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Northern Michigan University period (1963-)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:

4Reels Club records

 Collection — Box 09-05-03
Identifier: MSS-387
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two folders. One is photographs of the club members and their activities. The other is a manual containing a history of the club and summaries of their activities. It documents the activities of Digital Cinema majors and those interested in film at Northern Michigan University in the 2010s.

Dates: 2014

Academic Senate and American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Northern Michigan University Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-206
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, reports, newsletters, meeting minutes and agendas, background materials, salary and budget records, and miscellaneous materials of the Northern Michigan University chapter of the American Association of University Professors relating to collective bargaining, faculty salaries and fringe benefits, contract negotiations, grievances, sex discrimination, curriculum development and review, faculty development, retirement, budget reductions and layoffs, other miscellaneous faculty...
Dates: 1968 - 2010

ALLIES / OUTlook records

 Collection — Box 08-03-04
Identifier: MSS-112
Scope and Contents note This collection documents the activities of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students and faculty at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan as a part of two campus organizations: OUTlook and ALLIES. OUTLook was a student group with faculty advisors, while ALLIES is primarily a faculty and staff organization that is open to students.The OUTlook materials include agendas, minutes, brochures, mailing and membership lists, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and...
Dates: 1993-2016; Majority of material found within 1993 - 2003

Amnesty International, NMU Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-332
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, program and speaker flyers, news clippings, and miscellaneous materials of the Northern Michigan University chapter of Amnesty International, an international human rights organization primarily concerned with freeing political prisoners through letter writing campaigns. The collection also contains correspondence, news clippings, notes, and petitions relating to the release of John Pierce, an NMU student jailed in Peru in 1981.

Dates: 1980 - 1987

Judith Bailey papers

 Collection — Box 02-07-05
Identifier: MSS-174
Scope and Content

This collection is composed of the papers of Judith Bailey, who was the president of Northern Michigan University from 1998 to 2003. Her papers are primarily centered around her hiring and include related articles, press releases, and correspondence, dating from 1997 to 2003. Other materials include statistics about NMU enrollment, costs and productivity during her time as president.

Dates: 1997 - 2003

Beta Omega Tau records

 Collection — Box 26-04-01
Identifier: MSS-121
Scope and Contents Note This collection documents the activities of Beta Omega Tau, a sorority on the Northern Michigan University campus in Marquette, Michigan. Records include correspondence, financial materials, photographs, and meeting minutes. Photographs are of a class reunion in the late 1980s and of a dinner in Lee Hall in the 1950s. The minutes of meetings are the most important component of the collection and include the constitution, pledge riturals, some lists of members, and regular lists of officers....
Dates: 1929-1989; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1948

Bookbinders Cafe photographs

 Collection — Box 07-01-05
Identifier: MSS-162
Scope and Contents Note

This collection is composed of ten photo albums filled with photographs of students and staff of Bookbinders Cafe, located in the basement of the Harden Learning Resources Center. The photographs were taken between 1980 and 1993. The collection also includes news clippings, awards, letters, cards, and a biography of Maggie Britton, the cafe manager.

Dates: 1980 - 1993

Robert M. Bordeau papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-009
Scope and Contents Note This collection contains Northern Michigan University memorabilia collected by Robert M. Bordeau while a student at the school and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the NMU Development Fund. The collection contains contains mostly correspondence, including Bordeau's criticism of the Northern Michigan University administration's decision to close the Department of Music's string program. Responses from Robert Glenn, President Jamrich, and Elda Tate are also included. The collection...
Dates: 1955 - 1982

Jeannette S. Bowden papers

 Collection — Box 26-03-05
Identifier: MSS-095
Scope and Contents note This collection contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs that document Jeannette Bowden's receipt of the Northern Michigan University (NMU) Distinguished Alumni Award (1971) and her retirement in 1980. Most of the correspondence is laudatory and congratulatory in content and tone. The collection contains very little substantive material documenting her career at NMU. The collection also contains a transcript of a speech given by Bowden in 1965 that summarizes her work...
Dates: 1936 - 2005

Gildo Canale sports memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-034
Scope and Contents note

This collection consists mainly of Northern Michigan University basketball and football game programs; photographs of teams, athletic activities, and coaches; and news articles related to NMU sports from 1928 to 1992. The collection also includes a football program from 1992.

Dates: 1928-1992

Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Phonographic Record collection

 Collection — Box 21-01-03
Identifier: MSS-290
Scope and Contents

This is an artificial collection that is comprised of an assortment of vinyl phonographic recordings that are at the Archives and are not parts of other collections.

This collection contains various recordings relevant to the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University. These include musical recordings by Mark Mitchell, Mary Kay Lalla and the Fantastics, NMU Wildcat Bands, and eight recordings by the Marquette Choral Society.

Dates: 1974-1985

Krista Clumpner papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-358
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, notes, presentations, and articles written by Krista Clumpner. The materials document Krista Clumpner's professional work and include library instruction course guides, presentations, articles, grants, documents on hiring of new staff, conferences, seminars, and Academic Senate, American Association of University Professors, and Academic Information Services committees.

Dates: 1993 - 2013

Culinary Students of Northern Michigan University records

 Collection — Box 15-03-01
Identifier: MSS-146
Scope and Contents note

This collection documents the activities of the Culinary Students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan. Records include correspondence, financial records, and photographs. Materials date from 2000 to 2003.

Dates: 2000 - 2003

Dedication of the Ada B. Vielmetti Health Center scrapbook

 Collection — Box 04-07-01
Identifier: MSS-285
Scope and Contents This collection came to the Archives as an embossed bound scrapbook.This collection contains photographs of the dedication ceremony held on October 16, 1976 for the Ada B. Vielmetti Health Center. There are also newspaper clippings, materials relating to the planning of the event and news releases on the history of the Health Service at Northern Michigan University from 1924-1968. There are also copies of telegrams, Aurelia Hooper's tribute speech for Ada B. Vielmetti, and Mrs....
Dates: 1976

Donald F. Dreisbach papers

 Collection — Box 31-05-04
Identifier: MSS-172
Scope and Content

This collection contains the papers of Donald F. Dreisbach, a Northern Michigan University Professor of Philosophy. His papers include manuscripts and drafts of articles he has written (most of which are concentrated on the works of Paul Tillich), his dissertation work, and his faculty evaluation forms. The materials range from the years 1969 to 1998.

Dates: 1969-1998

Fillmore C.F. Earney papers

 Collection — Box 06-01-01
Identifier: MSS-186
Scope and Contents Note

This collection is comprised of some of the professional publications of Dr. Fillmore C.F. Earney. The collection's focus is on mining and mineral resources. Of particular note is the report entitled "Marquette County Growth Impact Study (1975)." This report examines the impact of mining operations by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mining Company on the population and economic growth of Marquette County.

Dates: 1965-1994

Future Teachers of America Workshop photographs

 Collection — Box 26-05-02: Series MSS-021
Identifier: MSS-043
Scope and Contents Note

This collection is comprised of several photographs depicting students and faculty from Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan attending a workshop sponsored by the Future Teachers of America. The photographs are not labeled with identifying information.

Dates: 1964

Gaball family photograph

 Collection — Box 26-05-02: Series MSS-021
Identifier: MSS-164
Scope and Contents Note This collection contains one photograph showing a mother and her two children standing on the steps in front of the John D. Pierce School in the Kaye Hall Complex at Northern Michigan University in 1963 or 1964. The individuals are, from back to front, Earl E. Gaball, Jr. (then a junior), Susan Gaball Nadeau Dunn (freshman), Nell Giotto Gaball (freshman). Earl graduated with a B.S. degree from NMU in 1965 and went on to earn a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from the University of Michigan. ...
Dates: 1963-1964

Gene D. L. Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-318
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the service files of Northern Michigan University history professor Gene D. L. Jones. It contains the records (1968-1979) of the Upper Great Lakes Teacher Education Council, the 1984 report of the Task Force on Liberal Education Requirements, and the constitution and minutes (1970) of the Upper Peninsula Regional Council for the Social Sciences. Also in the collection are syllabi for Jones's courses, some of his research notes, and documentation of the Robert F....
Dates: 1967-1989

Glenn T. Seaborg Visit to Northern Michigan University scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-284
Scope and Contents This collection is maintained in an embossed bound scrapbook and is on display in the Reading Room of the Archives. The scrapbook is embossed with: Visit by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg to Northern Michigan University - April 20-21, 1989. It contains a letter from NMU President James B. Appleberry describing the gift of the scrapbook when it was presented to Dr. Seaborg dated October 30, 1989. It contains photographs of his visit to NMU, news articles, programs, the program for the event dinner...
Dates: 1989

Golden Wildcat Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-045
Scope and Contents note

This collection documents the activities of the Golden Wildcat Club, a booster organization for Northern Michigan University Athletics in Marquette, Michigan. Records include correspondence, reunion information, the tenth annual hockey reunion (1986), and photographs (prints and negatives). Materials in the collection are dated from 1982 to 1990.

Dates: 1982 - 1990

Elisha Greifer papers

 Collection — Box 02-07-01
Identifier: MSS-171
Scope and Content

This collection includes political science-related articles written by Dr. Elisha Greifer and other materials of which he was the editor or translator.

Dates: 1951 - 1969

Jack H. Greising papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-092
Scope and Contents Note This collection contains class and lecture notes for couses taught by Dr. Jack Greising primarily in United States history and the Reformation, with particular emphasis on Martin Luther. The collection also includes Greising's dissertation, "The Status of Confessional Conservatism: Background and Issues in the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod (1972)." The collection also contains records of the Northern Michigan University School of Arts and Sciences Advisory Council, including department...
Dates: 1968-1992

Lynn H. Halverson papers

 Collection — Box 08-05-02
Identifier: MSS-144
Scope and Contents note This collection contains materials from Lynn Halverson's personal and professional life. The largest portion of the collection is his publications, followed by syllabi for several courses. There are also personal and childhood pictures as well as such personal items as his wedding certificate. The single folder of correspondence contains some letters related to his position as Lake Independence Campers' Association President, which including writing a letter to and briefly meeting Henry...
Dates: 1953-1970

Edgar L. Harden papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-077
Scope and Contents note The collection documents Dr. Edgar L. Harden's tenure as president of Northern Michigan College beginning in 1956 through 1967, then under the name Northern Michigan University. The most significant component of the collection is a complete set of speeches delivered during and after his presidency. Also included is a selection of handwritten notes, particularly of a trip to Germany. Records include photographs, calendars, programs, correspondence, proclamations, and honorary degrees. The...
Dates: 1935 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1967

Earl Hilton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-320
Scope and Contents note This collection documents the career of Dr. Earl Hilton, formerly a professor of English at Northern Michigan University. It consists of syllabi, lecture notes, and handouts relating to a variety of English courses taught by Hilton while at Northern. The collection also contains Hilton's writings, presentations, and publications, which largely focus on American literature as do his course materials. Also included is a student term paper on music at Northern and correspondence and course...
Dates: 1947 - 1990

Industrial Arts Club records

 Collection — Box 15-05-01
Identifier: MSS-147
Scope and Contents Note

This collection documents the activities of the Industrial Arts Club (sometimes called the Industrial Education Club), particularly the construction of a float for the homecoming parade and selection of a club emblem. The collection ranges in date from 1958-1967 and includes meeting minutes, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: 1958-1967

John X. Jamrich and June Jamrich Dinner photographs

 Collection — Box 24-07-01
Identifier: MSS-262
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photographs taken at the dinner for John X. and June Jamrich in July 2012 and July 2013 in Marquette, Michigan.

Dates: 2012-2013

John X. Jamrich papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-315
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, speeches, reports, and publications of John X. Jamrich, Northern Michigan University president from 1968 to 1983.The bulk of the collection consists of publications and reports relating to higher education for which Jamrich had some responsibility. Several of the reports were the result of work conducted by the Survey of Higher Education in Michigan prepared for the Michigan Legislative Study Committee on Higher Education.There are also working copies...
Dates: 1957 - 1994

ABOUT THIS COLLECTION GUIDE

This collection guide includes collections from member organizations of UPLINK (the Upper Peninsula Digital Network) as well as the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives. UPLINK collections document the history of the Upper Peninsula broadly, while the Central UP & NMU Archives focuses on such topics as Northern Michigan University history, the local iron mining industry, and the politics, economics, religion, environment, and culture of the Central Upper Peninsula region.


These finding aids will give you an overview of the contents and context of each collection. Finding aids only exist for collections that each organization has shared with UPLINK or (in the case of the NMU Archives) for processed collections. For a more comprehensive list of collections that might help with your research, please contact the relevant heritage organization(s) directly.


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