Oakland University anniversaries

This collection brings together documents of multiple origins relating to anniversary celebrations of the university over time. For the 50th anniversary, ffor the first time, OU chose the university's founding date of 1957 as its milestone rather than the university's first class (1959).

OU 10th Anniversary (1969)

OU 10th Birthday News Clippings
10th Anniversary Convocation (Invitations memos, bills, budget plans and other documents in preparation of the 10th anniversary celebration)
OU History- Magazine Articles
10th Anniversary Committee (budgets, meeting notes, and early plans for the event)
10th Anniversary – Promotional Projects
10th Anniversary- “The University in Crisis” conference

OU 15th Anniversary (1974)

15th anniversary- Dearth Correspondence (sent by  Robert Dearth, Special Assistant to the President, to the Open House Committee)
15th OU Birthday Celebration- Correspondence Misc.
15th Anniversary- Committees (Dearth/ Open House Committee and Program Committee)
Library Three- OU 15th Birthday & LIB. III 74-75
University Celebration- OU 15th Birthday & LIB. III 74-75
15th Anniversary-Pamphlets, buttons and other materials promoting the college
15th Anniversary- Materials handed out during celebration (includes a newsletter from Commuter Services, brochures about Upward bound)
Open House Committee Meeting Minutes
OU 15th Anniversary News Clippings
OU 15th Birthday- Promotional Material (Posters, invitation card, brochures)
15TH Anniversary Preparations
15th Anniversary- Press Release
15th Anniversary- State Declaration/ Resolution (Certificate from Michigan Legislature and buttons)
15th Anniversary- Stickers
15th Anniversary plaque
15th Anniversary picture frame

OU 20th Anniversary

20th Anniversary

OU 25th Anniversary A-Committee (1984)

Bulletin # 1 (Tentative schedule of events)
Bulletin # 3
Bulletin # 2
Bulletin # 4
25th Anniversary Budget
2270 Meadow Brook Seminar
Commencement
25th Anniversary Committee
Student Committee
Program Committee
Alumni Committee
Committee for 25th Anniversary (includes a booklet “Oakland University Planning Documents: Volume 1 University Plans”)
25th Anniversary- Campus Landscaping and Signage Committee
25th Anniversary Committee Membership
Corporate/ Industrial/Commercial Committee
25th Anniversary Planning Committee )Outline of the plan of the 25th anniversary celebration, including contacting media and budget)
25th Anniversary- Student Affairs
Chairman George Matthews
Publicity, Promotion, and Audience Committee
Equipment/Facilities/ Logistics Committee

OU 25th Anniversary Correspondence- Open

Miscellaneous Correspondence
Suzanne Frankie Correspondence
25th Anniversary- Memos and Correspondence to the Cabinet
Bulletins and preliminary plans
Correspondence to the Chairs and Co- chairs
25th Anniversary- MBH Correspondence
Memos to Deans
GMT & President Champagne & misc. 
George T. Matthews Memos
OU 25th Anniversary Celebration Oct.-Nov. 1984, George Matthews
J. Dahlmann memos
25th Anniversary – Hot Air Balloon Festival
25th Anniversary Logo (Hand drawn models and proposals)
25TH Anniversary Seal (includes hand drawn sketches)
Unnamed Folder
Anniversary Plates
25th Anniversary- Miscellaneous- Essays
25th Anniversary- Music for Commencement
25th Anniversary- Commencement Music- Hollingsworth (Stanley Hollingsworth, OU’s composer in residence)
Marine Band
Hot Air Balloon

OU 25th Anniversary P-Z

University Community Picnic and Open House
25th Anniversary- Publicity- Press Release- Publications
Publicity, Promotion & Audience Development – 25th Anniversary 1984
Photographs.
25th Anniversary- June 20th 1984
Publicity, Promotion, continued- Dahlmann
25th Anniversary Public Relations
Contacts for Direct Mail- Flyers- Poster
PR Efforts
Printing Donations
Media Coverage of 25th Anniversary
Photocopied news articles about OU’s 25th anniversary celebration.
25th Anniversary Publications
25th Anniversary Material (posters and stickers, newspaper articles)
Detroit Free press- Special Ad Section- Keith Strnad
Christian Science Monitor Ad- 400 word profile story
"Oakland University Magazine” (Summer 1984- the 25th Anniversary issue).
25th Anniversary- News Articles
Sept. 18- State of the University Address
Partial and Tentative Schedule for 25th Anniversary
25th Anniversary Volunteer events, Volunteer works
25th Anniversary- Commencement- State of the University- Keynote Speech
Volunteers Committee

OU 25th Anniversary Meadow Brook Seminars Revisited 1984

Meadow Brook Revisited Jan. 13, 1977 George Matthews Memo
Meadow Brook Seminars 1984
Meadow Brook Seminars- Revisited Speech- Keith Kleckner
Health Professions Seminar
Seminar VI
Seminar I
Seminar VII
Seminar IV
MSUO Curriculum- Meadow Brook Seminars Planning Document 1978- G. Matthews Historical Data
Meadow Brook Seminars Revisited
25th Seminar
Special Resolution from the Michigan legislature
Correspondence- Public Service
25th Anniversary Resolutions
Keynote Address

25th Anniversary 1984 News Clippings and Oversized Items

“Oakland University Magazine” (Summer 1984)
“Oakland University Magazine” (Fall 1999)
‘Oakland University: The first 25 years’, “Oakland Sunday Magazine” (August 21, 1983).
25th Anniversary Photos
Oakland University folder (packet containing promotional items such as stickers and brochures)
Syracuse University Libraries: Report of the Task on Public Services
Silver colored flyers advertising the 25th anniversary hot air balloon festival.
25th Anniversary (News Clippings)
Black and gold bumper stickers
“Rochester Eccentric” September 20, 1984
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 777

OU 40th Anniversary (1999)

40th Anniversary

OU 50th Anniversary (2007)

50th Anniversary correspondence
Oakland University Journal, Number 13, fall 2007
50th Anniversary: Personal- Clerical- Reference Assist (meeting minutes and planning documents)
OU 50th Anniversary schedule and tickets
OU 50th Anniversary articles and flyers