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Central Michigan University. Office of Alumni Relations Collection, 1928-2010 and undated (majority within 1980-2010)

8 cubic foot (in 8 boxes, 1 small slide box)

This collection documents alumni events that the Central Michigan University. Office of Alumni Relations successfully planned, organized and led, budget materials, and meetings of related committees and boards.

The first and largest series is Events (planned for alumni), 1928-2006, undated [bulk 1980-2006] 6 cubic feet (6 boxes). Types of Events are described above. Materials in the series may include photographs, programs, invitations, notes, letters, arrangement information, documentation of attendees, CDs, videos, and other materials. Other series include: Board of CMU Alumni Association Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, and related materials, 1967-2006 (approximately .5 cubic foot); Budget Books for Alumni Events, outings, endowments, scholarships, development, annual reports, honor roll of donors, and goals and objectives, 1975-2010 (approximately .5 cubic foot); Development Board Meeting Minutes, and related materials, 2000-2004 (4 folders), and a Slide presentation “CMU Reflections of the Past, Present and Future”, CMU Library Instructional Resources (some slides stamped as property of the Clarke Historical Library), (20 slides), undated (1 small slide box).

Processing Note: The collection was stored for a long time in an off-campus storage facility. In June 2014, the collection was split between the Clarke Historical Library Archives (informational materials, approximately 80 cubic feet) and the CMU Museum (objects) as much as possible.

A large percentage of the collection in the Clarke was withdrawn during processing. 74.5 cubic feet consisting mostly of massive duplication, blank forms, generic correspondence, miscellaneous financial records such as receipts and pay orders that were all well over seven years old, and miscellaneous notes. Approximately four cubic feet of duplicate books or other copyrighted works created by alumni were returned to the office as per their request. Twenty books and about .5 cubic foot of various types of alumni directories, which were not duplicates, were added to the Clarke collection and individually cataloged. One cubic feet of Chippewa yearbooks was retained by the Clarke to replace its Chippewas when they become worn out from use. One cubic feet of three-dimensional objects such as hats, tote bags, pins, and miniature Warriner Hall buildings, was transferred to the CMU Museum to join the rest of the objects there.

Additionally, initially housed with the collection was the Les O. Carlin Collection, 1940, 2014 (scattered), and undated (2 cubic ft. (in 2 boxes, 2 Ov. V., 1 framed object), which was separately processed and cataloged in the Clarke. Some of the materials in this collection initially went to the Museum and were later transferred to the Archives. For more information on this collection see its catalog record and finding aid.

Related Collections: Besides the collections mentioned above, other related collections in the Clarke include CMU. Development Office videotapes and two CMU. Public Relations and Marketing Posters collections.

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Central Michigan University. Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Certificates of Copyright and US Patents, 1972-2024 (Scattered)

1.25 cubic feet (in 3 boxes)

Certificates of Copyright and US Patents held by Central Michigan University.

Copyright and US Patents held by Central Michigan University (CMU) or people who worked for CMU and/or obtained patents with CMU support. One 2011 patent is Russian and in Russian. About .75 cubic feet of the collection is patents. The remainder of the collection, except for one legal-size folder, is Certificates of Copyright, with some applications, of CMU people, 1972-1979, 1981-1999 (Scattered) and 2000. Both the Certificates and Patents are printed forms with handwritten or typed information added. From 1985 forward the Patents include gold seals and ribbons. A few pieces of related correspondence are included with both the Patents and Certificates of Copyright. A legal-size folder with Application, Amendment, Fee Receipt from Bobby A. Howell and Erik W. Walles for Patent and Trademark (all copies), 1979, completes the collection. The collection is organized by size, alphabetically by format, and then chronologically. The collection is ongoing.

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Central Michigan University. Office of the President, President Edward B. Jakubauskas Papers, 1985-1993

3 cubic feet (in 3 boxes)

The collection includes the following series, biographical information, including a photograph, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, speeches, subject files, and congratulatory notices (letters) documenting Edward B. Jakubauskas' tenure as Central Michigan University's president, 1970, 1989.

The collection consists mainly of his Subject Files (approximately 2 cubic ft.), with various Meeting Minutes, Correspondence, and Reports. Congratulatory Notices (Letters) from many universities on the subject of his inauguration at CMU (1 cubic ft.) are the second major series in the collection. His Speeches, 1988-1991 (.25 cubic ft.), mostly relating to CMU events, the third major series, complete the collection.

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Central Michigan University. Office of the President, President William B. Boyd Papers, 1968-1978, and undated

10.75 cubic feet (in 12 boxes)

The collection includes the following series, biographical information, photographs, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, speeches, subject files, and other materials documenting William B. Boyd's tenure as Central Michigan University's president, 1968-1978.

The collection is organized by the following series: Biographical Information, Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Photographs, Reports, Speeches, and Subject Files. The collection includes: Biographical Information, 1968-1974 (5 folders); Correspondence, 1968-1978 (about 1 cubic ft.); Meeting Minutes from CMU entities and Education-related institutions and organizations, 1968-1978 (about 1 cubic ft.); a few Photographs, 1969-1971, undated (more are in the Commencement folders and other Subject Files); Reports from CMU entities and educational related institutions and organizations, 1968-1978 (about 1 cubic ft.); Speeches, 1968-1975 (9 folders); and Subject Files on a wide variety of topics relations to education, CMU, and numerous CMU departments and social issues and organizations, 1968-1978, undated (7.75 cubic ft.), including Congratulatory letters to Boyd on his inauguration as CMU’s seventh president (2 folders).

The heart of the collection is in the Subject Files, which documents the change of focus for CMU during Pres. Boyd’s tenure. The topics of Affirmative Action, African American- Curriculum, History Week, and Professorship, and Afro-American Cultural Center; Black Symposium, Black White Convocation, United Black Student Association, Diversity Gay Rights, and Handicapped students all debut during his administration. Other topics of interest include the Lettuce Boycott, May 1972 problems (an incident with the Governor’s car on campus), Native American Affairs, Nigerian Project, Students for a Democratic Society, the Thailand Project (part of the Inter-Institutional Affiliation Project), Korean Orphanage, and the Vietnam Moratorium (which includes a photograph of the protest on campus). There are many topics that with ‘Student” covering the Code of Conduct, various committees, teaching, senate resolutions, unrest, etc. Case files of some students who were “problems” also are included, such as the Anthony Syroccki Case.

Other topics of interest include the Dedication folders for new buildings including the High Rise (later called “the Towers”), McNeel Nature Center, Perry Shorts Stadium, Ryan Hall, and the Tribal Community Center.

There are also many folders related to the faculty and their evaluation or assessment, funding, appropriations, and CMU Development endeavors and the budget.

In the Box and Folder Listing the following abbreviations are used: MI for Michigan, Dept. for Department, and Co. for Company. On folders where abbreviations for names were used, the full name, if known, is given in parenthesis at the end of the folder title.

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Central Michigan University. Park Library Organizational Records, 1928-1999, and undated

5.5 cubic feet (in 11 boxes)

The papers include committee minutes, reports, statistics, surveys, photographs, renovation and future plans, policies, manuals, etc.

Organizational records, 1928, 1999, undated include: various library committee Meeting Minutes, agendas, and attachments, 1974-1984; Building Blueprints, etc., 1955-1981;’ Publications, B8udgets, Five-Year Plans, Reports, 1973-1987; Central Michigan Interlibrary Region (CMIR) Grants and Meeting Minutes, 1971-1975; Council of State College Undergraduate Library Directors Meeting Minutes, 1980-1983; Dept. of Instructional Resources (DIR) Meeting Minutes, Reports, Five-Year Plans, 1984-1983; and unpublished OCLS (Off-Campus Library Services) Conference materials, 1988-1999. Most of these materials came from Dean of Libraries Tom Moore’s office files while he was dean, but others were created and collected during the time John Weatherford was Director of Park, 1970-1988, with a few folders predating this. The collection is ongoing. It is organized by series, alphabetically by topic, and chronologically.

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

Processing Note: Previously this collection was CMU.Park Library vertical files. Reference Point Newsletters are separately cataloged and housed as periodicals.

Collection

Central Michigan University. Park Library Organizational Records, 1960-2000, and undated

6 cubic feet (in 12 boxes)

Organizational records, 1960, 2000, undated, include: various library committee Meeting Minutes, agendas, attachments; Building Blueprints; Publications, Budgets, Five-Year Plans, Reports; Central Michigan Interlibrary Region (CMIR) Grants and Meeting Minutes; Council of State College Undergraduate Library Directors Meeting Minutes; Dept. of Instructional Resources (DIR) Meeting Minutes, Reports, Five-Year Plans; and unpublished OCLS Conference materials. .

Organizational records, 1960, 2000, undated, include: various library committee Meeting Minutes, agendas, attachments, 1974-1984; Building Blueprints, etc., 1966-1981; Publications, Budgets, Five-Year Plans, Reports, 1973-1987; Central Michigan Interlibrary Region (CMIR) Grants and Meeting Minutes, 1971-1975; Council of State College Undergraduate Library Directors Meeting Minutes, 1970-1983; Dept. of Instructional Resources (DIR) Meeting Minutes, Reports, Five-Year Plans, 1974-1983; and unpublished OCLS Conference materials, 1977-2000. The collection is organized by series, alphabetically by topic, and chronologically. Some publications have been separately cataloged.

Collection

Central Michigan University. Park Library, Organizational Records, 1984-2016

Approximately 3 cubic feet (in 7 boxes)

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.

Collection

Central Michigan University. Residence Halls Assembly Organizational records, 1981-2014, and undated

5 cubic foot (in 1 box, 1 Oversized folder, 18 Oversized volumes)

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.