Graduate & Undergraduate Student Projects

Objects

Photographic documentation of realia, memorabilia, and artifacts housed at the Eastern Michigan University Archives.

Eastern Michigan University Campus Building

Information on the physical structures on the campus of Eastern Michigan University.

Sights

A curated collection of Eastern Michigan University's digitized visual resources

Sounds

A curated collection of Eastern Michigan University's digitized audio resources

Detroit Club

Special Project in partnership with the Department of History and Philosophy for the 2020-21 Detroit Theme year.

HAMBURGERS FOR BREAKFAST: Food and the Student Experience

An exhibit created by 2022 Historic Preservation graduate students to explore how food (or access to food) helps shape the student experience at EMU. This exhibit will focus, in part, on how food has molded and reflected gender issues and activities; how EMU foodways reflect changing demographics of its students; and that students mobilized to help feed their classmates.

The Life of Muriel Rukeyser

A special project with the Eastern Michigan University Archives and the Eastern Michigan University Archives

Let's Get Physical: EMU's Pioneering Efforts in Athletics and Sports

The 2024 McKenny Gallery Exhibit, "Let's Get Physical: EMU's Pioneering Efforts in Athletics and Sports," was developed by students in the Preservation Studies program, for GHPR633: Developing Museum Exhibits. This gallery highlights the efforts made by EMU to be an early leader of physical education, and to enhance access to sports and athletics.

Michigan State Normal School at the Columbian World's Fair

A comprehensive look at the Michigan State Normal School's participation in the Columbian World's Fair in 1893. It included essays, a digital reproduction of the exhibit, and complete catalog of images taken for the fair.