the firm chosen for design development.

Included are a sampling of Construction Invoices, 1986-2000, that show areas of main concern in the building, as well as issues that arose during construction and additions and subtractions that were made due to budgetary limitations. There are documents discussing if a student membership fee should exist and how it should be implemented, tuition-based or as an outside fee. Also included are financial records documenting the University’s attempt to raise $25 million for the multiple projects, Bond Revenue Statistics, 1987-1989.

Box 2 contains documents pertaining to after the recreation center was opened, 1990-2003, as well as other properties that the University owned.

Letters discussing food services that should be offered in the new building are part of the collection, including the mission statement of FAST BREAK, a healthy food store. The internal audit of 1992 listed the weak points of the SAC, such as the definition of outside users and funding for equipment replacement, and offered recommended solutions.

In the ‘Budget and Finance’ folder there are letters that address the financial structure of the SAC. This was a main concern because the SAC was originally funded entirely from the General Fund, which meant that all of the money its services made would automatically go back into the University and be equally divided among other campus institutions. There was also concern that under this structure the building would continuously be in a state of financial default. In order to avoid this, administrators of the SAC wanted it to be listed as an auxiliary institution of the University.

There is also a folder of issues that the SAC faced. Issues included, how encompassing the University’s insurance was in relation to unauthorized access of children and teams granted by current employees, and illegal entry by students using fake or duplicate IDs. There is a response written by Kim Ellertson concerning an article titled, “Staff ignored threat pools of blood posed.” There was also concern over improper videoing and photographing of people working out, as well as the loss of intramural sports fields due to the new football stadium and the expanding network of new facilities related to the SAC. An unusual issue that arose was the public protest following an Anheuser Busch visit. According to the letters, Anheuser set up their tent in the SAC on the same day as the Isabella County United Way was hosting a Red Hacker carnival for children. The matter worsened because a one-day liquor license was purchased for the SAC and the famous “Bud Girls” were allowed to freely walk around the building. Employees of the SAC felt that by allowing this to happen, especially during a children’s day, the University was living up to its party college name instead of dispelling it.

This box also contains several plans to try to offset the building costs of the SAC, including: a market plan to attract more outside donors and the selling of numerous University-owned properties.

Interesting documents to note are those concerning Riverwood Golf, which document the University’s desire to purchase a golf course, and those concerning the Ann Arbor Railroad Company when the University attempted to purchase the tracks that run through campus.

Processing Note: During processing approximately 0.25 cubic feet of duplicate materials were withdrawn from the collection and shredded.

Constitutions, by-laws, meeting miinutes, reports, subject files, newsletters, and scrapbooks of Central Michigan University. Student Government Association and related organizations' materials, 1949, 2002, and undated.

This is a mixed collection, 1949, 2002, and undated, of information which includes constitutions, by-laws, meeting minutes of the SA and SGA, council meeting minutes from various dorms and other CMU organizations, reports, subject files, newsletters, and scrapbooks. Various topics and concerns of interest to students at CMU, including Homecoming in the Scrapbooks, are documented in this collection.

Organizational records, 1979-2014, and undated, including minutes, budget, major topics of interest to SGA, packets of the CMU Academic Senate and the CMU Board of Trustees, a scrapbook, photographs, and oversized materials.

This is a collection of CMU SGA organizational records, 1979-2014, and undated. Among the documents featured in this collection are committee meeting minutes, budget, major topics of interest to the Student Government Association, packets of the Central Michigan University (CMU) Academic Senate and, especially, the CMU Board of Trustees packets, 2000-2010. Box 4 includes badges, certificates, plaques and a photograph (organized by size- from top to bottom of the box). Oversized materials include a scrapbook, organizational hierarchy chart, and three laminated posters. Box 5 includes photographs of unidentified CMU students and children from SIBS weekend events, 2002-2004. This event is sponsored by SGA. The posters in the oversized folder are housed separately in a map cabinet due to their size. The posters are not official published posters of CMU, but rather something SGA members must have created on their own.

Processing Note: Approximately 2 cubic feet of duplicates and oversized materials and 3 cubic feet of emptied binders were returned to donor as per donor form. Approximately 1 cubic foot of reports was added to the CMU vertical files.

The collection includes: CMU. SGA committee meeting minutes, reports, budget, Bylaws and Constitution, and subject correspondence on topics of interest to SGA, 2012-2017, and undated.

This is the 2016-2017 additions to the Central Michigan University. Student Government Association (CMU. SGA) organizational records. The 2016 addition (.25 cubic foot box) includes: committee meeting minutes, reports, budget, Bylaws and Constitution, and subject correspondence on topics of interest to SGA. Oversized materials include a scrapbook, and posters, two about SGA elections, 2015-2016, and three about diversity, undated. Three of the posters are laminated. The 2017 addition (.25 cubic foot box) includes 1 folder each of: Debate Materials, March 27, 2107; House Meeting Minutes and E-Council, 2012-2014 (pre-2015 materials are for reference); Legacy Notes and Administrative, 2015-2016; Legislation (originals, signed), 2016-2017; Pamphlets, Fliers, 2016-2017; Parliamentary Guide, undated; RSO and Grow! Flier, 2017; and SBAC (Student Budget Allocation Committee) Packet, 2015-2016. The collection is ongoing and is organized by size, alphabetically, and chronologically. Researchers may also be interested in other collections of CMU. SGA which are housed in the Clarke.

Researchers may also be interested in other collections of CMU.SGA which are housed in the Clarke.

The collection is the 2017/18-2018/19 addition and includes: CMU. SGA committee meeting minutes, reports, budget, Bylaws and Constitution, and subject correspondence on topics of interest to SGA, 2013, 2019.

This is the 2017/18-2018/19 addition to the Central Michigan University. Student Government Association (CMU. SGA) organizational records. The 2017/18 addition consists of 1 box (.5 cubic foot) with committee meeting minutes, reports, budget, Bylaws and Constitution, and subject correspondence on topics of interest to SGA, and 1 Oversized scrapbook. The 2018/19 addition is 1 Oversized Scrapbook. The collection is ongoing and is organized by size, alphabetically, and chronologically. Researchers may also be interested in other collections of CMU. SGA which are housed in the Clarke.

This collection includes a variety of organizational records of Central Michigan University. Student Government Association (CMU.SGA), including meeting minutes of various committees, photographs, scrapbooks, posters, subject files, and miscellaneous, 1995-2014, and undated.

This collection includes a variety of organizational materials of CMU.SGA, including meeting minutes and agendas of various committees; photographs of various topics including President George E. Ross, and notably of the commemoration events for September 11, held in 2011; posters on multiculturalism, SGA elections, and anti-rape campaign; subject files, notably on multiculturalism, Registered Student Organizations on campus (RSOs) and the Student Budget Allocation Committee (SBAC); election materials; notes from past officers; brochures; proposals; resolutions; and scrapbooks. Most of the photographs were developed in 2014. CMU Homecoming events are also documented in photographs and posters.

Researchers may also be interested in the several other SGA collections in the Clarke Historical Library.

Various meeting minutes of the Central Michigan University Student Senate, 1924-1977, and undated, and related materials.

The collection consists mainly of the meeting minutes of the Student Council, 1924-1947, and the Student Senate, 1948-1974. There are also meeting minutes of the Student Assembly, 1974-1975, the Student Council and Senate constitutions, 1924-1959, and related materials.

Meeting minutes usually include agendas, minutes, correspondence, reports, and other attachments.

Miscellaneous vertical file material for Central Michigan University Career Services.

The collection, 1939, 2003, and undated, includes photographs, photograph albums, scrapbooks, and plaques. The scrapbooks, 1939-1970, document campus activities and events and the student union when it was in Powers Hall/ Keeler Union. The scrapbooks consist of CMLife clippings on acidic pages. The rest of collection documents the staff, students, and events in the Bovee UC, including the period right after it was built. This information was generated by CMU staff and students. The 40th anniversary of the UC is documented in the Photograph Album, 2000-2003.

Overall the collection is in good physical condition, except for the scrapbooks, which are acidic and several of two of which, 1953-1959 and 1964-1970, have broken or loose covers.

The collection is organized by size and format and then chronologically.