OU.ADM.CONTINUUM

Summary Information

Repository
Oakland University Archives and Special Collections
Title
Records of the Oakland University Continuum Center
ID
OU.ADM.CONTINUUM
Date [inclusive]
1965-1970
Extent
2.0 Linear feet
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Item, folder title, box no., Records of the Oakland University Continuum Center, Oakland University Archives.

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History

The Continuum Center at Oakland University was a successful department within the Division of Continuing Education that provided innovative services to the university’s surrounding community. It officially began operations in October 1965 with a $150,000 grant from the Kellogg Foundation. Its first director was Priscilla Jackson.

It offered a four-part life-planning counseling service to mature women in South East Michigan, to help them find a more creative and satisfying place in the contemporary home and community. Initially the program, called “Testing and Counseling for Women,” relied on a tests and included interviews with a psychologist and an advisor. The program was later renamed “Investigation Into Identity” and included more self-exploration and study of interpersonal relations with the help of alumnae as volunteer discussion leaders. It was a pioneer program and a model for preventative mental health care delivery for mature, middle-class women - a population that had until then been considered as needing such services. The program received wide acclaim across the United States and beyond for its pioneering services to women, long before the women’s liberation movement.

As the program expanded, the Continuum Center sought a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for an Adult Counseling and Leadership Training program that lasted from 1973 to 1978. New programs were also added for a broader clientele, from high school students to seniors: Growing Older Bolder, Communication for Couples, Alternative Career Options for Teachers are examples. During 1978-1981 another NIMH grant enabled the Continuum Center to develop a program for people who work in gerontology.

In 1996, the Division of Continuing Education was disbanded and its component programs distributed to the College of Arts and Sciences and relevant schools. The Continuum Center became part of the School of Education and Human Services.

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Scope and Contents note

The Records of the Oakland University Continuum Center consist mainly of administrative files and course materials from the founding of the center in 1965 to 1988. Some of the course materials is probably from the 1990s. The administrative files are not complete but provide an overview of some of the center's activities and some grant application materials. Course materials include manuals for teachers as well as handouts, textbooks and other teaching tools designed for students.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Oakland University Archives and Special Collections

Kresge Library
100 Library Drive
Rochester, MI, 48309

Access and Use

The Records of the Oakland University Continuum Center are open for research except for certain records restricted by statute or university policy.

Copyright

Copyright held by Oakland University.

Processing

Processed by Dominique Daniel and Shirley Paquette, June 2017

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Collection Inventory

Administrative files 

Box

History & Mission 

1

Michigan House Resolution 411 1981 

1

Committee on Continuing Ed. - draft report May 5, 1987 

1

Group leader trainings 1975-1988 

Restricted Access

This folder contains confidential information. Closed for 75 years after creation or death of subjects.

1

Copyright permissions 

1

Paraprofessional Preventative Mental Health Leadership - Training grant application materials 1973 

1

Program list 

1

Workshop calendars 1976-1977 

1

Workshop evaluation - sample form 

1

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Training materials for leaders 

Box

Business writing 

1

Job/career 

1

Kellog Project manual 

1

Meyers-Briggs 

1

Older Adults   3 folders.

1

Retirement planning 

1

Study skills for adults 

1

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Course materials for workshop participants 

Box

Job/career   2 folders.

1

Misc. programs/workshops   3 folders.

1

Olders adults 

1

Think-ins 

1

Time management 

1

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