Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

An appointment for research is required. The majority of the collection is open for research. Some materials dealing with personnel matters are restricted. No interlibrary loan.

Use Restrictions

Some materials dealing with personnel matters are restricted.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Radford University Board of Visitors Papers, Radford University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA. RU Board of Visitors Records, Accession # RU 1.1.1-5, University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University

Acquisition Information

Given by Board of Visitors.

Accruals

Additional accruals are expected and are kept current with recent Board of Visitors meetings.

Custodial History

Given by Radford University Board of Visitors to Radford University Archives, which acts as the repository for all such documents.

Processing Information

Processed by Jim Gilson, Aaron Spelbring, and Gene Hyde, c. 2000-present. Additional updating and conversion of finding aid by Kimberly Moore, 2009-2010.

Biographical Information

As part of the 1910 legislation establishing the State Normal and Industrial School for Women, a Board of Trustees was appointed to oversee the activities of the school. In 1913, President John Preston McConnell sent a one-page report to the Board, beginning an uninterrupted link of information from the President to various oversight agencies that continues to this day. Subsequent to the original Board of Trustees, the school's operations were supervised by the Virginia Normal School Board (1915-1924), the Virginia State Teachers College Board (1925-1939), the State Board of Education (1940-1944), the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1945-1964), the Board of Visitors of Radford College (1965-1978) and the Board of Visitors of Radford University (1979-present).

Scope and Content

Reports, minutes, correspondence, and printed materials, 1910-present, created in the conduct of affairs of the Radford University Board of Visitors and its predecessors document the organization's work in governing and oversight of Radford University and its place in Virginia's higher education system.

The Board of Visitors documents are arranged in five series, with a small initial sub-series documenting enabling legislation, representing reports (1913-present), supplementary materials (1916-present), minutes, correspondence, and general materials presented to the Board of Visitors (and their predecessors).

Reports to the Board of Visitors makes up the largest series. Reports are prepared by the Office of the President and are presented to the Board. Supplementary Materials include correspondence, extraneous reports, and printed materials presented to the Board documenting issues reflected in the Reports. Minutes (1910-1970, 1980, 1994-present) document activities in Board meetings. The Correspondence series contains a sporadic documentation of correspondence between Board members and the Office of the President. The smallest series, General Materials, holds Board handbooks and information regarding Radford's merger with Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Arrangement

Series 0: Enabling Legislation

Box 1: Enabling Legislation

Series 1 Reports

Box 1.1.1 Reports, 1913- 1928

Box 1.1.2 Reports, 1929- 1937

Box 1.1.3 Reports, 1938- Feb. 13, 1945

Box 1.1.4 Reports, May 15, 1945- 1956

Box 1.1.5 Reports, 1957- 1960

Box 1.1.6 Reports, 1961- 1965

Box 1.1.7 Reports, 1966- 1969

Box 1.1.8 Reports, 1969- 1971

Box 1.1.9 Reports, 1972- May 1973

Box 1.1.10 Reports, August 1973- February 1975

Box 1.1.11 Reports, May 1975- August 1976

Box 1.1.12 Reports, November 1976- February 1978

Box 1.1.13 Reports, May 1978- May 1979

Box 1.1.14 Reports, August 1979- August 1980.

Box 1.1.15 Reports, August 1980

Box 1.1.16 Reports, November 1980- May 1981

Box 1.1.17 Reports, August 1981- May 1982

Box 1.1.18 Reports, August 1982- March 1983

Box 1.1.19 Reports, May 1983- November 1983

Box 1.1.20 Reports, March 1984- February 1985

Box 1.1.21 Reports, April 1985- April 1986

Box 1.1.22 Reports, August 1986- September 1987

Box 1.1.23 Reports, November 1987- August 1988

Box 1.1.24 Reports, November 1988- August 1989

Box 1.1.25 Reports, November 1989- August 1990

Box 1.1.26 Reports, November 1990- August 1991

Box 1.1.27 Reports, November 1991- August 1992

Box 1.1.28 Reports, October 1992- August 1993

Box 1.1.29 Reports, November 1993- May 1994

Box 1.1.30 Reports, August 1994- October 1995

Box 1.1.31 Reports, December 1995- February 1997

Box 1.1.32 Reports, May 1997- August 1999

Box 1.1.33 Reports, November 1999- August 2001

Box 1.1.34 Reports, November 2001- May 2, 2003

Box 1.1.35 Reports, August 2003- May 2004

Box 1.1.36 Reports, August 2004- May 2007

Box 1.1.37 Reports, May 2007- November 2009

Series 2: Supplementary Reports

Box 1.2.1 Supplementary Reports, 1916- 1943

Box 1.2.2 Supplementary Reports, 1944- 1971

Box 1.2.3 Supplementary Reports, 1972- Feb. 1974

Box 1.2.4 Supplementary Reports, June 1974- June 1976

Box 1.2.5 Supplementary Reports, September 1976- July 1978

Box 1.2.6 Supplementary Reports, September 1978- October 1979

Box 1.2.7 Supplementary Reports, March 1980- May 1981

Box 1.2.8 Supplementary Reports, September 1981- May 1982

Box 1.2.9 Supplementary Reports, September 1982- 1984

Box 1.2.10 Supplementary Reports, March 1985- April 1986

Box 1.2.11 Supplementary Reports, September 1986- September 1987

Box 1.2.12 Supplementary Reports, December 1987- December 1989

Box 1.2.13 Supplementary Reports, March 1990- November 1991

Box 1.2.14 Supplementary Reports, March 1992- March 1995

Box 1.2.15 Supplementary Reports, June 1995- October 2005

Series 3: School Board Minutes

Box 1.3.1 School Board Minutes, 1910- 1941

Box 1.3.2 School Board Minutes, 1942- 1965

Box 1.3.3 School Board Minutes, 1966- 1997

Box 1.3.4 School Board Minutes, 1998- 2007

Series 4: Correspondence

Box 1.4.1 Correspondence, 1924- 1936

Box 1.4.2 Correspondence, 1937- 1964

Series 5: Miscellaneous

Box 1.5.1 Miscellaneous

Folder 1: Board of Visitors, VPI, Radford College- Manuals, 1944, 1947

Folder 2: Board of Visitors, VPI, Radford College- Membership, 1955-1979

Folder 3: VPI, Radford College- Consolidation, 1944, 1945