Alumnae Council (University of Michigan) records 1890-1991 1917-1980

Collegiate Sorosis (University of Michigan)

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In 1886, the Michigan chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta, then one of the three secret societies for women at the University of Michigan, feeling dissatisfied with the limitations of a secret organization, resigned from the national society. A group of the former members immediately laid plans for the founding of a society that would have a broader social and educational influence. Contact was made with the New York Sorosis, a women's organization with many distinguished members, which ha...

University of Michigan. Alumnae Council.

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The University of Michigan Alumnae Council was founded in 1917, and its constitution adopted in June 1924. The group was established as a branch of the general Alumni Association, to support the interests of women at the University of Michigan. The Alumnae Council has since come to be an equal organization with the Alumni Association. They raise funds, which they use to support women’s housing, such as the Alumnae House and Henderson House, for fellowships and scholarships, and dona...

University of Michigan. Women's League.

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From the time that women were admitted to the University of Michigan in 1870 (some four decades after the university's founding) until 1896, when the first dean of women was appointed, there was no organized supervision of women students on campus. The university provided no housing for students; female students, like their male counterparts, were left to find their own lodgings in town, usually in mixed rooming houses. Few of these rooming houses had sitting rooms for receiving cal...

University of Michigan. Junior Hop.

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Iron and Steel Club (University of Michigan)

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Smith, Grace

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Kappa Alpha Theta. Eta Chapter (University of Michigan)

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Alpha Tau Omega. Beta Lambda Chapter (University of Michigan)

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Meyer, Suzanne M.

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Martha Cook Building (University of Michigan)

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Please consult the history found in the finding for Martha Cook Building (University of Michigan) Records. From the guide to the Martha Cook Building (University of Michigan) publications, 1916-2005, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) The Martha Cook Building opened in the fall of 1915 as the second all-women's dormitory on the University of Michigan campus. It was a gift of Mr. William Wilson Cook, a lawyer-philanthropist from New York City wh...

Sargeant, Ellen Maude.

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Carr, Lauren Duane.

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Lodeesen's Orchestra.

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Alumnae House (University of Michigan)

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Betsey Barbour House (University of Michigan)

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University of Michigan. Girls Glee Club.

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Henderson House (University of Michigan)

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Women's cooperative residence established in 1945 to provide affordable housing and a supportive community for women enrolled in the University of Michigan. From the description of Henderson House (University of Michigan) records, 1945-2002. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778702 Henderson House is an all women's cooperative dormitory opened in 1945 as a result of an idea originally conceived by the Alumnae Council in 1917. The idea was to have a...

University of Michigan. Junior Girls Play.

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The Junior Girls' Play was a popular tradition that played a large role in the social life and customs of women at the University of Michigan. The Junior Girls' Play tradition began in 1904, when the junior class presented a play to graduating senior women class. From 1909 to 1920, the play was also performed at the Michigan Women's Banquet, an annual banquet held for University of Michigan women and alumnae. The first complete musical comedy was performed in 1912 ("In Old Baghdad")...