Jarvis Christian College (Hawkins, Tex.). President records, 1915-1995.
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President records, 1915-1995.
Records cover the administration of James Nelson Ervin (1914-1938), Peter Clarence Washington (1938-1951), John Bunyan Eubanks (1951-1953), Cleo Walter Blackburn (1953-1966), John Oliver Perpener, Jr. (1966-1971), John Paul Jones, acting president (1971-1972), John Paul Jones (1972-1976), James Oliver Griffin, interim administrator (1976), Earl Wadsworth (1976-1980), Charles Albert Berry, Jr. (1980-1988), and Julius Franklin Nimmons, Jr. (1988-1991). John Oliver Perpener, Jr., records (1959-1971) include faculty-staff manuals, reports, annual reports, financial reports, reports of consulting firms, correspondence, financial correspondence, inauguration program, and photographs; and materials pertaining to administrative directives, enrollment, faculty and staff, and United Negro College Fund drives. John Paul Jones records (1971-1976) include Alumni Association correspondence; Board of Trustees correspondence; meeting notes; president reports; budget meeting minutes; College Committee reports; commencement programs and correspondence; press releases on his election as president; faculty handbooks; faculty meeting minutes; financial reports; Founders Day memos and correspondence; grant agreement between the coordinating board, Texas College and University System, and Jarvis Christian College; inauguration programs and reports; correspondence; letter of reaccreditation from Jones to Perpener, who was vice president of student affairs before becoming president; correspondence with Moton and the Management Improvement Program, a division of the Robert R. Moton Institute; newspaper clippings; press releases; biographical material; and UNCF correspondence and completed questionnaires. Topics include retirement; administrative directives; administrative staff; Advisory Council; Board of Trustees members; TADC Cluster; faculty salary; funds received; long range planning; naming of buildings; Worland Library; Phelps & Stokes Fund; Jarvis Christian College. James Oliver Griffin and Earl Wadsworth records (1958-980) include annual report, clippings, biographical material, Board Of Trustees list, program and napkin from the dedication of the presidents home, physical operation services manual, inauguration address and events programs, guest books, programs, correspondence, press releases, photographs, annual reports, news clippings and programs, speeches, and speeches while employed at Southern University, Acorn College University, and Texas Southern University. Topics include inauguration committee respondents, institutional planning management, presidential convocation, and retirement banquet. Charles Albert Berry, Jr., records (1968-1987) include Alumni Affairs correspondence, clippings, and reports; annual budgets; bylaws; minutes; reports; Physical Affairs reports; financial reports; inauguration acknowledgements, clippings, list of events and invitations; inauguration message and presidents response; correspondence; press releases; clippings; clippings from his retirement from Grambling State College; photographs; writings; presidents report to the Board; and speeches. Topics include administrative directives; administrative policies and guidelines; Board of Trustees, members, and committees; new orientation for board members; Budget Capital Fund Campaign; inauguration; and United Negro College Fund. Julius Franklin Nimmons, Jr., records (1971-1989) consist mainly of inauguration materials including clippings from when he was named president, programs and invitations, and clippings.
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