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Eddy, Mary Ellen. Young Women's Christian Association Scrap Book, 1936,1992.

Title: Young Women's Christian Association Scrap Book, 1936,1992.

Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Scrap Book, 1936, 1945, includes: meeting programs, fliers, notes, and letters from YWCA members and advisers at Central Michigan University (CMU), as well as a thank you note, April 25, 1939, and a note about an upcoming event in Detroit, Sept. 23, 1936, from CMU President E.C. Warriner to Eddy. During June 19-27, 1936, Eddy and other YWCA members attended the YWCA Conference at Lake Geneva (Wis.). Eddy also attended the World Acquaintance Tour in Detroit on Oct. 24, 1936 with President Warriner and other students. Programs and materials for both events are included in the scrapbook. Also included are biographical materials (4 p., copies) on Eddy from the CMU Chippewa Yearbook, 1937, and CMU Alumni Directory, 1992.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (in 1 folder) : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51394932 View

Central Michigan University. Office of the President. President Eugene C. Warriner Papers, 1882,2002.

Title: President Eugene C. Warriner Papers, 1882,2002.

The collection includes Dr. Warriner's personal papers, 1885, 2002, including Biographical Information, with a Scrapbook, undated, ca. 1890; Diaries and Date Books, 1885,1937; his license to Preach, 1913; Photographs, undated; and related newspaper articles (copies). Other series include Correspondence, with a few folders of personal correspondence, 1902-1940, undated; Meeting Minutes of various Central Michigan University (CMU) organizations and committees, 1932-1940; Reports of CMU and educational organizations, 1919,1939; Speeches Dr. Warriner gave, 1906-1942, undated; Subject Files, 1896-1948, including CMU football scores, 1896-1939, and two student papers about Dr. Warriner, 1952, undated; Dr. Warriner's Writings, 1900-1935, undated; and 3"x5" index cards, indexing his correspondence, 1882-1939, undated (2 small boxes). The collection provides good documentation on Warriner, his interests, such as Prohibition and Temperance, ideas, and education and CMU related issues of interest during his tenure as CMU's president, such as Women's Suffrage and football.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 cubic ft. (in 5 boxes) : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51310535 View

Osborn, John K. (John Kenneth), 1904-. Papers, 1931, 2009.

Title: Papers, 1931, 2009.

Papers, 1931-1938 and 2009 (copies), mainly consist of correspondence to/from Osborn divided alphabetically by topic. The Central Michigan University (CMU) correspondence is between Osborn, Professor David M. Trout, and CMU President Eugene C. Warriner. A letter of September 13, 1938 from Trout to Osborn notes the severe housing shortage and salary cuts by the Governor of Michigan from July 1 through September 1, 1938, and a desire to hire Osborn in 1939. The Hillsdale correspondence focuses on getting Osborn's thesis published and finding a job, as well as his correspondence with Willfred Mauck, then President of Hillsdale College, about the Teacher Training Program which Osborn directed. A few of Osborn's student papers form the University of Michigan, a report about the Teacher Training Program at Hillsdale, two bibliographies, and biographical materials complete the collection.

ArchivalResource: .25 cubic ft. (in 1 box) ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320244008 View

Oppermann, Kurt P. Papers, 1877-2007.

Title: Papers, 1877-2007.

The Papers are divided into the following series: Papers of Kurt P. Oppermann and his family; the Oppermann Fur Company records; materials Kurt mostly collected including: Historic Preservation Materials, Miscellaneous, Saginaw (Mich.) Materials, and the Papers of Others, including: Bude Volusin; Mabel C. (Scott) de Fere; Marion C. Weir; and Frank Selzer. The collection provides detailed, personal information about Kurt and his family, who were pivotal in the fur and newspaper businesses, as well as in the musical and social life of Saginaw (Mich.) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Family relationships, Germans in Saginaw, Saginaw history and local historic buildings are also well documented. Kurt's Papers (approximately 9 cubic ft. in 17 boxes, 1 Oversized v.) are divided into Biographical Materials, Photographic Materials, some of which were taken by the Goodridge Brothers, Personal Correspondence to immediate and extended family (some in German), Political Correspondence, and General Correspondence to friends. The Oppermann Fur Company Business records document the fur business through financial and customer records, business correspondence, and advertisements, 1888-1937 (4.5 cubic ft. in 9 boxes and 16 Oversized v.). The Historic Materials document historic organizations Kurt helped establish and the buildings they tried to save from destruction, 1949-1962 (.5 cubic ft. in 1 box). Miscellaneous includes correspondence Kurt had with various people on a variety of topics, and a collection of greeting cards, 1911-1973, and undated (.5 cubic ft. in 1 box). Saginaw (Mich.) Materials includes meeting minutes of various Saginaw committees and councils, and information by and about the local schools, auctions, and sewer construction, 1953-1965. Legal-size materials include official paperwork re: Kurt's tuberculosis claims, family wills, and fur advertisements and sketches (by Kurt), in Box 30. The papers of other Saginawians conclude the collection. The family letters of Bude Volusin, 1853-1871 (some in German, .25 cubic ft. in 1 box) document family news and business. The papers of Mabel C. (Scott) de Fere, 1895-1968, and undated (1 cubic ft. in 2 boxes) include her Biographical Materials, Correspondence, Teaching Materials, Certificates and a Diploma, as well as Photographs and other materials documenting her family and life in Bergland (Mich.). The papers of Marion C. Weir include his published and unpublished poetry (some in German), and correspondence with Kurt about their lives, work, and music, 1917-1959, and undated (.5 cubic ft. in 1 box). Frank Selzer's artistic and lithographic work is documented in an oversized ledger, 1930-1941.

ArchivalResource: 26 cubic ft. (in 34 boxes, 3 Oversized folders, 19 Oversized v.) : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/136956480 View

Central Michigan University. Athletic Field Corporation. Scrapbook, 1930,1957.

Title: Scrapbook, 1930,1957.

The scrapbook includes: a letter from Park G. Lantz, Superintendent of the Training School at Central State Teachers College, later Central Michigan University (CMU), to Pres. E.C. Warriner, Jan. 14, 1930, listing the steps of a plan to buy the property needed for a new athletic park and the cost and requirements of such a park for 31,000 dollars on 22 acres of property bordered by Mission, Preston, Franklin, and Bellows streets in Mount Pleasant (Mich.); the By-Laws of the Corporation, with Meeting Minutes, June 28, 1930-Oct. 18, 1938 (scattered, the last minutes mention later events of Juy 10, 1942); Certificates of incorporation from the State of Mich., Dept. of State, May 5, 1930 and May 21, 1931; a Notice from the members of the Corporation's board informing Prof. George DePuy that he will fill Prof. Tambling's position on the board, Oct. 27, 1937; and Correspondence from Joe P. Carey re: Mr. Ron W. Finch checking on the deed to the Althletic Field and finding out about the Corporation, April 12, 1957, and an attached undated cover note from Joe to Ron; Correspondence from Ron W. Finch to Pres. Anspach, May 9, 1957, explaining how CMU professors and alumni, who when students paid 3 dollars/term to pay off the loans needed to buy and build the field, are against buildings being built on the property; and Correspondence from Pres. Anspach to J.P. Carey re: their previous letter and the probability that the field will be moved elsewhere, so the unhappy alumni will hopefully be appeased.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (in 1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56099589 View