Milton E. Wilson, Jr. papers

Finding Aid

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

Inclusive Dates: 1965-1994
Extent: .50 cubic foot (1 half-size record storage 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. 

Box 1
Folder -- Contents

1. Biographical information: includes resume (1986), obituaries
    
2. Memoranda to students enrolled in the Rehabilitation Counselor Training program, Aug. 1965 - Feb. 1966, and undated
    
3. News Clippings
   Scope and Content: "Answer Man Opens Direct Line" April 6, 1978. Articles on Dr. Flack: a protégé of Dr. Wilson and first presenter of the Milt Wilson Memorial Scholarship
    
4. Papers/Reports: relating to Dr. Wilson's "Status of the Rehabilitation Counselor Training Program," 1965
    
5. Papers/Reports: by Dr. Wilson, 1968-1970; undated
   Scope and Content: "Involvement/2 Years Later": Sept. 1970 A Report on Programming in the Area of Black Student Concerns at Kent State University, 1968-1970;
   "Rehabilitation: A Helping Relationship," undated";
   "Communication Skills Checklist," undated;
   "My Most Effective Secretaries Spoke Well of Others With A Poetry of Love," undated;
   "Value Differences: Left and Right," undated
    
6. 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
    
7. Papers/Reports: Transcribed Papers/Presentations, 1985
   Scope and Content: Overview of Rehab. Counseling, Sept. 3, 1985;
   Banquet Address, June 1, 1985
    
8. 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
    
9. Personal Papers and Photographs, 1981 and undated
    
10. Milt Wilson Scholarship, 1994 and undated
    Scope and Content: Includes Milt Wilson memorial bookmarkers and The Nurturing Leader program information.
     
11. Videocassette Tapes
    Scope and Content: Milt Wilson - John Grey, 1974
    The Nurturing Leader Workshop, 4 VHS recordings, circa 1994