Analog and digitized recordings of 39 interviews of longtime Pontiac Black residents, conducted between fall 1975 and early 1977, as well as recordings of multiple conferences and lectures related to Black studies and Black politics in the 1970s.

Files from President Sandra Packard's office during 1992-1994, part of her tenure at Oakland University. Included are events files, which contain President Packard's speeches, and memos and correspondence files. Materials from her inauguration, including recordings, are also present.

Papers of Priscilla Hildum, who worked at Oakland University in various capacities from 1977 to 2000 and as assistant to the vice president for Academic Affairs after 1989.

Photographs, audiovisual materials and posters documenting the development of the Upward Bound program at Oakland University between 1969 and 2014.

Files from Keith Kleckner during his tenure as Assistant to the Dean for Graduate Studies at Oakland University from 1970-1976, as Associate Provost in 1977-1981, and as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost from 1982 to 1992.

Reading files assembled by Provost Virinder Moudgil's staff that cover all areas in the provost's portfolio for the 2001-2012 period, especially academic programs and faculty relations.

Collection of photographs of Oakland University's campus and student life in the years between 1964 and 1967, taken by OU student Rick Shea.

Copy of letter sent by Oakland University Chancellor Varner to alum Richard Stier in September 1965 about their wartime experience.

The Riley-Smith Crusades Collection consists of documents, photographs, and recordings acquired along with Jonathan Riley-Smith's personal library of thousands of monographs, periodicals, and other publications. It documents a small fraction of Riley-Smith's work as a researcher and professor. There are also a few items regarding his personal life. Of particular interest are the nearly 1,000 slides documenting crusades history Riley-Smith took during tours of the Middle East.

Correspondence of Robert Hoopes, Dean of the Faculty at Michigan State University-Oakland (Oakland University). Hoopes was hired as a professor of English at MSUO in July 1957, was Dean of the Faculty from 1959 to 1961, Assistant to the Chancellor for University Planning in 1961-1963, and chair of the English Department until 1969.

LGBTQ ephemera (mailings, flyers, and other materials) from the Detroit area, Michigan, and the United States, collected by Robert Gaylor from the 1960s to the 2000s.

LGBTQ periodicals from the Detroit area, Michigan, the United States and beyond, collected by Robert Gaylor from the 1960s to the 2010s.

Active collectors of Rochester history memorabilia with deep roots in the Rochester Avon area; members of numerous local and Michigan historical organizations and authors of publications and tours on local history. Harvested over decades, their collection includes their personal research files as well as books, periodicals, photos, manuscripts, posters, objects, and other items documenting the history of the greater Rochester area.

Copies of Avon Township 19th-century records, typed and assembled by Sally Cieslik in 1987.

Records of the OU Sigma Xi Club for the 1967-1983 period, a chapter of a national organization dedicated to the encouragement of research in pure and applied science.

Records of the Slavic Folk Ensemble, a student group at Oakland University (1963-1993), including correspondence, performance brochures, operational documents, and photographs.

Personal papers of John J. Snook (1842-1923) -- a farmer, poet, and Civil War veteran -- and his family, who lived in Rochester, Michigan.

Materials documenting the activities of the Student Enterprise Theater, a student-run dramatic group at Oakland University between 1967 and 1984.

Records of the Student Library Committee (SLC), which worked to strengthen relations between the library and the student body at Oakland University In 1965-1971.

Papers of Tamara Machmut-Jhashi, who served as a professor and academic administrator at Oakland University between 1997 and 2015, rising to the position of Associate Provost.