This collection comprises correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other documents related to the duties of the office of the VPI Dean of the College during C. P. Miles' tenure from 1942 to 1950.

The collections is divided in two series, Series I: Student Records and Series II: Administrative Records. The first series contains records pertaining to student deferments, discipline, resignations from the university, and other matters pertaining to students' attendance and conduct at the university. These records are RESTRICTED for 75 years from date of creation in accordance with FERPA. Series II consists of administrative records, including correspondence, reports, financial information, academic programs, and committee records, among other topics.

Subjects include Academic Board (1948-1949); Annual Report to State Board of Education (1946-1948; Donaldson Brown Scholarship Fund (1943-1944); Cincinnati Medal Committee (1945-1946); Class Cut System (1947-1949); Class Rings (1944-1946); Deferred Examinations (1942-50); Entrance Requirements (1944-1945); Financial Aid Committee (1944-1946); Foreign Students (1942-1949); Freshman Engineering Program; (Proposed) Graduate Program; Ground School and Primary Flight Courses (1944-1945); Hazing (1942-1943); Inauguration of Walter Newman (April 1949); Loan Fund (applications and correspondence, 1942-1946); Memorial Service (for WWII Techmen, 12 May 1946); Navy Program (1943-1949); Pepsi Cola Scholarships (1948-1949); Powell Chapman Scholarship; Questionaires; Resignations (Students, 1942-1949); Scholarship Committee (1943-1944, 1948-1949); Selective Service (1942-1943, 1947-1948); Student Activities; Tuition Privileges (1942-1943); Veterans Affairs Conference (9 May 1945); and Westinghouse Achievement Scholarships.