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Fr. Edward J. Dowling: Artist, More than Just Great Lake Ships August 2014

Father Edward J. Dowling taught for many years in the College of Engineering at the University of Detroit. His life-long interest in the Great Lakes made him an expert in maritime shipping. The archives holds more than 58,000 items related to his love for the Great Lakes. Although the majority of the items are photographs and negatives of ships, it also has some of his art works. He was an artist of some distinction and most of his works were...

Uncategorized art, Fr. Edward J. Dowling, Marine Historical Collection Pat Higo Updated: August 6, 2014

Before there was a UDMercy McNichols campus-some of the early residents and workers August 2014

Back in the early 1800′s, the site that is currently the McNichols campus of University of Detroit Mercy, was a swamp surrounded by tamaracks, willows and cranberry bushes. The land was drained and cleared to be converted into truck farms. These are some of the early residents and workers in the area before some of the land was purchased by Father McNichols for $120,000 back in 1921. Other sections of the campus were either gifted or purchased a bit later....

Uncategorized early residents, farms, Rev. John P. McNichols Pat Higo Updated: July 30, 2014

A Celebration of Heritage: Our Lady of Mercy Chapel August 2014

Mercy College of Detroit opened on September 24, 1941, the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy. From the back of the picture card: “For over 60 years, the Chapel was a place to “be” with God. Because is was the Motherhouse of the Detroit Region of the Sisters of Mercy until 1966, all the Sisters gathered in the chapel four times a day for Mass, recitation of the Office, meditation and spiritual reading. Students often joined the sisters for the...

Uncategorized chapel, Mercy College of Detroit, Sisters of Mercy Pat Higo Updated: July 22, 2014

1925 INDIA: A Night in the Orient at University of Detroit July 2014

The University of Detroit Alumni Association sponsored a lavish production about India. The purpose of the program was to “assist the Faculty Board of Trustees in the $10,000,000.00 building expansion program for a greater University of Detroit”. At the time of this event, the stadium was about the only building complete on the Livernois Avenue/Six Mile campus. In the program they did show a potential plan for the buildings. The plan to build a fairly large church never got off...

Uncategorized Alumni Association, buildings Pat Higo Updated: July 25, 2014

From UD High School Student to UD College Student to UD President-THREE Times! July 2014

The initial founding of the University of Detroit in 1877 included a collegiate and an academic or what we would consider today “high school” division. This system continued until 1928, when the UD high school was academically separated from the collegiate division. It was not until 1947 that the administration and financial connections between the high school and college were separated into two distinct institutions. In another one of my ebay purchases, I picked up a 1929 University of Detroit...

Uncategorized alumni, high school, Rev. Celestine J. Steiner, Rev. Laurence V. Britt, Rev. Willian J. Millor Pat Higo Updated: July 8, 2014

7/11 Are you feeling lucky? Las Vegas Night as U of D July 2014

St. Francis Club at the University of Detroit sponsored a Las Vegas Night back in February, 1975. For a $5 admission fee, you would get $500,000 worth of play money gambling chips, all the beer and wine you could drink (!), dancing, gambling and a chance at 50 door prizes given away throughout the evening. The door prizes included dinners, merchandise, clothing, books and many other items donated by local businesses. The profits from the evening would be used to...

Uncategorized Las Vegas Night, St. Francis Club Pat Higo Updated: July 3, 2014

Happy 4th of July!!!! July 2014

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Uncategorized Pat Higo Updated: June 19, 2014

Why UDM colors are red, white and blue June 2014

Just about everyone in the state of Michigan knows that University of Michigan colors are maize and blue and Michigan State is green and white. Most universities have just two colors, so how did University of Detroit Mercy get three colors: red, white and blue? It sounds very patriotic, but that is not how the colors came about. First the University of Detroit story: The University of Detroit colors were red and white, based on the university’s seal. The story...

Uncategorized logo, seal Pat Higo Updated: June 18, 2014

A day in the life of some puppies-1951 UD mascot Titania June 2014

Before the current Tommy Titan mascot, the University of Detroit had a St. Bernard named Titania as a mascot. There was a photo shoot using her puppies that I thought I would share with everyone. I provided some captions, but feel free to make your own. Pat Higo, Archives and Special Collections Librarian ...

Uncategorized mascot, St. Bernard, Titania Pat Higo Updated: June 18, 2014

The things you find when you need to move June 2014

In preparing to move all my stuff on and around my desk (they are redoing the entire floor in the room I am located in), checking my files, I stopped to browse through some University of Detroit Board of Trustee minutes from 1912 to June 1930. Most of the stuff is pretty boring: filling positions of board members that have left, passing on the list of graduates, various financial dealings, and discussions of new programs. There was one session that...

Uncategorized Board of Trustees, Lansing-Reilly Pat Higo Updated: June 4, 2014

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