Milton E. Wilson, Jr. papers

Finding Aid

Prepared by Lisa Whalen, March 1997; Updated February 2019; Additions and Updates: December 2021; Additions and Updates: April 2022

Inclusive Dates: 1944-1994
Extent:  .8 cubic foot (1 document storage box and 1 audio-visual media box)
Physical Location: 11th floor

Biographical Note: Dr. Milton E. Wilson was a faculty member at Kent State University from 1964 until his retirement in 1985. He received both his bachelor and master degrees from Kent, and returned here in 1964 as coordinator of Kent's Rehabilitation Counseling Program. In 1969 he became the first Dean of Human Relations at Kent, and in 1978 was named Dean of Student Affairs. Throughout his career, Wilson strove to improve the conditions for disabled and minority students. In 1967, he established KSU's Office of Handicapped Services. He was a member of numerous organizations aimed at the disabled community. Upon his retirement in 1985, he created the Milton Wilson Scholarship Fund. Its purpose was to bring minority students to the Rehabilitation Counselor Education program at Kent. Wilson died in 1989.

Scope and Content: The materials in this collection include writings by Milton Wilson about rehabilitation counseling, information on the Milton Wilson Scholarship Fund, an extensive resume on Wilson, and other items establishing Wilson as an important figure to African-Americans and the field of Rehabilitation Counseling. An extensive interview with Wilson on audiocassette tapes details the history of the Rehabilitation Counseling program.

Box 1
Folder -- Contents

1. Biographical information: Resumes, 1981; 1986
2. Book Chapter: "Value Confrontation and Rehabilitation of the Culturally Different," in Distinguished Lecture Series, undated
3. Conference: Ohio White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals, 1976
4. KSU Rehabilitation Counselor Education Program: Memoranda to Students, 1965-1966; undated
5. KSU Rehabilitation Counselor Education Program: Project Grant, 1967
6. KSU Rehabilitation Counselor Education Program: Silver Anniversary Banquet Program, June 1, 1985
7. Newsclippings, 1966-1994
8. Papers/Reports: "Status of the Rehabilitation Counselor Training Program," 1965
9. Papers/Reports: "Involvement/2 Years Later": Sept. 1970: A Report on Programming in the Area of Black Student Concerns at Kent State University, 1968-1970
10. Papers/Reports: Transcribed Papers/Presentations, 1969-1970
    Scope and Content: "The Significance of Communication in Counseling the Culturally Disadvantaged," at annual meeting of American Personnel and Guidance Association, March 31, 1969;
    "Maximizing the Educational Development of Black Students in a Predominantly White University," at annual meeting of American College Personnel Association, March, 1970
11. Papers/Reports: "Sociocultural Aspects of Disability and Rehabilitation, 1984
12. Papers/Reports: Transcribed Papers/Presentations, 1985
    Scope and Content: Overview of Rehab. Counseling, Sept. 3, 1985;
    Banquet Address, June 1, 1985
13. Papers/Reports: undated
    Scope and Content: "Rehabilitation: A Helping Relationship;"
    "Communication Skills Checklist;"
    "My Most Effective Secretaries Spoke Well of Others With A Poetry of Love;"
    "Value Differences: Left and Right"
14. Papers/Reports: Writings by other persons, 1944; 1979; undated
    Scope and Content: "Keep in contact With Large Caseloads," undated;
    "Professional Amnesia," undated;
    "Maximizing Resources," undated;
    "The Garden of Hesperides," Charles F. Banning, 1944;
    "The Politics of Counseling," Joseph Stubbins, undated;
    "Her House is Time Tested," Dorothy Fuldheim, 1979
15. Personal Papers and Photographs, 1981; undated
16. Milt Wilson Scholarship, 1994; undated
    Scope and Content: Includes Milt Wilson memorial bookmarkers and The Nurturing Leader program information.

Box 2 - Audio-Visual materials
Contents

1. Audiocassette Tapes: "History of the Rehabilitation Counselor Education Program: 25 Years," January 15, 1985
   Scope and Content: There are two sets of four audiocassette tapes, one original set and one copy set. The interview is approximately 5 hours long. Interviewer, Dr. Martha L. Walker; Interviewee, Dr. Milton E. Wilson Jr.
2. Videocassette Tapes
   Scope and Content: Milt Wilson-John Grey, 1 VHS recording, 1974;
   The Nurturing Leader Workshop, 4 VHS recordings, circa 1994