Oakland University Chronicles Oral History Project records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: OU-HISTORY-CHR

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collections consists of the records created by the OU Chronicle organizers, Paul and Alice Tomboulian, and by the Chronicles Advisory Committee before, during and after the recording of interviews. These include meeting minutes, budget drafts, correspondence with Oakland University Administration, and release forms. Materials in preparing for the 2000 Tribute to Woody Varner are included. Some other interviews from the early 1990s are present as well, including interviews of other OU individuals not listed in the Chronicles. Transcripts are available for those too.

Dates

1958 - 2000

Access and Use note

The Oakland University Chronicles Oral History Project records are open for research.

Copyright

History

OU Chronicles was a project initiated by Paul and Alice Tomboulian to interview people who were significantly involved in the early years at Oakland University. Paul Tomboulian was professor and chair of chemistry, and arrived at Oakland in the Fall of 1959. In 1996-1997 eleven interviews were recorded, and fourteen in the following year. Interviewees included administrators, faculty and seven alumni from the first two classes. The purpose of the Chronicles was to provide insight into the early times, and record the perspectives and personalities of some of the pioneering individuals who built the foundations of the university.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Meeting minutes, budget drafts, correspondence with Oakland University Administration, and release forms of the Oakland Chronicles project -- an oral history project conduction in 1996-1998 that resulted in 25 interviewees of early OU employees and students. Earlier interviews and documents for the 2000 Tribute to Woody Varner are also included.