Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

An appointment for research is required. The collection is open for research. No interlibrary loan.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Donald N. Dedmon Official Papers, Radford University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA. Donald N. Dedmon Official Papers , Accession # RU 2.4, University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University

Acquisition Information

Accruals

Additonal accruals are not expected.

Processing Information

Papers processed by Chelsea Slemp, Kim Moore, Caitlin Johns, and Gene Hyde, 2009-2010

Biographical Information

Dr. Donald Newton Dedmon (President:1972-1994), a Missouri native, received his undergraduate degree from Southwestern Missouri State College, and later received his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. He taught at both the high school and college levels before he moved into university administration at Colorado State University and Marshall University. Dr. Dedmon served as Marshall's executive vice president and acting president before coming to Radford University, where he was president for two decades. During his time at Radford, the university experienced unprecedented growth in campus size, curriculum, and student population. Dr. Dedmon was an ardent supporter of faculty teaching during an era where research was valued over classroom work.

Scope and Content

The Dr. Donald N. Dedmon Official Papers contains papers and materials from Dr. Donald N. Dedmon related to his time as President of Radford College and Radford University. His papers include Commencement Programs from 1972-1944, nine documents of or about the Shaner Report, and information on the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Documents housed in this collection refer to documents and materials related to Radford's change from college to univeristy such as publications and newsletters, minutes, committee report, Homecoming and Convocation Speech, and bills relating to Radford College.

Boxes 12- 14 cover the topic of the Western Region Consortium with documents such as Consortium notes/meetings, the Radford College comprehensive plan for the Western Region Consortium, and various materials on the meetings of the Western Region Consortium ranging the years 1975-1990. Box 15 is devoted to the Task Force on Innovation and houses materials such as meeting minutes and agendas, curriculum proposals, suggestions for various departments such as History, Sociology and English, the honors program, associate degrees, graduate and masters programs and teaching programs.

These papers hold a variety of speeches made by Dr. Dedmon spanning the years 1972-1993.

Arrangement

Box 1-7: Speeches. Dupicates were removed from boxes 1-7 upon an accrual to the collection in the fall of 2012, which now make up Boxes 16-32. Speeches remaining from Boxes 1-7 have been consolidated into Box 33.This collection now begins with Box 8.

Box 8: Official Papers

Box 9: Official Papers

Box 10: Official Papers

Box 11: Official Papers

Box 12: Western Region Consortium

Box 13: Western Region Consortium

Box 14: Western Region Consortium

Box 15: Task Force on Innovation

Box 16: Dedmon Speeches 1985-86

Box 16.1: Documents and Materials Related to Radford's Change from College to University Status

Box 17: Dedmon Speeches 1984-85

Box 18: Dedmon Speeches 1983-84

Box 19: Dedmon Speeches 1982-83

Box 20: Dedmon Speeches 1981-82

Box 21: Dedmon Speeches 1979-81

Box 22: Dedmon Speeches 1977-79

Box 23: Dedmon Speeches 1975-77

Box 24: Dedmon Speeches 1973-75

Box 25: Dedmon Speeches 1972-73

Box 26: Dedmon Speeches 1994/1993

Box 27: Dedmon Speeches 1992

Box 28: Dedmon Speeches 1991

Box 29: Dedmon Speeches 1990

Box 30: Dedmon Speeches 1989

Box 31: Dedmon Speeches 1987-88

Box 32: Dedmon Speeches 1986-87

Box 33: Misc. Dedmon Speeches 1972-1989