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.

Papers of Thomas Atkinson, who served in Oakland University’s registrar’s office and as assistant provost from 1962 to 1989.

Maps and photographs of the Western Knitting Mills buildings in Rochester, Michigan, from 1896 to the 1950s.

Collection of correspondence and reports from William Connellan, who worked as an administrator at Oakland University from 1970 to 2004.

A large collection of materials related to the history of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, created by William Springer. The collection includes materials from the 1850s and 1860s as well as later memorabilia and scholarship. Books; pamphlets and ephemera; Lincolnook memories; Lincoln Lore; catalogs and bibliographies; manuscripts; scrapbooks; graphics; historical newspapers; Frederick L. Black papers; Bernhardt Wall collection; artifacts.

Records of the Women of Oakland University, a campus group designed to strengthen a sense of community among OU female employees.