After graduation he taught vocational education agriculture and coached athletics in several secondary schools of Kentucky until 1943 when he began work for the U. S. Department of Agriculture. From 1946 to 1950 he served as principal of Pleasureville High School in Henry County, Kentucky. In 1950 he assumed position of Director of Pupil Transportation for the Kentucky Department of Education. He held that position until 1960 when he caine to Eastern Kentucky University.

From 1960 to 1977 Vickers held several significant administrative positions at Eastern. At various times he served as Executive Assistant to President Robert R. Martin, Director of College - Community Relations, and Director of Placement from 1968 until his retirement in 1977. Vickers assisted in organizing numerous campus events and workshops during his tenue at Eastern and on many occasions served as Eastern's official representative to state and national educational events.
Vickers is active in professional educational organizations. He holds life membership in the Kentucky Education Association and the National Education Association. He was a member of the Kentucky Association of School Administrators. In retirement he has assisted in the continued development of the Madison County Retired Teachers Association. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Richmond and the Richmond Rotary Club. Vickers is married to the former Lois Robinson of Lexington, Kentucky and they have three sons and one daughter.
 

Inventory:
Box 1

Folder 1  Folder 2  Folder 3  Folder 4  Fodler 5  Folder 6  Folder 7  Folder 8  Folder 9  Folder 10  Folder 11  Folder 12  Folder 13  Folder 14  Folder 15  Folder 16   Folder 17  Folder 18  Folder 19  Folder 20  Folder 21  Folder 22

A.A.S.A  Accounting Workshop  A.C.P.R.A  Administrative Council  Admission Correspondence  Admissions Committee  Adult Education Program  AFL-CIO  Aging Conference   Agricultural Education  American National Red Cross  Appalachia- Educational Laboratory  Athletes Correspondence  Awards  Balfour  Balfour  Band Day  Baptist Convention  Baptist Student Union  Basketball Teams Attending Games   Basketball Tip-Off Dinner  Beta Club

1967  1970  1967  1963  1963-1966  1963-1968  1965-1966  1967  1974  1962-1968  1969  1967  1967-1970  1967  1948-1964  1965-1967  1964-1969  1967-1968  1963-1968  1965-1969  1962  1965-1966

Box 2

Folder 1  Folder 2  Folder 3  Folder 4  Folder 5  Folder 6  Folder 7  Folder 8  Folder 9  Folder 10  Folder 11  Folder 12  Folder 13  Folder 14  Folder 15

Bicycle Committee  Bledsoe, Mallie, Clay County  Boggs, Kendall, Letcher County  Book ExhibitorsBook Exhibitors  Bookmen's Exhibit  Boy Scouts  Boy's State  Daniel Boone Statue  Building Plans  Buildings and Grounds, Department of  Buildings on Campus  Burns, Fred Taylor - Daviess County  Business Affairs  By-Pass Road  Campus Bulletins

1972-1973  1967  1967  1963-1971  1971-1975  1967-1974  1968-1971  1967  1959-1960  1964-1968  1967  1969  1968  1964  1966-1968

Box 3

Folder 1  Folder 2  Folder 3  Folder 4  Folder 5  Folder 6  Folder 7  Folder 8  Folder 9  Folder 10  Folder 11  Folder 12  Folder 13  Folder 14

Cancer Drive  Career Education Conference  Cawood, James A., Harlan County  Central KY Personnel and Guidance Ass.  Kentucky Chamber of Commerce  Cheerleaders Workshop  Cheerleading, International, Drill Team  Cheerleading Clinic  Cheerleading Workshop  Cheerleading and Drill Team Workshops  Cheerleading Workshop Requests  Cheerleading Workshop Requests  Christian Churches  First Christian Church Assembly

1967-1974  1973  1967  1967-71  1967  1967-1971  1972  1972-1973  1974  1975  1973-1974  1976-1977  1963

Box 4

Folder 1  Folder 2  Folder 3  Folder 4  Folder 5  Folder 6  Folder 7  Folder 8  Folder 9  Folder 10  Folder 11  Folder 12  Folder 13  Folder 14  Folder 15  Folder 16

Civil Defense Program  CKEA  CKEA  CKEA  CKEA  CKEA   CKEA   CKEA   CKEA   CKEA News-o-rama  CKRTA   Civil War Centennial Pageant  Clark, Charles - Floyd County  Clark, Rodney - Powell County  College Enrollments, Kentucky  College Enrollments, Kentucky

1969  1962  1963  1964  1965  1966  1967-1969  1972  1973  1965-1969  1974  1962  1969  1967-1971  1953-1961  1962-1976

Box 5

Folder 1  Folder 2  Folder 3  Folder 4  Folder 5  Folder 6  Folder 7  Folder 8  Folder 9  Folder10  Folder 11  Folder 12  Folder 13  Folder 14  Folder 15  Fodler 16  Fodler 17  Folder 18  Folder 19  Folder 20  Folder 21  Folder 22  Folder 23

College Night Programs  Conference on Children - Dept for Human Resources  Congressional Action Bulletins  Combs, Beckham - Knott County  Conkwright, W. G. - Clark County  Constitution, Revision of  Convention of Christian Churches  Correspondence with President Martin  Correspondence with President Martin   Correspondence with Congressman Perkins  Counties - Kentucky, Served by Eastern  Coy and Coy Attorneys  Davis, William,. Irvine Independent Schools  Delta Omicron Convention  Disaster Committee  Drill Team and Cheerleading Clinic  Eastern Graduates  E. Club  E. Club  Education, Funds for  Educational Research Training Program  Educational Television  EKEA

1967-1973  1974  1963-1965  1967  1967  1966  1974  1966-1969  1970-1976  1968-1971  1967-1968  1967  1968  1969  1975-1976  1968-1975  1948-1968  1969-1971  1962-1968  1966  1966  1962-1971

Box 6

Folder 1  Folder 2  Folder 3  Folder 4  Folder 5  Folder 6  Folder 7  Folder 8  Folder 9  Folder 10  Folder 11  Folder 12  Folder13  Folder 14  Folder 15  Folder 16  Folder 17

Elections   Employment  Requests at EKU  Equal Employment Opportunity-Dept of Personnel  Enrollment Report  Evangelism Workshop  Eversok, Roy, Hazard  Federal Summer Intern Program  Financial Assistance Correspondence  Financial Assistance Correspondence  Founders Day Programs  Frank (Jack) Insurance Agency  Franklin County Club  Future Homemakers of America  Future Homemakers of America Convention  Future Teachers of America Conference  Gabbard, Dr. Tom - Newport City Schools  General Correspondence

1967-1968  1965-1975  1974  1976  1967  1967  1974  1966-1967  1968-1970  1962-1966  1964-1968  1964-1965  1962-1973  1973  1974  1971  1963-1965

Box 7

Folder 1  Folder 2  Folder 3  Folder 4  Folder 5  Folder 6  Folder 7  Folder 8  Folder 9  Folder 10  Folder 11  Folder 12  Folder 13  Folder 14  Folder 15  Folder 16  Folder 17  Folder 18  Folder 19  Folder 20  Folder 21  Folder 22  Folder 23  Folder 24  Folder 25  Folder 26  Folder 27  Folder 28  Folder 29

General Correspondence  General Correspondence  Graduate Council  Graham, Billy - Crusade   Gun made from the Sycamore Tree  Hand Bell Ringers Seminar  Higher Education, Public  Highway Bond Issue  Home Economics Teachers Conference  Homecoming  Homecoming   Homecoming   Homecoming   Homecoming   Homemakers School  Honorary Degrees - Criteria for Selection  Honor's Day  House, Douglas - Madison County  In-Service Teacher Education  Information Requested on Eastern KY State College  Information Requested on Eastern KY State College  Interfraternity Council  International Graphic Arts Conference  International Students Enrolled at Eastern  Inter-office Communications  Inter-office Communications  Jaycees Fall Board Meeting, Kentucky  Jaycees Convention - State  Jefferson County Teachers Meeting

1966-1967  1967-1968  1964  1967  1977  1966-1967  1965  1977  1962  1963  1964  1965  1967-1969  1975  1966  1963-1964  1967  1967-1972  1963-1964  1965  1967  1972-1974  1964-1974  1963-1964  1965-1966  1973  1974  1972

 
Box 8

Folder 1  Folder 2  Folder 3  Fodler 4  Folder 5  Folder 6  Folder 7  Folder 8  Folder 9  Folder 10  Folder 11  Folder 12  Folder 13  Folder 14  Folder 15  Folder 16  Folder 17  Folder 18  Folder 19  Folder 20  Folder 21  Folder 22  Fodler 23  Fodler 24  Fodler 25  Folder 26  Fodler 27  Folder 28  Folder 29

Jehovah's Witnesses  Job Fair, Allied Health  Johnson, Otis - Jackson County  Johnson, Thomas, Lynch  Jones, E.G. - Montgomery County  Junior Achievement Program  K.E.A.  K.E.A.  K.E.A.  K.E.A. Drive-in Conference  K.E.A. - F.E.S.S. Seminar  K.E.A. Leadership Conference  KY Assoc. on Childreri under Six Conference  KY Association of Colleges, Secondary and  Elementary Schools  Kentucky Association of School Administrators  Kentucky Association School Business Offices  Kentucky Beekeepers Association  Kentucky Colonel Commissions  Kentucky Congress of Parents and Teachers  Kentucky Congress of Parents and Teachers  Kentucky Council for Churches  Kentucky Development Campaign  Kentucky Employee Bargaining Bill  Kentucky General Information  KY Hairdressers Seminar - Eastern KY State   College  Kentucky LP Gas Service School  KSEA   Kentucky School of Alcohol Study  Kentucky School Boards Association

1963-1966  1974  1967  1967  1967  1972  1963 - 1967  1968-1973  1973-1976  1963-1964  1964  1962  1974  1964-1965  1971  1968  1972-1977  1962-1963  1962  1970-1976  1963  1973  1958-1962  1964-1965  1963-1970   1964-1971  1974  1965-1976

Box 9

Folder 1  Folder 2  Folder 3  Folder 4  Folder 5  Folder 6  Folder 7  Folder 8  Folder 9  Folder 10  Folder 11  Folder 12  Folder 13  Folder 14  Folder 15  Folder 16  Folder 17  Folder 18  Folder 19  Folder 20  Folder 21  Folder 22  Fodler 23  Folder 24  Folder 25  Folder 26  Folder 27  Folder 28  Folder 29  Folder 30  Folder 31  Folder 32  Folder 33  Folder 34  Folder 35  Folder 36  Folder 37  Folder 38  Folder 39

Kentucky Society for Crippled Children  Kentucky State Tennis Association  Kentucky Teachers Retirement System  Kentucky Welfare Association  Kentucky Young Historians Convention  Kentucky Youth Research Center  King, Martin Luther, Jr. - Memorial Service  Knarr, Orloff Lee - Jackson Independent Schools  Laws of Kentucky  Lewis, Hayes - Leslie County  Library  Madison Bar Association  Martin, Robert R. - Tribute Dinner  Meetings Held on Campus  Miller, Douglas-Estill County  Miller, Jack - Mt. Sterling  Miracle, Neurelle - Rockcastle County  Miscellaneous Letters  Moore Building Dedication  Music, Department of  N.C.A.A.  NCATE and Southern Education Association  NDSL   NEA   NEA Convention  NEA Division of Transportation  National Hairdressers and Cosmotologists   Association, Inc  National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test  Nationals   Nationals   Navy Officers Program   Negro Meeting  Nicolas, Edgar C. (Rotary Scholarship Student)  Nomination to Enroll at Eastern  Non-Academic Counseling Retention Committee  Nursing Program  Parades  Parents Day Program  Patterson, Lloyd, Richmond Independent Schools

1969  1965-1969  1967-1970  1963  1975-1976  1976  1969  1968  1967  1968  1977  1976  1962-1974  1967  1967  1967  1969-1971  1968  1968-1970  1967  1965  1967  1965-1966  1964  1962-1963  1965-1969  1963  1975  1976  1963-1969  1963  1974  1962  1977  1965-1969  1966  1974  1967

Box 10

Folder 1  Folder 2  Folder 3  Folder 4  Folder 5  Folder 6  Folder 7  Folder 8  Folder 9  Folder 10

Personal Papers  Personal Papers  Personal Papers  Personal Papers  Personal Papers  Personal Papers  Personal Papers  Phi Gamma Delta Leadership Conference  Philosophy Conference  Placement

1963-1964  1965  1966-1967  1967-1968  1969-1970  1971-1973  1974-1976  August 1973  May 1973  1968-1969

Box 11

Folder 1  Folder 2  Folder 3  Folder 4  Folder 5  Folder 6  Folder 7  Folder 8  Folder 9

Placement   Placement   Placement   Placement   Plates (for Machine in Public Affairs)  Practical Arts Education Conference  Presidential Scholarship Applications  Presidential Scholarships - Correspondence  Presidential Scholarships - Correspondence

1970-1971  1972  1973  1974-1975  1977  1975-1976  1973-1975  1976

Box 12

Folder 1  Folder 2  Folder 3  Folder 4  Folder 5  Folder 6  Folder 7  Folder 8  Folder 9  Folder 10  Folder 11  Folder 12  Folder 13  Fodler 14  Folder 15  Fodler 16  Folder 17  Fodler 18  Fodler 19  Folder 20  Folder 21  Folder 22  Folder 23  Folder 24  Folder 25  Folder 26  Folder 27

Presidential Scholarship Recipients  Progress Day at Eastern  Progress and Appreciation Day  Proposed Student Center  Public Relations for Colleges  Rejected Presidential Scholarships  Rejected Presidential Scholarships  Retentions Committee - Financial Aid  Rose, Frank - Wolfe County  ROTC Advanced Camp  School District Visitations  Scott, Mamie W  Self-Study Reports  Senior Day, High School  Singleton, Litten - Berea  Sparks, Chester L. - Jenkins  Special Programs Conference (Voc. Ed.)  Sports Clinic, Division of Women and Girls  Sports Day, E-Club  State Reading Conference  Stewart, Sedley - Lee County  Strong, Guy, Night  Student Aid Society  Student Aid Society  Student Discipline Society - Self Study  Student Financial Aid - Correspondence  Student Recruitment Suggestions

1973-1976  1963  1971  1965-1966  1963-1974  1969  1974-1976  1977  1967  1965  1967-1975  1968  1974  1938-40,1961-64  1967  1967  1977  1965  1972  1973  1967  1968  1966-1970  1977  1974-1976  1961-1963

Box13

Folder 1  Folder 2  Folder 3  Folder 4  Folder 5  Folder 6  Folder 7  Folder 8  Folder 9  Folder 10  Folder 11  Folder 12  Folder 13  Folder 14  Folder 15  Folder 16  Folder 17  Folder 18  Folder 19  Folder 20  Folder 21  Folder 22  Folder 23  Folder 24  Fodler 25

Student Roster  Summer Events  Superintendent's Day  Teacher Education  Teacher Education  Teague, Roy G. - Harlan Independent School  Tennis Tournament, Kentucky State Junior  Title I - Reading Teachers and Librarians  Title III Conference, State ESEA  Turner, Mrs. Marie - Breathitt County  Turner, Pleas - Owsley County  University Purchases  Upward Bound  Visitations   Vocational Education Conference  Vocational Education, Kentucky Department  Whitehead, Dr. David - Paducah Independent  Whooten, Dennis - Perry County  Who's Who Among Students  Wilderness Road Girl Scout Council  Y.M.C.A. - Sportsmanship Clinic  Y.M.C.A. - Sportsmanship Clinic  Youth Conference  Youth Opportunity Campaign  Youth Symposium, KY Department of Education

1967-1968  1967-1976  1962-1968  1960-1961  1962-1965  1967  1972-1973  1974  1972-1973  1967  1967  1967  1966-1967  1967-1974  1973  1973-1974  1969  1967  1967  1975-1976  1963  1962  1967-1968  1966  1973

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