Guide to Eugene Vocational School / Eugene Technical Vocational School Records
1938-1965

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  Overview of the Collection
   
  Historical Note
   
  Content Description
   
Use of the Collection
   
Administrative Information
   
Detailed Description of the Collection

 

History

 

Publications

 

Advisory Committee Records

 

Subject Files

 

Photographs

 

Scrapbooks

 

Negatives and Contact Sheets

  Subjects

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)Institutional Advancement
Title: Eugene Vocational School / Eugene Technical Vocational School Records
Dates: 1938-1965 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 4.0 cubic feet (8 document boxes)
Collection Number: A-031
Summary: Eugene Vocational School (1938-1959) and Eugene Technical-Vocational School (1959-1965) were the predecessors of Lane Community College. The records include historical narratives, reports, publications, curriculum records, advisory committee records, school catalogs, and photographs.
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.

Historical Note

Eugene Vocational School (EVS), 1938-1959, and Eugene Technical-Vocational School (ETVS), 1959-1965 are the predecessors of Lane Community College.

In response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression, Eugene Vocational School was established in 1938 to provide manual education and training to high school students and unemployed adults. It was a cooperative venture between Eugene School District #4 and the State Department for Vocational Education. The new vocational school held its first classes on February 1, 1938, in the original Geary School at Fourth and Madison in Eugene.

Lillian Van Loan was hired as the first full-time teacher and became the school's first director. In March 1938, over 300 students showed up for the first night-time classes. By fall 1938, 22 full and part-time teachers were on the staff of EVS.

Eugene Vocational School responded to the need for skilled workers during World War II and then made a successful transition to peacetime after 1945. In 1947, the radio station KRVM signed on as the first educational FM station in the northwest. In the 1950s the Licensed Practical Nursing Program, the Electrical Engineering Technician Program, and community-oriented adult education classes were added to the curriculum.

In 1958, the name of the school was changed to Eugene Technical-Vocational School, reflecting the addition of more technologically oriented courses. In 1960, new facilities at 200 North Monroe replaced the old Geary School building.

Local educational leaders recognized the need to expand ETVS into a regional institution that would better serve the diverse needs of the wider community. Following the October 1964 election, Lane Community College was founded and ETVS was folded into the new community college which opened for classes in 1965.

Directors: Lillian Van Loan, 1938-1944; Dale Perry, 1944-1945; LeRoy Erdmann, 1945-1949; W.W. (Bill) Cox, 1949-1964.

Content Description

The Eugene Vocational School / Eugene Technical-Vocational School Records are an incomplete collection of records about the two schools which were the predecessors to Lane Community College.

School catalogues and class schedules exist only from 1961-1964. There is a fairly complete selection of minutes for the EVS and ETVS Advisory Committee, 1951-1964; however, the advisory committees for various vocational programs are incomplete. The Subject Files contain records of KRVM, the educational television station, 1961-1963; and records of the accidental death of Aircraft Mechanics student Bobby Davis in 1954.

The photographs are mainly of the construction of an addition to the school in 1959 and the Aviation Mechanics program. Also included are photographs used to illustrate "Fourth and Madison: A History of the Eugene Vocational School, 1938-1965," a history of the school by David Butler.

In addition to "Fourth and Madison," there are several other manuscripts about the history of EVS and the radio station, KRVM, and plans and studies examining the establishment of a vocational school in 1939.

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 :  

Eugene Vocational School / Eugene Technical Vocational School Records, 1938-1965 (A-031), Lane Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

The collection is divided into six series.

A. History, 1938-1954

B. Publications, 1961-1965

C. Advisory Committee Records, 1951-1964

D. Subject Files, 1938-1965

E. Photographs, circa 1940-1950

F. Scrapbooks, 1943-1958

G. Negatives and Contact Sheets, 1954-1962

Acquisition Information :  

Records were transferred to the college archives in one accession in 1992.

Detailed Description of the Collection

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

Series A:   History, 1938-1965

This series contains records that document the history of the Eugene Technical-Vocational School, including plans and studies for its establishment.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box-Folder
1/1 History of Eugene Vocational School 1938-1960
1/2 History of Radio Station KRVM 1953
1/3 History and Budget, miscellaneous n.d.
1/4 Plan for the Eugene Vocational School 1938
1/5 Study of the Eugene, Oregon Area to Determine the Advisability of Establishing a Vocational 1939
1/6 "Fourth and Madison: A History of the Eugene Vocational School, 1938-1965" by David Butler 1976

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Series B:  Publications, 1961-1965

This series contains catalogs and class schedules for the Eugene Technical-Vocational School.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box-Folder
1/7-9 ETVS - Catalog - Occupational Preparatory Curriculums 1962
1/10-11 ETVS - Catalog - Draft 1962-1963
1/12 ETVS - Catalog 1962-1963
1/13 ETVS - Catalog 1963-1964
1/14 ETVS - Catalog 1964-1965
1/15 ETVS - Class Schedule 1961-1962
2/1-3 ETVS - Class Schedule 1962-1963
2/4-5 ETVS - Class Schedule/Instructors' Schedules 1963-1964

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Series C:  Advisory Committee Records, 1951-1964

This series contains the correspondence, agendas and minutes of the EVS and ETVS advisory committees and the advisory committees for various programs.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box-Folder
2/6 EVS - Advisory Committee, Agendas and Minutes 1951-1955
2/7 EVS - Advisory Committee, Agendas and Minutes 1956-1958
2/8 ETVS - Advisory Committee, Agendas and Minutes 1959-1962
2/9 ETVS - Advisory Committee, Agendas and Minutes 1963
2/10 ETVS - Advisory Committee, Agendas and Minutes 1964
3/1 Automotive/Mechanics Advisory Committee 1958-1963
3/2 Carpentry and Cabinet Making Advisory Committee 1963
3/3 Dental Assistant Advisory Committee 1963-1964
3/4 Electronic Technician Advisory Committee 1959-1960
3/5 Forestry Aid Advisory Committee 1963-1964
3/6 Industrial Electronics Advisory Committee 1961
3/7 Practical Nurses Advisory Committee 1957-1960
3/8 Practical Nurses Advisory Committee 1957-1961
3/9 Radio Trade Advisory Committee 1955
3/10 Supervisory Training Advisory Committee 1960-1962
3/11 Tire Vulcanizers and Retreaders Program 1957

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Series D:  Subject Files, 1938-1965

This series contains files for KRVM, the educational television station, placement reports, and the student handbook.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box-Folder
3/12 Airframe and Powerplant Department - Bobby Davis Accident 1954
3/13 Associated Students, Minutes 1962-1965
3/14 Commencement, Nursing Capping Ceremony 1961-1965
3/15 KRVM, Educational Television, Correspondence and Minutes 1961-1962
3/16 KRVM, Educational Television, Budget 1962-1963
3/17 KRVM 1961-1963
3/18 KRVM, Permit Application 1961
3/19 Placement Reports, A-B 1948-1958
3/20 Placement Reports, C-P 1948-1958
4/1 Placement Reports, R 1948-1958
4/2 Placement Reports, R-W 1948-1958
4/3 Placement Reports 1959-1965
4/4 Programs and Brochures 1939-1940
4/5 Departmental Annual Reports 1962
4/6 Student Handbook circa 1938-1939

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Series E:  Photographs, circa 1940-1950

This series contains photographs depicting the Aviation Mechanics department, photographs used in the publication, "Fourth and Madison," and staff photos.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box-Folder
4/7 Aviation Mechanics – Aircraft circa 1940-1950
4/8 Aviation Mechanics – Class Portraits circa 1940-1950
4/9-12 Aviation Mechanics – Shop circa 1940-1950
4/13 Aviation Mechanics – Miscellaneous Negatives circa 1940-1950
4/14 Construction 1959
4/15 ETVS - "Fourth and Madison" n.d.
4/16 ETVS - Staff 1940s

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Series F:  Scrapbooks, 1943-1958

This series contains two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
5/1-2 EVS - Scrapbooks of News Clippings 1943-1958

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Series G:  Negatives and Contact Sheets, 1954-1962

This series contains negatives and contact sheets depicting classes and activities of the EVS and ETVS.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
6 Contact Sheets 1954-1962
7 Negatives 1954-1962
EVS, General
ETVS, New Building
EVS, Administration, Family, Faculty
EVS, Catalog, Promotion, Registration
EVS, Graduation
EVS, Creative Design
EVS, Dressmaking
EVS, Domestic Science
EVS, Electronics
EVS, Miscellaneous, Programs, Classes
8 Negatives 1954-1962
EVS, Photography
EVS, Radio Operations
EVS, Radio Services
EVS, Welding
EVS, Woodworking
EVS, Misfilecellaneous

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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 :
  • Davis, Bobby
  • Corporate Names :
  • Eugene Technical Vocational Schoool (Eugene, Or.)
  • Eugene Vocational School (Eugene, Or.)
  • Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)
  • Subject Terms :
  • Community colleges--Oregon
  • Technical education--Oregon
  • Universities and colleges--Oregon
  • Vocational education--Oregon

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      Finding aid prepared by Michael Ridderbush in 1992 and Elizabeth Uhlig in 2000, 2009.
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