Richard "Dick" Oltmanns collection 010.RO Finding aid prepared by Alexis Braun Marks, CA This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit December 21, 2017 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Eastern Michigan University Archives 2017 December 21 Halle Library, Room 310 Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197 734-487-2673 lib_archives@emich.edu
Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Biographical note...5 Administrative Information...5 Controlled Access Headings...5 Collection Inventory... 7 Geographic Locations... 7 Topics... 17 - Page 2 -
Summary Information Repository Eastern Michigan University Archives Creator - Creator Richard G. Oltmanns, d. 1/13/2014 Title Richard "Dick" Oltmanns collection Date [inclusive] 1960-1988 Extent 5.4 Linear feet 22 slide boxes, 1 halfsize archive box Language English Abstract The Richard "Dick" Oltmanns collection are slide presentations created and given by Richard Oltmanns while on the faculty of Eastern Michigan University on campus and in the community. Oltmanns who was a graduate of the Michigan State Normal College returned to campus in 1956 and joined the faculty in the College of Education and the Library where he was the coordinator of Media Services. Materials in the collection are complete slide sets of presentations given by Oltmanns at the University and in the community. Materials in the collection are organized alphabetically by presentation location, e.g. Alaska, California, Florida, etc. Some presentations include notes and scripts. Oltmanns had a background in photography and taught courses in media education. He received a second master's degree in Historic Preservation from Eastern Michigan University. Oltmanns retired in 1988 and relocated to Florida, he died in 2014. Preferred Citation note - Page 3 -
Please cite materials from the University Archives in the following manner: Item. Collection Title. Eastern Michigan University Archives. - Page 4 -
Biographical note Richard G. 'Dick' Oltmanns was born May 29, 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Michigan State Normal College with a bachelor's degree in Education in 1954 and from Indiana University with a Master's degree in Audio Visual Education in 1955. He returned to Ypsilanti to join the Library staff in 1956 as the coordinator of Media Services and Assistant Professor in the College of Education. He received a second Master's degree in Historic Preservation from EMU. He retired in 1988 as an Emeritus Professor and moved to Naples, Florida with his first wife Helen Stremick, who was also a Michigan State Normal College alumna and taught at the Lincoln Consolidated Schools and died in 2001. Oltmanns died January 13, 2014 at the age of 81. Administrative Information Publication Information Eastern Michigan University Archives 2017 December 21 Conditions Governing Access note Researchers are asked to request materials 24 hours prior to visiting the the University Archives. Custodial History note Materials were donated to the University Archives by Richard Oltmanns second wife Dr. Sandra K. Rawls in 2015. Controlled Access Headings Occupation(s) college teaching - Page 5 -
Subject(s) Built Environment College teachers Eastern Michigan University. College of Arts and Sciences Eastern Michigan University. Dept. of Geography-Geology Eastern Michigan University. Library Geography. Historic preservation. Slides (Photography) Universities and colleges--faculty. - Page 6 -
Geographic Locations Collection Inventory Geographic Locations Alaska Tray I (32307023305221) Text (32307023305205) 1 1 23 1 Tray II 1 2 Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi Tray #4 (32307023305221) (32307023305478) 1 3 2 1 - Page 7 -
Best of USA Best of USA Tray #1 Audio (32307023305213) (32307023305478) (32307023305726) Text (32307023305205) Cassette 22 1 2 2 3 1 23 2 Tray #2 3 2 Tray #3 3 3 Intro and Finale Audio (32307023305213) Cassette 22 2 - Page 8 -
California (32307023305726) 3 4 California Tray A 4 1 Tray B (32307023301436) (32307023305734) 5 1 4 2 Notes 23 3 Chautauqua, New York 5 2 East I, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts - Page 9 -
Florida (32307023301683) (32307023301436) 6 1 5 3 II, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts 6 2 III, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut 6 3 IV, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut 7 1 Possible East Coast, New York 7 2 East Notes 23 4 Florida Florida and Alabama (32307023305742) (32307023305973) 9 3 10 1 - Page 10 -
Florida Florida Architecture Slide Show 7 3 Florida I (32307023301691) (32307023301949) 7 4 8 1 South Florida I (32307023301949) (32307023305742) 8 2 9 1 South Florida II 9 2 Florida Notes 23 5 Hawaii $400 Tour - Page 11 -
Michigan (32307023305973) Text (32307023305205) 10 2 23 6 Indiana 10 3 Michigan Tray #1 (32307023305981) (32307023305973) 11 1 10 4 Demo- L Audio (32307023305213) (32307023305981) Cassette 22 3-4 11 2 - Page 12 -
Michigan Demo- R 11 3 Fall Tray #2 (32307023305981) Audio (32307023305213) 11 4 Cassette 22 5 R13 Tray #2 11 5 Shoreline Part II (32307023305981) (32307023305999) 11 6 12 1 Shorelands 12 2 Michigan, Louisiana, Labeled B Tray #1 - Page 13 -
Michigan (32307023306229) (32307023305999) 13 1 12 3 Notes 23 7 Mississippi, Louisiana Tray #3 (32307023306229) Text (32307023305205) 13 2 23 8 New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia (32307023301931) (32307023306229) 14 1 13 3 Ohio, Illinois 14 2 - Page 14 -
Southwest Hispanic American Borderlands Richard "Dick" Oltmanns collection 010.RO The Southeast 23 9 Southwest Hispanic American Borderlands Tray L (32307023301931) (32307023302186) 14 3 15 1 Tray R (32307023302194) (32307023302186) 16 1 15 2 Cassette Hispanic American Borderlands Cassettes 12/11/82 22 6-7 Hispanic American Borderlands Notes 23 10 - Page 15 -
Utah Utah Territory A-1 16 2 Territory A-2 16 3 Territory B-1 (32307023301428) (32307023302194) 17 1 16 4 Territory B-2 17 2 Notes 23 11 Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia Text (32307023305205) 23 12 - Page 16 -
Topics (32307023301428) 17 3 Topics Houses 1-140 18 1 141-280 (32307023301675) (32307023301923) 18 2 19 1 281-420 19 2 421-560 20 1 Houses Notes 23 13 Pyramid Roofed Houses - Page 17 -
Houses (32307023305486) (32307023306237) Text (32307023305205) 20 2 21 1 23 14 - Page 18 -