US-RUn-msg53 Guide to the William D. Metz Collection 1946-1982 Finding aid prepared by Russell M. Franks. University of Rhode Island Library 2009 July 29
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 Metz, William D. William D. Metz Collection 1946-1982 20.5 linear feet, 41 box(es) The William D. Metz papers relate primarily to his tenure as Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island from 1946 to 1982. The collection is comprised of two series; Subject Files and Correspondence. The Subject Files contain a wide range of materials pertaining to committees, organizations, fraternities, and departments of the University that Metz was involved with. The Correspondence series (1952-1981) contains letters and correspondence Metz received from or sent to various individuals during his tenure. Both series are arranged alphabetically. Mss. Gr. 53 Biographical note

William D. Metz was born in Buffalo, New York on June 13, 1914 and was raised in the village of Perry, New York, about 50 miles east of Buffalo. Metz graduated from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, in 1937 and subsequently received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 1945. The following year, He accepted a position in the history department of the University of Rhode Island. Metz consequently spent the rest of his academic career with the history department until his retirement in 1982 as Professor Emeritus of History.

In the forty-five years that William D. Metz was associated with the University of Rhode Island, he served the University of Rhode Island academic community and the citizens of the State of Rhode Island in numerous ways.

During his tenure with the University of Rhode Island, he was active in publishing numerous articles on Rhode Island history, served as editor of Phi Alpha Theta's (Honor Society of History) journal, The Historian, and was an abstracter for Historical Abstracts. He also served on many university committees, such as the Library Committee, Committee on History of URI, and the Arts and Sciences Committee. Additionally, Metz chaired the Nominating Committee and the Committee on Status of ROTC. He served on the Watson House Committee, the Special Senate Committee on Controversial Visitors, and was the Chairman of the History Department from 1962-to-1968.

From 1966-to-1967, Metz was a visiting Fulbright lecturer in American History at Makerere University College, Kampala, Uganda. He served as president of Phi Alpha Theta and was involved, at one time or another, with the fraternities of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Sigma Alpha.

The activities of Professor Metz extended beyond the University as well. He served as president of the Pettaquamscutt Historical Society and the Cocumscussoc Association, and gave numerous talks on East Africa (because of his sabbatical leave spent there) and on Rhode Island history throughout his career. In the 1960s, he was a member of the Rhode Island Civil War Centennial Commission in which he conducted programs for marking sites where Abraham Lincoln spoke in Rhode Island in 1860. In 1977, he was elected chairman of the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities.

He was the first chair of the South Kingston Historic District Commission, chair of the South Kingston Bicentennial Commission, and was a founding member of the RI Historical Preservation Commission. Metz also acted as the archivist for the historic Kingston Congregational Church, which he was a member of.

After his retirement from the University of Rhode Island in 1982, Metz was instrumental in establishing the South County Museum in Narragansett, RI. In 1997, the State of Rhode Island honored William D. Metz for his lifelong community service by conferring the state's highest historic preservation award, the Antoinette F. Downing Volunteer Service Award, upon him at a statewide planning conference entitled "Preserving Place-Growing Smart," that was held at URI.

William D. Metz passed away on February 11, 2013 at 98 years old. He was predeceased by his wife, Clarice, but is survived by his three children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

Open for research.

Terms governing use and reproduction: Photocopying and scanning of materials is a fee based service available in the repository and is allowed at the discretion of the Archivist when in compliance to the Unit's policy on copyright and publication.

Preferred Citation

William D. Metz Collection, Mss. Gr. 53, University of Rhode Island Library.

 Scope and Content Note

The William D. Metz papers relate primarily to his tenure as Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island from 1946 to 1982. The collection is comprised of two series; Subject Files and Correspondence. The Subject Files contain a wide range of materials relating to committees, organizations, fraternities, and academic departments of the University that Metz was involved with. These include files pertaining to the American Association of University Professors, the History Department, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate Library School, and the Faculty Senate. Additional committees and organizations include the American Civil Liberties Union, the Curriculum Committee, the Library Committee, the Rhode Island Civil War Commission, and a number of student fraternities.

There are numerous other subjects also represented within the series, such as the Churchill History Prize, the Historic Preservation Planning Committee, and the URI student protests of the late 1960's, which reflect his varied interests. The Correspondence series (1952-1982) contains letters and related materials Metz received from, or sent to, various individuals during his tenure at the University of Rhode Island. Most of the letters consist of correspondence with faculty members of the University of Rhode Island, requests for letters of recommendation by former colleagues and students, resumes and biographical sketches of individuals, and correspondence with faculty members of other institutions. Both series are arranged alphabetically.

Arrangement

The William D. Metz papers are arranged in two series. 1. Subject Files 2. Correspondence

Acquisitions Information

Collection donated to the URI Special Collections Unit by William D. Metz in 1984, 1987, and 1991.

 Names Metz, William D. Subjects Metz, William D. Rhode Island -- History RIAMCO Browsing Terms Education Inventory Series 1 Subject Files1946-1982

The Subject Files contain a wide range of materials pertaining to committees, organizations, fraternities, and departments of the University with which Metz was involved.

The series is arranged alphabetically.

 1 1 1945-1953 American Association of University Professors (AAUP) 1 2 1953 Mar-1956 Dec AAUP 1 3 1957 Jan AAUP 1 4 1960-1974 AAUP 1 5 1973-1974 AAUP: by-laws 1 6 1971-1974 AAUP: Collective Bargaining 1 7 1975-1981 AAUP: Collective Bargaining 2 8 1957-1958 AAUP: Committee on Curricula & Course Loads 2 9 1970-1983 AAUP: Control 2 10 [1946-1953] AAUP: Improvement of Teaching 2 11 1954, 1957-1959 AAUP: Intra-University Relations Committee 2 12 1964, 1966, 1970-1993 May AAUP: Merit Study 2 13 1973 Jun-1974 AAUP: Merit Study 2 14 1957-1971 AAUP: Salary 2 15 1946 Academic Costume 2 16 1963 Academic Freedom 3 17 1964 Academic Freedom 3 18 1949-1954 Academic Freedom 3 19 1953-1966 May American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 3 20 1966 Jul-1970 ACLU 3 21 1971-1972 May ACLU 3 22 1972 ALCU 4 23 1963-1969 ALCU: Academic Freedom 4 24 1962 ALCU: Constitution & by-laws of Washington County Chapter 4 25 1962-1964 ALCU: Correspondence Washington Country Chapter 4 26 1962, 1964-1965 ALCU: Membership List Washington County Chapter 4 27 1962-1963 ALCU: Minutes of General Membership Meetings Washington County Chapter 4 28 1963 ALCU: Minutes of RI Affiliate Executive Board 4 29 1963-1964 ALCU: Minutes of Washington County Executive Board 4 30 1963 ALCU: Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings, etc. 4 31 1969, 1971, 1975-1981 Adams House 4 32 1967-1972 Admission Policy 4 33 1973-1976 Admission Policy 4 34 1971-1973, 1975 Affirmative Action: Women 4 35 1966, 1969 Africa 4 36 1968 African American Education 4 37 1969 African American History 4 38 1967-1977 All-University Faculty 4 39 1969 All Nations Club 4 40 1963 Alpha Phi Omega (Boy Scouts) 4 41 1968 Alton Jones Campus 4 42 1970 Alumni Association: URI 4 43 undated American Federation of Teachers 4 44 1965 American Friends Service Committee 5 45 1950-1972 American Studies Association 5 46 1967-1973 Appeals Procedures 5 47 1970-1978 Appointments, Promotion, & Tenure 5 48 1969, 1971-1974 Archives: URI 5 49 1969-1972 Arts & Sciences 5 50 1971 Apr-Dec Arts & Sciences 5 51 1947-1959 Arts & Sciences, College of 5 52 1960-1964 May Arts & Sciences, College of 5 53 1964 Jun-1967 Dec Arts & Sciences, College of 6 54 1968 Arts & Sciences, College of 6 55 1969 Arts & Sciences, College of 6 56 1970 Arts & Sciences, College of 6 57 1981-1984 Arts & Sciences, College of 6 58 1976 Arts & Sciences, College of: faculty meeting minutes 6 59 1973 Arts & Sciences Governance 6 60 1973 Association of College Honor Societies 6 61 1969 Audio-Visual Center 6 62 1967-1970 BA Curriculum 6 63 1967-1970 BA Proposal 7 64 1969 BA Proposal 7 65 1977-1980 Basic Liberal Studies 7 66 1968 Baum Inauguration 7 67 [1949-1981] Bookstore 7 68 [1955-1977] Brown University 7 69 1955-1960, 1970 Board of Trustees 7 70 1956, 1959-1960 BU African Research & Studies Program: William O. Brown & Daniel F. McCall 7 71 1974, 1978 Budget Cutting 7 72 1964-1969, 1973 Business History: Harvard 7 73 1973 Bureau of Government Research 7 74 1970, 1971, 1974 Calendar-URI 7 75 1981-1983 Capital Library Budget 7 76 1971 Center of Study of Presidency 7 77 [1968] Chase, Gregory: HIS 156 & Irene C. Camara-HIS 191 (156) 7 78 1969-1970, 1973-1975, 1977-1978 Churchill History Prize 8 79 1968-1971 May Collective Bargaining 8 80 1971 Sep-1979 Oct Collective Bargaining 8 81 1979 Nov-1982 Jun Collective Bargaining 8 82 1958 College Bowel 8 83 1948, 1950-1953, 1970 College Teaching 8 84 1976 College Work Study 8 85 1958, 1960-1969 Commencement 8 86 1970-1976 Commencement 9 87 1979-1982 Commencement 9 88 1973, 1975-1978 Commencement 9 89 1977 Commencement 9 90 1971-1977 Commencement Programs 9 91 1979 Commencement Speaker 9 92 1956-1957 Committee on Cooperation with Learned Societies 9 93 1974 Community Planning & Area Development 9 94 1969-1970 Conduct Board 9 95 1957 Conference on Social Studies 9 96 1958 Conference on Social Studies 9 97 1959 Conference on Social Studies 10 98 1969-1970 Conference on Social Studies 10 99 1970 Conference on Social Studies 10 100 [1956-1976] Connecticut, University of 10 101 1967-1969 Controversial Persons 10 102 1977 Convocation 10 103 1952-1959 Counseling: Students 10 104 1969 Course Numbers 10 105 1948 Course Syllabi 10 106 [1964-1974] Curricular Affairs-committee on 10 107 1960-1962 Sep Curriculum Committee 10 108 1962 Oct-1963 Dec Curriculum Committee 11 109 1962-1964 Apr Curriculum Committee 11 110 1964 May-Oct Curriculum Committee 11 111 1964 Nov-1965 Curriculum Committee 11 112 1964 Curriculum Committee 11 113 1965-1967 Curriculum Committee 11 114 1950-1952 Crusade for Freedom: includes poster 11 115 1973-1974 Daniel H. Thomas Library Award 11 116 1959-1960 Dean of Arts & Sciences 11 117 1977, 1980-1981 Dean of Libraries Selection 12 118 1967-1968 Dean's Advisory Committee 12 119 1970-1974 Department Personnel 12 120 1975-1979 Department Personnel 12 121 1967-1968 Developing Areas, Seminar on 12 122 1969 Disadvantaged Students 12 123 1968 Disadvantaged Students: African American Special Report 12 124 1970-1972 Disciplinary Officer 12 125 1971-1973 Educational Goals 12 126 undated Election of 1860 in Ponna 12 127 1967 Extension Division 12 128 1970-1971 May Faculty 13 129 1972 Jan-Oct Faculty 13 130 1972 Nov-1973 May Faculty 13 131 1973-1975 Faculty 13 132 1976-1977 Faculty 13 133 1977-1981 Faculty 13 134 1965, 1967-1969 Faculty Appeal Board 13 135 1969-1979 Faculty Center 13 136 1974-1975 Faculty Exchange Program: New England States 14 137 [1964] Faculty Manual 14 138 1957-1963 Faculty Meeting Minutes 14 139 1964-1969 Jun Faculty Meeting Minutes 14 140 1969 Sep-1972 Faculty Meeting Minutes 14 141 1973-1974 Faculty Meeting Minutes 14 142 1964-1965 May Faculty Senate 14 143 1965 Oct-1966 Faculty Senate 15 144 1970-1974 Faculty Senate 15 145 1974-1976 Faculty Senate 15 146 1977-1979 Faculty Senate 15 147 1980-1982 Faculty Senate 15 148 1974 Faculty Senate: library committee 15 149 1974 Faculty Services Report 15 150 1969-1970, 1973 Faculty Welfare and Benefits 15 151 1964 Fair Housing 15 152 1964, 1968-1969, 1974 Fellowship 15 153 1976 Field Trips 15 154 1972 Fine Arts Center Dedication 15 155 1976 Finkelstein Memorial Lecture 15 156 1965 Foundations 15 157 1952, 1964 Fraternities 15 158 1950, 1956, 1967-1968 Freshmen: Preparation in History 15 159 1965-1969, 1975 Fulbright: Hays Application 15 160 1961-1962 Fulbright: Smeith-Mundt 16 161 1971 General Assembly 16 162 1959-1960 General Education 16 163 1964-1965, 1969, 1975 General Education 16 164 1971, 1973-1975, 1976 General Education 16 165 1964-1965 General Education: Impact 16 166 1967-1969, 1976 Grade Summaries 16 167 1970, 1974-1976 Grading Policy: History Dept. 16 168 1968 Graduate Assistants 16 169 1952, 1955-1960 Graduate Committee 16 170 1961 Graduate Committee 16 171 1967 Graduate Committee 16 172 1963, 1965 Graduate Council 16 173 1966 Jan Graduate Council 17 174 1966 Feb-Mar Graduate Council 17 175 1966 Apr-May Graduate Council 17 176 1966-1970 May Graduate Council 17 177 1970 Oct-1973 Graduate Council 17 178 1974 Graduate Council 17 179 1977-1979 Graduate Council 18 180 1980-1982 Graduate Council 18 181 1969 Graduate Exams 18 182 1966-1974 Graduate Faculty 18 183 1962-1964 Graduate Faculty Meeting 18 184 1964-1965 Graduate Faculty Meeting 18 185 1964 Graduate Faculty Senate Meeting 18 186 1971-May 1972 Graduate Faculty Senate Meeting 19 187 1972 Jul-1975 Graduate Faculty Senate Meeting 19 188 1976-1977 May Graduate Library School: Advisory Committee 19 189 1977 Jun-1978 Graduate Library School: Advisory Committee 19 190 1978 Graduate Library School: Advisory Committee 19 191 1963, 1965-1968, 1971 Graduate Program in International Affairs 20 192 1972 Graduate Students Academic Appeals Board 20 193 1972-1975 Graduate Students Academic Appeals Board 20 194 1969-1972 Graduate Students Academic Appeals Board 20 195 1973-1974 Graduate Students Academic Appeals Board: Nominations 20 196 1980 Graduate Student Manual 20 197 1969-1972 Graduate Work: History 20 198 1980 GSO: Lectures & Exhibits 20 199 1948, 1956 Guided Tours: Pelton Social Studies Association 20 200 1974 Hammerschlag, Dieter 20 201 1964-1966 Heritage Week 20 202 1971 Historians' Film Committee 21 203 1976 Historic Preservation Planning Committee 21 204 1955, 1964 Historical Abstracts 21 205 1955, 1964 Historical Abstracts 21 206 1977 Historical Technology 21 207 1972, 1974-1975 History Department 21 208 1976-1977 History Department 21 209 1978 History Department 21 210 1979 History Department 22 211 1980-1982 History Department 22 212 1969-1975 History Department: Annual Report 22 213 1969, 1976-1977 History Department: Awards 22 214 1973-1974 History Department: Committee 22 215 1968-1969 History Department: Minutes 22 216 1970 History Department: Minutes 22 217 1972-1973 History Department: Minutes 22 218 1974 History Department: Minutes 23 219 1971-1973 History Department: Newsletter 23 220 1977-1978 History/GLS Cooperation in Graduate Work 23 221 1970-1972 History Introductory Courses 23 222 1969-1970 History Program Revisions 23 223 1970, 1976 Honors Colloquium 23 224 1969-1970, 1977-1978 Honor Societies 23 225 1953,1955-1974, 1978 Honor Societies: Banquets 23 226 1968 Incomplete Grades 23 227 1971-1973, 1975-1976 International Studies, Committee for 23 228 1946-1951 Intra-Faith Council 24 229 1968 Junior Year Abroad 24 230 1964 Latin America-Conference on Social Studies 24 231 1969, 1972, 1977 Liberal Education 24 232 1968-1971 Library: URI 24 233 1972-1981 Library: URI 24 234 1972-1977 Sep Library Committee 24 235 1977 Oct-1978 Oct Library Committee 24 236 1978 Nov-1979 Library Committee 24 237 1960-1962 Lincoln Markers 24 238 1968-1969 Master of Arts in History 25 239 1961, 1972-1974 Matene Cain: Professor of Art 25 240 1962 Matthews, Allan H., History of His. & Pol. Sci. Dept. 25 241 1971 Max Rosen Scholarship 25 242 1947, 1949-1950 Memorial Union 25 243 1973 Merit Salary Increase 25 244 1948-1961, 1971 Model Legislature 25 245 1981 Model Legislature 25 246 1951-1968 Model Legislature Scholarships 25 247 1969-1972 Model Legislature Scholarships 25 248 1973-1978 Model Legislature Scholarships 25 249 1981 Model Legislature Scholarships 25 250 1976 Museum: URI 25 251 1965-1966, 1969, 1971-1972 Names of URI Buildings 25 252 1949 National Conference of Christians & Jews 26 253 1960 National Conference on Higher Education 26 254 undated National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History 26 255 1955-1956 National Council Committee on Professional Relations 26 256 1957-1958 National Council Committee on Professional Relations 26 257 1951-1959, 1965-1976 National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) 26 258 [1954-1973] NCSS Annual Meeting 26 259 1958-1959 New England Board of Higher Education 26 260 1957-1959 New England Social Studies Bulletin 26 261 1946-1952 New England Student Christian Movement 26 262 1977-1980 New England Studies 26 263 [1980] New England Studies 26 264 1951-1952, 1977 Newspaper Project - film 26 265 1959, 1963 Nominating Committee 26 266 1947-1951 New England Methodist Student Movement 27 267 1961-1965, 1969 Nominating Committee: Arts & Sciences 27 268 1971 Nov Non-thesis MAS option 27 269 1971 Dec-1972 Non-thesis MAS option 27 270 1948 Nursery School Association 27 271 1973-1979 Ombudsman 27 272 1958-1962 100 Years After 27 273 1962-1965 100 Years After 27 274 [1957-1967] Peace Seminars 27 275 1965-1966, 1973 Permanent Registration: RI 27 276 1967-1970 Ph D Program 28 277 1981 Phi Alpha Theta: Lecture on History 28 278 1977-1979 Phi Beta Kappa 28 279 1979-1980 Phi Beta Kappa 28 280 1979 Phi Beta Kappa: Correspondence 28 281 1979-1980 Phi Beta Kappa: Correspondence 28 282 1976-1983 Phi Beta Kappa: Minutes 28 283 1953-1959 Phi Kappa Phi 28 284 1960-1965 Phi Kappa Phi 28 285 1966-1974 Phi Kappa Phi 29 286 1975 Phi Kappa Phi 29 287 1955 Phi Sigma Alpha 29 288 1969 Placement Office 29 289 1964, 1968 Plagiarism & Cheating 29 290 [1974] Popular Culture Assoc. 29 291 1962-1967 Pre-Legal Training 29 292 1968-1971 Pre-Legal Training 29 293 1972-1974 Pre-Legal Training 29 294 1971 Proficiency Exams HIS 141 & 142 29 295 1974 Project 70 29 296 1969-1970 Promotion Procedure & Basis 29 297 undated Proposed Amendments to RI State Constitution 29 298 1947-1948 Protestant Exec. Sec. Project 29 299 1950 Providence Bible Institute 30 300 1958-1959 Radio Series WPRO 30 301 1947 Reading Scales in History 30 302 1973 Records, Confidentiality of 30 303 [1969-1973] Regents, Board of 30 304 1952-1960 Research Grants 30 305 1961-1979 Research Grants 30 306 1973 Resource Requirements Prediction Model 30 307 1964-1966 RI Citizens Association for Public Schools 30 308 1958-1960 Rhode Island Civil War Centennial Commission: Materials 30 309 1961-1963 Rhode Island Civil War Centennial Commission: Materials 30 310 1960 Rhode Island Civil War Centennial Commission: Minutes 30 311 1962 Rhode Island Civil War Centennial Commission: W.D.M. 30 312 1960-1973 RI College 31 313 1972 RI Ethnic Studies & Senate 31 314 1956-1964 RI Heritage Week 31 315 1964-1969 RI Heritage Week 31 316 1965 RI High School Model Congress 31 317 1956 RI History 31 318 1949-1950 RI Independence Day 31 319 1976 RI Junior College 31 320 1955-1956 RI Radio Program 31 321 1956 RI Radio Program 31 322 [1956] RI Radio Program 32 323 1946-1952 RI Social Studies Association 32 324 1952-1962 RI Social Studies Association 32 325 1963 RI Social Studies Association 32 326 1946-1949 RISE-URI-General 32 327 1950-1954 RISE-URI-General 32 328 1955-1956 RISE-URI-General 32 329 1957-1958 RISE-URI-General 32 330 [1944-1950] RISE-URI-General 32 331 1947-1952 RI State Employees Associations 33 332 1953-1972 RI State Employees Associations 33 333 1969-1970 ROTC 33 334 1971 Salary 33 335 1967-1969 Scholastic Integrity Committee Student Conduct Board 33 336 1970 Scholastic Integrity Committee Student Conduct Board 33 337 1971 Scholastic Integrity Committee Student Conduct Board 33 338 1967-1969 Jul Select Faculty Committee to Review the Math Dept. 33 339 1969 Select Faculty Committee to Review the Math Dept. 33 340 1970 Select Faculty Committee to Review the Math Dept. 33 341 1970-1971 Select Faculty Committee to Review the Math Dept. 33 342 1969 Shopping Center 34 343 1947-1951 Social Studies Association: Annual Meeting 34 344 1952-1959 Social Studies Association: Annual Meeting 34 345 1948-1950 Social Studies Association: Correspondence (General) 34 346 1951-1961 Social Studies Association: Correspondence (General) 34 347 1959-1962 Social Studies Coordination 34 348 1935-1957 Apr South Kingston Charter Commission 34 349 1957 May-Sep South Kingston Charter Commission 34 350 1957 Oct-1958 Mar South Kingston Charter Commission 34 351 1958 Apr South Kingston Charter Commission 35 352 1970-1973 Space Committee 35 353 1968 State College Faculties, Committee of 35 354 1970 Strikes-Academic 35 355 1970-1971 Student Conduct Board 35 356 1970 Student Government 35 357 1965-1970 Student Protest: URI 35 358 1967 Student Rights 35 359 1950 Student Senate 35 360 1947-1951 Student Fellowship Organization 35 361 1959 Student Senate Newsletters 35 362 1980 Talent Development Special Program 35 363 1969 Tax 35 364 [1965-1966] Teacher Certification 36 365 [1967] Teacher Education 36 366 1970 Teaching Effectiveness 36 367 1981 Teaching Excellence-Award for 36 368 1952 Television Programs 36 369 [1948-1952] Tests: Educational Testing Service 36 370 1977 Theses: MA-URI 36 371 1948 Thesis Form 36 372 1966 Thesis Proposals 36 373 [1970] Tilton Funds 36 374 1968-1977 Travel Expense Vouchers 36 375 1947-1950 Undergraduate Activities Committee 36 376 1960-1971 Unicameral Legislature for URI 36 377 1972 Unicameral Legislature for URI 36 378 1971-1978 University College 36 379 1971 University: Non-Politicalized Henry Abraham 36 380 1967, 1973-1974 University Presses 36 381 1978 University Year for Action (UYA) 36 382 1971 May Unrest 36 383 1968 Urban Center-URI 36 384 1969 URI 36 385 1974 Jan-1975 Sep URI Bicentennial 37 386 1975 Oct-1977 URI Bicentennial 37 387 1955 URI Christian Association 37 388 1956 URI Christian Association 37 389 1957 URI Christian Association 37 390 1966-1968 URI Foundation 37 391 1957-1968 URI History Committee 37 392 1969 URI Planning 37 393 1970 URI Self-Study 37 394 1967 URI 75th Anniversary 37 395 1975-1976 URI World Hunger Committee 37 396 1954 Visual Aids 37 397 1978 Watson House: W.D.M. 37 398 1976 Women: Non-Discrimination, History of 37 399 1948-1950 World Affairs Council 38 400 1951-1952 World Affairs Council 38 401 1947 World Relatedness Commissions & World Student Christian Federation 38 402 1948 World Student Service Fund Interfaith Council 38 403 1977-1980 Year of the Humanities 38 404 1953 Miscellaneous Papers Series 2 Correspondence1952-1981

The Correspondence series (1952-1981) contains letters and correspondence Metz received from, or sent to, various individuals during his tenure.

The series is arranged alphabetically.

 39 1 1969 Albright, L. Russell 39 2 1971 Archer, E. James 39 3 1970 Arthur, Charles D. 39 4 1973 Ashton, Charles 39 5 1968 Ballinger, Ronald 39 6 1968 Barnes, Walter 39 7 1957 Bass, Herbert J. 39 8 1977 Baum, Pres. Werner A. 39 9 1968 Berg, Walter 39 10 1959-1960 Billias, George A. 39 11 1970 Bourier, Lee 39 12 1956-1972 Brown, Burton 39 13 1952-1962 Browning, Harold W. 39 14 1974 Bryan, Anthony 39 15 1971 Burke, Fred 39 16 1967-1971 Carr, Lester 39 17 1964 Carson, George 39 18 1969, 1977 Churchill, Irving & Arthur 39 19 1973-1974 Cohen, Joel 39 20 1973 Conley, Patrick 39 21 1969-1972 Cook, Adrian 39 22 1975 Cool, Robert 39 23 1975-1976 Costigliola, Frank 39 24 1958 Covell, William King 39 25 1979 Crandall, Jack 39 26 1968-1970 Croker, Walter-British, Honduras, Belize 39 27 1969 Daniel, Charles 39 28 1963-1975 Death Notices 39 29 1967 Dennis, Lawrence (Chancellor) 39 30 1966 DeWelt, Robert & Lillian 39 30A 1962 DiBiase, Anthony 39 31 1969 Diovio, Dominic 39 32 1960 Doiron, Gerald 39 33 1962 Domike, Arthur 39 34 1973 Donovan, Gerald A. 39 35 1963 Ellis, Ethan 39 36 1959 Eschenbarker, Herman 39 37 1970-1973 Ferrante, William 39 38 1971 Findlay, James 39 39 1959-1960 Freeman, Donald 39 40 1967 Fried, Paul G. (Hope College, Holland, Mich.) 39 41 1962 Freidel, Frank 39 42 undated Fry, Marian 39 43 1967-1977 Gutchen, Robert 40 44 1967 Hacker, Louis 40 45 1960-1961 Haczynski, Leo 40 46 1968 Hammond, Harold E. 40 47 1973 Harbaugh, William 40 48 1963-1972 Harrison, Don 40 49 1970 Hermanson, John 40 50 1960-1961 Hetter, Fred 40 51 1981 Honhart, Michael 40 52 1958-1971 President Horn 40 53 1970 Hutchinson, Victor 40 54 1969 Ince, Joseph W. 40 55 1965 James, F. Don 40 56 1967 Kaiser, Carl 40 57 1975 Kantor, Harvey 40 58 1973 Kauffman, Joseph F. 40 59 1970 Klein, Maury 40 60 1979 Klyberg, Al 40 61 1964 Klein, Milton 40 62 1969 Kurzweil, Sheldon 40 63 1969 Labaree, Benjamin V. 40 64 1957-1958 Langer, Kenneth 40 65 1968-1981 Leach, Douglas 40 66 1971 Leppin, Dean Robert 40 67 1964 Lewalski, Kenneth 40 68 1965 Lewis, Martin D. (Sir George Williams University) 40 69 1969 Lict, Frank 40 70 1961 Look, Arnold 40 71 1956 Lowitt, Richard & Suzanne 40 72 1974 Marks, Barry A.-Dean A & S 40 73 1956 McClure, Thornton N. 40 74 undated McLouglin, William 40 75 1971 Marsh, George T. 40 76 1982 Maslyn, Dave 40 77 1972 Michel, Aloys A. 40 78 1968 Miscellaneous 40 79 1970-1973 Morgan, David 40 80 1967-1969 Murdock, Mary-Elizabeth 40 81 1974-1980 Newman, Frank 40 82 1974 Panaggio, Leonard 40 83 1976-1979 Parkman, Aubrey-Tufts University 40 84 1969 Parks, George 40 85 1972 Patten, David-Mrs. Caroline Patten Jackson 40 86 1977 Pell, Claiborne 40 87 1960-1971 Pelton, Frank 40 88 1965-1971 Pollack, Jerome-Dean 40 89 1961 Poole, Robert K. 40 90 1965 Polter, Edward 40 91 1966 Quinn, John F. 40 92 1976-1979 Quinney, Valerie 41 93 1958-1961 Renzuili, Marx 41 94 1966 Rogers, James 41 95 1967 Rondeau, Edward L. 41 96 1974 Roughton, Richard 41 97 1959 Rudy, Robert 41 98 1967 Russell, Charles H. 41 99 1972 Russell, Thurlo 41 100 undated Sage, Nathaniel M, Jr. 41 101 1973 Schonberger, Howard 41 102 1971 Schultz, Harold 41 103 1973 Senulis, John 41 104 1971 Shay, John E. Jr.-VP for Stud. Affairs 41 105 1966 Smith, Donald 41 106 1962-1977 Smith, Robert 41 107 1975 Snyder, Ronald G. 41 108 1969 Spencer, Robert 41 109 1973 Steeves, Edna 41 110 1962 Stewart, Peter 41 111 1973 Stitley, John 41 112 1959-1960 Stocking, William 41 113 1977 Strom, Sharon 41 113A 1978 Thompson, Roger 41 114 1969 Tate, Dean Barbara 41 115 1948-1979 Thomas, Dan 41 116 1976 Thurston, Gary 41 117 1968-1970 Tilton, Donald 41 118 undated URI Staff 41 119 1969 Van Dusen, Albert 41 120 1964 Wass, Philmore B. 41 121 1960-1963 Webster, Donald 41 122 1970-1971 Weill, Herman 41 123 1968 Weisbord, Robert 41 124 1970 Wellman, Harvey 41 125 1952 White, Gerald T. 41 126 1977 White, Louisa 41 127 1968 Wlley, Alton (VP) 41 128 1962 Williams, Anthony E. 41 129 1960 Williams, T. Harry 41 130 1966 Winslow, Eugene 41 130A 1980 Wisbey, Jr., Herbert A. 41 131 1975 Woods, Frank 41 132 1948-1973 Woodward, President Carl R. 41 133 1955-1964 Wronski, Stanley-WD Metz 41 134 1948-1960 York, Dr. Robert 41 135 1971 Young, Carol-Providence Journal 41 136 1960-1965 Zorn, Roman-Dean