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The collection includes materials, mostly originals, by and about Bovee (Biographical Materials), usually in connection with Central Michigan University (CMU), and (CMU Subjects) of a historic nature that he collected, including CMU materials, publications, photographs, and related materials.

The collection includes materials, mostly originals, by and about him (biographical material), usually in connection with CMU, and CMU materials, publications, photographs, and related materials of a historical nature that he collected (CMU Subjects). Bovee generated a number of reports, speeches, remarks, and was also photographed serving on CMU committees or at building dedications. He and his family were also invited to a number of CMU presidential inaugurations.

Of particular note are Bovee’s Letter about university unrest, 1965, his Statement for Michigan State Senate Committee Investigating Faculty-Administration Relationships at CMU, 1966, and the original raw data and report of the CMU Teaching Faculty Survey, 1966. It is unknown whether or not Bovee was responsible for creating the survey. The investigation led to CMU faculty creating the first faculty union in the state of Michigan.

Also of interest is a rare photograph of the laying of the Finch Fieldhouse’s cornerstone, 1956.

Two copies of his A Master Plan for the City of Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan November 1965… are also housed in the CMU libraries.

The collection consists of Phi Alpha Theta. Omicron Omega (Central Michigan University) Organizational Records, 1971-2007, and undated.

The collection of organizational records, 1969, 2007, and undated, includes original bylaws, letters from Central Michigan University Presidents Harold Abel and Edward B. Jakubauakas congratulating the organization for obtaining awards, annual reports, awards, a constitution, fliers, initiation information, meeting minutes, membership lists, photographs, and scrapbook pages of Phi Alpha Theta, 1971 – 2007, undated. The collection is organized alphabetically and chronologically.

Processing Note: Approximately 2 cubic foot of applications, duplicates, financials, and other related materials were withdrawn from the collection during processing.