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...

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Miscellaneous materials related to the operation of computer programs and network developments at Oakland University between 1974 and 1990. Memos and drafts related to policy and program development; computing council meeting minutes; user guides and manuals; and presentations slides for newly-created network and computer programs.

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The Academy of Dramatic Art (ADA) was a 2-year professional acting program offered by Oakland University from 1967 to 1977. The collection covers the entire span of the ADA's life and includes: Administrative files; John Fernald files (the first Artistic Director); Jerry Dahlmann files (executive director); Curriculum materials; Press files; Studio Company materials; Photographs and scrapbooks.

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Reports, correspondence, and other documents from the Ad Hoc Blue Ribbon Commission on Educational Reform, a 1970 special committee of student and faculty representatives charged with making recommendations on curriculum changes at Oakland University.

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Records of the American Association of University Professors Oakland University Chapter since its founding in 1960, including records of its historic work stoppage in 1971, the first faculty strike at a four-year institution in the United States.

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Records of Oakland University's AP Assembly since 1970, including: Administrative Files; Executive Committee Files; Other Committee Files contain miscellaneous records produced by the Advisory , Communication , and Elections Committees; Staff Development; and Events and Awards materials.

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Records of Oakland University's AP Association, including meeting minutes, manuals and newsletters, documenting the Association's activities as a representative of Administrative Professional employees since 1969.

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Records of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS), founded in 1979. Includes: Administrative Files; Subject Files; Publications (the AIS journal and its newsletter); Conference materials; Project Files; and Kindred Organizations materials.

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Records of Oakland University's Association of Women Students in 1960-1963, including constitutions, meeting agendas, correspondence, financial records, and event files (especiallyl the yearly Culture Internationale event).

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...

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Papers of Billie DeMont, who served as an administrator in various capacities at Oakland University from 1971 to 1980. She was assistant provost, associate provost, and Director of the Center for General and Career Studies which was in charge of New-Charter College, the credit evening program, the Department of Learning Skills, and the Career Development and Bachelor of General Studies programs.

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...

Abstract Documents produced by Oakland University's Center for Community and Human Development from 1972 to 1981, with the bulk covering the 1978-1981 period. Includes: Administrative files (correspondence and memos from the center's director, faculty, and committees); Topical files. The Center for Community and Human Development was an Oakland University office charged with managing existing relations between Oakland University and community partners, including the community service program and...

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Administrative and curriculum files of Oakland University's Center for General and Career Services, which was responsible for all nontraditional education programs from 1976 to 1981, and its successors, including the Bachelor of General Studies Faculty Council.

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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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Records of a survey of public art in Oakland County conducted in 1987-1989 by Oakland University students under the direction of Charlotte Stokes, Department of Art and Art History.

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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.