Collections

This unofficial history collection of CMU Global Campus includes newspaper clippings (copies), photographs, posters (copies), a Certificate of Appreciation to Central Michigan University (CMU) from US. Air Force. Carswell Air Force Base.

This unofficial history collection of Central Michigan University (CMU) Global Campus includes newspaper clippings (copies), photographs, posters (copies), and a Certificate of Appreciation to CMU from Carswell Air Force Base. Newspaper clippings (copies) are mostly from the Bay City Times. Photographs include commencement of CMU graduates at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Dyersburg State Community College, 2005-2012, CMU classrooms and offices at Carswell Air Force Base, 1993, Dr. Nikkari’s EAD 564 class, 1974, and undated group photographs of unidentified people in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and in the CMU University Center. The photographs are either black and white or in color and some are taped together. The collection is in good condition and organized alphabetically and chronologically. Researchers may be interested in multiple collections in the Clarke documenting the history of the above-named CMU units.

Processing Note: Five cubic feet (tenant renovation drawings, acidic clippings) was withdrawn during processing.

This collection includes approximately .75 cubic feet (in 2 boxes) of Michigan genealogical-related material, mostly photocopies, 1922, 2019, of Donna Hoff-Grambau.

This collection includes approximately .75 cubic feet (in 2 boxes) of Michigan genealogical-related material, mostly photocopies, 1922, 2019, of Donna Hoff-Grambau. Included in the collection are church, cemetery, school, and local information from the Michigan counties of Bay, Isabella, Midland, Missaukee and Saginaw. Also included from Bay County is an incomplete run of the Bay County Genealogical Society’s publication The Clarion, 2004-2012. Many churches and cemeteries are documented in the collection, including several Indian Cemeteries, including photographs of headstones. Information on Bay County hospitals, Michigan Board of Registration of Nurses, and a student paper of Donna’s about the history of hospitals and nursing in Isabella County are also in the collection. A few documents from the Central Michigan Normal School (later Central State Teacher’s College and Central Michigan University), and Mount Pleasant High School, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, are included. Completing the collection are some Michigan Civil War documents (copies), materials on Donna’s family, and some of her own personal notes. The collection is organized alphabetically and by county where applicable.

Processing Note: Per the donor form, the .25 cubic foot of materials withdrawn from the collection were offered to the Isabella County Historical Society. One publication was separately cataloged.

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.

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, 2011-2016, includes accreditation materials, brochures, handbooks, webpages, and posters documenting the history of CMU. CMED.

The collection, 2011-2016, includes accreditation materials, brochures, handbooks, webpages, and posters documenting the history of CMU. CMED. This collection is not the official organizational records of CMED. The collection is organized by size and then alphabetically. The collection is ongoing.

Transcriptions (copies) of oral history projects created by Central Michigan university faculty and students mostly of Central Michigan University (CMU) faculty, staff, students, and alumni, documenting their diverse experiences at Central Michigan University, in Mount Pleasant.

Transcriptions (copies) of oral history projects created by Central Michigan university faculty and students mostly of Central Michigan University (CMU) faculty, staff, students, and alumni, documenting their diverse experiences at Central Michigan University, in Mount Pleasant. One oral history is of a Michigan Native American woman discussing her memories of her family members who were forced to attend the Mount Pleasant Indian School, her experiences of the school's impact on her family and the tribe, and memories of one family member who graduated from eighth grade at a Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp. Currently, all of these transcriptions CLOSED to researchers unless permission is granted by Professor Jay Martin. The collection is ongoing.

This collection is not composed of President Ross' official presidential papers. It is an artificial collection collected by Archivist Marian Matyn from newspapers, reports, updates, publications and university-wide emails.

This collection is not composed of President Ross' official presidential papers. Rather, it was culled from newspapers, reports, updates, publications and university-wide emails. The collection, 2009-2018, bulk 2012-2018, includes any information about Ross, his presidency, statements he made, CMU News Announcements documenting CMU history, people, events and changes during his administration and some information which predates but affected or is relevant to his administration. Major events during his tenure included: Budget Deficit/ Cuts, 2016-2017, CMU’s 125th Anniversary, 2017; the Executive Order on Immigration, January 30, 2017 (see also the Muslim Ban March collection in the Clarke); and the racist incident on campus (see Hitler Valentine Card Statement and Information, 2017 folder). CMU opened a $95 million Biosciences Building — the largest construction project in its history, funded through state, private and university dollars in January 2017; and although the process began under Interim CMU President Kathy Wilbur, CMU opened America's 137th College of Medicine (CMED) under Dr. Ross' direction and graduated its first physicians in 2017. Other topics documented in the collection include: Academic Reorganization, 2017-2018; the expansion of CMU’s medical/health studies programs into the Center for Integrated Health Studies, April 2018; and CMU Women’s Basketball team which won both the MAC and NCAA championships, 2018.

In addition, copies of any major published reports from the Ross administration which came to the Clarke are in the CMU vertical files.

Information about the March 2, 2018 shooting on CMU’s campus is in a separate collection as its impact and CMU responses to it continued after President Ross retired.

The collection consists of Pat's major project and backup files for digitizing, website, and exhibit work she did mostly for the Clarke Historical Library staff, 2004-2015.

These files, paper and digital, 2004-2015, and undated, constitute Pat’s major project files for work she did for mostly Clarke staff, and some patrons, in creating exhibits and related materials for display in the Clarke, traveling exhibits, and in on-line exhibits, exhibit booklets, numerous Clarke webpages and on-line bibliographies, and materials she and her many students digitized for CONDOR, CMU’s online digital repository. Some of the digital images are pdfs, others are tifs. Text, directions, and prints of various size of images may also be included.

A master copy of mostly printed materials she scanned for the Clarke or patrons is housed in another location in the Clarke stacks.

The collection documents exhibits, speakers, and various other events held at or for the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University (CMU), which Cole helped coordinate, 2003-2013

The collection documents exhibits, speakers, and various other events held at or for the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University (CMU), which Cole helped coordinate, 2003-2013. Included are invitations, postcards, brochures, news releases and clippings, images (photographs and digital prints), CDs of images (prints were made from the CDs), and related materials. Researchers may also be interested in the official records of the Clarke Historical Library or the collection of John Cumming, both of which are housed in the Clarke Historical Library.

Processing Note: Duplicates, financial information, general correspondence, lists of people to whom invitations were sent, reading materials, and acidic newspaper clippings (which were photocopied) removed from the collection totaled .75 cubic foot. Photocopies of the clippings were retained in the collection.

The collection includes: prints from digital files for the Central Michigan University’s (CMU) Language Arts Program, maintained by Dr. Susan Griffith.

Collection, 2002-2017, includes prints from digital files for the Central Michigan University’s (CMU) Language Arts Program, maintained by Dr. Susan Griffith. Files include meeting minutes, agendas, bylaws, correspondence, curriculum notes, projects, planning, evaluations, and data reports (including graphs, statistics, chi square charts). The material is organized in original order, which includes many folders with multiple sub-folder layers within the original folder. Because material was printed, the original digital files received from Dr. Griffiths were not retained.

Commonly used abbreviations include: MTTC, LA, LAP, SWOT, ELLW, and PECC. MTTC stands for the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification. LA is Language Arts and LAP is Language Arts Program. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats analysis and is frequently seen in the papers relating to the Language Arts Program four-year review. ELLW stands for the English Language, Literature, and Writing program. PECC stands for Professional Education Curriculum Committee.