Guide to President's Office (Robert E. Hamill) Records
1968-1970

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Overview of the Collection

Creator: Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)President's Office
Title: President's Office (Robert E. Hamill) Records
Dates: 1968-1970 ( inclusive )
Quantity: .4 cubic feet (1 document box)
Collection Number: A-034
Summary: Robert E. Hamill was interim president of Lane Community College, 1968-1969. This collection includes correspondence and subject files.
Repository: Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)
Archives

4000 East 30th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97405
Phone: 541-463-5466
Fax: 541-463-3996
E-mail: archives@lanecc.edu
Web: http://www.lanecc.edu/archives/

Languages: Collection materials are in English 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Robert E. Hamill served as interim president of Lane Community College from 1968 to 1969.

Robert Hamill was born in 1926 in Merced, California. He was educated at the University of Redlands in California (B.A., 1948) and at the University of Oregon (M.S., 1956; D.Ed., Educational Administration, 1967). He taught in the Eugene public schools and served an administrative internship at Lane Community College before being named interim president in 1968.

He served as vice-president of Highline Community College, Midway, Washington, 1969-1972, and as president of Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, Washington, 1972-1977. He was associate superintendent for community colleges in the Oregon Department of Education, 1977-1986. He died in 1989 following a long illness.

Content Description

The records document the tenure of Robert Hamill, interim president of Lane Community College, 1968-1969. This collection contains only a small part of the records from Hamill's administration. The collection contains administrative correspondence, arranged chronologically, and subject files, arranged alphabetically, which include a limited selection of files on administrative topics.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

There are no access restrictions. The collection is open for research.

Restrictions on Use :  

There are no use restrictions.

Preferred Citation :  

President's Office (Robert E. Hamill) Records, 1968-1970 (A-034), Lane Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

The collection is contained in one series.

Series A. Correspondence and Subject Files, 1968-1970

Acquisition Information :  

Records were transferred from the President's Office to the college archives in seven accessions between 1978 and 1987.

Processing Note :  

The collection was transferred from the President's Office to the Archives in seven accessions between 1978 and 1987. The records in these accessions were consolidated into one collection when they were processed Elizabeth Uhlig in 1997 and 2000.

Related Materials :  

Assistant to the President (Bert Dotson) Records, 1960-1975 (A-032). This collection documents the founding and early years of the college. The records include correspondence and other administrative records from the office of Bert Dotson, assistant to the president, 1965-1982, as well as records from the office of Robert E. Hamill, interim president, 1968-1969.


Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series A:   Correspondence and Subject Files, 1968-1970

The series contains administrative correspondence, arranged chronologically. This subject files, arranged alphabetically, include records pertaining to the Gonyea Property, Manpower Development and Training Program, and President's Cabinet Meetings.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box/Folder
1/1 Correspondence 1968-1969
1/2 Guests on Campus 1969
1/3 Land - Gonyea Property, NCC 1969
1/4 Manpower Development and Training Program (MDTA) 1968-1969
1/5 Oregon Board of Education 1968-1970
1/6-7 President's Cabinet Meetings 1968-1969
1/8 Release of Student Information, Reorganiation, Student Unrest 1968-1969
1/9 Telephone System 1968-1969

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Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

  • Personal Names :
  • Gonyea, Wilford H.
  • Hamill, Robert E.
  • Parnell, Dale
  • Pickering, Robert L.
  • Corporate Names :
  • Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)
  • Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)-- President's Office
  • Subject Terms :
  • Community colleges--Oregon
  • Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)-- Administration
  • Universities and colleges--Oregon

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