University History

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A collection of materials from 1956 to 1966 that document the founding and early development of the university. It includes memos, correspondence, news releases, and promotional materials.

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    Convocation of Charter Class
    (1959-09-17) Oakland, Michigan State University
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    Curriculum Michigan State University-Oakland
    (1959-05-22) Hamilton, Thomas H.; Varner, Durward B., 1917-1999
    The Meadow Brook Seminars in Higher Education were an attempt to plan the curricula for the newly founded Oakland University. The fomenters of the seminars, John Hannah, president of M.S.U. and Durward Varner, chancellor of M.S.U.-O., proceeded on the assumption that they were creating a new university and a new type of education that could produce liberally educated students despite the field of specialization, they also wanted to begin without the inhibitions that sometimes prevented existing universities from starting anew. Thus, the seminars attempted to attract the leaders of American society and education to shape the curriculum. Among those who participated were such luminaries as Henry Luce, Milton Eisenhower and Henry Steele Commager; distinguished educators in the fields of engineering, business administration, continuing education, the liberal arts and teacher education. In each of the seminars the participants vigorously discussed what had been done wrong in the past and what should be done in the future. The records of this seminar document not only its proceedings but reflect on the elan and sense of mission with which the university was established.
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    The Matilda Wilson College of Michigan State University
    (1956-12-28) Hamilton, Thomas H.
    Rough draft of a proposal to create a new branch of Michigan State University, probably from MSU Vice-President Thomas Hamilton (see Paul and Alice Tomboulian, "The Matilda Wilson College Proposal of December 1956," Oakland Journal, Winter 2004).
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    Meadow Brook Seminars 1958-1959
    (1958) Hamilton, Thomas H.; Varner, Durward B., 1917-1999
    A collection of documents produced from the Meadow Brook Seminars 1958-1959. Items 1 and 2 are parts of a publication issued in May of 1959, summarizing the ideas and thoughts of the men and women who participated in the seminars. Item 1 is a proposed curriculum for the new school and Item 2 consists of summaries of the 5 seminars. Item 4 is includes some additional information as well as the perspective of someone looking back after the first twenty years.