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The Archival collection of Dr. Charles N. Millican from the collection of Norman Van Meter, 1900-2004 contains photographs, news clippings, and personal letters about Charles Millican. The photographs range from social events to private family photos. This collection provides insight into the life and career of Dr. Charles Millican. Charles Norman Millican was born October 9, 1916 in Wilson, Arkansas. He earned a B.S. in Business and Religion from Union University in 1941. In 1946, he received his M.A. in Economics from George Peabody College and became Acting Head of the Commerce Department at Union University. The Millicans moved to Florida in 1948 where Millican studied for his Ph.D. in Business Finance and Economics. When Dr. Millican was appointed President of the new university in 1965, the university had no name, no buildings, no faculty and no students; he had to create the university over which he would preside. After Millican's appointment, he hired staff, found premises, and began the slow process of creating his university. He established the twin tenets of "Accent on the Individual" and "Accent on Excellence," which continue to guide the University, and the motto, "Reach for the Stars". Although he retired as President in 1978, Millican returned to teaching finance as a professor in the College of Business at the University of Central Florida, as it was now known, and earned the title President Emeritus. He chaired the Orange County Community Referendum Committee, which passed the resort tax that built the Orange County Convention Center. He has received Distinguished Alumnus awards from both the University of Florida and Union University, and he received honorary LL.D. degrees from Rollins College and UCF.

The Florida Ephemera Collection is a collection of brochures, advertisements and news clippings documenting the history of Florida. Although the collection includes information about Florida as a whole, it focuses on the Central Florida area, and Orlando in particular. The collection contains information about most aspects of life in Florida including business and industry, real estate and development, tourism and wildlife.

The collection comprises published 25 music scores produced by Otto Frohlich and a book called "Lohengrin: a Romantic Opera in Three Acts" written and composed by Richard Wagner, published by G. Schirmer, New York in 1897. Frohlich composed more than 35 compositions during his long career as a professor of music and composer, only selected scores were donated to the University of Central Florida Libraries which include Andantino, Badinage, Composer's Birthday-Party, Divertimento, Edelweiss Symphonic Poem, Essay for String Orchestra, Festival Overture, Happy Birthday, Homage to Miami - Academic Overture, Intermezzo, Invocation, Legende Poem, Little Serenade, Lohengrin a Romantic Opera, Lotos, Flower Lotosblume, Lullaby and Scherzo, Melody, Oxford String Quartet, Pax Aeterna, Prelude, Romantic Suite: Petite Suite, Serenade, Sugar and Sprice, The Loreley, and Vision.