Meeting File: Symposium on Flight: “The Press/Public Reaction to the Wright Brothers,” Wright State University (MVAR members were invited to this in lieu of a separate meeting), 1996 Jan 19

The Miami Valley Archives Roundtable Records consist primarily of information concerning the group’s meetings, administration, and members’ activities. The collection contains mostly documents pertaining to the individual meetings of the group and the chairs’ files of correspondence, announcements, and notes.

Series I, Administrative, includes founding documents, newsletters, chair election materials, surveys, student chapter information, and documents concerning MVAR representation in other organizations. Some materials in this series are available in electronic format. Materials in this series are arranged by subject and date from 1991 to 2017.

Series II, Meeting Files, contains information about each MVAR meeting, including the meeting announcements, agendas, and sign-in sheets. These files also sometimes contain supplementary materials, such as handwritten notes (assumed to be by the chair unless otherwise noted), hand-outs, or photographs. The availability of photographs for a particular meeting is indicated at the file level. Some materials in this series (including most of the photographs) are available in electronic format. Materials in this series are arranged chronologically and date from 1991 to 2017. This is the largest series in the collection.

Series III, Chairs’ Files, includes correspondence and announcements sent and received by the MVAR Chair. Few materials in this series are available in electronic format. Materials in this series are arranged by individual Chair, then chronologically, and date from 1991 to 2017.

Series IV, Membership, primarily consists of membership lists for the organization, as well as a small amount of brochures from the members’ various organizations. Some materials in this series are available in electronic format. Materials in this series are arranged by type, then chronologically, and date from 1992 to 2015.

Series V: Reference Materials, consists of information about professional archival organizations and trainings, shared as handouts to members of the organization. Materials in this series are arranged by subject and date from 1992 to 1994.