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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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Records of the Commission on Student Life, an ad hoc committee at Oakland University that produced a report on student government and on coordination of the student life program in 1967 and served as an advisory University Senate committee on student life until 1969.

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The Concours d’Elegance collection is organized in 3 series: Administrative, Publicity, and Artifacts. Administrative files include rosters, meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence and other documents, organized chronologically from 1987 to 2005. Publicity files contain materials such as print advertisements, flyers, newspaper clippings, and event invitations for the years 1979 to 2009. Artifacts include passes, sponsors' lanyards, buttons, and stationary.

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

Abstract A non-profit organization of Michigan women artists and craftswomen from 1968 to 2004.The Creative Arts Council records contain materials pertaining to its history. The Executive Board Meeting Minutes cover the activities of the council’s governing body from 1987 to 2004. Miscellaneous administrative files include the organization’s constitutions. The Events files contain preparation materials and news media coverage of the organization’s art shows and sales, including its annual Art at...

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Papers of Curtis Armstrong, an OU alum, documenting Armstrong’s life and career as a theater, cinema, and television actor and as a screenwriter and author from 1968 to 2021. After a debut in the theater Armstrong launched a successful movie career in “Risky Business”. Materials from his days at Oakland University’s Academy of Dramatic Art are also included. Of particular interest are diaries, correspondence, photographs, AV materials, scripts (some annotated), and press books.

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Papers of David DiChiera (1935-2018), an award-winning professor, composer, and founder of the Michigan Opera Theater. As a faculty member at Oakland University’s music department from 1962 to 1972 he developed the university’s music curriculum and cultural programming. In an effort to make opera accessible to a large Michigan public he founded the Michigan Opera Theatre in 1971 and remained its director until 2017.

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Internal documents and publications of the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance at Oakland University, including programs of performances, covering the 1960-2014 period. Large number of photographs of faculty, students and performances over the years.

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Miscellaneous materials relating to the Dodge/ Wilson family assembled by the Oakland University Archives over time. The collection consists mostly of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, programs and other documents that illustrate various aspects of the history of the Dodge and Wilson families.

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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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Correspondence, memos and other materials produced during Donald O'Dowd's time as Oakland University President in 1970-1979, as well as earlier. They document his leadership, interaction with other campus units and student life. The collection is organized alphabetically by topic. See also the Donald O'Dowd (Provost) collection for additional material on Donald O'Dowd's career at Oakland University.

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Correspondence, memos and other materials produced during Donald O'Dowd's time as Provost at Oakland University in 1966-1970. They document his leadership, interaction with other campus units and student life. The collection is organized alphabetically by topic. See also the Donald O'Dowd (President) collection for additional material on Donald O'Dowd's career at Oakland University.

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Records of the Dormitory Council, set up in 1964 to represent the interests of all resident students and advise the Oakland University administration, and affiliated councils until 1972.

Abstract Correspondence, memos and other materials produced by the office of Chancellor Durward B. (Woody) Varner during his tenure as Oakland University's first leader from 1957 to 1969. They document his leadership, interaction with other campus units and students in the first ten years of the university's existence, including important events such as the graduation of the Charter Class, the creation of the first programs and the development of the campus infrastructure. The collection also...

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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.

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Member of Oakland University’s charter class who enrolled in Fall 1959 at the new Michigan State University-Oakland and graduated in 1963. Correspondence; study body constitution; clippings and OU promotional materials.

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Documents from one of 3 committees established by the Senate in the fall of 1978 to study the feasibility of an entry-year program at Oakland University.

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...

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Meeting agendas and minutes, as well as flyers, forms, policies, and other documentation used by the Fitzgerald House Council, Oakland University's first student residence hall, from 1965 to 1993.