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Manuel Pierson Papers, 1960-1990

Manuel Pierson came to Oakland University in 1965 as chief counselor for Upward Bound. He had previously been a high school teacher and counselor in Covert, Michigan.

Two years later he became Associate Director of Upward Bound and in 1971 he was appointed Dean of Student Services. This appointment corresponded to the university’s re-organization of services in support of academically unprepared students. Upward Bound had started in 1966 at Oakland, followed by Project 20 in 1967. Originally, support for such students was placed in the Division of Student Affairs.  In 1970, however, Oakland took advantage of newly created federal grants, securing the largest grant in Michigan. The Department of Special Programs was then set up in the Office of Student Services.

Dr. Manuel Pierson led the efforts to promote campus equality and diversity  until his retirement in 1993.

Some files subject to access restrictions.

Box 1

Manuel Pierson Personal Papers

Curriculum Vita

Class materials for exploratory taught in 1969

Miscellaneous documents

Personal correspondence

Speeches, writings, essays, etc.


Student Affairs,  Administrative files

  Memos, correspondence.  1967-1992.  13 folders

  Memos, correspondence -- All university notices

  Memos, correspondence -- Business office

  Policies

  Reports  (Annual report for 1976-77)

  President’s Administrative Group

Box 2

Planning documents.  1972-1978.  19 folders

Box 3

Student Affairs,  Subject files

Campus activism

Campus Issues Committee

Collective bargaining - OU faculty, 1971 Strike.  2 folders

Commission on Student Life

Commuters

Complaints

Dean for Student Life candidates

Degree audit system

Drug abuse

Education Reform Commission  1970-71.  3 folders

English Composition Proficiency Standards

Entry Year - Interdivisional Study Commission.  1979

Evening College Advisory Committee

Freshman Year program

Graduate and professional opportunities program

Higher education

Instructional Services Office proposal. 1970

Programming Committee

Psychological emergencies procedures

Public safety

Registrar

Student correspondence*

Student elections

Student handbook

Student housing

Student life organizational chart, 1975?

Student organizations

Student records

Student rights.  

Vietnam War moratorium

Box 4

Student Affairs,   Minorities

    Affirmative action

    Affirmative Action Committee

    Affirmative Action Title IX

    African Americans

        Association of Black Students

        Black Collective

        Black faculty and staff

        Black Issues Committee

        Black Liberation Caucus

        Black Student Leadership Workshop

        Black United Front

        Joe Green

        Local community (Pontiac and others)

        Oakland People Against Racism (OPAR)

        Race relations  (memos, letters)  *

        St. Clair Inn Workshop, 1974

        South Africa

    Council on Prejudice and Discrimination

    Equal Access for Minority Students at Oakland University: a Report.

    Equal Opportunity.

    Equal Opportunity Center (proposed)

    Human Relations Council

    Latinos

    Michigan Civil Rights Commission

    Minority Equity, Office of  (Michigan)

    Minority student enrollment

    News clippings

Nursing for disadvantaged students

Outreach

    Women: A report on the status of women at Oakland University, 1971

    Miscellaneous documents, articles, reprints  (3 folders)

Box 5

Student Services,  Administrative files

Memos, correspondence.  1968-1988.  14 folders

Memos, correspondence -- Office of the President. 1960-1978.  3 folders

Memos, correspondence -- Office of the Provost. 1968-80

Manuals

Reports.  2 folders

Task Force

News, publicity

        News clippings

        Newsletter. 2 issues, 1977 & 1980

Box 6

Student Services, Proposals

Allied Health Minority Recruitment

Black Consortium of Metropolitan Detroit

Cooperative Venture Between OU and the Neighborhood Youth Corps

Forward Bound

Health Careers for Minority Students:  Operation Achieve (2 folders)

Med Start

Minority Outreach Thrust

Retention

Talent Search

TRIO  (5 folders)

University Services

Upward Bound (14 folders)

Box 7

Student Services, Subject Files

Academic Skill Center.  SEE Skill Development Center

Academic Standing and Honors Committee (3 folders)

Admissions and Financial Aid.  3 folders.  SEE ALSO Financial Aid

Administrative Professionals.  2 folders

Advising.  11 folders

Associated Study Committee

BGS Program

Career Advising and Placement

Career Advising and Placement Calendars

Career Conversations. Newsletter

Career education

Co-op programs.  5 folders

Handbooks

Internship programs. 2 folders

Memos.  2 folders

Box 8

Memos.  2 folders

News clippings

Placement Office

Recruiters on Campus

Career Opportunities Program

Community Service Program

Detroit Youth Foundation

Financial Aid

Administrative Financial Aid Committee

Financial Aid Task Force. Memos & report. 1974-5.  3 folders

Financial Aid Information Booklet

Memos.  1969-1986.  4 folders

Financial Aid Programs

Black Scholarship Program (Natl. Scholarship Fund for Negro Students)

Cotillion Club of Detroit Scholarship (4 folders)

Herbert Heidenreich Mexican American Scholarship Fund

Wade McCree Incentive Scholarships

King - Parks - Chavez Program.  3 folders.

Box 9

King Parks Chavez Program. 11 folders

Foreign Student Information

Martin Luther King High School (Detroit) Agreement: Math, Science Technology Program

Pontiac Oakland Educational Assistance Team

Pre-medicine

Skill Development Center (Academic Support Center)  3 folders

Special Programs. Memos.  3 folders

Special Programs.  Newsletters

Special Programs. Reports

Special Projects

Box 10

Student Special Services.  6 folders

Summer Programs Committee

Summer Support.  2 folders.  SEE ALSO Upward Bound

Upward Bound   Administrative files

Advisory Committee.  2 folders

Handbook

Meetings

Memos.  1966-1990s.  10 folders

Memos to parents

Memos to students

Box 11

Program evaluation.  4 folders

Reports and audits.  4 folders

Upward Bound Publications

Descriptions of the program.  2 folders

Brochures

Newsletters

News Clippings

Upward Bound. Curriculum

Book lists

Curricular materials

Curriculum Committee

Schedules of classes

    Upward Bound. Events

Events, lectures, conferences, etc.

Colloquium on the Legal Rights and Duties of Youth, 1967

Colloquium on Youth, 1970

10th Anniversary

20th Anniversary

25th Anniversary

Trip to Chicago

Upward Bound Day, Wayne State University, 1970.

Box 12

Upward Bound Subject Files

ACT

Budget

Conferences

Counseling

 Gifts

Grant administration

Housing

Oakland County Commission of Equal Opportunity Grant

Pre-college Programs Task Force

Skills Assessment

Staff

 Student Advisory Council

Student achievement

Student certificates

Student evaluations.  2 folders

Student health

Student rosters

Study Skills

Upward Bound Club Notes

Volunteer programs  

Upward Bound.  Special Programs

Cadet Engineering Program. 3 folders

Cranbrook School.  

Fine Arts Institute.  4 folders

Box 13

Forward Bound

Neighborhood Youth Corps.        

 Project Challenge

Project Motivation

 Project Pontiac.  2 folders

Project Rebound

Project 20.  17 folders

Box 14

TRIO Advisory Committee.  8 folders

Talent Search Program

Urban Affairs Center.  6 folders

Veterans Affairs.  10 folders

Box 15

Student Services,  Off Campus Organizations

American Association for Higher Education

    American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

    American College Personnel Association. 5 folders

    American Council on Education

American Personnel and Guidance Association

    Conference on the Disadvantaged. 1970

    Educational Projects, Inc. / Educational Associates, Inc. [Upward Bound consultants]. 2 folders

    Educational Opportunity Programs: Univ. of Iowa Training Institute. 2 folders

    Educational Opportunity Programs: Marquette University

    Equality of Access to Higher Education Task Force / Michigan Dept. of Education. 3 folders

    Higher Education Opportunities Committee

    Michigan College Personnel Association

    Michigan Council of Equal Opportunity Programs

    Michigan. State Board of Education.

    Mid-American Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel. 3 folders

    Mid-America Training Center for Developmental Education

Box 16

National Association of Secondary School Principals.  2 folders

    National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. (NASPA) 2 folders    National Coordinating Council for Education Opportunity

    National Orientation Directors’ Conference, 1972

    National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students.  2 folders

    National Student Symposium.  2 folders

    Rutgers University Urban University Program

    Special Emerging Programs in Higher Education Conference, 1975

    Student Special Services Conference, 1971

    Task Force on the Disadvantaged and Postsecondary Education

  TRIO Conferences, 1972-1975.  4 folders

    TRIO  Michigan Trio Directors / Michigan Council of Educational Opportunity Programs.    3 folders

    TRIO  Newsletters

    TRIO  Region V Advisory Council

    Upward Bound Programs National Office memos. 2 folders

    Upward Bound Programs State & Regional Project Directors



 

Collection arranged and inventoried by Linda Hildebrand - updated by Dominique Daniel - 11/02/15

Preferred citation

Manuel Pierson Papers, Oakland University Archives.

 

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