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Chipped Pine tree. "April 11 1926"
Photograph of a chipped pine tree used for resin collection. Resin is collected to later be processed into turpentine. A wooden pan is notched into the tree bark below the chips to collect resin. Several of the other trees in the background are also chipped. -
Chipped pine tree. "April 12, 1926. Pair of no. 186.242 (280)"
Photograph of a chipped pine tree used for resin collection. Resin is collected to later be processed into turpentine. A wooden pan is notched into the tree bark below the chips to collect resin. Several of the other trees in the background are also chipped. -
Chipped pine tree. "Box was constructed in 1923"
Photograph of a chipped pine tree used for resin collection. A wooden pan is notched into the tree bark below the chips in the tree where resin will travel down the grooves to the tray. A forest of pine trees can be seen in the background. -
Chipped pine tree. "Close up of 7.92 1 of 2. April 4"
Photograph of a chipped pine tree used for resin collection. Resin is collected to later be processed into turpentine. A wooden pan is notched into the tree bark below the chips in the tree where resin will travel down the grooves to the tray. A car sits in the middle of the trees. A forest of pine trees can be seen in the background. -
Chipped Pine Tree. "May 14"
Photograph of a chipped pine tree. Pine tree resin is collected and processed into turpentine. Several chipping marks can be seen in the side of the tree. The metal pan for collecting the resin is stuck into the side of the tree. Previous years chipping scars can be seen below the collection pan. A pine forest can be seen in the background. -
Chipped pine tree. "Savannah Road"
Photograph a chipped pine tree. Pine tree resin is collected and processed into turpentine. Several chipping marks can be seen in the side of the tree and the metal pan for collecting the resin is stuck into the side of the tree. Previous years chipping scars can be seen below the collection pan. A pine forest can be seen in the background. -
Chipped pine tree. Unknown
Photograph of a chipped pine tree. Pine tree resin is collected and processed into turpentine. Several chipping marks can be seen in the side of the tree and the metal pan for collecting the resin is stuck into the side of the tree. Previous years chipping scars can be seen below the collection pan. A pine forest can be seen in the background. -
Chipped pine tree."March 22 - 3rd chipping"
Photograph of a chipped pine tree. It is noted this is the third chipping on this tree. Pine tree resin is collected and processed into turpentine. The pan for the resin is stuck into the the base of the tree to collect resin as it travels down the grooves from the chipping. A forest of pine trees can be seen in the background. -
Chipped Pine Tree"March 1, 1926. Georgetown Road"
Photograph of a chipped pine tree. Pine tree resin is collected and processed into turpentine. A pan for the resin is stuck into the the side of the tree to collect resin as it travels down the grooves from the chipping. A forest of pine trees can be seen in the background. -
Chipped pine trees "Feb 2, 1926. The box and apron has been moved"
Photograph of a forest of chipped pine trees. Pine tree resin is collected and processed into turpentine. These trees have been chipped for resin collection. The pans for the resin have been stuck into the base of each tree. A car and a building can be seen in the background through the pine forest. -
Chipped pine trees "Feb 2, 1926. The box and apron has been moved"
Photograph of a forest of chipped pine trees. Pine tree resin is collected and processed into turpentine. These trees have been chipped for resin collection. The pans for the resin have been stuck into the base of each tree. A car and a building can be seen in the background through the pine forest. -
Chipped pine trees.
Photograph of a forest of chipped pine trees. Pine tree resin is collected and processed into turpentine. These trees have been chipped for resin collection. The pans for the resin have been stuck into the base of each tree. A car and a building can be seen in the background through the pine forest. -
Chipped Pine Trees. "2nd chipping"
Photograph of forest of chipped pine trees. It is noted that this is the second chipping for the trees. Pine tree resin is collected and processed into turpentine. The pans for the resin have been stuck into the side of each tree. A pine forest can be seen in the background. -
Chipped pine trees. "Feb 15, 1926"
Photograph of a forest of chipped pine trees. Pine tree resin is collected and processed into turpentine. These trees have been chipped for resin collection. The pans for the resin have been stuck into the base of each tree. A pine forest can be seen in the background. -
Chipped pine trees. "March 1, 1926"
Photograph of a forest of chipped pine trees. Pine tree resin is collected and processed into turpentine. Pans for the resin have been stuck into the base of each tree. A car and a building can be seen in the background through the pine forest. -
Chipped Pine Trees. "March 8th"
Photograph of forest of chipped pine trees. Pine tree resin is collected and processed into turpentine. The pans for the resin have been stuck into the side of each tree. A pine forest can be seen in the background. -
Chloe Todd Writing at a Desk
Chloe Todd writes at her desk. From an envelope titled "1 Enlargement, 8 x 10, Chloe Todd." -
Chloe Todd Writing at a Desk
Chloe Todd writes at her desk. From an envelope titled "1 Enlargement, 8 x 10, Chloe Todd." -
Choir And Orchestra Concert
Choir And Orchestra Concert -
Choir Performance
Choir Performance -
Choir standing behind Director Frederic Pease
This image depicts the Normal Choir standing behind Director, Frederic Pease, on the stage of the auditorium on the third floor of Old Main. The Normal chorus generally consisted of about one hundred and fifty voices, who would meet daily for one-and-a-half-hour rehearsals. The work in The Normal Choir consisted of preparing music to perform at public school exercises and concerts that would be given throughout the year. The choir also assisted in leading worship during the daily Chapel Exercises that took place in the Normal Hall every morning at 8:20. -
Cholla and Saguaro cacti. Phoenix, Arizona. "Plains of Arizona near Phoenix"
Photograph of a desert landscape located in Arizona, near Phoenix. Several species of cacti can be seen in the picture including saguaro and cholla. Sandy with low-growing vegetation aside from the two large cacti plants can be seen in the foreground. -
Chorus Members on Stage
Chorus members pose on stage in the auditorium. A pianist sits in the middle in front of her piano. A stained glass window hangs in the background. From an envelope titled "Chorus, June 1939." -
Chorus Members on Stage
Chorus members pose on stage in the auditorium. A pianist sits in the middle in front of her piano. A stained glass window hangs in the background. From an envelope titled "Chorus, June 1939." -
Chorus Members on Stage
Chorus members pose on stage in the auditorium. A pianist sits in the middle in front of her piano. A stained glass window hangs in the background. From an envelope titled "Chorus, June 1939." -
Christmas Party
A female student shakes hands with Santa during a class Christmas party. -
Christmas Story Lesson
Students dressed for a Christmas story play. The blackboard behind students displays a lesson plan for Christmas. -
Christmas Story Play
Students dressed in costume for Christmas Story play prepare for performance -
Chuck Coleman, Oral History Interview, November 13, 2018
Chuck Coleman is a former Eastern Michigan University student activist. Before exiting the university in 1978, Coleman was a member of the Black Student Association, Campus Service Corps, and a student representative of the Office of Minority Affairs. Coleman played an important role for bettering conditions for students of color on -
Church
Groupings of people lower half. Church has two towers and a large central entrance. Initials S.G. are central above the door almost at the top. Statues decorate the building. Tile shingles. Towers have arched windoes. Right side of building has a domed roof, with a circular window in it. Tall elaborate wooden doors. -
Church
Church tower upper left corner. Gothic architecture. Buildings lower left and right corners. Detailing on church is elaborate. -
Church from a Distance
Church with a pointed tower. Scaffolding on the tower. Church upper poertion of image. Bottome portion of image rooftops of differing heights. Some roofs very steep. Stepped gable lower right corner. Roof tiles unique. Mnay chimneys. -
Church Interior. McClellanville, South Carolina. "Interior brick church"
Photograph of the interior of the brick church in images 010_MJ_136_023 and 010_MJ_136_026. A large iron stove sits at the back of the church.Several pews and choir seats surrounds the central aisle. The shutters of the large arched windows have been closed. There are transom lights above the windows. Wooden arches decorate the walls around the windows. A denticulated cornice runs near the ceiling around the entire room. The tile floor of the aisle if broken. -
Church of St. Leodegar
Back of church. Two pointed towers left center, one smaller pointed tower on roof. Roof is dark brown with many dormers. Trees and branches top and bottom of image. Building left and right of church. -
Church, McClellanville, South Carolina. "Brick church"
Photograph of a brick church, likely in McClellanville, South Carolina. The church is a single story with large floor to ceiling windows. A front brick portico at the main entrance can be seen. The portico has a wooden gable that spans the entire front facade. The house has a hipped roof . Transom lights that sit on the windows can be seen. Vegetation surrounds most of the building. -
Church, McClellanville, South Carolina. "Feb. 28, 1926. Rear of brick church (1768) Gerrytown Road. Rear and front just alike. Brick from England "Brick church."
Photograph of a brick church, likely in McClellanville, South Carolina. The church is a single story with large floor to ceiling windows. A front brick portico at the main entrance can be seen. The portico has a wooden gable that spans the entire front facade. The house has a hipped roof . Transom lights that sit on the windows can be seen. Vegetation surrounds most of the building. -
City by Water
City view top half. Water bottem edge. Buildings plain colors. Tower sticking up right upper corner. -
City Street
Street view with buildings lining the street. Cars driving along street as well as parked. Groupings of people on sidewalks. -
Civil War Memorial Tablet
Civil War memorial tablet with names of Michigan State Normal School student's that passed in the Civil War -
Civil War Reenactment On The Stage Of Pease Auditorium
Civil War Reenactment On The Stage Of Pease Auditorium -
Clapping Spectators at a Football Game
Students and adults sit and clap in the stands at a football game. From an envelope titled "Football Assembly, Oct. 1, 1937." -
Clara Francis Hopkins "Saugatuck, Michigan. July 27, 1914"
Photograph of a woman identified as Clara Francis Hopkins. Hopkins was the second wife of Mark Jefferson. Hopkins stands in front a stand of trees. Hopkins wears a hat and has a pine tree segement pinned to her lapel. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection. -
Clara Francis Hopkins "Saugatuck, Michigan. July 27, 1914"
Photograph of a woman identified as Clara Francis Hopkins. Hopkins was the second of wife of Mark Jefferson. Hopkins stands in front of a body of water. A light house can be seen in the background. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection. -
Clara Francis Hopkins "Saugatuck, Michigan. July 27, 1914"
Photograph of a woman identified as Clara Francis Hopkins. Hopkins was the second of wife of Mark Jefferson. Hopkins stands in front of a body of water. A light house can be seen in the background. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection. -
Clara Francis Hopkins "Saugatuck, Michigan. July 27, 1914"
Photograph of a woman identified as Clara Francis Hopkins. Hopkins was the second of wife of Mark Jefferson. Hopkins stands in front of a body of water. A light house can be seen in the background. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection. -
Class in History of Education First Floor - Room 2.
This image depicts a class called The History of Education being taught by Daniel Putnam, who taught the Theory of Art and Teaching courses in addition to psychology courses. This class only took half of one semester to complete and focused on the history of schools, school systems, and education in general. To help students understand how the field of education had progressed, Putnam taught about great educational leaders of both the past and the present. -
Class in History Second Floor - Room 48, Mary Putnam
This image depicts a History class being taught by Mary Putnam, who is sitting behind the desk at the head of the room. The History curriculum at the Normal school focused heavily on the history of the Western world, with American and English history being prioritized. The Normal’s General History coursework focused heavily on Greek and Roman history, and the extent to which the history of non-Western cultures were covered is not discussed in the course description. Much of the discussion relating to non-Western societies appears to have been relegated to the Geography department. -
Class In History Second Floor - Room 49.
This image depicts a history class being taught by Florence Shultes, an instructor in the History and Civil Government department. One of the conditions of admission into the Normal school was that students were required to have knowledge of the significant elements of American history and be able to express critical thinking skills. This is made evident in the 1893-94 Normal register when it states, “History furnishes material for judgements, and unless the pupil has learned to see the relations between the facts, to compare, to judge, that is to think, to use the facts, he is not ready for any such study as Political History.” (p.56) -
Class in Literature 2nd Floor - Room 44
This image depicts a Literature class being taught by the head of the English Language and Literature department, Florus Barbour. When Barbour began his teaching career, he viewed teaching only as a stepping stone to his desired career path of preaching from behind the pulpit. Eventually, however, Barbour grew to understand the importance of public school work and the teaching profession, and grew deeply loyal to the Michigan State Normal School. The English Department head never fully departed from his theological interests, as he impressed upon his students the “value and importance of moral and religious character in teachers” (Putnam). -
Class in Literature Second Floor - Room 31.
This image depicts a literature class being taught by Abbie Pearce. On the chalkboard lining the side wall is the quote: "Genius is universal, genius is an immense capacity for taking pains" which was a common proverbial saying in the 19th century, and may have originated from English reformer Jane Hopkins. There is another quote left reading: "A good book is the spiritual life blood of a master spirit,” by English poet John Milton. Due to both quotations having a connection to English individuals, this image may depict the last term in the Literary Course that focused on the study of English masterpieces. -
Class in Literature Second Floor - Room 42
This image depicts a Literature class. There is a prominent quote on the chalkboard that reads, “Truth is the highest thing a man may keep.” Literature played a prominent role in the lives of many students at the Normal, as the four largest clubs at the Normal were literary societies. Additionally the English Language and Literature Department was one of the largest departments at the Normal in 1893 which, along with the Mathematics Department, had four staff members (some departments only had one staff member at the time). -
Class in Literature Second Floor - Room 42.
This image depicts a Literature class being led by the woman standing at the front of the room, who is likely Lois McMahon. On the chalkboard, there is a quote by British essayist Thomas Carlyle that reads, “Literature is the thought of thinking souls.” The full literature course extends through four semesters, each semester being devoted to one subject. The four subjects that are covered in the Literature course are: English Literature, American Literature, Old and Middle English, and Masterpiece Study. -
Class in Literature Second Floor Room - 41, Abigail Pearce
This image depicts another angle of Abbie Pearce’s Literature class (see 4-8). Abbie Pearce was one of 3 founding advisors of the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority that still has chapters at EMU and around the US today. Pearce, alongside Ada Norton (in the Mathematics department), came up with the cultural and ritual aspects of the sorority. -
Class in Mathematics First Floor - Room 22.
This image depicts a class being led by Mathematics instructor Emma Ackerman, who joined the Normal faculty in the 1892-93 school year. In addition to being an instructor, Miss. Ackerman acted as the assistant to the head of the Mathematics department, David Smith between 1892-98. She left the Normal in 1898 after receiving her Bachelor's degree in Pedagogics. -
Class in Mathematics First Floor - room 26 Prof. Sill Seated.
This image depicts a math class being taught by the head of the Mathematics department, David E. Smith, with Principal Sill (the man seated) observing. The academic work in the Mathematics course included all the standard math courses one would have generally taken in high school, with more advanced courses such as Trigonometry, Calculus, Analytical Geometry, etc. generally being offered as electives. Students entering the Normal were only required to have completed Arithmetic and have some familiarity with simple algebraic equations. The reason for the Normal heavily focusing on arithmetic and elementary-level mathematics was due to the fact that the school existed to teach future educators who would likely end up teaching in the elementary - high school levels. -
Class in Mathematics First Floor - Room 26.
This image depicts a Mathematics class being taught by the head of the Math Department, David Eugene Smith. Dr. Smith originally joined the Normal faculty during the 1890-91 school year and would remain in his position until 1898, when he moved back to his home state of New York to be the principal of the Normal School in Brockport. During his seven years at the MSNS, Smith co-authored and published four textbooks relating to mathematics. Today, Smith is considered to be one of the founders of the field of mathematics education, and he was able to make students see the true beauty and depth of mathematics. -
Class in Psychology First Floor - Room 3.
This image depicts a psychology or “Mental and Moral Sciences” class being led by the man seen standing in the photograph, Perry Trowbridge. Psychology courses were required for all students, and were considered to be a part of the Pedagogy curriculum. The two courses were Elements of Psychology, which explored the basic principles of the field, and General Application of Psychology, which taught students how to apply basic psychological principles to the art of teaching. Students who wanted to receive their Bachelor of Pedagogics were also required to take an Advanced Psychology course, which also included lessons focused on philosophy. -
Class instruction for Dietetic Program
Three female students in white lab coats prepare food in a large kitchen space while taking notes and examining what appear to be rolls. One woman in the foreground appears to be eating the food, while the two others appear to be working collaboratively. -
Class instruction for Dietetic Program
A large group of students sits listening to an instructor lecture. There are plates of baked good on the counter space in the middle. All of the students who are visible are women wearing lab coats. -
Class instruction for Dietetic Program
A group of eight female students, listen to a female instructor of dietetics, who is holding half of a chocolate sheet cake. There are multiple plates on the counter in the middle of the group holding 9 x 9 square sheet cakes and 9" round sheet cakes. Everyone pictured is wearing a lab coat. -
Class Led by Daniel Putnam
This image depicts a class being led by the head of the “Mental and Moral Sciences” department and vice principal, Daniel Putnam. Putnam served as a professor of Pedagogy at the MSNS between 1868 and 1906 and was the acting Principal of the Normal 1881-83 and 1885-86. Putnam was also the President of the Michigan State Teachers Association, President and Treasurer of the Baptist Convention of Michigan, and served as the Mayor of Ypsilanti between 1889-91. Putnam is also responsible for writing the first comprehensive history of EMU, A History Of The Michigan State Normal School (Now Normal College) at Ypsilanti, Michigan 1849-1899 (published 1899). -
Class of 1936
The class of 1936 poses for the camera. From an envelope titled "Class of 1936, Dec 1938." -
Class of 1936
The class of 1936 poses for the camera. From an envelope titled "Class of 1936, Dec 1938." -
Class of 1936 Posing in a Classroom
The class of 1936, along with a teacher, poses in a classroom. From an envelope titled "Class of 1936, Dec 1938." -
Class of 1936 Posing in a Classroom
The class of 1936, along with two teachers, poses in a classroom. From an envelope titled "Class of 1936, Dec 1938." -
Class of 1936 Posing in a Classroom
The class of 1936 poses in a classroom. From an envelope titled "Class of 1936, Dec 1938." -
Classical Building
White building, right middle. Nine corinthian columns at the fron center of the building, which is symmetrical. Steps leading up to entrance of the building. Decorative details include statues and cornice detailing. No windows visible. Two street lamps on steps of building. Groupings of people in front of steps on walkway, lower left corner. -
Classical Languages 2nd Floor - Room 34, D’Ooge.
This image depicts a Classical Languages class being taught by Benjamin D’Ooge, the head of the Latin and Greek Languages Department. In the second row, to the far left, a young Black woman can be seen looking directly into the camera. While the identity of the woman is not confirmed, she may be the granddaughter of H.P. Jacobs, a man who escaped from slavery and worked as a janitor at the Normal school before returning to the newly-free South and becoming one of the most influential Black Baptist preachers of the late 19th century. Jacobs’ children were the first Black students to attend the Michigan State Normal School, and when this photo was taken Jacobs’ granddaughter, Allie Louise DeHazen, was a student at the school. -
Classical Languages 2nd Floor Room 45.
This image depicts a Latin language class being taught by Helen B. Muir, who acted as Benjamin D’Ooge’s assistant in the Ancient Languages Department. Due to the fact that “Caesar” can be seen on the chalkboard, it is likely that this was a second year Latin class as the curriculum focused heavily on Caesar’s commentaries. According to the 1892-93 Normal register, “the reading of some good biography of Caesar” was also required. Four years of Latin lessons were offered to all Normal students, but advanced courses were only offered to students pursuing the advanced courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogics. -
Classroom instruction
A woman teaches a classroom full of students, presumably at the Michigan State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University. The class is a mix of men and women who are sitting at wooden desks throughout the classroom. Large cursive words have been drawn on the blackboards in the background. -
Classroom instruction
A professor's stands at the front of a classroom, instructing students, presumably at Michigan State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University. Books cover the professor's desk and are housed in a large curio cabinet to the left. Classical studies posters hang from the ceiling and surrounding the doorway. Cursive writing covers the blackboards in the background. The men and women of the class sit in wooden desks. -
Classroom instruction
Students in a classroom, presumably at Michigan State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University. It appears to be a classical studies class that the students are attending based on the pictures of classical composers and the cursive phrases on the chalkboard behind the professors, who stands behind her desk at the front of the classroom. The male students sit in long wooden benches. -
Classroom instruction
Students in a classroom, presumably at Michigan State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University. The students sit in long, wooden bench style desks while their professor sits at the front of the classroom in the foreground. Gas lights hang from the ceiling and the room is mostly unadorned. A wall length black board can be seen to the right. -
Clay deposits. Lexington, Michigan. "Thumb. Clay gully, north of Lexington"
Photograph of a clay formation located north of Lexington, Michigan in the "Thumb" area. The clay deposit has a large projection at the top of the hill that is covered in vegetation. Clay deposits can be seen at the base of the hill from runoff and erosion. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection. -
Clear Creek (Ark). Flume on valley side
A man sits on an abandoned flume found on the side of a mountain in Clear Creek Valley, Colorado. A flume is a man-made trough that directs water to a separate location from its starting point. Flumes were used to move materials with the assistance of the water and were popular for mining operations because they helped separate the desired minerals from the earth till. The landscape around the flume is mountainous and rocky. Pine trees cover the mountain face along with scrub bushes and grasses.