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...
Time out for some more odds and ends in the library archives. Interesting stuff that few people may know even exists! If there are any alumni out there that have some U of D or Mercy College memorabilia, send it in! (but I do not need Tower yearbooks!)Pat Higo, Archives and Special Collections Librarian...
In the process of collecting UD memorabilia from wherever-including ebay, I got this lighter commemorating the 30th anniversary of the 1946 football team. It was given “Compliments of Chuck & Ann Baer June 5, 1976″. Charles Baer was the Head Football Coach in 1946. A little background about this team would show why this team seemed to be extra special. According to the 1947 Tower yearbook, this was the first real post-war team. It was the first Titan team that...
There are various items that get donated or I pick up on ebay that relate in some way to Mercy College or University of Detroit. This is just a sample of some of the things. If you have any odd thing that happens to have the Mercy College of Detroit or U of D name on it, please consider sending it to the University of Detroit Mercy Archives. The only thing I do not need are U of D Tower...
