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Marion R.W. Meyer Papers

A description of her papers at the Syracuse University Archives


Finding aid created by: Ari Spatola
Date: 7 May 2020



Biography

Marion R.W. Meyer (1921-2015) was a lifelong educator and served as professor, Assistant Dean of Syracuse University's School of Management, and charter member and president of the Association of Academic Affairs Administrators. Meyer was born in Auburn, Maine, and at age 20, began teaching at Pemetic High School in Southwest Harbor, Maine. She received her bachelor's degree in 1951 from the University of Maine and her master's degree from Syracuse University in 1955. While earning her degree, Meyer was a member of Syracuse University's Student Dean Program. She would later become an advisor in this same program. She began her career at Syracuse University as an instructor in office administration. Two years later, she became instructor in business writing and counselor to undergraduate students in the School of Management. Meyer became assistant dean in the School of Management in 1972 and director of Undergraduate Student Academic Affairs in the School of Management in 1977 before retiring from Syracuse University in 1984. Meyer married John Austin Meyer, professor of Nuclear and Radiation Chemistry at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF). The couple shared a love of travel which led them to explore all 50 states throughout the nation.


Scope and Content Note

The Marion R.W. Meyer Papers include annual reports, plaques and certificates, regional and national conference files, reunion planning materials, photographs, personal correspondence, and scrapbooks. There are also files and audio recordings related to the Association of Academic Affairs Administrators and the Student Dean Program, Ganders lecture series documentation spanning from 1989 to 2006, and materials documenting her many trips across the United States after retirement. The collection also contains personal materials of her husband, John Meyer, and files related to his involvement with Beta Gamma Sigma.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The collection is currently unprocessed and not available for research. Please contact the University Archives for more information.

This collection may contain school, college, or department records. School, college and department records are restricted to the office of origin for 30 years. Faculty personnel files are restricted for 80 years from date of separation from the University. Requests to use restricted records must be obtained in writing from the office of origin.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.


Related Material

The Syracuse University Archives contains additional information related to Marion R.W. Meyer. This includes the Syracuse University Student Dean Program Collection as well as a portrait file and a clipping file on Marion R.W. Meyer.


Selected Search Terms

Names

Meyer, John A., 1927-
Meyer, Marion R.W.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.

Subjects

College teaching.
Deans of women.
Greek letter societies.
Travel.
Higher education.

Types of Material

Annual reports.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Lectures.
Memorabilia.
Minutes (administrative records)
Newsletters.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Sound recordings.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Marion R.W. Meyers Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Marion R. W. Meyer between 2002 and 2012 and Stephen W. Moore, 2015.

Processing Information

The collection is unprocessed.


Arrangement

Materials are arranged in their original order.


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Inventory

An inventory has not yet been created for this collection. Please contact the Repository listed above for more information.