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This text only version of this year's annual report departs from the format of the recent past. Over the last few years the annual report has primarily reviewed the year's achievements. Taking stock is an important thing to do. It reminds us of how far we have traveled and the things accomplished during the trip. Indeed, all those associated with the library are proud of what has been accomplished over the past year and are pleased by share it with others. But discussing where the library has journeyed explains only one aspect of a much broader and more complex set of accomplishments. This annual report, while it discusses the events of the year, seeks to consciously place these events within the context of the library's mission and goals.
In particular this report seeks to explain the library's role in documenting Michigan. The report's focus on the library's historical work reflects the fact that the majority of staff time, purchased acquisitions, and gifts are given over to state history. History was the first mission given to the library and remains the largest area of endeavor. Focusing this report on the library's historical work, however, should not obscure the importance of the other two roles played by the library.
The Children's collection is a significant resource that supports both scholarly and student activity. It is one of the most important collections of nineteenth and early twentieth century children's literature and textbooks in the country. Similarly the documenting of our parent institution, Central Michigan University, is also an important function that is undertaken by the library. CMU's over century-long tradition of service to the state, first in educating teachers and today as a university educating students in a multitude of disciplines, is well worth remembering and documenting. Children's literature, CMU history, and state history are each important components of the library's work. But because of the pre-eminence of the library's role in state history and the amount of energy devoted to its pursuit by the institution we have chosen to focus this annual report on the library's documentation of Michigan and the Old Northwest Territory.
Within this discussion of the library's historical mission, examining the reasons behind the library's actions is critical to understanding the nature of the institution. Important as it is to acquire new material, describe it, and make it accessible to the library's many users, these activities are not ends in themselves. The staff of the library does not acquire things simply because there is a budget or a willing donor. Description occurs not simply because description is a professional responsibility of the staff. Nor does the staff facilitate research or undertake various outreach projects simply because as a publicly supported institution the library has a responsibility to undertake these tasks.
Acquisition, description, and use, as well as all the many other projects undertaken by the library, are part of a broader plan to build and develop the Clarke as well as to stimulate an interest in state and regional history. This plan, formalized and periodically reviewed by the Clarke Historical Library's Board of Governors, is comprehensive. The documents in which it is written guide the library's acquisitions. They establish descriptive priorities among the many items found in the library. Policy documents also help determine how reference service is run and the kinds of outreach projects that are undertaken. They create a framework through which decisions are made in a logical way and resources are allocated. Through the daily application of policy, the library's goals and priorities define how the library grows, how accessible material is to users, and even the kinds of reference service and outreach that the library makes available to users. The centrality of policy to the library's work is difficult to overemphasize. The 1996-1997 annual report uses important examples of acquisitions and activities that occurred in the fiscal year to exemplify the library's goals and priorities.
As was noted at the beginning of this Introduction, this annual report is something more than just an accounting of stewardship. This report seeks to explain not only what was done but, more importantly, why it occurred. What we hope this report will accomplish is to make possible a better understanding of the most important aspect of the library's program; the institution's goals and objectives. Because everything else that is done flows from these, making the library's goals and objectives understood is the most important purpose an annual report can serve.
1996-1997 was an eventful year for the library. It was also a good year in our quest to document the state. Most importantly it was a year in which we strove to be clear about and implement the goals and priorities that define the library's historical program and give it its unique mission and character. Through this report we share both our current policies and our accomplishments with you.
During 1996-1997 the library increased its holdings in virtually every area . Not surprisingly, more books are acquired than any other type of material. Again it is not surprising that the greatest number of books acquired relate to the history of Michigan. The books about Michigan that the library acquires fall into several categories, such as volumes of local history, biographical works about the state's residents, fictional works either written by Michigan residents or set in Michigan, or Michigan newspapers.
It is a truism that all history is local. The impulse among communities to celebrate their past through publications is an old custom that remains vibrant. With one of the strongest local history collections in the state, the Clarke seeks out both newly published and out-of- print local history volumes. Typical examples acquired in the past year include Ellis N. Olson, Old Rivertown Cheboygan Centennial (Cheboygan: City of Cheboygan, 1989), Early Days in Garden City: The Story of the First Hundred Years (np: Garden City Historical Commission, 1962), and the video, The Wreck and Rescue of the Schooner J.H. Hartzell (Traverse City: Brauer Productions, 1988).
The Wreck of the Hartzell demonstrates a particularly interesting trend in the presentation of local history. The rescue of the Hartzell is well known. In the early morning hours of October 16, 1880 the Hartzell, carrying a load of iron ore, reached Frankfort. The ship's captain decided to wait until daybreak before sailing the schooner into port. As the Hartzell stood off the harbor, a furious storm descended with such rapidity that the schooner was unable to make port and was instead driven aground on a sandbar facing the Elberta bluffs. As the storm's fury worsened the crew of the doomed ship climbed the masts to escape the pounding waves.
With dawn's light word of the wreck reached the nearby United States Life Saving Service station at Point Betsie. The Life Saving crew dragged approximately 1,000 pounds of equipment six miles overland to the beach nearest the wreck. Once there, heroic efforts by the Life Saving Service crew and townspeople led to the rescue of six of the seven crew members by dusk. A longstanding controversy, however, occurred regarding the circumstances that led to the death of the ship's seventh crew member, a woman who served as cook. Surviving crew members claimed the woman, already gravely ill before the ship's sinking, had died of exposure during the day-long ordeal that preceded the rescue. However, when the woman's body was eventually recovered the coroner ruled that she had drowned, implying that the crew had left the sick, but still living, woman to die.
Although the story of the Hartzell is often told, the video The Wreck and Rescue of the Schooner J.H Hartzell tells the tale through a dramatic re-enactment of events. Increasingly local historians are moving away from printed histories to tell their stories in new ways, particularly through video. As a result the library has increasingly been adding video to its collection, both in the area of local history and in other areas that the library seeks to document.
Biographical works also enrich the library's ability to document the state. Four volumes received in the fiscal year, documenting the lives of a bookseller, a school teacher, a noted athlete, and a man of deep spirituality, help make this point. Ralph Casperson's Biblio: The Intimate Confessions of a Used-Book Dealer, published in Niles by the author in 1997, documents the career of one of the state's most colorful used books dealers. The enthusiasm that Casperson and his wife brought to their work shines through on the promotional copy printed on the outside of the book's slipcase. The book, writes Casperson,
cleverly tells the story of a devoted couple's thrill filled life together. Never dull, you will read about the unconventional people who are the spice of Ralph and Doris's life.
Biblio discusses one Michigan resident's career, as he would like it to be remembered.
Anna B. Kabatek's Island Schoolmarm: Memories of the One-Room Schools on the St. Marys River (Marquette: Lake Superior Press, 1996) is a very different book from that of Ralph Casperson. But like it, it is a first person narrative. Becoming a school teacher in 1939 Kabatek found herself on Lime Island, then a coaling station in the St. Mary's River, teaching ten children. In 1940 she moved to Sugar Island, where she taught thirty-eight children, all but one being Native American. She then moved on to Neebish Island. Throughout World War II Kabatek taught school in and around the Soo area and her reminisce recalls another era in education. As with Casperson's book, Island Schoolmarm plays an important role in documenting a way of life.
Richard Bak's Joe Louis: The Great Black Hope (Dallas, TX: Tayler Publishing Co., 1996) retells the moving story of Detroit's legendary "Brown Bomber." Through much of the 1930's and 1940's Lewis was the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. However by the early 1950's his career had ended. His money spent and owing the government over one million dollars in back taxes, Lewis was forced to find work where he could, including refereeing wrestling matches and appearing in a circus. "It was like seeing the President of the United States washing dishes," said one observer (photo caption following p. 132).
The Porter of Saint Bonaventure's: The Life of Father Solanus Casey, Capuchin, by James Patrick Derum (Detroit: Fidelity Press, 1968) also tells a moving story. In 1896 twenty-six year old Barney Casey presented himself at the door of St. Bonaventure's Capuchin Monastery in Detroit, seeking entry into the order. He was eventually ordained a priest and was placed under the special patronage of St. Francis Solanus, the saint's name being the one he would use for the rest of his life.
In 1924 Father Solanus, who had been assigned to serve in various monasteries around the country, returned to Detroit. As assistant porter of the monastery, that is the monk who answered the door bell, he was always available to the public. Increasingly people sought him out. By 1940 between one hundred fifty to two hundred persons a day visited the monastery to seek his wisdom and comfort. Some claimed that through his prayer miraculous cures occurred.
He was not without critics. Some of his fellow Capuchins complained that the stream of visitors interrupted the monks's contemplation. Others noted that the sermons delivered by Father Solanus were heartfelt, but not very learned. Despite critics, when he died in 1957 an estimated twenty thousand people passed his brier, paying a final visit to a man many considered a saint.
Significant as local history and Michigan biography is to the work of the Clarke, preserving Michigan fiction is also an important part of the library's objectives. For example, the works of Theodore Roethke represents the writings of a significant American poet who spent his formative years and much of his early professional life in Michigan. The library was fortunate to acquire this year Roethke's The Waking Poems 1933- 1953, published by Doubleday and Co. in 1953.
Newspapers are critical in documenting the state's history. Acquiring newspapers creates a unique window through which researchers can view the past. Most, but not all of our newspaper accessions flow from the library's own Microfilm Project, which annually films approximately 150,000 pages of newspapers. Most often these papers come from small communities around the state. For example, last year the project's "continuing program" which receives papers as they are printed, microfilmed recent editions of the Lake City Waterfront, the Missaukee Sentinel, and the Mount Pleasant Morning Sun.
The Microfilm Project also films long runs of newspapers of particular historical significance. In fiscal 1996-1997 the Project preserved one of Michigan's most important early newspapers, De Hope, for the years 1865 through 1904. De Hope was the original newspaper of the Dutch community in Holland. It represents a critical information source regarding the struggles of west Michigan's Dutch immigrant groups. Filming this valuable resource underscores the important service to the state performed by the library's Microfilm Project as well as how the project makes available user prints for researchers using the Clarke.
Manuscript collections also play an important role in documenting the state. These generally unpublished documents serve as the "raw material" for a great number of published works. Typical of the Clarke's manuscript accessions during the year was a series of interviews conducted with members of the Sunrise Commune. The commune was founded in 1971 near Evart by a group of Michigan State University students who dropped out of college. After several years of struggle, the commune dissolved itself in 1978. The importance of manuscript resources such as the Sunrise Commune interviews lies in the research they support. The Spring 1997 issue of the Michigan Historical Review included Caroline Hoefferle's article, "'Just At Sunrise': The Sunrise Communal Farm in rural Mid-Michigan, 1971-1978." By collecting and preserving manuscript sources the library again forwards its core mission of preserving the state's heritage.
In a curious way the unpublished reminisce of Sarah McKinley is related to the tapes made by Caroline Hoefferle. McKinley was the teenaged daughter of Peter McKinley, a trader who relocated with his family from Ohio to Beaver Island just prior to the arrival of the Strangite Mormon colony. The Strangites were followers of James Jesse Strang. Strang claimed that upon the death of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church, an angel appeared to him and anointed him Smith's successor. The church's leadership rejected Strang's claim and instead selected Brigham Young as their leader. While Young would eventually lead his followers to Utah, Strang and a minority of the Mormon community settled in Voree, Wisconsin. Between 1847 and 1850 Strang and his followers relocated to Beaver Island. Sarah McKinley's handwritten reminisce, written many years after her life on the island, describes in great detail her family's relationship with and impressions of the Strangite community.
McKinley intensely disliked the Mormons. Indeed, her essay, perhaps subconsciously, contrasts a very flattering portrait of the Native Americans with whom her father traded against a very negative portrayal of the Strangite community. The Native Americans, McKinley recalls, were generally honest and reliable. They could be counted on to return favors and act with hospitality. In contrast McKinley's portrays the Strangites engaging in thievery and lacking in sensitivity toward others as documented through acts such as building homes on a Native American burial ground. Strang himself is portrayed as a nineteenth century business entrepeneur, a self-important peddler of religion, rather than as a man of faith.
McKinley's clearly biased, but first-hand account, of life on Beaver Island during the Strang's time on the island, represents an important addition to the Clarke's already substantial holdings regarding the Strangite colony.
The library's accessions during 1996-1997 forwarded the Library's mission and goals. As a group the books, newspapers, manuscript collections, and other material document well Michigan and the people who live here.
The difference between research libraries, such as the Clarke, and the world of private book collectors is found in use. Private collectors gather together material to satisfy the interest of themselves and perhaps a few friends. Research libraries gather material that is often very similar to that sought out by collectors to make it available to the public. The Clarke gathers together material not as an end in itself but rather as a prelude to the systematic use of the information by researchers.
| Researchers | 1996-97 | 1995-96 | 1994-95 | 1993-94 | 1992-93 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Users | |||||
| Faculty/Staff | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Graduate Students | 11 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
| Undergraduates | 47 | 54 | 51 | 56 | 58 |
| Non-Academic Users | |||||
| Genealogists | 27 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 22 |
| Other | 12 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 5 |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Number of Researchers | 491 | 677 | 801 | 851 | 914 |
| Number of Research Visits | 1821 | 2014 | 2225 | 2339 | 2232 |
| Material Used | 1996-97 | 1995-96 | 1994-95 | 1993-94 | 1992-93 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Collection | 46 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 43 |
| Children's Collection | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Microforms | 37 | 34 | 31 | 37 | 32 |
| CMU Archives | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| Manuscripts | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| CD/Video | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Number of Items Used | 6497 | 8790 | 8704 | 7905 | 7988 |
The library's mission statement makes clear that the collection exists to serve "scholarly users, users from the Central Michigan University community, and members of the communities served by CMU." As the statistics presented on the adjoining page demonstrate all of these audiences do make use of the library.
Scholarly users make up the smallest number of users who visit the library. Despite their small number, Scholarly users, as well as other patrons who conduct intensive research, can create products that have a very broad impact. For example English faculty member Mary Obuchowski used the library's collection of Michigan fiction to review works of Mary Frances Doner, Andrew Blackbird, and other Michigan authors to prepare detailed biographical entries and literary criticism for a soon to be published Dictionary of Midwestern Literature and Encyclopedia of American Literature of the Sea & the Great Lakes. Obuchowski's published entries are part of standard reference works that will be used for many years by those interested in learning more about Midwestern authors. Mary Obuchowski's work demonstrates how use by a single individual can have an effect which is very broad.
Similarly David Swayze's ongoing work within the library on Great Lakes ships has led to the publication of reference works such as Shipwreck!: A Comprehensive Directory of over 3,700 Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes (Boyne City, MI: Harbor House Publishers, 1992). Swayze's book serves as an important reference tool to identify ships that have sunk on the lakes and a basic tool through which to begin work on Great Lakes history. Tools such as the one created by Swayze take the information found in the Clarke and distribute it across a wide spectrum of library users, many of whom will never enter a special library.
Although one researcher can have a very large overall impact, numerically the largest number of library users come from the CMU community and are usually students. The library gives many students an incomparable learning experience by making it possible for them to research a question in depth or to explore the world through primary resource material. An example of the rich opportunities opened to students by the Clarke's collections is found in Professor Robert Root's course, "Seminar in Textual Analysis and Editing," English 638.
Students who enroll in the course are required to visit the Clarke and transcribe an unpublished manuscript source, usually many pages from a diary or a group of letters. The course also challenges the students to place the manuscript materials that they transcribe into a broader context by using related printed resources in the Clarke to better understand the place and time where the writing occurred. Local histories, city directories, photographs, postcards, local maps and other resources help students understand a different world in both a very specific and a broader context.
Superficially the course teaches students a great deal about transcription and researching local history. However as the students learn more about life in a different time lived in a very different way something else, much more basic, is also being taught. The past is being used as a tool to open the student's minds to other lives and teach students how to discover and appreciate societies and social settings that differ from those in which they live. The ability to see and understand the world through another set of eyes is a skill fundamental to adults who will function in the global community of the twenty-first century. The seminar is a very powerful example of how the Clarke enriches the education of CMU students by preparing them for the future in which they will live.
Beyond students the Clarke also assists a significant number of non-university affiliated researchers. Although founded primarily as a scholarly and academic resource, the collection gathered together within the library has a wide variety of uses outside of the academy. An example of this "public" use of the library is found in the large number of users who have taken advantage of the library's Native American material to undertake genealogical research. Documenting Native American ancestry has become an increasingly common research activity that has significant personal implications. Because of the library's extensive holdings in this area, the Clarke is one of the premier centers in the state where those interested in Native American heritage can turn for documentation.
Whether users are scholars, students, or members of the public, the library staff seeks to connect each individual with the material capable of answering the question the researcher brings to the library. The library staff takes very seriously its role to serve all users and to make available to them the best possible information.
Every year the library employs a number of devices to reach out to the public. Outreach serves the dual purpose of bringing information regarding Michigan history, children's literature, or the care of special materials to the user community served by the library and also making the library and its holdings better known. The library is also actively involved in supporting publications that disseminate information about Michigan history. Although outreach is not defined as part of the library's core mission, nevertheless publicity about the library is important in making potential users aware of the resources available to them within the Clarke. The Clarke has also historically chosen to include in its work the distribution of information regarding Michigan history.
Perhaps the most exciting new aspect of the library's outreach work is the development of material for the World Wide Web. A creation of the Internet, the World Wide Web, allows individuals from across campus, the state, or even the world to "drop by" the library and visit our web site. Located at www.lib.cmich.edu/clarke/, the library's web site offers visitors basic information about the library, its collections, and its operation. The site also currently includes three substantive items: a bibliography of the library's holdings of Native American material; a guide that answers many frequently asked questions about preserving various forms of media such as family photos or diaries; and a web version of the an exhibit regarding lighthouses which the library mounted in its exhibit area last year. Over the next several years the library staff envisions an ever increasing amount of information becoming available through the web site. This would include both new web exhibits and digitized versions of basic Michigan history material. Overall, the web offers the library an exciting new way to project its presence and carry out its mission in the next decade.
A more traditional form of outreach are exhibits within the library. Historical exhibits presented during fiscal 1996-1997 included Native Americans in the Great Lakes Region, Michigan's Lighthouses, and Early Michigan Maps. Exhibits from the Children's Library included Native American Books for Children, Chap Books, and "C is for Cat: Alphabet Books." Each exhibit used a small portion of the library's holdings as a focal point to discuss some aspect of the past, illuminating different topics in a lively an interesting manner.
Publications also play an important role in the library's work. For many years the library has served as the home of the Michigan Historical Review, the only scholarly journal devoted to the history of the Great Lakes state. The library is also proud to fund the Review's annual student competitive award, given to the graduate student who submits the most significant paper on state history.
The Clarke also published Native Americans in Michigan: A Bibliography of Material in the Clarke Historical Library (Clarke Historical Library: Central Michigan University, 1996) compiled by Evelyn Leasher. The volume was extremely well received. For example, Sharon McHaney, assistant editor at Michigan History magazine, (which is published in Lansing and is not to be confused with the MHR) referred to the bibliography as "a fantastic--and gravely needed--publication." To promote increased research regarding Native Americans, Native Americans in Michiganwas distributed without charge to over three hundred libraries and historical societies in Michigan.
The library's public face is found in its user services, exhibits, publications, and most importantly collection use, but these public activities are supported by a variety of behind- the-scenes activities. Each year all newly received material must be evaluated and cataloged. Material not found in the library's computerized catalog does not exist from the user's point of view. Thus the timely cataloging of newly arrived material is an ongoing, critical staff activity.
Manuscript collections can represent particular challenges for the staff. Unlike books, which come with neatly printed title pages from which relevant information can be inserted into the computerized catalog, manuscript material can arrive in shoe boxes or garbage bags, giving only the vaguest clue regarding what the material is and what themes the material documents. Long hours of effort are often required to arrange, describe, and make usable manuscript material.
Even when manuscript material arrives in good order, its sheer size can make the task of processing the material daunting. For example, the Robert Griffin papers, which have been housed in the library since the 1970's, represents an important source of information regarding one of the state's leading political figures. The size of the collection, however, originally over 1,400 boxes of material, had long delayed a thorough evaluation and processing of the records. In fiscal 1996-1997 the library staff completed an unprecedented eighteen month project to re-examine the entire Griffin collection, highlighting those aspects of the material of greatest use to scholars while at the same time removing from the collection material that was not of lasting historical value. Processing the Griffin papers demonstrated again the library's long-term commitment to making available manuscript sources regarding state history as well as the staff's ingenuity and perseverance in carrying forward a difficult, time-consuming project.
A second major manuscript projects will be made possible through the library's reception of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. NEH funds will be used to employ a temporary staff member to process the records of the Aladdin Company of Bay City. The library was delighted to receive NEH funding for this project in that the hiring of additional personnel will expedite the arrangement and description of this important collection while at the same time allowing other important library projects to move forward without interruption.
The staff of the library labors under the able guidance of the library's Board of Governors. Founded through an agreement between the Dr. Norman Clarke Sr. and the University, the Board of Governors consists of eleven people: a family representative, five "outside" governors who are elected by the Board and confirmed by the University's Trustees, and four university officers who serve ex officio. The Board of Governors meets regularly to review library policy and operations. The library is deeply indebted to its Board, particularly to the outside board members and family representative who give generously of their time without compensation.
During fiscal 1996-1997 Board members several board members were unusually visible within the campus community. Hank Meijer, Norman Clarke, Jr., and George Weeks appeared on WCMU, the campus public television station. In addition, Mr. Weeks spoke at the December 1996 CMU commencement.
Although the library is supported by Central Michigan University approximately thirty percent of our acquisitions in 1996-1997 were gifts in-kind generously donated to the Clarke by individuals and institutions. These in-kind contributions include books, photographs, and other material that could never be purchased, making us doubly grateful to the donors.
Donated material can vary from thousands of books to a single, almost whimsical item. The sheet music for "Just A Dreamin'" is an ephemeral gift that speaks to a different era when local orchestras provided entertainment in isolated, rural Michigan towns. "Just a Dreamin'" was composed, arranged, and published in 1938 by Frank Sage, Mount Pleasant's first, and probably only, Big Band leader. Sage was a life-long Mount Pleasant resident who died in 1966. Music was undoubtedly his love but like many musicians, Sage made ends meet with a "day-job," in his case selling pianos, Emerson radios, and orchestra instruments.
The library's Associates generously support the library through financial contributions. Associate's support made it possible for the library to copy several hundred photographs of Louisa Yeomans King. Mrs. King was a nationally-recognized garden authority who lived in Alma during the first quarter of this century. For most of that time Frank Ankney served as Mrs. King's chief gardener. Because Mrs. King's own records were apparently destroyed at the time of her death, the photographs preserved by Mr. Ankney represent the only known significant body of visual evidence regarding this extraordinary garden. Although Mr. Ankney's heirs were unwilling to part with an important part of their family's history, they were gracious enough to loan the material to the Clarke for copying. With funds from the Associates the library was able to make these important photographs publicly available.
In addition to gifts-in-kind, and annual contributions from Associates, the library benefits from several endowments. Endowments are substantial sums of money invested by the university with the interest received perpetually benefitting the purposes specified by the endowment's founder. The Clarke is fortunate in that it benefits from several endowments. The library's principal endowment was created by Dr. Norman Clarke and his family with the intent of furthering the library's program.
The library also benefits from five other smaller, but still important endowments. The Anderson, Powers and Teng Endowment was originally founded to fund student scholarships. However because rising costs created a situation in which the fund did not generate enough income to support a student, with the heirs permission income from the fund now is used to purchase new material for the Clarke. The Daughter's of the American Revolution Michigan Chapter endowment is generally used by the library to support the acquisition of material relating to Michigan family history. The Leon & Frances McDermott Endowment was created by the donor to support the acquisition of material regarding railroads and railroading. The Mt. Pleasant Women's Club Book Endowment most frequently supports acquisition of new material regarding Isabella County and the surrounding communities. Finally the Panax Corporation Endowment supports the library's general program.
Without the generosity of those who have established or made contributions to the library's endowments, those who give annual financial support or those who donate gifts in-kind the library would be far less able to carry out its work.
Selma Agopovitch, Buenos Aires, Argentina
LeRoy Barnett, Lansing
Frank & Valerie Boles, Mount Pleasant
Michael Brady, Mount Pleasant
Arnold Bransdorfer, St Louis
Sandra Brimmer, Mount Pleasant
Ora Bryant, Chehalis, WA
Mr. and Mrs. David Burgess, Mount Pleasant
Central Michigan University
Associates
American Chemical Society, Midland
Carol S. Anderson, St. Cloud, FL
Ms. Charlotte Benge, Allen
Honorable Avern Cohn, Detroit
Helen Cushman, Westfield, NJ
Howard E. Dalman, Fennville
Marlene Rae Dalman, Fennville
Marcia and Wendell Dilling, Midland
Ms. Marydeana Duckworth, Mount Pleasant
Randall Ward English, Davison
Claudette M. Filiputti, Delton
David Frosh, Anaheim Hills, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Griffin, Traverse City
Virginia Herman, Lake
Michigan Business Education Association, Detroit
Ms. Verna Priebe, Marlette
Richard G. Siler, Franklin, IN
Robert B. Watson, Kalamazoo
Ms. Marilyn R. Webster, Ionia
Nancy Weihman, Whitmore Lake
Deborah A. Wittmuss, Niles
John R. Wittmuss, Niles
Debra Lynn Wright, Alma
Donald Wayne Wright, Alma
William J. Strickler, chair (1996-2001)
Frank Boles, library director (ex officio)
Norman E. Clarke, Jr., MD (family representative)
Susan Conner, chair, department of history (ex officio)
Robert F. Croll (1996-2001)
Hank Meijer (1994-1999)
Thomas Moore, dean of libraries (ex officio)
Leonard Plachta, president, CMU (ex officio)
Robert Warner (1997-2002)
George Weeks (1993-1998)
Ormond S. Danford, emeritus member
Frank Boles, director
Christa Clare, administrative secretary
Mary Huggard, microforms services specialist
Irina Ionin, catalog database specialist
Evelyn Leasher, public services librarian
Marian Matyn, archivist
Deborah Minnis, specialist clerk
John Cumming, director emeritus
Student Assistants
Diane Ade, Jimmie Allan, Christina Alger, Araba Abruquah, Becky Bebertz, Sandra
Brimmer, Greta Brock, Brandyn Edwards, Jaime Fountain, Nichole Hooper, Vickie
Klee, Jason Knapp, Lorelei Madaj, Barbara Moore, Amy Morris, DeJuan Patrick,
Jnecionel Powell, David Strom, Terrie Tolliver, Jennifer Wood, Andrea Wieczorek
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