6 item sets

• Arm of Honor
  
• Black Student Association: Taking Great Risk
  
• Five Days in May
  
  In the Fall of 2022, Matt Jones’s Oral History Techniques class conducted a set of interviews documenting the stories behind the student unrest on Eastern Michigan University’s campus from 1966-1972. Caught up in the Civil Rights Movement, anti-war protests, women’s liberation, fights for student rights, and a hometown serial killer, EMU found its place within the greater cultural shifts taking place on college campuses across the country. The narrators taking part in this project range from student activists, to administrators, to police officers, each providing a unique perspective in this story. Five Days in May reflects a period of time in EMU’s history where the campus made sure its voices were heard.
• Out of the Margins: Voices from 1279
  
  In 2021, Eastern Michigan University Archives lecturer Matt Jones began documenting the story of Ypsilanti’s Human Rights Ordinance #1279 in an effort to explore the ways in which local queer activism has evolved multi-generationally in Ypsilanti. What began as a refusal of service by a local print shop to a small EMU student group quickly turned into a years-long battle over who was deserving of basic human rights. To the LGBTQ activists and community members documented here, they had always been present in the community: working, paying taxes, painting their houses, mowing their lawns, attending council meetings, and even serving on council. This ordinance battle was about more than just LGBT rights—it was about protecting the human rights of all Ypsilantians.
• Veterans History Project
  
  This collection contains oral histories with Ypsilanti and Washtenaw County veterans collected by the Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti Rotary, and the Eastern Michigan University Archives for the Veterans History Project. The VHP is part of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center which aims to document, preserve, and make accessible the stories of veterans from World War I on. Interviews with local veterans are housed at the Eastern Michigan University Archives in addition to the LOC. Oral histories continue to be processed by the American Folklife Center and the collection is updated regularly.
• YAWH Afghan Resettlement Project
  
  This oral history project explores EMU's partnership with Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County in providing on-campus housing for twelve Afghan families who fled their homes when the Taliban took over in 2021. The families stayed in the Westview Apartments from January to June of 2022.

56 items

• "(Cornerstone Laid For) New Consolidated School"
  
  The item is a news clipping from 4/18 detailing the cornerstone being layed for the Lincoln Consolidated Schools building. The story details how much the building will cost, that buses will bring students to the school from across the 63 square mile district, and highlights the way that the building will function for the Rural Education department at Michigan State Normal School.
• "(Minutes at State Board of Education 1917-18, page 35)..." page 1
  
• "(Minutes at State Board of Education 1917-18, page 35)..." page 2
  
• "(Minutes at State Board of Education 1918-19, page 117)..."
  
• "Agreement entered into between..." page 1
  
• "Agreement entered into between..." page 2
  
• "Agreement entered into between..." page 3
  
• "At the meeting of the city Board of Education May 1..."
  
• "I am enclosing a copy of the contract..." page 1
  
• "I am enclosing a copy of the contract..." page 1
  
• "I am enclosing a copy of the contract..." page 2
  
• "I am enclosing a copy of the contract..." page 2
  
• "Newly Organized Trail Blazers" pg. 1
  
• "Newly Organized Trail Blazers" pg. 2
  
• "Proposed Demonstration Agricultural School Ypsilanti State Normal College" Back Side
  
  The item is a printed paper, approximately 8.5"X11". The item is an educational pamphlet addressed to "Qualified school electors" who would be voting on a proposed elementary and high school for Ypsilanti and August Townships. The item depicts a rendering of what the proposed demonstration school would look like along with text stating what the school would include. There is a front and back to the handout.
• "Proposed Demonstration Agricultural School Ypsilanti State Normal College" Front Side
  
  The item shows signs of bleaching and fading on the paper, along with aging that distorts the color of the paper. The item is a printed paper, approximately 8.5"X11". The item is an educational pamphlet addressed to "Qualified school electors" who would be voting on a proposed elementary and high school for Ypsilanti and August Townships. The item depicts a rendering of what the proposed demonstration school would look like along with text stating what the school would include. There is a front and back to the handout.
• "The State Board of Education and the City of Ypsilanti are discussing the possibility..." page 1
  
• "The State Board of Education and the City of Ypsilanti are discussing the possibility..." page 2
  
• "The Toy Maker" Ticket
  
• "The Toy Maker" Ticket
  
• "The Toymaker" Program page 1
  
• "The Toymaker" Program page 1
  
• "The Toymaker" Program page 2
  
• "The Toymaker" Program page 2
  
• "The Toymaker" Program page 3
  
• "The Toymaker" Program page 3
  
• "The Toymaker" Program page 4
  
• "The Toymaker" Program page 4
  
• "The two contracts differ somewhat..."
  
• "The two contracts differ somewhat..."
  
• "Your committee appointed to consider the contracts..."
  
• "Your committee appointed to consider the contracts..."
  
• "Your letter of the 7th instant at hand..." page 1
  
• "Your letter of the 7th instant at hand..." page 2
  
• "Ypsi School is Dedicated"
  
  The item is a news clipping of a story printed on 4/17, detailing the laying of the cornerstone of the Lincoln Consolidated Schools building on 4/16/1924.
• Act No 137, P. A. 1927
  
• Act No 137, P. A. 1927
  
• Contract (Lincoln School) page 1
  
• Contract (Lincoln School) page 2
  
• Contract (Lincoln School) page 3
  
• Portion of Contract page 1
  
• Portion of Contract page 2
  
• Rural Education Roster 1925-1926 page 1
  
• Rural Education Roster 1925-1926 page 1
  
• Rural Education Roster 1925-1926 page 2
  
• Rural Education Roster 1925-1926 page 2
  
• Rural Education Roster 1925-1926 page 3
  
• Rural Education Roster 1925-1926 page 3
  
• Rural Training Centers Affliation Agreement page 1
  
• Rural Training Centers Affliation Agreement page 2
  
• The Trail Blazer Roster Fall Term 1924-25 page 1
  
• The Trail Blazer Roster Fall Term 1924-25 page 1
  
• The Trail Blazer Roster Fall Term 1924-25 page 2
  
• The Trail Blazer Roster Fall Term 1924-25 page 2
  
• The Trail Blazer Roster Fall Term 1924-25 page 3
  
• The Trail Blazer Roster Fall Term 1924-25 page 3