Collections

Administrative records, 1966-1985 and Correspondence files, 1965- ,of the office of Director of Libraries including correspondence and subect files pertaining to the development and administration of the John C. Pace Library. Includes files of the first Director (1965-1986), James A. Servies, including materials when he was at the College of William and Mary. Subjects and correspondents include development of Special Collections, correspondence with researchers and donors, the library building and expansion, policy development, and relations with Lois Maxon, Odell Griffith, Feubin Askew, and others.

Administrative records, 1966-1985, of the office of Director of Libraries including correspondence and subject files pertainint to the development of the John C. Pace Library, University of West Florida. A major portion covers the administration of the first Director, James A. Servies, including some records when he was at the College of William and Mary. Other records concern the development of Special Collections, negotiations with donors, correspondence with researchers, and related materials.

Records of the Office of University Advancement consisting of Commencement files, 1968- . Files include materials on commencement planning, the University Marshal, academic traditions and regalia, publications and programs, speeches, photographs, materials about speakers, and related papers. Key personal names include Richard Nixon, Lawton Chiles, John C. Pace, Mary Firestone Baars, J. Patrick Moynihan, Malcolm B. Johnson, Gloria Jahoda, James B. Wilson, Dean Rusk, Eudora Welty, Governor Reubin O. Askew and Bob Graham, Lawrence W. Tyree, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, James V. Buchli, Sam J. Ervin, John Brademas, Jerry L. Maygarden, Arthur V. Doerr, Jack and Carolyn Fleming, Nancy Gilliam, H. Lawrence Garrett III, Harold B. Crosby, James A. Robinson, and Morris L. Marx. Topics include history of the University, honorary degrees, the Corpus Christi, Panama City, and Eglin campuses of the University, special materials on the number of graduates (10,000th, etc.), and handling of student demonstrations during the Vietnam War.