Decky Alexander is a Drama Professor and the director of academic engagement programs (Engage@EMU) at Eastern Michigan University. In this interview, Alexander recounts how she became interested in theater, growing up in the Chicago area, and the impact college had on expanding her worldview. Alexander describes her theatre initiatives, working to improve harmful public school policies, and how she ended up at Eastern Michigan University. Alexander explains her life during her “year of yes”, getting involved with the Jewish Federation in Washtenaw County, and her involvement in resettling Afghan families into student housing at EMU in 2022. Alexander explores how she thinks EMU can better engage with the international community, her desire to help formerly incarcerated people get an education, and other humanitarian initiatives that she has been involved with.
This image depicts a class called The History of Education being taught by Daniel Putnam, who taught the Theory of Art and Teaching courses in addition to psychology courses. This class only took half of one semester to complete and focused on the history of schools, school systems, and education in general. To help students understand how the field of education had progressed, Putnam taught about great educational leaders of both the past and the present.
This image depicts a History class being taught by Mary Putnam, who is sitting behind the desk at the head of the room. The History curriculum at the Normal school focused heavily on the history of the Western world, with American and English history being prioritized. The Normal’s General History coursework focused heavily on Greek and Roman history, and the extent to which the history of non-Western cultures were covered is not discussed in the course description. Much of the discussion relating to non-Western societies appears to have been relegated to the Geography department.
This image depicts a Physiology Lecture being given by the head of the Natural Sciences (Systematic Botany and Physiology) department, Lucy Osband. One of the main things that this academic department hoped to achieve was instilling a love for scientific truth within Normal students through the help of lessons that focused on utilizing logical reasoning and implementation of the scientific method. Physiology was considered to be an advanced course for senior study, with students having been expected to have learned the basics of the subject in high school. The chalkboard contains evidence that students are being taught about nerves, which indicates that this class is occurring early in the semester when the Physiology curriculum focused on rapid review of the subject with an emphasis on nutrition and the nervous system.
A photograph of former administrator Lewis Profit at his desk.
Eastern Echo Office
Fred Rogers was an American television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, producer, and Presbyterian minister. Rogers was famous for creating, hosting, and composing the theme music for the educational preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968–2001), which featured his kind-hearted, grandfatherly personality, and directness to his audiences. In this address to the graduating class of 1973, Rogers stresses his view that education is individually varied according to the student doing the learning; different student characteristics necessitate a diverse array of teaching methods. Rogers says that though the road to discovering one’s true self may be long, it is also worth the wait, especially with the help of intuitive and creative teachers. Rogers performs two of his own compositions, “Truth and Freedom,” and “There Are Many Ways to Say I Love You” during the presentation.
James “Bingo” Brown was one of the most beloved figures in Eastern Michigan University history. Coaching the football team in 1923 and 1924, Brown went on to be appointed Dean of Men in 1927, a position he held for 35 years until his retirement in 1962. Here, Brown delivers a heartfelt farewell address to Lloyd Olds and Elton Rynearson, detailing the ways in which Olds and Rynearson had given their lives over to their students to help guide them down that “golden roadbed of life.”
Black and white photographic print of the Wives of the Educational Administration Professors are pictured standing in front of the Life Sciences building on the campus of The State University of New York, Albany, 1968. Row 1: Zola Sprowles 2. Ruth Hayes 3. Mary Pockat 4. Lynn Maynard 5. Bette Barr 6. May Pillard 7. Lola Rose 8. Gladys Shelton 9. Florence DeWoody 10. Lalah Ewing 11. Unknown 12. Unknown 13. Barbara Hack 14. Sue Nystrand 15. DeLana Baughman 16. Elizabeth Howe 17. Jean Farquhar 18. Dorothy O'Fallan 19. Colene Schmid 20. Genie York Row 2: 1. Unkown 2. Mildred Holt 3. Evelyn Blackmon 4. Margaret Savage 5. Betty Brumbaugh 6. Bernece Van Drew 7. Millie Hall 8. Ruth H. Arnold 9. Unknown 10. Marguerite Miller 11. Pat Faber 12. Unknown 13. Maurine Petty 14. Joy Laughlin 15. Maryetta Roaden 16. Unknown 17. Unknown 18. Esther Boles 19. Lucille Stewart 20. Chris Randles 21. Maxine Holmes 22. Unknown 23. Bea Allen 24. Barbara Jacobsen 25. Mary Heim Row 3: 1. Unknown 2. Unknown 3. Thelma Campbell 4. Connie Lane 5. Unknown 6. Betty Frasure 7. Lois Wohlers 8. Mrs. Morrill 9. Karen Larson 10. Martha Willis 11. Mary Lynch 12. Georgean Cunningham 13. Unknown Row 4. 1. Shirley Walden 2. Evelyn Jordan 3. Unknown 4. Mary Peccolo 5. Ruth Holloway 6. Lois Matzner 7. Margaret Bird 8. Jo Fay Ricketts 9. Avelyn Hooker 10. Doris Edinger 11. Jan St.Clair 12. Suzie Sybouts 13. Lois Eckel 14. Ruth Staub Noted on the bottom of the page, "HELP! If you are in the WEAP picture, and your name is not on this list, please come to the information desk by DUTCH Quad Cafeteria and add your name."
Staff member, possibly Mrs. Millard, writing at her desk. From an envelope titled "Crawford."
Mr. Ray Brines sits at a desk in the library with a pencil and notebook. Students sit in the background. From an envelope titled "Ray Brines."
A boy and girl paint at a desk. They appear to be painting rocks. From an envelope titled "To be printed."
Staff member, possibly Mrs. Millard, writing at her desk. From an envelope titled "Crawford."
Mr. Misner sits at a desk and leans back in his chair. From an envelope titled "Mr. Misner, Paul Misner."
Staff member, possibly Mrs. Millard, writing at her desk. From an envelope titled "Crawford."
Ms. Jackson stands with a man at the front of her classroom. A boquet of flowers is on her desk. From an envelope titled "Second Grade Teacher, Miss Jackson, June 1936, Roosevelt."
Ms. Jackson stands with a man at the front of her classroom. A boquet of flowers is on her desk. From an envelope titled "Second Grade Teacher, Miss Jackson, June 1936, Roosevelt."
Mr. Ray Brines sits at a desk in the library with a pencil and notebook. Students sit in the background. From an envelope titled "Ray Brines."
A model of a village, with clay houses and pine cones as trees, rests on a desk. A drawing of hills hangs behind it on the blackboard. From an envelope titled "Artwork, June 1936."
Mrs. Millard posing at a desk. From an envelope titled "Mrs. Millard."
Chloe Todd writes at her desk. From an envelope titled "1 Enlargement, 8 x 10, Chloe Todd."
Mrs. Bates writing at her desk. From an envelope titled "Mrs. Bates, Mr. Prrelyry." The man's surname was not written legibly.
Chloe Todd writes at her desk. From an envelope titled "1 Enlargement, 8 x 10, Chloe Todd."
Mrs. Millard writes on a paper at a desk. From an envelope titled "Mrs. Millard."
An instructor holds a poster titled "Valentines" and featuring musical notes. Two students place notes on the poster board. A student is seated at a desk in front. From an envelope titled "To be printed."
Mrs. Millard looks at a paper on a desk. From an envelope titled "Mrs. Millard."
A boy and girl paint at a shared table. From an envelope titled "To be printed."
Mrs. Millard looks at a paper on a desk. From an envelope titled "Mrs. Millard."
A male student with a physical disability completes a physical therapy exercise with help from a female instructor.
Two women sit in an office discussing two white sheets of paper on a desk with the header 'Caloric Count.' Behind them is a poster showing the four food groups, and a bulletin board with notices and a calendar set to April.
Two female students sit at a desk with filing systems and a rotary multi-line telephone taking up most of the available space on the desk. Both women have their hair pulled back, are wearing wedding bands and white lab coats, and appear to be reviewing paperwork. There are two windows in the background framed by patterned curtains.
Two women are being filmed having a conversation, one is seated behind a desk while the other is seated casually slumped in a chair with her back to the camera. In the foreground is a small group of seated individuals, and two cameras. The boom microphone is also visible in the image.
Photograph of a man in Holland, Michigan. The man sits on a tree stump. Large sand dunes rise up from the lake in the background. A wooden pier holds back a portion of the dune where the man is sitting and trees help to stabilize the dune in the background.
Jennie Pease D’Ooge’s eleventh journal begins in late June 1903, as her family departs for their summer cottage in Charlevoix, and follows their daily lives through the beginning of May 1904. In Charlevoix the D’Ooges visit with family and friends, play games (such as flinch, pedro, charades, euchre, and whist), and sail the Amy. Jennie’s husband, Michigan State Normal College classics professor Benjamin L. D’Ooge, continues to serve as a trustee of the Charlevoix Summer Home Association. Their daughters Ida and Helen get up to “great antics” with other teens and are eager to attend hops at the resort hotel. Their elder son Len also enjoys hops, as well as fishing, and their younger son Stanton stays closer to home, playing with other children, reading, and spending time with his parents. The family plans to remodel their cottage at the end of the season. Jennie’s sister, Ida Pease, rents out her Ann Arbor house for part of the summer and stays in her own cottage in Charlevoix.In Ypsilanti, the D’Ooges continue to rent 602 Congress Street. Edith Hoyle, a Normal College student, lives with them and assists with housework. The family regularly takes dinners at a boarding house, cafe, or hotel, rather than cooking at home, or they purchase dishes from the Women’s Exchange to round out a home-cooked “luncheon.” Jennie bemoans how much food her four growing children consume: “It seems as if the capacity of my family for good things to eat is absolutely unlimited. I have to buy just twice as much of everything as I used to.” She has a new gas range, which she says is “fine,” although she worries that the gas will cost too much and complains that the water heater ran up the November gas bill to $6.20.Ida and Helen are given more responsibilities at home, including meal planning, baking, and sewing, to varying degrees of success. “The girls try to help but their interest is apt to wane when they have company or a book to read. I suppose it is because they know I am here, and weak-minded enough to spring to the front whenever they hold back.” Jennie laments that she is “getting so inexcusably, inconceivably homely” and says, “I tell the children if I only did not have to push so much and do all their thinking for them I wouldn't get so tired.” A humorous example of this occurs in March 1904, when Ida and Helen travel by train to stay with Jennie’s longtime friend Kittie Castle Hattstaedt in Chicago. Soon after their departure the girls send a telegram home saying that they cannot find the trunk key, and Jennie promptly telegraphs back: “Trunk key in Ida’s pocket. What next?”Mrs. Crosby and other women are often hired to do the laborious chores of washing and ironing. Jennie spends much of her time sewing, either by hand or with her new lockstitch machine, but when she needs to produce a lot of clothing in a hurry, she pays Agnes Fike (or Fyke) $5 a week plus lodging for two weeks to help her sew about twenty garments. She also has an underskirt made for herself and a new spring suit made for Helen at Ypsilanti’s W.H. Sweet & Son, arguing that the quality and durability compared with ready-made clothes justify the expense.Jennie continues to serve as co-patroness of the Harmonious Mystics, a Michigan State Normal College sorority, with fellow faculty wife Abbie Hunter Pease. They are pleased to pledge MSNC president Lewis Henry Jones’s daughter Edith, to the chagrin of librarian Genevieve Walton, who had spent more than a year rushing Edith for the Zeta Phis. Mrs. Pease’s moods can change quickly, she acts “real cat-y” to Jennie during a sorority event, and Jennie describes her as “so cold and indifferent and bored,” highlighting some tension between the two. Jennie is also a chaperone of the Halcyon Club, alongside Eva Green Hoyt.Jennie is elected president of the Women’s Union of Ypsilanti’s Congregational Church, and she remains active with the Congregational Ladies’ Aid Society. She is also elected Corresponding Secretary of the Ladies’ Literary Club and serves as chairman of the press committee. She attends thimble parties, church fundraiser socials, and “swell” luncheons. When she has time, she enjoys decorative woodcarving and burning, and she reads several books, including contemporary novels and historical fiction. Jennie maintains contact with numerous friends from different stages of her life, including the D’Ooges’ two years in Germany. In December 1903, she attends the funeral of family friend Sarah Swope Caswell Angell, wife of University of Michigan president James B. Angell.In addition to teaching at the Normal College, Ben presents at the National Education Association conference in Boston in July 1903. He also speaks to local groups, including giving a talk about Holland in Wayne, Michigan, where “he had a most appreciative audience of Podunkers from Podunk.” As club president, he organizes a meeting of the Michigan Schoolmasters’ Club and the Classical Conference in Ypsilanti in March 1904. He is also elected president of the newly-created Ypsilanti Choral Society, a town-and-gown chorus directed by Prof. Frederic Pease. He enjoys playing golf in good weather. Ben and Jennie take the train into Detroit several times on various errands, including meetings about their investment in the Black Diamond Mine (which Jennie regrets), sailing on the Detroit River with friends Louis C. and Jane Mahon Stanley, and attending a performance of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice starring Henry Irving as Shylock.Especially during the winter, there seems to be an endless rotation of illnesses in the D’Ooge family: toothache, earache, headache, sore throat, “malarial symptoms,” lingering coughs, “Cuban itch,” fears of diphtheria. Nevertheless, the children are busy with concerts, sporting events, and social gatherings. Ida is appointed to participate in an oratorical contest and the Junior Exhibition. Helen attends Junior Endeavor at the Congregational Church and is described as a “dear, faithful little Christian.” Len sings with the Episcopal Church boys’ choir and plays football. Stanton struggles with arithmetic. In February 1904, the boys go, perhaps for the first time, “to see some Moving Pictures at the opera-house.”During a visit to her sister Ida’s house in Ann Arbor, Jennie looks through family papers: “[I] read the diaries of Grandma Deuel, Father & Mother, written about the time they were married, and on through the next eight years, until mother’s death. It seems strange to think she was only 28 yrs. old when she died. (She was born in 1832.)” At least some of these documents are today in the Eastern Michigan University Archives.
Jennie Pease D’Ooge’s tenth diary spans from March 1902 to June 1903. She, her husband, Benjamin L. D’Ooge, and their four children continue to live at 602 Congress Street in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and spend summers up north in Charlevoix. In May 1902, Jennie accompanies Ben when he travels to give a lecture in Chicago. She writes: “I hesitated at first on account of the cost – but as I told Ben, it will be all the same in a hundred years, and we shouldn’t deny ourselves everything.” During their trip, Jennie meets with cousin and old friends, lunches at Marshall Field’s, attends musical and theatrical performances, and visits two major Progressive educational institutions: Jane Addams’s Hull House and John Dewey’s Laboratory Schools. Jennie has a full calendar of social, religious, and charitable activities, and she laments being so busy (“I am in too deep – cannot see daylight”). She serves as president of the Ladies’ Aid Society at Ypsilanti’s First Congregational Church. In April 1903 she joins Abbie Hunter Pease, wife of Michigan State Normal College music professor Frederic H. Pease, as a “patroness” to the Harmonious Mystics, a sorority established in 1900. Jennie is also recruited into the local Whist Club. In her spare time she practices pyrography, burning decorative designs into wooden objects, including her new ping-pong paddles, and begins teaching classes on the art. She reads widely. Among other books, she comments on The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden—1865–1900 by Thomas Dixon and quotes extensively from Confessions of a Wife by Mary Adams, both published in 1902.Ben is also active both professionally and personally. In addition to teaching classics at Michigan State Normal College, he gives lectures on Greek and Roman topics and works to revise Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar. According to Jennie, “Ben has some glimmer of hope of a change – to Oberlin or Stanford University or somewhere away from Ypsi!” He becomes a second degree Mason. The Normal College has a new president in fall 1902, Lewis Henry Jones. Privately, Jennie thinks he looks “queer” and “dissipated” after first meeting him. Two MSNC colleagues and good friends die suddenly: August Lodeman, professor of modern languages, and Austin George, former director of the college’s Training School and later superintendent of Ypsilanti Public Schools. Jennie notes “a growing re-action against co-education in Universities,” as some, herself included, do not believe it is producing the “best results.” The children are becoming more mature and independent, although Jennie at times worries about how they “seem to utterly lack any idea of care for themselves,” as well as how much food they consume. All have active social lives, spend weekends in Ann Arbor with their Aunt Ida Pease, and take part in music recitals and theatrical performances. They suffer from various ailments, which Jennie diligently treats with homeopathic remedies and visits to the doctor. Mumps sweeps through the family in April and May 1902. In March 1903, an outbreak of smallpox sends a neighbor girl “to the pest-house in Detroit” and pushes Jennie to have her children vaccinated.Ida is initiated into the Beta Nu Society, wants to dance with partners at the Charlevoix hop, suffers from acne, and receives sixteen lumps of sugar from a friend when she turns “sweet sixteen.” Helen, nicknamed “Arlie,” finishes grammar school and “graduates into the troubles of High School.” Both girls “have reached the shirt-waist age.” Len struggles to pay attention in class, but he helps out with chores, leads a Junior Christian Endeavor meeting, and enjoys playing with friends and his toy steam engine. Stanton is good natured and earnest. For his seventh birthday, his Aunt Ida gives him a pair of guinea pigs, which quickly multiply. A neighbor gives the boys a puppy, Skele, “the dearest, softest, naughtiest little rascal,” but he dies from distemper before his first birthday, “a sore trial” to the whole family. Shortly thereafter, Stanton brings home a large gray and white cat. For much of this period, the D’Ooges take their dinners out and, until June 1903, pay Mabel Love to help with cooking and washing. The family has difficulty obtaining coal to heat their house in the winter due to the anthracite coal strike of 1902, and Jennie worries that “[t]here will be immense suffering in the poor classes.” There is much confusion in Ypsilanti as the town attempts to switch to Standard Time in early 1903.In this volume, Jennie celebrates her “—rd” and “forty __th” birthdays, remarking, “Time flies, these years.” In the very last entry of the diary, she writes: “Our eighteenth wedding-anniversary. We ought to celebrate, but doubt if we have time to even remind Ben.”
In the eighth volume of her diary, spanning July 1899 to the beginning of 1901, Jennie Pease D’Ooge documents her family’s residence in Germany and travels around Europe during her husband Benjamin L. D’Ooge’s sabbatical. She supplements her near-daily entries with photographs taken herself and by friends, dinner menus, concert programs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera. She also makes sketches and transcribes short samples of music. In the back of this diary, Jennie records observations on German women and children and keeps a list of her young son Stanton’s humorous “speeches.”Enroute to Bonn, Germany, the D’Ooges spend time with Ben’s sister and brother-in-law, Nellie and Henry Utterwick, in East Canaan, Connecticut, and visit New York City. They sail aboard the Holland America Line’s SS Maasdam to Rotterdam, take a steamer up the Rhine River to Cologne, and finally travel by train to Bonn. The family stays first at a Pension [boardinghouse], run by Fräulein Schlingensiepen at Kronprinzenstraße 13. In September, Jennie’s sister Ida Pease joins the family in Bonn, and Jennie and Ben travel to Paris “for a week of fun.” Guided by their “Badaeker,” they dine out, shop, visit landmarks and museums, attend operas and plays, and meet with Ypsilanti friends – including Michigan State Normal College professors August Lodeman and Edwin A. Strong – as well as Ben’s brother and sister-in-law, Martin L. and Mary Worcester D’Ooge. Upon their return, the D’Ooges move into furnished rooms with Frau Witwe Menniger [spelling varies] at Argelanderstraße 61. After moving out of Argelanderstraße 61 to travel in March 1900, Frau Menniger brings a suit against the D’Ooges, claiming they owe her 50 Marks. Later, in May 1900, the D’Ooges move to Luisenstraße 38 in the Poppelsdorf area of Bonn, run by Frau Taxer [or Taxar] and Fräulein Cornetius.The D’Ooges develop an active social life in Bonn, socializing with their fellow boarders, scholars, and upper-class Germans and Americans. In particular, they befriend American Congregational pastor Nathaniel Rubinkam, his wife Sarah Shoemaker Rubinkam, and their children. They learn about local customs and celebrate holidays with their neighbors, attend elegant dinner parties and more raucous gatherings (“What would our temperance friends in America say to such goings-on!”), and enjoy excursions to nearby sights. Jennie describes this as a happy period for her family: “Such glorious days are what we shall long remember, after we are back, to the Grind of America.”Jennie spends much of her time mending and altering clothing, washing dishes, cleaning the apartment, and tending to lamps, but she attempts “to do less working and more studying. Have decided that I am not here to do washings.” She seeks out opportunities to practice German, although she is frustrated with her slow progress, and enjoys conversing with the “gebildete Damen” [well-educated, erudite ladies] at Luisenstraße 38. She also stays in written communication with friends and family in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and elsewhere.Ben studies at the University of Bonn and “is deep in his Cicero,” working on another book for his publisher, Ginn and Company. Because the family “can get along so economically” in Germany, they decide to stay in Germany for a second year, enabling Ben to continue his studies.The elder D’Ooge children attend school in the mornings, Ida and Helen a private girls’ school and Len a Gymnasium [German academic high school]. They learn German quickly and make friends with classmates and neighbors. Ida and Helen sing in a school chorus and practice duets together, and in her free time “Ida has taken violently to knitting.” Jennie teaches Stanton at home, supposing “he must learn to use his head a little before next year” when he starts school.The children experience various health ailments. Ida has eye problems from reading too much German text, suffers from neuralgia, has “not much vitality,” and one lung “might be a trifle affected.” Helen has eczema on her hands and, later, is instructed to eat more fruit and less meat and to get lots of exercise. Len has a bilious attack and jaundice, and subsequently Ida and Helen both have jaundice, too. As usual, Jennie seeks the help of local doctors while also treating the children with homeopathic remedies.In October 1899, Jennie and Ben take a two-week trip to the Netherlands. In addition to major cities and popular destinations, they visit Zonnemaire, the Dutch village where Ben’s older siblings were born. They take photographs of Ben in front of his grandfather’s house and his father’s cottage. “I look back with great satisfaction upon our Holland trip. Certainly two people never before had such a two weeks of fun. We have enjoyed every minute, and gained a fairly good idea of the quaint little watery country. I have even more respect for the Hollanders than before, when I see the infinite pains and trouble they have been to, in order to keep their homes after they had made the land. God made the earth – but the people made Holland.”In early March 1900 Ben embarks on a three-month journey to Italy and Greece, where he again meets with Mart and Mary D’Ooge, as well as Ann Arbor High School teacher Prof. Judson G. Pattengill and his daughter Caroline “Carrie” Pattengill. Ben documented his travels in his own journal.Later in March, Jennie, her sister Ida, and the children travel via Frankfurt and Nuremberg to Munich for about six weeks. They spend time with Prof. Lodeman’s wife, Frances, and daughter, Hilda. Mrs. Lodeman is described as a “poor, nervous invalid” who is temperamental and at times even suicidal. Although her sightseeing is sometimes hampered “on account of so many children,” Jennie attends numerous operas and spends hours in art museums, including an exhibition of Secessionist art. At the children’s urging, the family watches the wedding procession of Princess Mathilde of Bavaria and Prince Ludwig of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. They take a four-day excursion to Murnau, Oberammergau, Bavarian King Ludwig II’s Linderhof Palace, and Lake Starnberg, before returning to Bonn via Augsburg and Heidelberg. There are some missed trains, forgotten luggage, and other stressful incidents on the trip, but according to Jennie, “All it takes is some nerve to get along.”Jennie, Ben, and their daughters spend four weeks in the Swiss Alps in September 1900, traveling via Mainz, Strasbourg, and Bern to Lucerne. Ben and Ida climb over 3000 feet up Mount Pilatus, and Ida is reportedly “the first little girl to go up.” The family explores “Tell country,” reading excerpts of Friedrich von Schiller’s Wilhelm Tell while trekking through the mountains and visiting landmarks associated with the Swiss folk hero. They travel back to Bonn by way of Frankfurt, where they visit the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe house museum.In late October 1900, Aunt Ida Pease embarks on a solo trip to Berlin and Dresden. Meanwhile Jennie takes Stanton to Belgium for a week. They visit Aachen and Antwerp enroute to Ghent, where they have been tasked with buying rabbits from a Flemish breeder and having them shipped to Jennie’s cousin Ed Codington in Florida. They spend two nights in Brussels on the way back, and they go to the iconic Manneken Pis fountain: “I did not let Stanton see [the fountain] very plainly – it is too vulgar. To me it is characteristic of Brussels. I believe there is as much low-lived vice as in Paris.”
The seventh volume of Jennie Pease D’Ooge’s diary documents December 1896 through mid-July 1899. It is a period of personal and professional growth for Jennie and her husband, Benjamin L. D’Ooge, as they prepare for a sabbatical in Bonn, Germany. She meticulously keeps track of transactions to and from her personal cash account, as well as social calls to be paid, in the back of her diary. Also in the back of this volume, Ben has written ten sets of questions on Marcus Tullius Cicero’s Third and Fourth Catilinarian Orations.The D’Ooges continue to rent 423 Ballard Street in Ypsilanti and have dinner out of the house. After domestic servant Rose Sauture becomes ill, Minnie Ellenbush Brummel returns to work for the D’Ooges. Mrs. Ruth Vroman and Mrs. Wilson at times do the family’s laundry; Miss Leonard, Miss Hess, and Minnie variously help with mending and sewing; and Mrs. Reinl and Miss Smith are hired as dressmakers. In July 1898 a newspaper obituary announces the death of “Rab D’Ooge, one of the most intelligent and best dogs in the city.”The D’Ooges experience a range of minor illnesses, which Jennie tends to diligently. She suffers from a troublesome ear ailment and goes to the dentist to have a nerve in a tooth killed. Measles sweeps through the family. Ida is only able to attend classes in the morning, as she struggles with headaches, backaches, dizziness, and worries about school. She gets new glasses for her farsightedness, and Helen is instructed to rest her eyes more to avoid glasses for the same condition.Now that the children are older and even the youngest is (eventually) potty-trained, Jennie is able to devote more time to long-neglected pursuits. She enrolls in a Latin class taught by Ben’s assistant, Miss Alice M. Eddy, and takes German conversation lessons. “My brain cells are expanding too rapidly, I’m sure, from so much German and Latin and things, after having been unused for more than twenty years.” Jennie also goes out sketching and, while in Charlevoix for the summer, takes swimming lessons.The nationwide bicycle craze of the late nineteenth century reaches the D’Ooge household. After Ben and Jennie successfully ride a tandem bike, in October 1897 he orders her a Rambler bicycle “at a great bargain” for $50. “I have the same jumping, squealing happiness inside that one of the children would show at such a prospect.” Ben is an avid cyclist and in October 1898 is involved in a legal dispute with the city of Ypsilanti over an ordinance banning cycling on sidewalks.After four years as pastor of Ypsilanti’s First Congregational Church, Rev. Bastian Smits leaves for Charlotte, Michigan. He is replaced by Rev. B. F. Aldrich in May 1897. Ben pledges $150 and Jennie $50 toward a major remodel of the church, anticipated to cost more than $6000. The cornerstone is laid in September 1898.Jennie serves as chairman of the Sappho Club’s nominating committee and sits on the finance and entertainment committees of the local Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) chapter. She is also active with the Young People’s Society for Christian Endeavor (YPSCE) and the Ladies’ Literary Club, and she teaches the Congregational Sunday school infant class. Among the papers she presents at various club meetings are: “Rights of a Child” (“Expect to stir up a hornet’s nest by some of my views,” she comments), “Sanitation in the home – Physiology in the Schools,” and “The Domestic Problem.”Much of the extended D’Ooge family makes an appearance during this volume, as Ben and his siblings travel to visit their aging mother. On February 23, 1899, Johanna Quintus D’Ooge dies at the age of 81 in Grand Rapids. In the following weeks, Ben and his brother Martin L. D’Ooge divide up their parents’ estate among the heirs, Ben taking a house and lot on Spring Street in Grand Rapids as an investment property.There are whispers that Michigan State Normal College president Dr. Richard Gause Boone will be asked to resign, and several have suggested Ben take his place, but Jennie is “so glad he will not think of it.” The D’Ooges hope to move on from Ypsilanti soon. Ben is offered a position at Adelphi College in Brooklyn, New York, but the college is unable to pay him enough. As it is, he must stay behind to teach summer school for the extra money while his family goes up north to Charlevoix. Outside of teaching, Ben is invited, along with Jennie, to serve as chaperone at an Arm of Honor banquet in February 1899, and he is active with the Schoolmaster’s Club.Ben’s textbook Easy Latin for Sight Reading is published by Ginn and Company in 1897. He then works with Harvard professor James B. Greenough to revise Joseph Henry Allen and Greenough’s edition of Caesar’s Gallic War. Jennie assists by researching Gaul and copying references, and the new Caesar is published in May 1898. Other publishers approach Ben to edit more Latin texts, and Jennie writes: “Of course it is all a great honor and some money too – but I wish the work outside his School work did not pile up so fast.” Ginn and Co. agree to pay Ben $1200 a year to study overseas, and in January 1899 the state board of education grants him a one-year leave of absence. Spending time abroad may help him get a position at another school. “But I don’t worry a bit about his chances for promotion,” Jennie asserts. “A man who has done such first-class work always – must win.”In May 1898, following the explosion of the USS Maine and the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, more than 4000 soldiers from Michigan’s National Guard formed four volunteer regiments, which were trained at Camp Eaton at Island Lake, near Brighton. Ben takes seven-year-old Len to see the encampment. They have supper in the mess tent with a friend, Mr. Glaspie (likely recent Normal graduate and football player Andrew Bird Glaspie), who gives Len a badge bearing an eagle and the slogan “Remember the Maine,” which, Jennie says, “is our watch-word in all engagements.” “We are wondering what a week will bring forth in the way of battles. Still we go on quietly living just as if the air were not so full of war and battles down around Cuba.”Jennie loses ten pounds during the family’s last month in Ypsilanti, as she rushes to sell investments for cash, withdraw money from banks, and procure last-minute necessities. At the end of the journal, Ben travels to Cambridge, Massachusetts, while Jennie and the children travel past Niagara Falls (“a bit disappointed”) to Canaan, Connecticut. They plan to meet at the home of Ben’s sister Nellie D’Ooge Utterwick in East Canaan, before journeying on to New York to board their transatlantic ship.
The fifth volume of Jennie Pease D’Ooge’s diary is comparatively short, spanning less than a year, from July 1893 to June 1894. It begins with Jennie and husband Benjamin L. D’Ooge’s two-week visit to the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Jennie gives an almost-daily account of the fair’s highlights, disappointments, and novelties, and the accompanying overwhelm and frustration. She rides the Ferris Wheel, sees Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show, and witnesses the burning of the Cold Storage Building. She also makes a side trip with a relative to her hometown, Salem, Wisconsin, to visit her aunt Charlotte and old friend Lelia Runkel. Shortly after returning to Michigan, Jennie and Ben, along with their three children, travel north by train to their summer cottage in Charlevoix. Flora Cattermole, their hired girl, joins them to help with household chores and childcare. The summer is spent, with friends from Ypsilanti and elsewhere, fishing, sketching, picnicking, bathing in Lake Michigan, attending church and amateur plays, and boating. The D’Ooges and their friends Bastian and Helen Smits purchase a yacht together, christened the “Helen.” The family stops in Grand Rapids en route to Ypsilanti for a family gathering, or “Kring” in Dutch, with Ben’s mother, siblings, and cousins. The D’Ooges continue to rent 423 Ballard Street in Ypsilanti. Hinting at the Panic of 1893, Jennie remarks on Christmas Day 1893 that she is thankful for what she and her family have “when there are so many thousands starving and cold this winter” and notes that Detroit alone has needed $10,000 per week “to feed the poor who could not get work.”Jennie alludes to a marital issue in March 1894, which appears to have been resolved and left her feeling more grateful for her husband and family. The D’Ooges’ two daughters, Ida and Helen, attend kindergarten and play with classmates and neighborhood friends. Their youngest child, Leonard, is becoming more talkative and making progress with toilet training, but Jennie worries about him for reasons she does not specify. She meticulously tends to her children’s sore throats, earaches, colds, and croupy coughs with homeopathic remedies. When a young girl in her Sunday School class dies, Jennie is critical of her parents for attributing their daughter’s death to God’s will, rather than a lack of care on their part. Galusha Jackson Pease, Jennie’s aging father, is ill and frightened of death, which grieves her. She and Ben try to help her older sister, Ida Pease, sort out his business matters. Ida is their father’s primary caretaker, as well as landlady to several students from the University of Michigan who rent rooms in the Peases’ Ann Arbor home. Jennie has difficulty managing her household accounts on the allowance she is given by Ben. Flora leaves once again and is replaced by a succession of servants: Blanche Scott, Fannie Collier, and Mamie Dickerson. The young women are often unable to handle the laundry, so Jennie hires Mary James or, on one occasion, Wealthy Sherman, a Black woman, to come in and wash clothes. Mrs. Farnam (or Farnum) helps make and make-over clothing, but Jennie still spends many late nights sewing, mending, and darning.The pressures of her family concerns, household stressors, and domestic duties take a toll on Jennie’s mental health in this volume. She describes “the everyday grinding at the home-mill” and writes she “[is] happy as [she] used to be, one day, and the next – [she is] down-cast by a single word or look.”In addition to his position as Professor of Greek and Latin at the Michigan State Normal School, Ben gives public talks, reads a paper before the Philological Society at Ann Arbor, and travels to evaluate a school elsewhere in Michigan for the State Board of Education. Richard Gause Boone becomes president of the Michigan State Normal School, replacing John M. B. Sill.
The diary of Jennie Pease D’Ooge dated from October 1887 to June 1890 chronicles the D'Ooge family's increasingly busy homelife, social engagements, and activities in the community, as well as the career of Jennie's husband, Benjamin L. D'Ooge, a professor of Greek and Latin at Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti. In July 1888, they move from Ellis Street to a rented house at 423 Ballard Street. The couple's first daughter, Ida Joanna, is joined by a second, Helen Irene, in May 1889. The diary records the children's milestones and daily occurrences, especially the phrases and mannerisms of little Ida that Jennie finds funny. Ida's "baby talk" provides a glimpse of the D'Ooges' parenting styles and values. Jennie regularly suffers from "bilious headaches," has a number of dental visits, and experiences pain after weaning Ida and again when beginning to breastfeed Helen, the children are occasionally afflicted with stomachaches or sore throats, and "La Grippe" briefly sweeps through the family during the 1889-1890 influenza pandemic, but overall the family is in good health.Ben publishes Colloquia Latina in 1888. He and Jennie appear to be gaining financial stability. They purchase real estate in Detroit and Grand Rapids, in addition to investments in Minneapolis and Sault Ste. Marie, and in June 1890 buy land on Normal Street on Ypsilanti, where they hope one day to build a home. Jennie sews some clothing for herself and her daughters, but more often she hires a seamstress or orders custom garments from a dressmaker in Pennsylvania. Jennie is again assisted by a live-in nurse during and after childbirth. The family employs a series of young women, including Phebe Crownover from the Industrial Home for Girls in Adrian, to help with housework and childcare. They adopt a kitten, followed by a puppy, whom they name Rab.Outside of the house, the D'Ooges are heavily involved with the First Congregational Church of Ypsilanti. Jennie is elected secretary and treasurer of the Ladies' Aid Society and president of the Young Woman's Missionary Society, teaches the Sunday School infant class, and participates in the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor (YPSCE), Home Missionary Society, and Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). Ben steps down from his role as president of the Young People's Missionary Society (YPMS) but continues as deacon and becomes superintendent of the Sunday School. Both are also active in academic and arts organizations in Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor. She is a member of the Sappho Club, a music appreciation and performance group, and the Ladies' Literary Club in Ypsilanti, and he participates in University of Michigan alumni events and goes to Schoolmaster's Club in Ann Arbor. Jennie and Ben spend time with their siblings, parents, and extended family in Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids. They visit Detroit to shop or conduct business. Their summers are spent at a shared cottage in Charlevoix, where they boat, fish, and relax outdoors. In August 1889, a sailboat capsizes in Lake Michigan with Ben and his niece, Jennie Utterwick, aboard. They are rescued, but it is a frightening experience. Jen Utterwick dies of tuberculosis in December.
Portrait of Mark Jefferson sitting at a wooden desk, in front of a cloth backdrop. He is wearing a woolen overcoat, a dress shirt, and tie. Jefferson was the head of the geography department at Michigan State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University, from 1901-1939. He traveled around the world photographing significant landscapes related to the courses he taught in the geography department at MSNC.
Students in a classroom, presumably at Michigan State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University. It appears to be a classical studies class that the students are attending based on the pictures of classical composers and the cursive phrases on the chalkboard behind the professors, who stands behind her desk at the front of the classroom. The male students sit in long wooden benches.
Teenage students in a classroom. The students sit in wooden bench desks while their professor stands behind her desk at the front of the room. It appears to be a biology class that the students are attending based on the drawings of the human brain on the black board, the model skeleton in front of the book cabinets, and the different model animals around the room. A deer head hangs from the upper floor balcony.
Students in a classroom, presumably at Michigan State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University. The class is made up of men and women, who are sitting in wooden desks that fill the large classroom. The professor sits at his desk at the front of the classroom to the left and it is most likely a biology class based on the skeletons and fossils on top of glass curio cabinets in the background.
Children sitting at two long tables waiting for their meal. A woman sits at the end of the table to the right in a wooden desk while the children smile at the camera. The tables have tea cups and fancy table settings on them and the room appears to be some sort of classroom. Plants cover the back wall.
A professor's stands at the front of a classroom, instructing students, presumably at Michigan State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University. Books cover the professor's desk and are housed in a large curio cabinet to the left. Classical studies posters hang from the ceiling and surrounding the doorway. Cursive writing covers the blackboards in the background. The men and women of the class sit in wooden desks.
An instructor's desk in a laboratory, presumably at the Michigan State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University. Large display cases cover the walls in the background and have glass panes in the doors so the laboratory supplies can be seen. Several chairs surround the large wooden desk and a number of laboratory apparatuses cover the desk. An oil lamp hangs from the ceiling.
Streetscape of Mill Street in Berkeley, California. Large yucca trees grow next to the sidewalk and help shade the front of the houses along the street. The houses are based on different architectural styles, but are all multiple stories with front porches. Power lines cross over the properties and the roadway appears to be paved.
Photograph of a man on a beach. The man is wearing a long sleeved shirt, and vest, and wool pants. Wave imprints can be seen on on the sand. Dune grass grows on the small dune back from the water. Trees grow behind the dune grass and help to stabilize the bank. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of a community dock taken in Panama in 1926. Dozens of people are walking around the dock and several men are moving cargo around. The building to the left has a large portico that helps shield a portion of the dock. The building to the right has a gable design with a small overhang to help shield people from the weather. A ship sits in the middle of the bay in the background and a village can be seen on the opposite bank. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of a girl looking out one of the windows in a raised house. It is noted this photograph was taken in Panama in 1926. The house is raised on short stone pillars to help prevent any flooding. Concrete steps lead up to the house with has several entrances A cupola can be seen on the roof of the raised house. A porch on the front of the house allows for air to pass through the house and for people to sit outside without being in the sun. Palms and other plants surround the house. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of waves on the shoreline of Lake Huron. It is noted that this photo was taken in Ontario, Canada in July of 1929.Grass and other vegetation can be seen on the shoreline, crashing into the waves. Trees grow on the shoreline and help to stabilize the bank. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of a small village at the base of rocky cliffs in Ontario, Canada in July of 1929. A stone house and small barn sits below a boulder field in the foreground. It appears that a portion of the addition on the back of the house is being built of deconstructed. There are piles of timber sitting on the roof of the addition. Several other warehouse buildings can be seen in the background, further down the winding road at the base of the cliffs. Trees cover the cliffs and help to hold falling rocks in place. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of the side elevation of a house located in Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. The house has a gambrel roof. The side is a large wall dormer with three windows. Boards have been placed over the windows on the first floor to help weatherize them. A small shed can be seen on the back of the house and trees cover the property. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of a rocky outcropping located in Kettle Point, Ontario, Canada. Several large circular concretions stick out of the shale bedrock, which has been eroded over time by weather coming off of Lake Huron. Trees grow at the top of the outcropping and help to stabilize the bank. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of a rocky outcropping located in Kettle Point, Ontario, Canada. Several large circular concretions stick out of the shale bedrock, which has been eroded over time by weather coming off of Lake Huron. Trees grow at the top of the outcropping and help to stabilize the bank. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of a gabled upright house with two entrances. The main entrance to the house is under the front portico. A second entrance is found on the side of the house. Bargeboard detailing hangs from the gables over the front and side of the house, and a fish-scale decorative covering is also found under the gable. Trees help to shade the different facades of the house and the grass is maintained. Concrete walkways and sidewalks define the borders of the property. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of a corner of a train depot. The building appears to be newly constructed and stands next to a single rail line. The station building has a large overhanging roof to help shield passengers from the weather. Piles of unprocessed timber sit on the opposite side of the train tracks and hills rise in the background. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of a dirt road identifed as Sandringham Drive in Europe. It is noted the picture was taken in 1911. A cobblestone sidewalk runs beside the road. Tall stone fences divides the properties from the road. Trees further help conceal the large mansion-style houses which have several different forms including high-style Craftsman. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of the upper deck of a steamer ship. It is noted the picture was taken in Europe in 1911. The smoke stacks and mechanical gear of the ship rise above the deck. Steel cables help to hold the stacks in place and passengers can be seen on the lower deck, looking over the banister. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of Sandringham Drive in Europe. It is noted the picture was taken in 1911. The dirt road is not rutted with a cobblestone sidewalk that runs beside the road. A tall stone fences divides the properties from the road and help to conceal the houses behind can be seen. Trees further help conceal the large mansion-style houses which have several different forms including high-style Craftsman. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph showing the exterior envelope of a newly constructed house at 298 North Normal Street Ypsilanti, Michigan. It is noted the house will be a brick veneer style, is located on Normal Street, and was constructed in 1912. The exterior wooden covering has been applied to most of the house. A window cut out's can be seen on the front and side of the house where windows will eventually be installed. The roof joists are being installed and timbers help to support the house during construction. Several houses can be seen in the picture, surrounding the new house. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph showing the exterior envelope of a newly constructed house at 298 North Normal Street Ypsilanti, Michigan. It is noted the house will be a brick veneer style, is located on Normal Street, and was constructed in 1912. The exterior wooden covering has been applied to most of the house. A window cut out's can be seen on the front and side of the house where windows will eventually be installed. The roof joists are being installed and timbers help to support the house during construction. Several houses can be seen in the picture, surrounding the new house. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
The exterior envelope of a newly constructed house at 298 North Normal Street Ypsilanti, Michigan. It is noted the house will be a brick veneer style, is located on Normal Street, and was constructed in 1912. The exterior wooden covering has been applied to most of the house and window cut out's can be seen on the front and side of the house where windows will eventually be installed. Timbers help to support the house during construction and large piles of unused timber sit in the front yard. Several houses can be seen in the picture, surrounding the new house. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph depicting an upclose view of balloon framing on a new house at 298 North Normal Street Ypsilanti, Michigan. It is noted the house will be a brick veneer style, is located on Normal Street, and was constructed in 1912. Cross beams help support the balloon framing from the inside. Several houses can be seen in the background. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph depicting an upclose view of balloon framing on a new house at 298 North Normal Street Ypsilanti, Michigan. It is noted the house will be a brick veneer style, is located on Normal Street, and was constructed in 1912. Cross beams help support the balloon framing from the inside. Several houses can be seen in the background. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph depicting an upclose view of balloon framing on a new house at 298 North Normal Street Ypsilanti, Michigan. It is noted the house will be a brick veneer style, is located on Normal Street, and was constructed in 1912. Cross beams help support the balloon framing from the inside. Several houses can be seen in the background. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph depicting an upclose view of balloon framing on a new house at 298 North Normal Street Ypsilanti, Michigan. It is noted the house will be a brick veneer style, is located on Normal Street, and was constructed in 1912. Cross beams help support the balloon framing from the inside. Several houses can be seen in the background. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of a recently poured foundation for a new house located at 298 North Normal Street Ypsilanti, Michigan. It is noted the house will be a brick veneer style, is located on Normal Street, and was constructed in 1912. Wooden posts help support the wooden frame walls that were used to pour the concrete foundation. A neighboring house can be seen in the background. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph of Three men sitting in a wooden wagon while a horse follows behind the caravan. The landscape is arid. There are deep ruts in the roadway from previous wagon travelers. Low-growing scrub bushes cover the landscape and grow on a hill rising in the background. The men are all wearing overcoats or jackets, and brimmed hats to help shade their eyes. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph depicting irrigation rows in a field. Seeds are planted in raised mounds of dirt to help elevate them for flooding irrigation. The deep grooves between the plant rows allow for water from a ditch to be pumped into the field where it floods down through the rows and waters the plants without killing them. A tree line can be seen at the back of the field and a wire fence can be seen in the foreground. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Photograph depicting large sand dune fences near the Dalles of the Columbia in Oregon. The Columbia Gorge is a large river formation in the northern part of Oregon that is a National Scenic Area. It is a federally protected landscape. The large dune fences help to stop further sand erosion on the landscape by blocking wind as it comes down the side of the hill. Vegetation covers several portions of the dune but due to wind erosion, the sandy portion has been stripped of any vegetation. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
Two men walk along the Lake Huron shoreline in the thumb area of Michigan. They are most likely surveyors who traveled with Mark Jefferson as he documented Michigan. A rocky beach touches the lake while a rocky, clay bluff rises up next to the beach. Scrub bushes and dune grass grow on the outcrop and help keep the dune in place. Debris litters the beach.
The quarry where the stone is mined to make grindstones in Grindstone City, Michigan. A wooden wagon wheel loading cart can be seen in the foreground and broken rubble stone is sitting on top of a block of stone being cut and broken out of the quarry. Wooden pegs help break the stone into long sheets and create wedges, driving cracks through the quarry.
Barbara Scheffer served with Eastern Michigan University from 1976 until her retirement in 2013. A professor with the EMU School of Nursing, Scheffer went on to serve as the Associate Dean of the College of Health and Human Services. Always a proponent of bridging the gap between university and community, Scheffer led students into Ypsilanti neighborhoods to help community members and gain valuable hands-on experience in the nursing field. Scheffer received Emeritus status when she retired in 2013.
EMU Roles and Perspectives was a taped television program broadcast from the campus of EMU, and produced by Robert Hoexter (1930-1978). Hoexter joined the faculty at the EMU School of Education in 1964, and served as Coordinator of Graduate Advising from 1969-1971. A member of the Faculty Senate from 1973-1976, Hoexter was elected vice-chairman from 1974-1975, and chairman, 1975-1976. In this episode of Roles and Perspectives, Hoexter interviews EMU Professor of Education, Barbara Borusch. Hired in 1950, Borusch served in many capacities during her tenure at EMU, teaching Elementary Health Education, Anatomy, Physiology, General Psychology, and more. In this interview, Borusch expresses her support for the “open classroom,” a learning setting in which children map out their own learning trajectory, and the teacher is seen more as a friend and helpmate than a traditional teacher behind a desk. Though some people, familiar with the traditional style of learning may call open classrooms “chaotic,” Bousch explains that they are anything but. The students in open classrooms are self-directed, can work in groups if they choose, and are able to study subjects that they themselves have a genuine interest in.
