OUSC. Special Collections

Abstract Letter and postcards received by two Michigan electors in the weeks between Donald Trump’s electoral victory on November 8 and the meeting of the Electoral College on December 19, 2016. Americans from across the country joined a letter writing campaign and sent thousands of letters to electors, urging them to not vote for the presumed president-elect. In addition, the collection includes miscellaneous official letters and invitations regarding the meeting of the Michigan Electoral College...

Scope and Contents note The collection comprises a variety of documents from the late eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, most being from the first half of the twentieth century. They were collected and donated by various individuals. One of them was Mrs. Phyllis Bass, from Florida, who donated her husband's book collection to Oakland University along with autographs of Presidents Lincoln, Jackson, Madison, and Monroe as well as Alexander Dumas and Victor Hugo. With this exception, little is known about the...

Scope and Contents The Bernhardt Wall collection includes full sets of books that he produced -- Following Abraham Lincoln, Following Thomas Jefferson (2 sets of each) --, or that he illustrated -- Washington Irving Footprints --, including presentation copies to William Springer. These works are cataloged and can be searched in the Oakland University library's catalog. One of the Following Thomas Jefferson set is Jane Wall’s copy. Each of the 13 volumes contains letters, clippings and other documents that are...

Abstract Billie S. Farnum is a one-term Democratic Congressman who served in the 89th Congress in 1965-1966, during the Great Society years. Before that he was Assistant Secretary of State of Michigan (1957-1960) and Auditor General of Michigan (1961-1964). He also served as Deputy State Chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party in 1960-1961. The collection was acquired on May 6, 1968, at the initiative of Mr. Farnum and Oakland University's Chancellor, Woody Varner. The collection covers the...

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Charles Ferry (1927-2007) was an award-winning young adult books author who spent the last two decades of his life in Rochester, Michigan. His papers contain materials related to the writing, editing, and publication processes for his body of work, and his outreach efforts related to his previous struggles with alcoholism and eventual successful sobriety. Contents include correspondence, promotional materials, publication files, workshops, and audiovisual materials.

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2 annual reports of the City of Pontiac's "Moving Toward 2000" plan, published in 1986 and 1987.

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Minutes of a 1987 meeting of the Rochester Hills Historic Districts Commission and Summary Brochure of the CIty of Rochester Hills' 1992 Master Plan.

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Copies of the City of Troy historical records since 1837, including Troy Township Board meeting minutes, City Commission meeting minutes, and Audits and Financial Summaries.

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Diaries of the Coryell family, covering life on their farm in Metamore Township, Michigan, from 1844 to 1908.

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Correspondence and manuscripts of Donagh McDonagh (1912-1968), an Irish poet and playwright. McDonagh also wrote for the radio and was active in the Irish literary circles of his time, maintaining relationships with many leading authors, including T.S. Eliot, Thomas Kinsella, and Padraid Colum.

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Pamphlets, talks, and articles about President Abraham Lincoln that belonged to Edgar DeWitt Jones, a passionate collector of Abraham Lincoln history and memorabilia.

Scope and contents The Eugene Mack papers consist of notebooks, diaries and ledgers as well as legal documents, correspondence, receipts and other miscellaneous documents relating to his activities as a farmer, business man, and civic leader. The Eugene Mack papers are divided into three series: Telephone, Estate Management, and Public School. Telephone includes materials related to Mack’s two telephone companies, including founding documents, annual reports (1910, 1912-1914), financial statements, and...

Abstract A collection of materials regarding the death of John Wilkes Booth and rumors about his escape and survival. Fred L. Black was a lawyer and assistant to Henry Ford, who at Ford's request spent the years 1920-1921 researching the conspiracy to kill President Lincoln and the death of John Wilkes Booth, as well as assertions by Finis Bates that Booth had escaped and lived in hiding. The collection includes documents and images Black gathered over the two years of his investigation, manuscripts...

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Correspondence, unpublished poem, and clippings documenting the last months of poet Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) through his relationships with the Norvell family. In October 1930 Lindsay spent some time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Norvell in Albany. They became friends and stayed in contact until his death.

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The collection consists of Kennedy memorabilia collected by Halina Lisowski, a 1971 graduate of Oakland University. A large scrapbook and miscellaneous magazines document the lives and careers of the Kennedy family as presented in the media in 1960-1968.

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Letters, diaries, and some ephemera pertaining to the Ostrom and Matteson families and documenting daily lives and family relationships in 19th century / early 20th century Rochester and surrounding areas (part of the Rod and Susan Wilson collection of Rochester (Michigan) History).

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Mike Rogers was a Michigan Senator from 1994-2001 and a United States Congressman between 2001-2015. This collection consists of printed and digital material generated by his staff during his political career representing Michigan's 26th state legislative district and Michigan's 8th US Congressional district.

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The Oakland County Historical Collection was assembled from various documents relating to Oakland County's cultural heritage organizations in the 1980s, including Oakland County, Avon Township, and Farmington Hills.

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Selected federal land patents for Oakland County from the 1830s through the 1900s.

Abstract Selected records from the Oakland County Sanatorium, which operated in 1927-1964 to care for tuberculosis patients. As increasingly effective drug treatments were found in the 1950s, the patient population dwindled. In late 1964, the buildings and property were sold to the Oakland Community College (OCC). Until its demolition in 2013 it was known as Highland Hall on OCC’s Highland Lakes campus in Waterford. Material is a sampling of records of the Business Manager, including correspondence,...