Oakland University Archives and Special Collections
OU.ACADEMICUNIT.PUB
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Oakland University Archives and Special Collections
- Title
- Project Upward Bound collection
- ID
- OU.ACADEMICUNIT.PUB
- Date
- 1969-2014
- Extent
- 1.0 Linear feet
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
Item, folder title, box no., Project Upward Bound collection, Oakland University Archives
History
Project Upward Bound is one of the federal TRIO programs OU implemented to support disadvantaged students and expand its minority student population in the 1960s. Project Upward Bound was started at OU in 1966 under the guidance of Reginald Wilson. The project, a federal program which provides academic support to low-income and first-generation college bound students, had been suggested by Doris Storer, from the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency in Pontiac, and by Charles E. Morton, one of OU's first Black faculty members. Storer knew the Johnson administration was seeking proposals for Upward Bound and helped OU submit its own proposal. Manuel Pierson was hired as chief counselor for Upward Bound, while Wilson was directing the academic aspects of the program.
Upward Bound first targeted pre-college students from Ferndale, Oak Park, and Pontiac where the largest populations of Black and Latino families lived. Originally, Hazel Park was also included but was dropped after a few years. OU's Upward Bound then expanded its recruitment to Detroit schools. During six summer weeks, the program provided academic skills insruction, cultural and recretational programing, counseling. and community living on campus to selected students. In 1968, as the project grew, Pierson became Associate Director of Upward Bound and in 1971 he was appointed Dean of Student Services. During the first four years, the program had about 60 students and then grew to about 100 students in the 1970s.
Scope and Contents note
The collection has been organized by format: photographs, audiovisual materials, and posters. Researchers might also be interested in the papers of Manuel Pierson, who was the first OU employee in charge of Project Upward Bound (along with Reginald Wilson), and whose papers contain Upward Bound annual reports and other relevant materials.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Oakland University Archives and Special Collections
Kresge Library100 Library Drive
Rochester, MI, 48309
Access and Use note
The Project Upward Bound collection is open for research.
Copyright
Copyright held by Oakland University.
Processing
Processed by Shirley Paquette, August 2021.
Collection Inventory
Photographs |
Box 1 |
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Photo album - early years 1969-1974 20 inserts. |
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Photo album - Graduation 2014 |
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Years - 1981-2014 4 acid free manila open top envelopes. |
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Event - MICAPP - 1995 |
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Summer 1981 |
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Summer - unknown year 2 clear archival sleeves. |
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Summer 2000 |
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Graduation - 2014 2 clear archival sleeves. |
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Audiovisual |
Box 1 |
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DVD's |
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Summer 1990 |
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Event - Are we doing your will? Aug. 3, 1994 |
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Event - Upward & Forward Bound Awards Program 1996 |
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Event - 1997 Performing Arts - The Storm |
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Event - 1999 PUB Awards |
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Mini digital video tapes |
Box 1 |
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Event - 1997 play 3 cassettes. |
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Event - Performance Summer Academy - 1998 2 cassettes. |
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Event - 1999 PUB Awards 2 cassettes. |
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Event - Staff training - Summer 2000 |
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Event - 2000 PUB Awards 2 cassettes. |
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Events - 2001 - PUB Awards - Mackinaw trip 3 cassettes. |
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Event - Summer Academy Awards Ceremony - 2003 |
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VHS |
Box 1 |
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Summer 1990 |
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Event - Are we doing your will? Aug. 3, 1994 |
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Event - Project Upward & Forward Bound Aug. 2, 1996 2 tapes. |
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Event - The Storm - 1997 2 tapes. |
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Event - 1999 PUB Awards 5 tapes. |
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Posters |
Map-case 7 |
Drawer B |
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Photo collage - 1969-1971 3 boards. |
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Photo collage - 2001-2016 |
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Photo collage - 2010-2016 |
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Photo collage - Summer 2016 |
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Photo collage - PUB Today n.d. |
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Photo collage - PUB Alumni n.d. |
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Photo collage - PUB Current and Former Staff n.d. |
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Photo collage - Geraldine Graham n.d. |
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