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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[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.