Biographical Note

A Missouri native, Dr. Charles Knox Martin Jr. (1952-1972) attended Southwest Missouri State College for his undergraduate and graduate studies. In the late 1930s he received his Ph.D. from Yale. Dr. Martin went on to teach at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia, both before and after World War II.

During the twenty years that Dr. Martin served as president, he oversaw the dissolution of the RC-VPI marriage and the advancement of Radford College as its own individual institution.

As a leader in teacher education in Virginia, Radford's student population increased sharply, 22 buildings and additions were added to the campus, and majors offered by the college more than doubled. Now the largest women's college in the state, RC was also one of the most productive, having been cited as the "most efficiently managed institution in the state."

In 1972, President Martin retired from the presidency and became the College's Chancellor.

Scope and Content Note

Record Group 2, Series 3, Official Papers of Charles Martin, Jr. is comprised of two subseries:

Subseries 1: Commencment Programs

Subseries 2: Administrative and Subject Files, arranged alphabetically.

List of Folders

Subseries 1: Commencement Programs and Activities

1956-1972

Subseries 2: Administrative and Subject Files

Academic Council (replaced by the Administrative Council)
1953-1961

Administrative Council (replaced by the Academic and Administrative Council)
1962-1965

Academic and Administrative Council
1965-1966

Admissions Applications—Approvals and Rejections
1962-1971

American Association of Colleges
for Teacher Education

American Association of University Professors
(Radford Chapter)
(2 folders)

American Association of University Women

American Civil Liberties Union

American Council on Education

Ant Hill (alternative newspaper)

Appalachian Educational Laboratory

Appeals Board

Budget Director, Commonwealth of Virginia—Correspondence
1962-1972

Calendars of Events

College Catalog—Publication of

"Colored Church"

Commission on Public Education

Conferences

Curricula

Dormitory Construction

Educational Television 
(2 folders)

Extension Department

Fiftieth Anniversary of Radford College

Fortieth Anniversary of Radford College—Correspondence

Fortieth Anniversary of Radford College—Invitations w/ acceptances

Fortieth Anniversary of Radford College—Invitation w/ regrets

Governor's Educational Task Force

Governor's Management Study

Gray Commission on Public Education

Holliman v. Martin

Iguana—Willie

Ingles Hall—Construction and Dedication

Inside the President's Office (newsletter)
1967-1972

Integration

Martin, Charles—Newspaper articles about

Martin, Charles—Resume and transcripts

Martin, Charles—Speeches
(2 folders)

Martin v. Jervey—Newspaper Clippings

McGuffey Training School

Moller Organ

National Commission on Accrediting

National Council on Accrediting of Teacher Education

Norfolk and Western Railroad

Norfolk and Western Railroad—Rail-Pax

Omicron Delta Kappa

Performances and Programs

Phi Kappa Phi

Presidential Search Committee
(for successor to President Martin)

Radford/VPI—Graduate Education

Radford/VPI—Home Economics
(3 folders)

Radford College—Historical Material

Radford College Alumnae Association

Radford College Study Panel—Correspondence

Radford College Study Panel—Department Chairmanship Information

Radford College Study Panel—Faculty Lists

Radford College Study Panel—Interview Schedules

Radford College Study Panel—President's Answers to 10 Questions

Radford College Study Panel—Reaction to report of

Radford College Study Panel—Report

Saturday Class Survey

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV)

SCHEV—Proposals for New Educational Programs at Radford
(2 folders)

Spong, William (U.S Senator from Virginia)

Student Teaching Agreements with Local School Districts

Teacher Certification

Teacher Education

University Center in Virginia
(2 folders)

Virginia General Assembly

Virginia Tech—Presidential Correspondence

Office of the President

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