Sylvia Kinnunen papers
Scope and Contents Note
This collection represents a partial documentation of the personal and professional life of Dr. Sylvia Kinnunen, who spent the majority of her career as a professor in the Department of Education at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan. The collection includes a scattering of personal photographs, correspondence, and teaching materials. The collection's materials range in date from 1920 to 2005.
Dates
- 1920-2005
Creator
- Kinnunen, Sylvia (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
No restrictions. Open for research.
Conditions Governing Use note
Permission to publish material from the Sylvia Kinnunen papers, MSS-138, must be obtained from the University Archivist. The University Archivist may be reached by phone at 906-227-1225, or e-mail, archives@nmu.edu. The University Archivist may also be reached in Room 126 of the Learning Resource Center, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI.
Biographical note
Sylvia Kinnunen was born in Lake Linden, Michigan, on August 24, 1920. She graduated from Dollar Bay High School in 1937 and attended Northern State Teachers' College (now Northern Michigan University). Kinnunen received a B.S. degree from Northern Michigan College of Education (as Northern State Teachers' College was then called) in 1953 and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan in 1954 and 1957 respectively.
Kinnunen began her teaching career in a one-room school house in Rousseau, Michigan, and also taught elementary-school students in Alston, Michigan. She joined the faculty at what was by now called Northern Michigan College in 1956 and retired as a professor in the Department of Education in 1981. During Kinnunen's tenure at NMU, she established the Committee for Women in Academe, the predecessor of Committee W of the NMU chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
Sylvia Kinnunen died on July 25, 2005.
Extent
2.25 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
This collection is arranged by three series: I. Personal; II. Teaching and Teaching Materials; III. Photographs.
The contents of the series are as follows:
I. Personal
Contains awards and honors, a scrapbook, and personal mementos
II. Teaching and Teaching Materials
Contains course preparation materials and note cards
III. Photographs
Contains family images and a memorial montage dated 1920-2005
- College teachers. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- College teaching. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Committee for Women in Academe
- Correspondence. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Education. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kinnunen, Sylvia
- Marquette (Mich.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Northern Michigan College of Education period (1941-1955) Subject Source: Local sources
- Northern Michigan College of Education.
- Northern Michigan College period (1955-1963) Subject Source: Local sources
- Northern Michigan College.
- Northern Michigan University
- Northern Michigan University period (1963-) Subject Source: Local sources
- Northern Michigan University. Department of Education
- Northern Michigan alumni/alumnae. Subject Source: Local sources
- Northern Michigan faculty and staff. Subject Source: Local sources
- Northern State Teachers College (Mich.).
- Northern State Teachers College period (1927-1941) Subject Source: Local sources
- Photographs. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Teachers -- Training of. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women in higher education. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Sylvia Kinnunen papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Robin Kennedy and Marcus C. Robyns
- Date
- 6/11/2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives Repository
Harden Learning Resources Center 126
1401 Presque Isle Ave
Marquette 49855 United States
906-227-1225
906-227-1333 (Fax)
archives@nmu.edu
