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Burt R. Shurly M.D. Papers
Collection
Identifier: WSP000166
Abstract
Burt Shurly was born in Chicago on July 4, 1871, son of Edmund Richard P. and Augusta (Godwin Shurly and grandson of Jon Martin and Elizabeth Catherine (Chumley) Shurly. After receiving his preliminary education at Northwestern Military Academy, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Burt R. Shurly graduated with his B.S. at the University of Wisconsin in 1894 and M.D. at the Detroit College of Medicine in 1895 and spent 1896 engaged in postgraduate study at the University of Vienna. He interned at Harper...
Dates:
1823 - 1950; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1945
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Cornelius Golightly Papers
Collection
Identifier: WSP001824
Abstract
Dr. Cornelius Golightly was an Associate Dean and professor at Wayne State University's Philosophy Department. Golightly's papers document his time at several institutions, his work in the philosophy field, as well as his involvement with several school boards, including Milwaukee and Detroit. This collection primarily contains draft manuscripts, classroom notes and instructions, correspondence, brochures, and acknowledgements. Additional materials include three folders of photographs and one...
Dates:
1935 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1976
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Detroit Board of Education Detroit Public Schools Records
Collection
Identifier: WSR000681
Abstract
The Detroit Board of Education/Detroit Public Schools Collection documents the administration, fiscal operation, personnel, publications, activities, programs and services of Detroit schools. To a lesser degree it documents professional organizations and citizens committees concerned with the Detroit Schools.
Dates:
1869 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1965
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Detroit Board of Education Proceedings
Collection
Identifier: WSR002724
Abstract
This series consists of bound volumes of the proceedings of the Detroit Board of Education.
Dates:
1893 - 1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Kathleen Straus Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP001848
Overview
Kathleen Straus is an activist for Michigan education and civil rights. She has been involved in the League of Women Voters, Keep Improving Detroit Schools (KIDS), PRO-Detroit, and the Michigan Association of School Boards. Additionally, Straus co-founded the Michigan Tax Information Council and she was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2000 for her work in civil rights and education.
Dates:
1965 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1987
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library