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By Delsie Jenkins
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The personal and official papers of John Vickers comprise 13 boxes of materials covering the years 1958(1960)-1977. Mr. Vickers held a variety of important administrative positions, (such as Executive Assistant to President Robert R. Martin and Director of the Placement Office) during his tenure at Eastern Kentucky University (1960-1977).
These papers reflect Vickers' active interest in such professional educational organizations as the Kentucky Educational Association and the Central Kentucky Education Association. His role in organizing various campus conferences and activities such as cheerleader workshops, homecoming events, and MCA meetings is fully documented. There is a sizeable quantity of personal correspondence concerning Vickers' active interest in Eastern athletes and his leadership in local and state Baptist church matters.
Collection Historical Note
John Landes Vickers was born at Rumsey, Kentucky in McLean County on November 1, 1907. He graduated from Calhoun High School and received a B. S. degree in Agriculture from Western Kentucky University in 1931 and a M. A. degree in Administration and Agricultural Education from the University of Kentucky in 1935.
After graduation he taught vocational education agriculture and coached athletics in several secondary schools of Kentucky until 1943 when he began work for the U. S. Department of Agriculture. From 1946 to 1950 he served as principal of Pleasureville High School in Henry County, Kentucky. In 1950 he assumed position of Director of Pupil Transportation for the Kentucky Department of Education. He held that position until 1960 when he caine to Eastern Kentucky University.
From 1960 to 1977 Vickers held several significant administrative positions at Eastern. At various times he served as Executive Assistant to President Robert R. Martin, Director of College - Community Relations, and Director of Placement from 1968 until his retirement in 1977. Vickers assisted in organizing numerous campus events and workshops during his tenue at Eastern and on many occasions served as Eastern's official representative to state and national educational events.
Vickers is active in professional educational organizations. He holds life membership in the Kentucky Education Association and the National Education Association. He was a member of the Kentucky Association of School Administrators. In retirement he has assisted in the continued development of the Madison County Retired Teachers Association. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Richmond and the Richmond Rotary Club. Vickers was married to the former Lois Robinson of Lexington, Kentucky and they had three sons and one daughter.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Vickers, John
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- Box 1
- Barcode: 31234014051229
- Folder 1: A.A.S.A, 1967
- Folder 2: Accounting Workshop, 1970
- Folder 3: A.C.P.R.A, 1967
- Folder 4: Administrative Council, 1963
- Folder 5: Admission Correspondence, 1963-1966
- Folder 6: Admissions Committee, 1963-1968
- Folder 7: Adult Education Program, 1965-1966
- Folder 8: AFL-CIO, 1967
- Folder 9: Aging Conference, 1974
- Folder 10: Agricultural Education, 1962-1968
- Folder 11: American National Red Cross, 1969
- Folder 12: Appalachia- Educational Laboratory, 1967
- Folder 13: Athletes Correspondence, 1967-1970
- Folder 14: Awards, 1967
- Folder 15: Balfour, 1948-1964
- Folder 16: Balfour, 1965-1967
- Folder 17: Band Day, 1964-1969
- Folder 18: Baptist Convention, 1967-1968
- Folder 19: Baptist Student Union, 1963-1968
- Folder 20: Basketball Teams Attending Games, 1965-1969
- Folder 21: Basketball Tip-Off Dinner, 1962
- Folder 22: Beta Club, 1965-1966
- Box 2
- Barcode: 31234014051153
- Folder 1: Bicycle Committee, 1972-1973
- Folder 2: Bledsoe, Mallie, Clay County, 1967
- Folder 3: Boggs, Kendall, Letcher County, 1967
- Folder 4: Book Exhibitors, 1963-1971
- Folder 5: Bookmen's Exhibit, 1971-1975
- Folder 6: Boy Scouts, 1967-1974
- Folder 7: Boy's State, 1968-1971
- Folder 8: Daniel Boone Statue, 1967
- Folder 9: Building Plans, 1959-1960
- Folder 10: Buildings and Grounds, Department of, 1964-1968
- Folder 11: Buildings on Campus, 1967
- Folder 12: Burns, Fred Taylor - Daviess County, 1969
- Folder 13: Business Affairs, 1968
- Folder 14: By-Pass Road, 1964
- Folder 15: Campus Bulletins, 1966-1968
- Box 3
- Barcode: 31234014051161
- Folder 1: Cancer Drive, 1967-1974
- Folder 2: Career Education Conference, 1973
- Folder 3: Cawood, James A., Harlan County, 1967
- Folder 4: Central KY Personnel and Guidance Ass., 1967 1971
- Folder 5: Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, 1967
- Folder 6: Cheerleaders Workshop, 1967-1971
- Folder 7: Cheerleading, International, Drill Team, 1972
- Folder 8: Cheerleading Clinic, 1972-1973
- Folder 9: Cheerleading Workshop, 1974
- Folder 10: Cheerleading and Drill Team Workshops, 1975
- Folder 11: Cheerleading Workshop Requests, 1973-1974
- Folder 12: Cheerleading Workshop Requests, 1976-1977
- Folder 13: Christian Churches
- Folder 14: First Christian Church Assembly, 1963
- Box 4
- Barcode: 31234014051179
- Folder 1: Civil Defense Program, 1969
- Folder 2: CKEA, 1962
- Folder 3: CKEA, 1963
- Folder 4: CKEA, 1964
- Folder 5: CKEA, 1965
- Folder 6: CKEA, 1966
- Folder 7: CKEA, 1967-1969
- Folder 8: CKEA, 1972
- Folder 9: CKEA, 1973
- Folder 10: CKEA News-o-rama, 1965-1969
- Folder 11: CKRTA, 1974
- Folder 12: Civil War Centennial Pageant, 1962
- Folder 13: Clark, Charles - Floyd County, 1969
- Folder 14: Clark, Rodney - Powell County, 1967-1971
- Folder 15: College Enrollments, Kentucky, 1953-1961
- Folder 16: College Enrollments, Kentucky, 1962-1976
- Box 5
- Barcode: 31234014051187
- Folder 1: College Night Programs, 1967-1973
- Folder 2: Conference on Children - Dept for Human Resources, 1974
- Folder 3: Congressional Action Bulletins, 1963-1965
- Folder 4: Combs, Beckham - Knott County, 1967
- Folder 5: Conkwright, W. G. - Clark County, 1967
- Folder 6: Constitution, Revision of, 1966
- Folder 7: Convention of Christian Churches, 1974
- Folder 8: Correspondence with President Martin, 1966-1969
- Folder 9: Correspondence with President Martin, 1970-1976
- Folder 10: Correspondence with Congressman Perkins, 1968-1971
- Folder 11: Counties - Kentucky, Served by Eastern
- Folder 12: Coy and Coy Attorneys, 1967-1968
- Folder 13: Davis, William,. Irvine Independent Schools, 1967
- Folder 14: Delta Omicron Convention, 1968
- Folder 15: Disaster Committee, 1969
- Folder 16: Drill Team and Cheerleading Clinic, 1975-1976
- Folder 17: Eastern Graduates, 1968-1975
- Folder 18: E. Club, 1948-1968
- Folder 19: E. Club, 1969-1971
- Folder 20: Education, Funds for, 1962-1968
- Folder 21: Educational Research Training Program, 1966
- Folder 22: Educational Television, 1966
- Folder 23: EKEA, 1962-1971
- Box 6
- Barcode: 31234014051062
- Folder 1: Elections, 1967-1968
- Folder 2: Employment, 1965-1975
- Folder 3: Equal Employment Opportunity-Dept of Personnel, 1974
- Folder 4: Enrollment Report, 1976
- Folder 5: Evangelism Workshop, 1967
- Folder 6: Eversok, Roy, Hazard, 1967
- Folder 7: Federal Summer Intern Program, 1974
- Folder 8: Financial Assistance Correspondence, 1966-1967
- Folder 9: Financial Assistance Correspondence, 1968-1970
- Folder 10: Founders Day Programs, 1962-1966
- Folder 11: Frank (Jack) Insurance Agency, 1964-1968
- Folder 12: Franklin County Club, 1964-1965
- Folder 13: Future Homemakers of America, 1962-1973
- Folder 14: Future Homemakers of America Convention, 1973
- Folder 15: Future Teachers of America Conference, 1974
- Folder 16: Gabbard, Dr. Tom - Newport City Schools, 1971
- Folder 17: General Correspondence, 1963-1965
- Box 7
- Barcode: 31234014051070
- Folder 1: General Correspondence, 1966-1967
- Folder 2: General Correspondence, 1967-1968
- Folder 3: Graduate Council, 1964
- Folder 4: Graham, Billy - Crusade, 1967
- Folder 5: Gun made from the Sycamore Tree
- Folder 6: Hand Bell Ringers Seminar, 1977
- Folder 7: Higher Education, Public, 1966-1967
- Folder 8: Highway Bond Issue, 1965
- Folder 9: Home Economics Teachers Conference, 1977
- Folder 10: Homecoming, 1962
- Folder 11: Homecoming, 1963
- Folder 12: Homecoming, 1964
- Folder 13: Homecoming, 1965
- Folder 14: Homecoming, 1967-1969
- Folder 15: Homemakers School, 1975
- Folder 16: Honorary Degrees - Criteria for Selection, 1966
- Folder 17: Honor's Day, 1963-1964
- Folder 18: House, Douglas - Madison County, 1967
- Folder 19: In-Service Teacher Education, 1967-1972
- Folder 20: Information Requested on Eastern KY State College, 1963-1964
- Folder 21: Information Requested on Eastern KY State College, 1965
- Folder 22: Interfraternity Council, 1967
- Folder 23: International Graphic Arts Conference, 1972-1974
- Folder 24: International Students Enrolled at Eastern, 1964-1974
- Folder 25: Inter-office Communications, 1963-1964
- Folder 26: Inter-office Communications, 1965-1966
- Folder 27: Jaycees Fall Board Meeting, Kentucky, 1973
- Folder 28: Jaycees Convention - State, 1974
- Folder 29: Jefferson County Teachers Meeting, 1972
- Box 8
- Barcode: 31234014051088
- Folder 1: Jehovah's Witnesses, 1963-1966
- Folder 2: Job Fair, Allied Health, 1974
- Folder 3: Johnson, Otis - Jackson County, 1967
- Folder 4: Johnson, Thomas, Lynch, 1967
- Folder 5: Jones, E.G. - Montgomery County, 1967
- Folder 6: Junior Achievement Program, 1972
- Folder 7: K.E.A., 1963-1967
- Folder 8: K.E.A., 1968-1973
- Folder 9: K.E.A., 1973-1976
- Folder 10: K.E.A. Drive-in Conference, 1963-1964
- Folder 11: K.E.A. - F.E.S.S. Seminar, 1964
- Folder 12: K.E.A. Leadership Conference, 1962
- Folder 13: KY Assoc. on Childreri under Six Conference, 1974
- Folder 14: KY Association of Colleges, Secondary and, 1964-1965
- Folder 15: Kentucky Association of School Administrators, 1971
- Folder 16: Kentucky Association School Business Offices, 1968
- Folder 17: Kentucky Beekeepers Association, 1972-1977
- Folder 18: Kentucky Colonel Commissions, 1962-1963
- Folder 19: Kentucky Congress of Parents and Teachers, 1962
- Folder 20: Kentucky Congress of Parents and Teachers, 1970-1976
- Folder 21: Kentucky Council for Churches
- Folder 22: Kentucky Development Campaign, 1963
- Folder 23: Kentucky Employee Bargaining Bill, 1973
- Folder 24: Kentucky General Information, 1958-1962
- Folder 25: KY Hairdressers Seminar - Eastern KY State, 1964-1965
- Folder 26: Kentucky LP Gas Service School, 1963-1970
- Folder 27: KSEA, 1964-1971
- Folder 28: Kentucky School of Alcohol Study, 1974
- Folder 29: Kentucky School Boards Association, 1965-1976
- Box 9
- Barcode: 31234014051096
- Folder 1: Kentucky Society for Crippled Children, 1969
- Folder 2: Kentucky State Tennis Association, 1965-1969
- Folder 3: Kentucky Teachers Retirement System, 1967-1970
- Folder 4: Kentucky Welfare Association, 1963
- Folder 5: Kentucky Young Historians Convention, 1975-1976
- Folder 6: Kentucky Youth Research Center, 1976
- Folder 7: King, Martin Luther, Jr. - Memorial Service, 1969
- Folder 8: Knarr, Orloff Lee - Jackson Independent Schools, 1968
- Folder 9: Laws of Kentucky
- Folder 10: Lewis, Hayes - Leslie County, 1967
- Folder 11: Library, 1968
- Folder 12: Madison Bar Association, 1977
- Folder 13: Martin, Robert R. - Tribute Dinner, 1976
- Folder 14: Meetings Held on Campus, 1962-1974
- Folder 15: Miller, Douglas-Estill County, 1967
- Folder 16: Miller, Jack - Mt. Sterling, 1967
- Folder 17: Miracle, Neurelle - Rockcastle County, 1967
- Folder 18: Miscellaneous Letters, 1969-1971
- Folder 19: Moore Building Dedication, 1968
- Folder 20: Music, Department of, 1968-1970
- Folder 21: N.C.A.A., 1967
- Folder 22: NCATE and Southern Education Association, 1965
- Folder 23: NDSL, 1967
- Folder 24: NEA, 1965-1966
- Folder 25: NEA Convention, 1964
- Folder 26: NEA Division of Transportation, 1962-1963
- Folder 27: National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists, 1965-1969
- Folder 28: National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, 1963
- Folder 29: Nationals, 1975
- Folder 30: Nationals, 1976
- Folder 31: Navy Officers Program, 1963-1969
- Folder 32: Negro Meeting, 1963
- Request from John W. Freeman of Richmond to house African American student Masonic delegates in Eastern dormitories.
- Folder 33: Nicolas, Edgar C. (Rotary Scholarship Student), 1974
- Folder 34: Nomination to Enroll at Eastern, 1962
- Folder 35: Non-Academic Counseling Retention Committee, 1977
- Folder 36: Nursing Program, 1965-1969
- Folder 37: Parades, 1966
- Folder 38: Parents Day Program, 1974
- Folder 39: Patterson, Lloyd, Richmond Independent Schools, 1967
- Box 10
- Barcode: 31234014051021
- Folder 1: Personal Papers, 1963-1964
- Folder 2: Personal Papers, 1965
- Folder 3: Personal Papers, 1966-1967
- Folder 4: Personal Papers, 1967-1968
- Folder 5: Personal Papers, 1969-1970
- Folder 6: Personal Papers, 1971-1973
- Folder 7: Personal Papers, 1974-1976
- Folder 8: Phi Gamma Delta Leadership Conference, August 1973
- Folder 9: Philosophy Conference, May 1973
- Folder 10: Placement, 1968-1969
- Box 11
- Barcode: 31234014051195
- Folder 1: Placement, 1970-1971
- Folder 2: Placement, 1972
- Folder 3: Placement, 1973
- Folder 4: Placement, 1974-1975
- Folder 5: Plates (for Machine in Public Affairs)
- Folder 6: Practical Arts Education Conference, 1977
- Folder 7: Presidential Scholarship Applications, 1975-1976
- Folder 8: Presidential Scholarships - Correspondence, 1973-1975
- Folder 9: Presidential Scholarships - Correspondence, 1976
- Box 12
- Barcode: 31234014051138
- Folder 1: Presidential Scholarship Recipients, 1973-1976
- Folder 2: Progress Day at Eastern, 1963
- Folder 3: Progress and Appreciation Day, 1971
- Folder 4: Proposed Student Center, 1965-1966
- Folder 5: Public Relations for Colleges, 1963-1974
- Folder 6: Rejected Presidential Scholarships, 1969
- Folder 7: Rejected Presidential Scholarships, 1974-1976
- Folder 8: Retentions Committee - Financial Aid, 1977
- Folder 9: Rose, Frank - Wolfe County, 1967
- Folder 10: ROTC Advanced Camp, 1965
- Folder 11: School District Visitations, 1967-1975
- Folder 12: Scott, Mamie W, 1968
- Folder 13: Self-Study Reports, 1974
- Folder 14: Senior Day, High School, 1938-1964
- Folder 15: Singleton, Litten - Berea, 1967
- Folder 16: Sparks, Chester L. - Jenkins, 1967
- Folder 17: Special Programs Conference (Voc. Ed.), 1977
- Folder 18: Sports Clinic, Division of Women and Girls, 1965
- Folder 19: Sports Day, E-Club, 1972
- Folder 20: State Reading Conference, 1973
- Folder 21: Stewart, Sedley - Lee County, 1967
- Folder 22: Strong, Guy, Night, 1968
- Folder 23: Student Aid Society, 1966-1970
- Folder 24: Student Aid Society, 1977
- Folder 25: Student Discipline Society - Self Study
- Folder 26: Student Financial Aid - Correspondence, 1974-1976
- Folder 27: Student Recruitment Suggestions, 1961-1963
- Box 13
- Barcode: 31234014051120
- Folder 1: Student Roster, 1967-1968
- Folder 2: Summer Events, 1967-1976
- Folder 3: Superintendent's Day, 1962-1968
- Folder 4: Teacher Education, 1960-1961
- Folder 5: Teacher Education, 1962-1965
- Folder 6: Teague, Roy G. - Harlan Independent School, 1967
- Folder 7: Tennis Tournament, Kentucky State Junior, 1972-1973
- Folder 8: Title I - Reading Teachers and Librarians, 1974
- Folder 9: Title III Conference, State ESEA, 1972-1973
- Folder 10: Turner, Mrs. Marie - Breathitt County, 1967
- Folder 11: Turner, Pleas - Owsley County, 1967
- Folder 12: University Purchases, 1967
- Folder 13: Upward Bound, 1966-1967
- Folder 14: Visitations, 1967-1974
- Folder 15: Vocational Education Conference, 1973
- Folder 16: Vocational Education, Kentucky Department, 1973-1974
- Folder 17: Whitehead, Dr. David - Paducah Independent, 1969
- Folder 18: Whooten, Dennis - Perry County, 1967
- Folder 19: Who's Who Among Students, 1967
- Folder 20: Wilderness Road Girl Scout Council, 1975-1976
- Folder 21: Y.M.C.A. - Sportsmanship Clinic, 1963
- Folder 22: Y.M.C.A. - Sportsmanship Clinic, 1962
- Folder 23: Youth Conference, 1967-1968
- Folder 24: Youth Opportunity Campaign, 1966
- Folder 25: Youth Symposium, KY Department of Education, 1973
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