Inventory of the Charles V. Blair Papers, 1964-1973
Title:
Charles V. Blair Papers, 1964-1973
Repository:
Archives and Special Collections, University Libraries, The University of Akron
Phone: 330-972-7670
http://www.uakron.edu/libraries/archives
Creator:
Blair, Charles V. (Charles Vincent), 1933-2004
Dates:
1964-1973
Quantity:
4.0 cubic feet (12 document cases)
Abstract:
 The Charles V. Blair Papers (1964-1973) consist of correspondence, minutes, financial statements, project proposals, progress reports, and clippings of the Summit County-Greater-Akron Community Action Council, the Akron-Summit Tutorial Program, and Upward Bound.
Identification:
99/94
Language:
The records are in English

Biography of Biography or History

A native of New York City, Charles V. Blair (1933-2004) received a B.A. in journalism in 1955 and an M.A. in history in 1963, both from The University of Akron (UA). He took additional graduate work in mass communications at Iowa State University. In 1965, Blair received the Distinguished Service Award of the Akron Junior Chamber of Commerce as Akron's young "Man of the Year." Following commissioning through the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) program Blair spent three years on active duty with the Air Force as a radar intercept controller and senior weapons director in the Air Defense Command. His military service included a year in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska on the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line, a system of radar stations set up to detect incoming Soviet bombers during the Cold War.

When he returned from the armed forces, Blair became a staff member at UA in 1959 serving as Director of the University News Bureau. In 1965, Blair became Director of the Institute for Civic Education (ICE) at UA. Two years later he assumed the Acting Deanship of the Evening College in addition to his duties as head of ICE. In 1968, Blair became Dean of the Evening College and Dean of Administration two year later. He was named Assistant to the President of UA in 1972. Blair held the academic rank of tenured Assistant Professor in the Community & Technical College. Additionally, he served as the University's Equal Employment Opportunity Officer and Civilian Coordinator of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC).

Blair served as Vice Chairman of the University Council on Education for Public Responsibility and Chairman of the Ohio Council on Higher Continuing Education. He also maintained membership in the Association of University Evening Colleges and was named as an American Council on Education Fellow in the Academic Administration Internship Program for 1972-1973. He also served as Vice Provost for Administrative Affairs for the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (now NEOMED) starting in 1974.

In addition, Blair was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, leadership and activities honorary for men; Phi Alpha Theta, national history honorary; the Buckeye Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism society; and Gamma Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda, the Evening College scholastic honorary. Active in the community, Blair served as Executive Secretary of the Akron Area Adult Education Council, and parliamentarian of the Overdale Elementary School Parent Teachers Association. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the United Foundation of Summit County and the Summit County Tuberculosis and Health Association and served a three-year term on the Board of Trustees at the Akron Community Service Center and Urban League.

Scope and Content

The Charles V. Blair Papers chronicle the projects and programs of the Summit County-Greater Akron Community Action Council (CAC), particularly during 1965-1968 when Blair served on the CAC's Governing Board. These include the Akron-Summit Tutorial Program and Upward Bound. The papers also document the activities of the Office of Equal Opportunity, especially from 1964 to 1972.

Series I: Community Action Council, 1965-1973
Series II: Office of Economic Opportunity, 1964-1972

Statement of Arrangement

Series I: Community Action Council, 1965-1973 is divided into four sub-series: Sub-Series 1: Governing Board and Sub-Committees includes correspondence, minutes, financial statements, project reports, and evaluation of the Summit County-Greater Akron Community Action Council (CAC). It includes correspondence between January of 1968 and January of 1971 as well as committee minutes from December of 1966 to April of 1967 and May of 1968 to May of 1971. The Governing Board minutes for these periods supply some of the missing data. This series presents a picture of the detailed workings of this community organization. Sub-Series 2: Akron-Summit Tutorial Program consists of correspondence, minutes, financial statements, and other materials of the local tutorial program. Due to the paucity of correspondence and minutes, it is difficult to assess the operations and achievements of this organization solely through the records, although the clippings in this series give insights into the operation of the program as do five folders concerning renewal of their grant. Sub-Series 3: Upward Bound contains correspondence, guidebooks, and other materials. The resources in this series are few and varied, but the Application Information and Program Manual and the complete set of "Upward Bound Guidelines" from 1965 to 1971 show how the program operated, at least on a national level. Sub-Series 4: Other Agencies includes proposals, applications for new projects, and other materials. Series II: Office of Economic Opportunity, 1964-1972 consists of clippings and printed material in regard to the fight against poverty. A clippings file from December of 1964 to October of 1969 gives an overview of this program taking place both on the national and local level.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to reproduce or publish materials in this collection must be secured in writing from Archival Services, University Libraries, The University of Akron.

Restrictions on Access

No restrictions on access; except not available through interlibrary loan. Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to reproduce or publish materials in this collection must be secured in writing from Archival Services, University Libraries, The University of Akron.

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Akron Regional Development Board Records, 1957-1982

City of Akron, Office of the Mayor, John S. Ballard Records, 1966-1979

City of Akron, Office of the Mayor, Roy L. Ray Records, 1980-1983

City of Akron, Office of the Mayor, Thomas C. Sawyer Records, 1984-1986

Private Industry Council of Akron Records, 1980-1982


Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

College preparation programs--Ohio--Summit County
Economic Development--Ohio--Akron
Tutors and tutoring--Ohio--Summit County

Persons:

Blair, Charles V. (Charles Vincent), 1933-2004

Organizations/Corporations:

Akron-Summit Tutorial Program
Summit County-Greater Akron Community Action Council
Upward Bound Program (U.S.)

Custodial History

The papers were donated to The University of Akron by Charles V. Blair in 1972

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Charles V. Blair Papers, Archival Services, University Libraries, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

Processing Information

Jean M. Bachmann, 1974; re-housed and finding aid updated by student assistant Megan Powley and Mark Bloom, 2014


Detailed Description of The Collection



SERIES I: COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL, 1965-1973




SUB-SERIES: GOVERNING BOARD AND SUB-COMMITTEES, 1965-1973

BOX 1 / Folder 1-7
Correspondence, April 1965-February 1971




BOX 1 / Folder 8-12
Memorandum, Agendas, and Minutes of Sub-Committees, August 1965-February 1972




BOX 2 / Folder 1-9
Minutes, Agendas, and Supporting Papers; Governing Board Minutes, 1965-October 1971




BOX 2 / Folder 10-13
Evaluation and Review Committee and Proceedings, February 1965-October 1971




BOX 3 / Folder 1
Committee on Advisory Committees, 1964-1965




BOX 3 / Folder 2
Planning Sub-Committee, 1965




BOX 3 / Folder 3
"Charles Blair, Vice President CAC" -Financial statements, status reports, progress reports and printed material regarding CAC, 1965-1966




BOX 3 / Folder 4-7
Programs and Proposals, Neighborhood Opportunity Centers, July 1965-September 1968




BOX 4 / Folder 1
Project Reports and Financial Statements, November 1965-September 1967




BOX 4 / Folder 2-3
"Audited Financial Statement," Report by Ernst & Ernst, September 30, 1965 and 1966




BOX 4 / Folder 4
Draft "Personal Practices", circa 1965




BOX 4 / Folder 5
By-Laws, Personnel Practices and Staff Resumes, August 1964-May 1966




BOX 4 / Folder 6
CAC/OEO Memorandum, June 1965-April 1968




BOX 5 / Folder 1
Manual for Board Members, circa 1967




BOX 5 / Folder 2
"Preliminary Evaluation," University of Akron Center for Urban Studies, June 20, 1966




BOX 5 / Folder 3
"Is the Continued Existence of Summit County-Greater Akron Community Action Council Justified?", circa 1972-1973




BOX 5 / Folder 4-9
Miscellaneous guides and forms regarding application for grants, 1965-1971







SUB-SERIES: AKRON-SUMMIT TUTORIAL PROGRAM , 1965-1972

BOX 5 / Folder 10-13
Correspondence, April 1965-October 1971




BOX 5 / Folder 14
Minutes and supporting papers, March 1965-March 1971




BOX 6 / Folder 1
Administrative Board Minutes, February 1965-1969




BOX 6 / Folder 2-6
Proposals for renewal of grant, 1966-1969




BOX 6 / Folder 7
Clippings and supporting papers, November 1965-May 1972




BOX 6 / Folder 8-11
Miscellaneous papers, statements, personnel reports, 1965-1967







SUB-SERIES: UPWARD BOUND , 1965-1972

BOX 7 / Folder 1-2
University of Akron Proposal to Office of Economic Opportunity, agendas, memos, 1966-1972




BOX 7 / Folder 3
Hiram College Upward Bound Proposal, 1967-1968




BOX 7 / Folder 4-8
Outgoing letters, minutes, other printed material, February 1966-November 1971




BOX 7 / Folder 9
Application Information and Program Manual, 1972




BOX 7 / Folder 10-14
"Upward Bound Guidelines", 1965-1971




BOX 7 / Folder 15
Western Reserve Academy, Summer Program Demonstration Project, November 1965




BOX 7 / Folder 16
Western Reserve Academy, Upward Bound Summer Program, Pilot Project, 1966




BOX 7 / Folder 17
Upward Bound at Western Reserve Academy, Summer Report of 1968, 1968







SUB-SERIES: OTHER AGENCIES, 1965-1968

BOX 8 / Folder 1
Applications for projects, May-July 1965




BOX 8 / Folder 2
Junior First Grad Readiness Classes, Akron Board of Education, May 1965




BOX 8 / Folder 3-5
Extension of Girl Scout Services, Western Reserve Girl Scout Council, October 1965-March 1967




BOX 8 / Folder 6
Proposal for Legal Services for Summit County, June 1966




BOX 8 / Folder 7-9
Project Proposal, Manpower Administration, Neighborhood Youth Corps, July 1965-May 1966




BOX 8 / Folder 10
Proposal "Summit Training and Retraining to Increase Development and Experience" (S.T.R.I.D.E.), Neighborhood Youth Corps, October 1965




BOX 8 / Folder 11
Annual Report and Evaluation of the Pre-Kindergarten Child and Parent Development Project, Akron Board of Education, 1966




BOX 8 / Folder 12
Project "Enable," Family and Children's Services, February 1966-January 1967




BOX 8 / Folder 13
Proposal for Cultural Enrichment, May 1967




BOX 8 / Folder 14
Health Services for Day Care Centers, January 1966-June 1966




BOX 8 / Folder 15
Proposal for Fair Housing Center, October 1967-September 1968





SERIES II - OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, 1964-1972

BOX 8 / Folder 16-17
Clippings and other printed material regarding local and national War on Poverty, January 1965-August 1966




BOX 9 / Folder 1-2
Clippings and other printed material regarding local and national War on Poverty, September 1966-January 1969




BOX 9 / Folder 3-4
Akron and Ohio Clipping File, Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (The War on Poverty), November 1964-October 1969




BOX 10 / Folder 1-2
National Clipping File, Economic Opportunity Act of 1966 (The War on Poverty), December 1964-October 1966




BOX 10 / Folder 3-7
Printed Material, 1966-1972




BOX 11 / Folder 1
The University Council on Education for Public Responsibility, 1970




BOX 11 / Folder 2
The University Council on Education for Public Responsibility, Ford Foundation Proposal, undated




BOX 11 / Folder 3
Essays on the Role of Education in the Community, undated




BOX 11 / Folder 4
University Council on Public Responsibility on Higher Continuing Education, 1968




BOX 11 / Folder 5
Community Action Council, Information and Miscellaneous, 1965-1966




BOX 11 / Folder 6
Community Action Council, Project Proposals, 1965




BOX 12 / Folder 1
United Fund- Red Cross Fund Raising, 1964




BOX 12 / Folder 2
United Fund Journalism Contest, 1966




BOX 12 / Folder 3
Upward Bound, 1966-1972




BOX 12 / Folder 4
Akron-Summit Tutorial Program, miscellaneous information, budgets, pamphlets, 1965-1966




BOX 12 / Folder 5
Akron Summit Tutorial Program Proposal for Refunding, 1966




BOX 12 / Folder 6
AID Engineering Management of Water Supply Systems, 1967-1969




BOX 12 / Folder 7
Miscellaneous Newsletters and Pamphlets, 1965-1967