The mission of the Davenport University Archives is to collect, organize, preserve and share material that documents the history of the institution.

Please feel free to e-mail the Archives (DUArchives@davenport.edu) with questions about Davenport University history and/or the University Archives collection.

The archives is a closed stacks collection and assistance from the library staff is necessary in order to access it. Archival material does not circulate.

• Yearbooks
• Other University publications such as newsletters, magazines, catalogs and annual reports
• Photographs
• Some internal university documents
• A small but growing collection of scrapbooks and other keepsakes from alumni

University publications organized chronologically earliest to most recent include the following:

Newspapers/Magazines

• Success (Detroit Business Institute), Mar. 1920 – 1932
• The McLachlan Collegian (published monthly by the students of the McLachlan Business University), Nov. 1923 – Dec. 1924
• Student’s Life (published monthly by the students of DMI), Feb. 1925 - April, 1956
• The Business Institute News (Published by the Business Institute Saginaw-Pontiac-Detroit): Aug. 1933 and Aug. 1938, oversized
• The News (becomes the Lancer in March 1940 and the Grand Rapids Lancer Oct. 1941 and written by the newspaper classes), Sep. 1939 – Nov. 1943
• Student’s Life (written and edited by the students and faculty of the Detroit Business Institute), Feb. 1955 – Ca. post graduation, 1963
• Northeastern Life (newsletter “Written and Edited by the Students and Faculty of Northeastern School of Commerce”) Spring 1957 - Early Spring 1970
• Students’ Life (written and edited by the students and faculty of the Davenport Institute) Dec. 1960 -Sep. 1969
• Student Bulletin/SBI Newsletter/Saginaw’s Brief Intrigue: Nov. 11, 1964 – Nov. 21, 1974
• News from Detroit College of Business, ca. 1966 – ca. 1982
• News & Views (Davenport College of Business), ca. 1966 – ca. 1969
• Unnamed newsletter (written and edited by the students of Davenport College and appears to be a continuation of Students’ Life), Nov. 1969 (V6#5)
• Davenport Digest (formerly entitled News & Views, monthly), Jan. 1970 – Feb. 1995
• Detroit College of Business Falcon, Jan. 1973 – Apr. 1987
• The Oracle (Written and edited by the students of Davenport College), Jan. 1976 – Thanksgiving 1979
• Davenport Newsletter, Feb. 1978 – Jan. 1979
• Davenpress (Written and edited by the students of Davenport College of Business), Dec. 1979 – Mar. 1993
• From the Inside, Oct. 1980
• The Memo, Jan. 1981 – March 1984
• The Term Paper (An employee publication for the Davenport/Detroit System), Feb. 1988 – Mar. 1989
• D.C. Times, ca. Nov. 1993 – Winter 1997
• Campus Chronicle (Great Lakes Junior College Midland Campus): Feb. 16, 1993 – Sep. 20, 1995
• Davenport College Connection (published by the Davenport College Office of Advancement), Sep. 1997 – Jul. 2000
• Davenport University Magazine, Fall 2000 – Winter 2007
• Davenport University Review, Spring 2007 – present
• From the Panther’s Paw (literary), 2007 - 2009
• Journal of Practical Business, first issue 2010
• Davenport University Partners and Panther Press, 2010

Catalogs

• Davenport Catalogs, 1976 – 2007
• Detroit College of Business Catalogs, 1962 – 2000

Yearbooks

• Davenport Yearbooks, 1941 – 1972 (not comprehensive)
• Detroit Yearbooks, 1961 – 1975
• Saginaw Business Institute, 1960 – 1964, 1966 & 1967

Annual Reports

• Davenport Annual Reports, 1979 – 1996
• Davenport Foundation Annual Reports, 1984 – 1995