Collections

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.

The collection includes subject files, social calendars, committee reports, annual reports, minutes, and other materials.

The organizational records of this committee include subject files, social calendars, committee reports, annual reports, minutes, and other materials

Central Michigan University Student term papers from history, English, and other classes. These papers are sometimes the only source of information about Michigan people, events, or communities.

The collection consists of student term papers, mostly those from Dr. Dain’s History of Michigan class, and other (history, English, business administration, economics, geology, journalism, and sociology) classes at CMU. The term papers are sometimes the only source of history for a Michigan event, person, or community. The writing style and depth of research varies with each paper. If the paper's title does not specify what Michigan location the paper discusses, that information has been added by Clarke staff in parenthesis.

Papers from Professor Dain’s class are mostly in boxes 1-36. Papers from Professor Root’s class are mostly in boxes 36-40. Note: abbreviations in the box and folder listing are those found in the titles of the papers.

The collection includes Central Michigan University Theatre Department Scrapbooks, 1939, 1972.

This collection includes scrapbooks documenting the academic years of the Theatre Department, 1939/1940-1965/1966 and 1970/1971-1972. Materials include production programs, music, photographs, newspaper clippings, and some correspondence.

Materials were removed from rotting, plastic binders, duplicates were sorted out, and miscellaneous materials removed. Remaining materials were filed into acid-free folders. Due to the overall high acidic content of the materials, nothing was photocopied.

Researchers should also check CMU. Theatre Department photographs, which are part of the CMU. Photographs Collection.

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.

This collection consists almost entirely of a variety of Central Michigan University (CMU) published brochures, fliers, and a few posters, mostly generated for Admissions, used to recruit students to CMU, either generally or to specific colleges.

This collection consists almost entirely of a variety of Central Michigan University (CMU) published brochures, fliers, and a few posters, mostly generated for Admissions, used to recruit students to CMU, either generally or to specific colleges. The importance of this collection is in documenting how recruitment materials changed during COVID-19. Some of the Snapshot fliers are in Spanish, but the rest of the collection is in English. Two folders at the front of the box contain newsletters from the College of Education and Human Services (EHS) and the College of Humanities and Social ahnd Behavioral Sciences (HSBS). While these newsletters may have been used by recruiters, they were not originally intended for that purpose. The collection is organized alphabetically by topic and chronologically and is in excellent physical condition. Researchers may also be interested in other U Comm collections housed in the Clarke Historical Library.

Processing Note: 1.5 cubic feet of materials were withdrawn during processing, mostly duplicates, postcards, drafts, and miscellaneous materials. One folder of materials was added to Pres. Davies’ papers. Three folders of materials were added to President Ross’ papers. Two folders were added to the CMU Vertical Files. Three issues, one each of three cataloged series titles, were cataloged separately.

The Collection, 1990-2014, and undated, includes signed black and white or color photographs or posters of nationally recognized actors, performers, musicians, musical groups, and speakers who spoke or entertained at CMU.

The collection includes Central Michigan University Women brochures, correspondence, historical materials, photographs, negatives, and reports.

Organizational records include: Bridge Club Materials, Spring 2003; Brochures and Membership Forms, 2000-; Correspondence, 1999-; Hiking Schedules and Members, 2000-2002; Historical Calendar and PowerPoint, 2020; Meeting Programs, 1999/2000-; Photographs and Negatives, 2000-; Reports, 2010/2011-; and 75th Anniversary Materials, spring 2003, including written memories of past presidents, a list of past presidents expected at the anniversary celebration, party mementos, compiled, selected minutes of historical importance from past meetings, and photographs of the event. The collection is ongoing.

The collection includes meeting minutes, agendas, and related materials, curricula materials, bylaws, assessments, budgets, statistics, newsletters, photographic materials, clippings (copies), correspondence, guest books, and other materials documenting the history of the program.

The collection documents the history and functions of the CMU Women’s Studies Program. Included in the collection are various meeting minutes, agendas, and related materials, course request change forms, syllabi, reports, bylaws, assessments, program reviews, budgets, statistics, newsletters, newspaper clippings (copies), photographs, negatives, slides, prints of e-photographs, fliers, emails, correspondence, advertisements, guest books, and other materials. Also included are meeting minutes, agendas, and related materials documenting related topical advisory boards that the director of women’s studies participated in. Materials are in alphabetical and chronological order.

Processing Note: Duplicate, out-of-scope materials, and temporary financial records (older than 7 years) totaling about 6 cubic feet were withdrawn from the collection during processing. Materials with social security numbers and other private information, about 1.5 cubic feet were shredded. Some materials were added from the CMU Vertical Files.