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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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Item Nadji White Reynolds Biography(2019-12-15) Reynolds, Nadji WhiteA brief biography of Chancellor Varner's executive assistant from 1959 to 1965.Item Memories of MSUO(2019-12-15) Reynolds, Nadji WhiteReminiscences of Nadji White, executive assistant to Chancellor Varner from 1959 to 1965.Item Black Profiles, 1981-1982(Oakland University, 1981-09) Oakland University. Office of Student ServicesBiographies of African American faculty, staff, and students leaders in 1981-1982.Item Cornerstone Ceremony, Matilda R. Wilson Hall(1965-10-19) Oakland UniversityProgram of the cornerstone ceremony for the new Matilda R. Wilson Hall, in presence of Matilda WilsonItem MSUO Emblem(1960)Item MSUO Emblem(1960)Item A Proposed Redesign of the Freshman Year, 1964-1965(1964) Oakland University. Academic AffairsItem 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).Item Crisis No 1 at MUSO - Building Needs(1960-03-07) Varner, Durward B., 1917-1999Item Kresge Library Dedication Ceremony(1962-05-12) Oakland UniversityInvitation to the Kresge Library dedication ceremonyItem Kresge Library Ground Breaking Ceremony(1960-10-17) Oakland UniversityInvitation to the ground breaking ceremony for Kresge LibraryItem Mailing address for MSU-O to be Rochester, Michigan(1958-08-07) Post Office Department, Chicago Regional OfficeItem Curriculum Michigan State University-Oakland(1959-05-22) Hamilton, Thomas H.; Varner, Durward B., 1917-1999The 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.Item