The Paul E. Meacham Faculty Papers (approximately 1977-1998) are comprised of articles and reports relating to the development of community colleges as well as organization and administration in higher education throughout the United States. The collection also includes course readers for EDA 731 Organization and Administration in Higher Education taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The Paul E. Meacham Faculty Papers (approximately 1977-1998) are comprised of articles and reports relating to the development of community colleges as well as organization and administration in higher education throughout the United States. The collection also includes course readers for EDA 731 Organization and Administration in Higher Education taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Collection is open for research.
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Materials remain in the order they were received.
Dr. Paul Elritt Meacham was born on June 4, 1936 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He earned his undergraduate degree in music from Tennessee State University and a masters degree in music from the University of Michigan. He later became the first Africa American student to earn his Ph.D. in Education from the University of Texas. Dr. Meacham and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1981. He served as president of the College of Southern Nevada (CSN) from 1983 to 1994. He also held the distinction as CSN's longest-serving and first African American president. Following his tenure at CSN, Dr. Meacham was a faculty member at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) for nine years and eventually attained emeritus status at both UNLV and CSN. Dr. Meacham passed away on December 7, 2019.
Sources:
"NSHE and the Board of Regents Mourns the Passing of CSN President Emeritus Meacham," NSHE, December 10, 2019. https://nshe.nevada.edu/2019/12/nshe-and-the-board-of-regents-mourns-the-passing-of-csn-president-emeritus-meacham/
"Obituary for Paul E. Meacham," Davis Funeral Homes and Memorial Park, accessed July 07, 2020. https://www.davismemorialpark.com/notices/Paul-Meacham
Paul E. Meacham Faculty Papers, approximately 1977-1998. UA-00108. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were collected periodically by the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives; accession number 2020-078.
Tammi Kim minimally processed the materials during accessioning in 2020. The materials were quickly reviewed to provide a general description of the contents of each box and an estimate of dates represented in the material. No further work has been performed on the materials.