Richard O'Dell papers 1939 - 1992

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Richard O'Dell papers 1939 - 1992

The processed portion of this collection contains six files related to O'Dell's tenure at Northern Michigan University. Of particular note is a file on the Black Student Sit-in and Protests in 1969-1970 and of the National Education Association's effort to unionize the faculty in 1971.The unprocessed portion of the collection contains committee papers (Faculty Senate, Professional Load, Sabbatical Leave); class records (1958-1960); Northern Michigan College of Education bulletins (1949-50; 1954-55); Commencement (1959) and inauguration speech for President John X. Jamrich (1969); course papers: Problems of World Peace; Correspondence (University of Michigan; miscellaneous; Dorothy Maywood Bird; David Town; World War II); Vital Issues Conference; "Man in Appraisal" series; Straits Bridge Festival; Lavina Spindler clippings and letters; Rotary Club history materials; unlabeled photos; newspaper clippings. The collection's materials date from 1939 to 1992.

1.25 Linear feet

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Northern Michigan university

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Jamrich, John X.

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Northern Michigan University. Academic Senate.

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Northern Michigan University. Faculty Council.

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O'Dell, Richard F. (Richard Frederick), 1914-

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Dr. Richard Frederick O'Dell received his B.A. degree from Michigan State University in 1935, M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan in 1939 and 1948, respectively. O'Dell was a professor of history and former head of the Department of History and Social Sciences. He began his career at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan in 1949 and retired in 1975. O'Dell was president of the Faculty Council in the 1960s and helped draft the constitution for the new Academic Sen...

Northern Michigan University. Dept. of History.

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