2.5 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)
Creator
West Virginia University. President (Miller, Paul A.)
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Five volumes, copies of speeches and statements of WVU President Paul A. Miller includes Index. Some copies are carbons, others
are xeroxed, no originals were received. Morgantown Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors' Meeting Book contains: agendas
and minutes for the Chamber's Board of Directors, Nov. 20, 1961- June 18, 1961; Chamber's financial statement, Nov. 30, 1961-
May 31, 1962; also agendas and minutes of regular and special meetings of Board of Trustees, Morgantown Community Association
with record of agreement and purchase of the M. O. W. for association by J. W. Ruby's President of Sterling Faucet Company,
statements of Associations' assets and liabilities; proposed revision of Chamber's by-laws; memorandum of responsibility,
trustees of the Association, January 24, 1956; Associations by-laws; first progress report, Morgantown Downtown Action Council.
See Inventory for additional meeting dates. Correspondence and association materials (reports and speeches) from the files
of WVU President Paul A. Miller. Subjects include: Report of The Cost of Higher Education in West Virginia, January 1963;
Association report, Nov 25, 1963; President's report to the Association, June 14, 1964; partial report on West Virginia Higher
Education enrollment and budget projection, June 15, 1964; a synoptic taxonomy applied to the West Virginia Association of
college and University Presidents, 1964; report of Committee on inter-institutional faculty exchanges, 1964; Labor Luncheon,
Feb. 2, 1965; professions Luncheon Feb. 4, 1965; religion luncheon, Apr. 13, 1965; annual summer conference June 13-15, 1965
Correspondence, newsletters, reprints, pamphlets concerning the Commission on the Education of Women of the American Council
on Education, from the files of Miller, who was a member of the Commission. Subjects include commission activities, discontinuance
of commission in 1961, special advisory committee for the Conference on the Continuing Education of Women. Correspondents
are Arthur S. Adams, Mrs. Opal D. David, Dr. Ruth H. Useem, Margaret Culkin Banning, Logan Wilson, Willard L. Thompson, and
Paul A. Miller. One Folder of records relating to executive Board, Mountaineer area, Boy Scouts of America, 1964-1965. Miller
was chairman of the Mountaineer area Council Nominating Committee. Material on International Voluntary service, Inc. of which
Dr. Miller was a member of the Board of Directors, 1964-1967. Includes confidential report by A. W. Kruger Jr. a worker for
IVS Executive Committee Meeting, Dec. 17, 1964. Letter to Miller from the Atlantic Council of the U. S. asking for donation.
Also 2 pamphlets concerning the Atlantic Council (1966) One copy of the survey schedules prepared for the North Central Association
Review Visit, April 13, 1964. reports, Memoranda, agenda for the meetings on March 10, 1965 and November 20m 1965 of the Center
for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults. Miller was chairman of the board of directors for the Center. Xerox copy of
proposal from West Virginia University to the United States Department of Commerce to Establish a pilot Industrial Extension
Program for West Virginia University. Submitted by Paul A. Miller, and Charles T. Holland, Director, Mining and Industrial
Extension, WVU. One box of correspondence, reports, minutes, memorandums, drafts of speeches, agendas and studies relating
to the Committee of the Professional School and World Affairs. Dr. Miller was a member of the study committee and worked with
the Education and World affairs group while president of WVU. The material covers the period 1965 to 1966. References appear
to the Ford Foundation and its role in international research. Addendum 1971 Apr. 8: This collection consists of the collected
speeches of Paul A. Miller, President of WVU 1962-1966. The speeches are from the period 1962-66 and cover a broad range of
topics.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia University, President Paul A. Miller, Speeches and Statements,
A&M 1923, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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