Eastern Michigan University Archives

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Historical Note

Scope and Contents Note

Administrative Information

Controlled Access Headings

Collection Inventory

Administrative Files

Meeting Minutes and Resolutions

Press and Communications

Summary Information

Repository

Eastern Michigan University Archives

Creator

Eastern Michigan University.

Creator

Michigan State Normal College.

Title

Student Government records

ID

04.SG

Date [inclusive]

1928-2011

Extent

5.4 Linear feet 5 record center cartons, 1 archive box

Language

English

Abstract

The Student Government records document the activities of Student Government at Eastern Michigan University. Materials are arranged chronologically and include meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, and administrative files. The collection is further arranged into three series:  Administrative Files including elections, handbooks, and manuals,  Minutes and Resolutions, and  Press and Communications. The collection is almost a complete record of the activities of Student Government, however, there are no meeting minutes prior to 1967, and there are only two handbooks in the collection for the academic years of 2004-2005 and 2008-2009.

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Historical Note

In 1913, Michigan State Normal College President Charles McKenny brought together the Student Body President and presidents of the largest student organizations, along with students elected by the Student Body to create Student Council. The goal of the new council was to represent the student body to the College Administration.

In 1950, the a student run court system was added to the responsibilities of Student Council. This court system eventually became Student Judicial Services. Starting in the 1950s, with the addition of the Student Courts, Student Council was comprised of an executive board, a legislative representative body, and a judicial system. From 1950 to the 1970s, Student Government operated under the same Student Body Constitution, which established the structure of Student Government but also provided the student body of the University with guaranteed rights.

Between 1970 and 1990 Student Council was renamed Student Senate. Starting in 2001, Student Government was being governed with two legislative bodies (at large elected Student Senate and the House of Representatives comprised of student organization delegates), and an independent executive and judicial branches.

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Scope and Contents Note

The collection of Student Government records contain meeting minutes, administrative files, and newspaper clippings from the Student Government at Eastern Michigan University. Records span from 1923 when Eastern Michigan University was known as Michigan State Normal College until 2011. The collection is arranged into three series:  Administrative Files, Meeting Minutes and Resolutions, and Press and Communications.

Content in the Administrative Files series include budget information, constitutions and bylaws, elections, handbooks and manuals. The  Minutes and Resolutions series contains meeting minutes of student government from 1967-1993, and irregular documentation between 1997-2011. The  Press and Communications series consists of newspaper clippings from 1923 until 2011. With a gap in the record between 2003-2005. This series also contains publications from 2005-2006, and fliers.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Eastern Michigan University Archives 2011 December 14

Halle Library, Room 310
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197
734-487-0020

Conditions Governing Access note

Researchers are asked to request materials 24 hours prior to visiting the the University Archives.

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Controlled Access Headings

Subject(s)

• Eastern Michigan University
• Michigan State Normal College
• Students

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Collection Inventory

Administrative Files
Undated Materials      Box Folder Text (32307023911715)   1 1
1958-1964      Box Folder Text (32307023911715)   1 2
1968-1998      Box Folder Text (32307023911715)   1 3-20
2002-2008      Box Folder Text (32307023911715)   1 21-26
Application for Monetary Allocations 1991-1993      Box Folder Text (32307023911715)   1 27
Association of Michigan Universities      Box Folder Text (32307023911715)   1 28
Attendance Book 1986-1990      Box Folder Text (32307023911715)   1 29
Budget Information 1990-1991      Box Folder Text (32307023911715)   1 30
Constituent Contact Forms 2003-2004      Box Folder Text (32307023911715)   1 31
Constitutions and Bylaws      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 2
Correspondence 1982 May- 1983 Feburary       Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 3
Coespondence of Vice President Dave Taylor 1982-1983      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 4
Elections- Undated      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 5
Elections 1981-1984      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 6-8
Elections 2011      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 9
Faculty Fellowship Program      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 10
Forms      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 11
Guidelines      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 12
Handbook 2004-2005      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 13
Handbook 2008-2009      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 14
L.I.F.E. Library Improvement for Eastern 1992      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 1     Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 15
Manual 2002-2003      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 16-17
Office Manual      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 18
Membership      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 19
The Official Rulings of the Student Court 1993-1994      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 20
New York Times College Readership Program      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 21
Pamphlets      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 22
Role in the Campus Disturbances of May 1970 by Ted O. Maxfield (student paper) 1997      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 23
Scrapbook of Eastern Echo Articles 1982-1986      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 24-25
Scrapbook of Eastern Echo Articles 1994-1995      Box Folder Text (32307023991723)   2 26
Scrapbook of Eastern Echo Articles 1995-2000      Box Folder Text (32307023991756)   3 1
Student Senate President's Book 1982-1983      Box Folder Text (32307023991756)   3 2
Student Senate's President's Book 1985-1988      Box Folder Text (32307023991756)   3 3
Vice President's Book 2004-2006      Box Folder Text (32307023991756)   3 4-5
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Meeting Minutes and Resolutions
1967-1968      Box Folder Text (32307023991756)   3 6
Student Senate Minutes 1967 September- 1968 May      Box Folder Text (32307023991756)   3 7-8
1968-1982      Box Folder Text (32307023991756)   3 9-14     Box Folder Text (32307023991764)   4 1-10
Student Senate Agendas, Resolutions and Constitution and Bylaws 1981-1987      Box Folder Text (32307023991764)   4 11
1982-1994      Box Folder Text (32307023991764)   4 12-20     Box Folder Text (3230702391772)   5 1-6
1998-2000      Box Folder Text (3230702391772)   5 7-8
2002      Box Folder Text (3230702391772)   5 9
Communications Council 2003-2004      Box Folder Text (3230702391772)   5 10
93rd Session Archives: Senate, Student Relations, Assorted Standing Committee Meetins, AMU, Surveys 2006      Box Folder Text (3230702391772)   5 11
2007      Box Folder Text (3230702391772)   5 12
94th Senate Session Archives: E-Board Meetins, Senate, Student Relations 2007-2008      Box Folder Text (3230702391772)   5 13
Communications Book 94th Senate 2007-2008      Box Folder Text (3230702391772)   5 14
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Press and Communications
1923-2002      Box Folder Text (3230702391772)   5 15-25     Box Folder Text (32307023988869)   6 1-6
2006-2011      Box Folder Text (32307023988869)   6 7
Fliers      Box Folder Text (32307023988869)   6 8
Publications 2005-2006      Box Folder Text (32307023988869)   6 9
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