University Archives

Cleo Moran Papers

astankrauff — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400

The collection of Dr. Cleo Moran reflects her eleven years involvement with the Commission on the Status of Women. President Keast appointed Dr. Moran to the Commission as a resource person in April 1971. President Wiliam R. Keast established the Commission on the Status of Women at Wayne State University in February of 1971. The Commission began to improve the role of women on campus through equity and equality in employment placement and promotion as well as to improve the dignity of women in many other areas of campus activities.
Elected secretary at the outset of the organization, she served the Commission through 1974 as well as a member of its numerous committees.

Corinne Lathrop Gilb Papers

astankrauff — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500

The Corinne Lathrop Gilb Papers document Corinne Lathrop Gilb’s career from 1970 to 1994. During this time, she served as both a Wayne State University history professor and Co-Director of the Liberal Arts and Urban Studies program. Correspondence and reports related to her work at WSU are housed in Box 1. Her appointment as the City of Detroit’s Planning Director was from 1979 to 1985. Working under Mayor Coleman Young, Gilb created a Master Plan for the city in 1985. This plan and others are included in Boxes 2 and 3.

Olga Dworkin Papers

astankrauff — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 16:38:27 -0400

Olga Frances (Gorup) Dworkin (1925-2015) was a Wayne State alumna (BA, Education, 1946) who was active in her sorority (Alpha Theta Sigma), Wayne State University’s (WSU) Alumni Association, the Wayne State Fund, where after her tenure as President (1968-1969), she became Chairwoman of the WSU Campus Beautification Committee for seventeen years. Dworkin was a member and President of the Understudies, and helped spearhead Detroit Receiving Hospital’s (DRH) Art Project in 1983.

Wayne State University English Department Records

aergas — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 12:08:45 -0500

These records of the WSU English Department represent material accrued in three accession dates: 1978, 1979, and 1988. The arrangement of folders reflects these different accessions, so that similar subjects may appear in multiple places in the collection. The records include deliberations of major committees on policy, personnel and curriculum, as well as student requirements and activities on the undergraduate and graduate level. With these records, researchers could track changes in curriculum and standard literature over the decades. The material also reflects faculty and graduate student research and grant proposals, as well as participation in local, state and national professional organizations. Many requisitions for supplies and building/office repairs were included in the records. These have been sampled and the bulk of them discarded. Also discarded are inquiries and applications from potential faculty members over several decades. Approximately half the records (Series 5) are folders of faculty correspondence and employment information dating from the1940s to 1980s. This includes material of many prominent faculty mentioned in the history note, records of Professor Ellen J. Stekert, one of the founders of the WSU Folklore Archive, and some examples of publications by various faculty. Among interesting trends that could be researched are the status of women faculty (particularly regarding marital status and pregnancy), records of a very few African-American faculty during this period, and dealings with the Selective Service regarding the status of young faculty members during the Vietnam War era.

Folklore Archive: Student Field Projects Photographs

drice — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 10:52:13 -0500

The Folklore Archive, established in 1939 by WSU English professors Emlyn Gardner and Thelma James, contains the oldest and largest record of urban folk traditions in the United States. To document these traditions, Wayne State University students conducted field research projects, some of which included photographic records. Collection consists of 71 projects (or aggregations of multiple projects on a single topic) conducted by student interviewer-collectors. Student field research projects cover a broad range of topics, with strengths in cultural object analysis, including quilting, artwork, Slavic eggs, and various handicrafts. There are several images of Edvard Kozak, a Ukrainian artist. The cultural diversity of the Detroit area is expressed in representations of Middle Eastern, Lebanese, Ukrainian, Greek, Italian, French-Canadian, German, Czechoslovakian, and African-American persons and their customs.

FRIENDS of the Wayne State University School of Medicine Records

kschmeling — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:08:07 -0400

The organization began as a group of spouses of the School of Medicine’s administration during 1972. Later on, FRIENDS grew to include those associated with and those who would like to help the school. The organization was led by a board of directors and had committees as well. FRIENDS was involved with fundraising and service projects, but also had social outings and gatherings.

Fritz Redl Papers

kschmeling — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 12:02:15 -0400

Fritz Redl was a professor at Wayne State University's School of Social Work. His papers document his research in human behavior and psychoanalytical work on delinquent youth, as well as moments of his personal life and his classroom habits.

Ray Ginger Papers

pneirink — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:25:15 -0500

Raymond Ginger was a historian, author, and Wayne State University faculty member in the Department of History. Ginger authored The Bending Cross, an acclaimed biography of trade unionist Eugene V. Debs, Six Days or Forever? Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes about the "Scopes Monkey Trial," and Altgeld’s America: The Lincoln Ideal versus Changing Realities. He held faculty appointments at Harvard, Brandeis, Stanford, Calgary, and Wayne State Universities. The Ray Ginger Papers document a wide sampling of his research, academic, and publishing career. The collection contains personal correspondence; business correspondence related to university appointments, submissions for publication, and works-in-progress; drafts of published and unpublished works; and research notes and sources on business history and labor.

Cornelius Golightly Papers

aorchard — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 09:45:42 -0500

Dr. Cornelius Golightly was an Associate Dean and professor at Wayne State University's Philosophy Department. Golightly's papers document his time at several institutions, his work in the philosophy field, as well as his involvement with several school boards, including Milwaukee and Detroit. This collection primarily contains draft manuscripts, classroom notes and instructions, correspondence, brochures, and acknowledgements. Additional materials include three folders of photographs and one college patch.

Helen T. Suchara Papers

astankrauff — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 14:07:47 -0400

Helen T. Suchara was a professor at Wayne State University’s College of Education from 1956 to 1981. During her time as a professor and even after her retirement, Helen served leadership positions for many different councils and committees, including the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit, the University Council for Wayne State University, the Association of Childhood Education International, and many more. Helen wrote numerous publications, travelled overseas for teaching assignments, and served in the Peace Corps.

H. Merrill Jackson Papers

pneirink — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 08:49:56 -0500

H. Merrill Jackson was a social scientist who had an academic career from the 1950s through the 1990s. In 1953 Jackson conducted research on Vietnamese and African communities while abroad in Paris and Vietnam. From 1969-1970 he performed fieldwork in West Africa and the Caribbean and was a research fellow at the University of Ghana. Jackson joined the faculty at Wayne State in 1970 and taught at Monteith College in the Science of Society Division and with the School of Social Work. This collection contains Jackson’s research on relational theory, social change, folk and urban society, and peasant society. Also well represented is Jackson’s interest in marginalized groups, Black Power, and race relations. The collection also contains fieldwork from his time in Vietnam, France, the Caribbean, and West Africa and documents his pedagogy at Wayne State University’s Monteith College. The collection includes articles and working papers by Jackson; scholarly articles by his contemporaries; manuscript chapters on relational theory and related interviews with Robert Thomas; and course syllabi and lecture notes.

Thelma G. James Papers

thenning — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:31:39 -0400

Thelma G. James joined Wayne State University in 1923, known then as the College of the City of Detroit. As a professor in the English department, she taught courses on folklore and the Bible as literature. James' research concentrated on folklore and folk medicine practices of various nationalities and ethnic backgrounds. In 1939, James co-founded the Wayne State University Folklore Archive with fellow English professor Emelyn Gardner. Now the oldest and largest record of urban folk traditions in the United States, this extensive archive was the culmination of interviews conducted by James, Gardner, and their students. Throughout her career, James developed a national reputation as a pioneer of folklore studies and had had a significant impact on the Wayne State community. She received the status of Professor Emeritus upon her retirement in 1967.

This collection contains the personal papers of Thelma James, records documenting the history and organizational methods of the Wayne State University Folklore Archive, and Folklore Archive card files on diseases and other topics collected from individuals in Michigan and Detroit from a broad range of nationalities and ethnicities. The card files in this collection include Albanian, African American, Native American, Armenian, Canadian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Lithuanian, Maltese, Mexican, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Scottish, Swedish, Syrian, Turkish, and Ukrainian folklore.

Katherine Chamberlain Papers

kschmeling — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 12:58:12 -0400

Katherine McFarlane Chamberlain, professor of physics in the College of Liberal Arts, was born June 28, 1892 in Saginaw, Michigan. She earned a B.A. (1914), an M.A. (1919), and a Sc.D. (1925) from the University of Michigan. Chamberlain began as an instructor at the College of the City of Detroit in 1924 and was appointed full professor at Wayne State University in 1945. She was the author of, First College Course in Photography, Introduction to the Science of Photography and Darkroom Handbook. Her areas of research were optics and atomic power. Chamberlain served on the National Advisory Committee of the Phoenix Project, and the Atomic Energy Research Center of the University of Michigan. She retired from the University in 1960. Katherine Chamberlain died on January 9, 1977 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Vernon E. Keye Papers

drice — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:29:16 -0400

Vernon Keye was the director of Wayne State’s student mental health clinic for several years in the 1950s and 60s. He was heavily involved in the effort to create licensing standards for Michigan’s social workers and counselors. His papers reflect his work with the American Association of Psychiatric Social Workers, which later became the National Association of Social Workers, and his participation in numerous social work conferences.

Collection is unprocessed.

Monteith College Student Newsletters

cwesterman — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:48:17 -0400

Monteith College was endowed by a Ford Foundation Grant. Its purpose was to provide general education in an innovative way. Monteith was an experimental college developed by the College of Liberal Arts to study whether a small college on a large university for commuters could provide a first-rate education for average undergraduates. Monteith College was founded in 1959 and closed in 1979. This collection consists of newspapers produced by students of Monteith College.

Lynn H. Parsons Papers

drice — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:23:02 -0500

Professor Lynn H. Parsons taught American history at Wayne State University from 1965 until 1971. This collection consists of correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, a legal brief and newspaper clippings related to his grievance with the Wayne State History Department over its refusal to recommend him for tenure. His case, along with faculty layoffs in 1972, helped to build support for collective bargaining at the University. The files are arranged chronologically.

Purdy Memorial Fund Records

aorchard — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:20:50 -0500

Documents efforts to obtain a bust of Purdy for the library.

Richard B. Angell Papers

kschmeling — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:39:30 -0400

Richard Bradshaw Angell was a philosophy educator specializing in logic and ethics. Angell taught at a number of colleges over the course of his career, including Ohio Wesleyan University from 1954-1968 and Wayne State University from 1968-1989. During this time Angell produced and published a great many papers, most of which are present in this collection. Also included are general philosophical musings, correspondence, the work of other philosophers, and Angell’s 2002 book A-Logic. Many of Angell’s papers are also available online, at www.rbangell.com.

Ronald Aronson Papers

kschmeling — Thu, 26 May 2016 12:11:30 -0400

Professor Ronald Aronson taught at Wayne State University from 1968 to 2013 in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, during which time he was actively involved in the Center for Democratic Values, the writing of a number of books, and the creation of two feature-length documentaries, "Professional Revolutionary: The Life of Saul Wellman (2004)," and "1st Amendment on Trial: The Case of the Detroit Six (2005)."

This collection consists of material from throughout Ronald Aronson’s professional career,
including articles by and about him and his work; materials generated by the Center for Democratic Values; and research materials generated during the production of his two documentaries.

Burt R. Shurly M.D. Papers

astankrauff — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:05:49 -0400

Burt Shurly was born in Chicago on July 4, 1871, son of Edmund Richard P. and Augusta (Godwin Shurly and grandson of Jon Martin and Elizabeth Catherine (Chumley) Shurly. After receiving his preliminary education at Northwestern Military Academy, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Burt R. Shurly graduated with his B.S. at the University of Wisconsin in 1894 and M.D. at the Detroit College of Medicine in 1895 and spent 1896 engaged in postgraduate study at the University of Vienna. He interned at Harper Hospital in Detroit and then began the practice of medicine in association with his uncle Ernest L. Shurly with an initial focus on tuberculosis later to focus on diseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat and chest. One of the most notable things that Shurly did was to serve as the director of the Carl E. Schmidt Base Hospital No. 36 in Vittel, France during World War I. Base Hospital 36 as it was known was the largest base hospital unit ever formed to that point. He passed away on October 20, 1950.

G. Harold Silvius Papers

aorchard — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 09:28:27 -0500

G. Harold Silvius joined the faculty of the Wayne State University College of Education in 1936, and was a professor of industrial education by 1941. From 1946 to 1971, Silvius served as chairman of the Industrial Education program, creating a nationally recognized program of industrial teacher education. Silvius was a member of Mu Sigma Pi, a graduate professional industrial education fraternity. He retired in 1975. This collection is comprised largely of correspondence between Silvius and others involved in Industrial Education between 1956-1972. Also included are a number of publications on Industrial Education, information on prominent leaders in the field, and the Mu Sigma Pi scrapbooks from 1941.

William P. Sosnowsky Papers

thenning — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:44:39 -0500

After receiving his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate from the Wayne State University College of Education, William Paul Sosnowsky joined the college faculty in 1965. As unofficial historian of the College of Education, Sosnowsky took a particular interest in the history of the founding of the college and the university at large. This collection contains Sosnowsky’s research on the founding of the college, which began as the Detroit Normal Training School and later became the Detroit Teacher’s College. It also contains Sosnowsky’s research on Amanda Parker Funnelle, the Detroit Normal Training School’s founding principal. After spending decades researching this topic, Sosnowsky maintained that the Detroit Normal Training School originated before 1881, the date officially accepted by the university.

Suzanne Antisdel Collection

astankrauff — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:13:18 -0400

This collection comprises a locket pendant - crafted of brass and mother of pearl. It is dated 1934, the year that the name “Wayne University” was adopted for what is now Wayne State University.

Theodore D. Rice Papers

astankrauff — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 08:54:10 -0400

Dr. Theodore D. Rice (1904-1989) was a Professor of Education at Wayne State University (WSU) for fifteen years, from 1957 to 1972. He specialized in secondary education.

Otto Feinstein Papers

astankrauff — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Dr. Otto Feinstein was professor of Political Science at Wayne State University from 1960 until his passing in 2003. While at Wayne State, Feinstein was an educational innovator, creating opportunities for students at all levels of life and making the classroom a space for activism. The collection reflects Feinstein’s involvement with many key programs, centers, and initiatives, including the Southeast Michigan Regional Ethnic Heritage Study Center, To Educate the People (TEP), The Working Channel (TWC), Weekend College Program, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, and more.

Ruth Ellsworth Papers

astankrauff — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Ruth Ellsworth was a professor of Social Studies Education at Wayne State University in the College of Education from 1949 to 1977. She served on several committees at Wayne State University such as Wayne State University Retirement Committee, the Wayne State University Council Public Relations Committee, the Wayne State University Calendar Committee, Wayne State University's Quarter System Committee, and Wayne State University's Committee on Teacher Education. This collection is comprised of the papers from these committees and the work that she contributed.

Wayne State University Alpha Theta Sigma Records

kschmeling — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 11:29:46 -0400

Alpha Theta Sigma was originally an all-women's club on Wayne State University's campus. Founded in 1923 as the "An-Tik-Lik Club," the group went on to become the second women's organization on campus. The An-Tik-Lik Club earned its Greek letter social sorority status in 1927, becoming known as Alpha Theta Sigma, or AST.

The organization's focus was primarily social events, such as spring dances and charity drives. AST became closely affiliated with the Women of Wayne Alumni Association to help promote and provide leadership opportunities at Wayne State. Alpha Theta Sigma officially disbanded in 1953, with former members making occasional visits to campus and donations to women's organizations in the name of the group.

Wayne State University Alumni Association Alumni News

astankrauff — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

The Alumni News was a magazine initially published by the Alumni Association of Wayne University, and then by the following units of Wayne State University: the Alumni Association, the Division of University Relations, and the Division of Public Relations. After 1986, the newsletter was once again published by the Alumni Association.

Wayne State University Alumni Association Wayne State Magazine

astankrauff — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Wayne State is a publication of the Wayne State University Alumni Association. From 2001 until 2006, the full title of the publication was Wayne State Magazine. The magazine's articles cover the activities of Wayne State University alumni, faculty, staff, and students.

Wayne State University Arab Fraternity Records

astankrauff — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:09:53 -0400

These records contain files of the Arab Fraternity that was active at Wayne State University between 1921 to the 1970s. The bulk of the records are from the 1930s and 1940s. The Arab Fraternity was active when the university was known as the Detroit Junior College, subsequently called the College of the City of Detroit, Wayne University and currently Wayne State University. Documents include a minute book, ledgers, receipts, bank statements, newsletters, a directory, and correspondence.
This collection centers on a fraternity that was active at what is now known as Wayne State University and a part of the student life fabric. The material provides information on a group that in part offered male students at the university to develop leadership skills, be social on their campus, and also to connect with other student groups on the campus.
According the minute book of 1920 to 1921, the name of the fraternity was first known as the “Friars”, voted in their second-ever meeting on December 27, 1921. They subsequently decided to change their name to the “Arabs” at their meeting of February 2, 1922 - “(the “Name”) Committee reported that the name of “Friars” should be changed to “Arabs” inasmuch as this name was better suited and had a deeper meaning than the former one. His report was unanimously accepted and President Kirby proclaimed us to the Arab Fraternity for all time (name can’t be changed)”.
Further of note is that Wayne State University President George E. Gullen, Jr., who served as WSU President from 1971-1978, was active with the Arab Fraternity. Further – at some point – although it is not entirely clear when – the Arab Fraternity changed its name to Phi Gamma Chi.

Wayne State University Assistant to President Gullen: Allen A. Hyman Records

kschmeling — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 14:47:55 -0500

Allen A. Hyman was the Assistant to Wayne State University's President George E. Gullen. This collection primarily consists of reports, meeting minutes, and correspondence within the university about university committees and policies, as well as committees relating to the City of Detroit, and the U.S. Bicentennial Celebration.

Wayne State University Association of Black Business Students Records

kschmeling — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 16:15:43 -0400

The Association of Black Business Students was a student organization at Wayne State University. The records document its activities from 1984 to 2003.

Wayne State University Audiology Records

astankrauff — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:42:53 -0500

The Wayne State University Audiology Records show the professional training program in speech pathology, audiology in the WSU School of Medicine from 1975 to 1990. The materials show the program's accreditation in the given years as well as its program development.

Wayne State University Centennial Symposia Records

kschmeling — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:17:23 -0500

During the academic year 1967-1968 Wayne State University celebrated the hundredth anniversary of its founding. As part of the commemoration, the University sponsored a series of symposia of national significance under the theme, "The University and Urban Society."
Broadly, the Symposia theme dealt with the urban university and its impact on, and responsibilities to, its urban community. More specifically, the focus of the Symposia was an examination of the problems and issues associated with an increasingly urban society.

The collection consists primarily of the records of Edward Lurie, Wayne State University professor of history, who served as director of the Centennial Symposia, and his assistant, Philip Borden.

Wayne State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies Records

kschmeling — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:01:44 -0400

The Wayne State Center for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS) was formed in 1965 as the Center for Teaching About War and Peace, until 1987 when it was changed to its current moniker. The files mainly reflect the center's activities from 1960 to 2003.

Wayne State University Chatsworth Tower Apartments Tenants Association Records

kschmeling — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 16:26:45 -0400

The Chatsworth Tower Apartments were built in 1929. The nine story building is nestled within Wayne State University’s campus at 630 Merrick Street. Once owned by Otto Wismer of Bondholders Management, Inc., the University attempted to purchase the building in 1951. Although the parties did not originally agree on the terms of sale, the University eventually purchased the building in 1961.

The building historically gave tenant preference to University faculty and at one point was primarily occupied by Wayne’s academic employees. As housing options changed, the building admitted more graduate students and currently houses both upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, and some faculty members. Additionally, Preservation Wayne fought for Chatsworth Tower to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, for which they were rewarded the designation in 1986.

Wayne State University Department of African American Studies Records

kschmeling — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:02:40 -0400

The Wayne State University Department of African American Studies was formed in 1970. Its predecessor names were, the Department of Africana Studies and the Center for Black Studies. The files mainly reflect the department's activities from 1970 to 1984 with some materials dating from the mid 1960s.

Wayne State University Department of Marketing and Communications Records

kschmeling — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 13:03:35 -0500

The Wayne State University Department of Marketing and Communications (formerly the Office of Public Relations) functions as the primary liaison between the University and the news media and is concerned with maintaining the school's positive image.

This collection consists of materials produced between 1961-2000 and includes press releases; clippings and reports on press coverage relating to WSU; biographic files on the University's presidents and other prominent WSU staff and alumni; marketing print orders; and video recordings.

Wayne State University Detroit Teachers College Records

kschmeling — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:11:48 -0400

The Detroit Teachers College was an outgrowth of the Detroit Normal Training School which had its beginning in 1881. By 1920, due to increased enrollment and demand for more course offerings, Superintendent of Schools, Frank Cody, recommended that the Normal School become the Detroit Teachers College. Stuart Courtis was appointed dean.

Wayne State University Fraternities and Sororities Records

astankrauff — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:58:29 -0400

These records contain files of fraternities and sororities that were active at Wayne State University between 1932 to 2000. The bulk of the records are from the 1950s and 1960s. Some organizations were active when the university were known as the College of the City of Detroit, Wayne University and currently Wayne State University. Documents include petitions for chapters, chapter installation materials, initiation programs, information booklets, handbooks, constitutions, membership rolls, registration forms, bulletins, yearbooks, newsletters, pledge manuals, directories, bylaws, event programs, speech outlines, committee reports, conference programs, banquet programs.

This collection offers a spotlight on a very important aspect of student life at what is now known as Wayne State University. Some of the materials spotlight particular aspects of student life, shown in honor societies dedicated to particular disciplines, such as international debate, education, engineering amongst others. Further some of these sororities and fraternities were dedicated to supporting students from particular identity groups such as Jewish students, Lutheran students. These groups have promoted leadership and social opportunities at Wayne State.

Wayne State University Gas House Gang Records

astankrauff — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:20:18 -0400

The Gas House Gang was established in 1920 at Wayne State University’s predecessor, the College of the City of Detroit. It was an all-male social organization on the campus. This group continued until 1957. The Gas House Gang was largely a social group for men whose Constitution had four supporting purposes: to support the college to the utmost, to oppose any mode of dress “which is unbecoming to a real man”, to do their best to obtain a high grade of scholarship, and to “respect womanhood to the highest degree”. The collection includes two minutes books, 1920 to 1957 as well two booklets from reunions of the group, 1970 and 1972.

Wayne State University Graduate Council Records

astankrauff — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0500

The Wayne State University Graduate Council is the governing body of the University’s Graduate School. It formulates policies concerning graduate education, sets admission standards for graduate programs. In addition it manages graduate faculty appointments, evaluates applications to all graduate programs, and awards all Ph.D. degrees, select master’s degrees, and interdisciplinary graduate certificates at Wayne State University.
The Wayne State University Graduate Council is composed of members elected from the regular graduate faculty of each of the various schools and colleges of the University, at least one graduate student member, the Dean of the Graduate School, and members of the graduate faculty appointed by the Dean of the Graduate School. The Council meets monthly during the academic year, and all meetings are open to the University community.
This collection documents the development of Wayne State University's Graduate School, one of the largest graduate schools in the nation. The University’s professional programs were established early in the history of the University and were unified within the newly-created Graduate School in 1933. The records of this collection begin in 1934 with the Wayne University Graduate Council Minutes and finish with records from 1981 in what has become the Wayne State University Graduate Council.

Wayne State University Lesbian Gay Bisexual Services Records

astankrauff — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:58:29 -0500

This collection documents Wayne State University’s first office to serve its lesbian, gay, and bisexual campus population, known as Lesbian Gay Bisexual Services. The office was started in 1994 and eventually was subsumed into other campus service departments by 1998. During its tenure, the office furnished a wide array of services including personal counseling, educational programming and outreach to the LGBTQ campus community and the Greater Detroit area.

Wayne State University Medical Education Commons

astankrauff — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 18:09:53 -0500

Records of the Wayne State University Medical Education Commons from 1991 to 2008. The collection includes largely architectural plans that show the planning of this space which is a partnership between the University's Libraries and the School of Medicine.

Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business Records

astankrauff — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:23:23 -0500

These records contain materials that document the Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business from 1950 to 2009. The bulk of the materials are from the 1980s and 1990s. The Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business has gone through name changes through time, and this collection reflects this.
Materials were donated to the Reuther Library by Dr. William Volz, Wayne State Professor of Business Law and Ethics in 2018.
The materials included in this collection reflect both the career of Dr. Volz as well as the general history of the School itself.

Wayne State University Office of Educational Resources for Students with Disabilities Records

kschmeling — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:33:10 -0400

In October 1961, the University Office of Counseling for the Handicapped was established in the Division of Student Personnel, under the direction of Dr. William Knapp. Prior to the creation of this office, the work had been done by Miss Eleanor Bodewig, an academic advisor in the College of Liberal Arts. The purpose of this office was to guide Wayne State in the development and implementation of barrier-free and handicap accessible accommodations, adaptive technologies, as well as a wide variety of student services including athletics, with the goal of increasing the social and academic possibilities for the integration of students with disabilities.

The records of this office span from 1956 to 1985 and include subjects such as: barrier-free design, accessibility, campus life, academics, athletics, and Paralympics. They exhibit the evolution of services and resources offered by Wayne State during this time.

Wayne State University School of Medicine Photographs and Audio-Visual Material

drice — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:37:44 -0500

The Wayne State University School of Medicine had four important forerunners: Detroit MedicalCollege (1868-1885), Michigan College of Medicine (1879-1885), Detroit College of Medicine (1885-1913), and Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery (1913-1933). The collection consists of photograph prints and negatives of Wayne State University School of Medicine staff, students, and buildings. Photographs of staff and students are posed yearbook and identification photographs. Building photographs include construction photographs, aerials, and panoramic. Miscellaneous photographs of school events and laboratory photographs are included as well.

Wayne State University School of Medicine Physician Biography Records

kschmeling — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 13:57:59 -0500

Files consist of physician profiles of doctors who were directly associated with the Medical College or who practiced in the Greater Detroit Area. Their profiles consist of obituaries, newspaper articles, correspondence, photographs and other records collected to give insight into their lives and practices. The second part of the collection features an assortment of records from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the American Medical Association, and building plans for Wayne State University's Medial Science Building.

Wayne State University Student and Departmental Publications

astankrauff — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:10:00 -0500

These records contain a variety of files from both student organizations and university departments have been or were active at Wayne State University since 1881. The records span from the 1880s to 2013, but the bulk of the records are from the 1940s through the 1990s. Some organizations and departments were active when the university was knows as the College of the City of Detroit, Wayne University, and currently Wayne State University. Documents vary but include event flyers, newsletters, research studies, reports, conference programs, college recruitment materials, directories, event calendars, and program and course descriptions. These materials were gathered together from various locations within the Reuther Archives by former University Archivist Casey Westerman and provide a look into life on campus throughout the history of the University. Many of the materials are newsletters from both student organizations and university departments that were sent to current students or alumni providing insight into studies, activities, and general information about the organization at that particular time. Other materials show focus of the school or organization through research conducted or the focus of recruitment materials of the time. Overall, these materials provide an extensive view of student and school life at Wayne State University.

Wayne State University Vertical Files Collection

aorchard — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 10:05:12 -0500

The Wayne State University Vertical Files Collection is comprised of newspaper clippings, articles, pamphlets, public relations materials, and other ephemera related to the Walter Reuther Library's Wayne State University collections.