Monthly Archives: May 2014

Moonshadow, Black Studies Dept. Creative Writers Group, University of Detroit

The University  of Detroit produced a number of student publications outside of the student newspapers such as the Tamarack and Varsity News. Some of the more creative writings have been published in SIC and Dichotomy, which you can see on our Special Collections page, but there were others such as Moonshadow. Moonshadow was open to contributions from any and all writers. Poetry, short stories and essays could be submitted to the University of Detroit, Black Studies Department. In this particular...

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Uncategorized , , Updated: June 2, 2014

Memorial Services at University of Detroit

The most prominent building on the McNichols campus of the University of Detroit Mercy is the Tower. Dedicated in 1927 during the University’s Golden Jubilee celebration, at the base is a marble tablet inscribed with the names of twelve former students who died in the service of their country in World War I. The heroes to whom the University paid tribute to: Lieutenant Thomas Gerald Kennedy, Private Russell William McBrearty, Lieutenant William J. Wilkinson, Sargeant Thomas Abbot Abrey, Cadet John...

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Uncategorized , , Updated: May 13, 2014

Having fun at the flash mob dance-a video to archive

One of the concerns of archivists today is how to preserve access to the information with all the different formats that have been coming out. Technology changes so quick, how do we preserve the media and still be able to see it long after the machines that played it have died? This little video of a UDM flash mob dance is not in the archival collection in any form, yet it would be something that should be in the archives...

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Uncategorized , Updated: May 14, 2014

Golden Memories for the Class of ’64

Is this UD’s youngest graduate? Well, no not really. Not sure how much this little girl remembers that back in June of 1964, she was on hand to help her father, Peter Verkon, receive his Bachelor of Engineering diploma from the President of UD, Rev. Laurence V. Britt S.J. For the graduates of 1964, it was the year President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a “War on Poverty”, the first appearance of the Beatles on “Ed Sullivan Show”, Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr....

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Uncategorized , Updated: May 4, 2015

Some Unique Items in the Archives

In the archives, we try to keep at least three copies of everything like yearbooks, student newspapers, and just about any publication put out by the university. However, there are those items that are a one time thing and will never get duplicated. Here are a sample of some of those items:    There may be lots of mugs with the 1957 Spring Carnival on it-but this one has a special designation: it has the President of UD name and...

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Uncategorized , , , , , Updated: April 24, 2014