Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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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/
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Collection Number:
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M-004
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Creator:
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Blackwell, Samuel (1917-2005)
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Title:
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Sam Blackwell Photographs and
Papers
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Dates:
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1895-2004 (inclusive)
1944-2004 (bulk)
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Quantity:
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28.25 cubic feet
4 records boxes, 43 document boxes, 14
oversize document box, 1 oversize folder
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Languages:
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Collection materials are in
English
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Summary:
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The collection consists of photographs
and slides taken by Sam Blackwell, instructor at Lane Community College. The
photographs were taken of buildings and grounds and classroom activities on the
LCC main campus and other college locations. The collection also includes
photographs of Blackwell’s family, travels in the US and abroad, and his
service in the U.S. Army in France during World War II.
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Biographical Note
Samuel E. Blackwell was born in 1917 in Amarillo, Texas. He received a
B.S. in Business Administration, 1939, from Abilene Christian College and an
M.S. in Public Relations and Advertising from the School of Journalism at
Syracuse University in 1953. He served in the U.S. Army, 1942-1946. Sam
Blackwell died in 2005.
He taught at Lane Community College from 1968 to 2000. He taught
communication skills in the English/Language Arts Department from 1968-1986 and
co-authored a textbook for the course. He taught photography in the Mass
Communications Department from 1968-1971 and in Adult Education (Continuing
Education) from 1972-2000.
He traveled extensively. As an instructor for TraveLearn, a
travel/study program of Continuing Education, he taught photography and led
tours to Alaska, Egypt, and the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.
Blackwell had a professional photography career in the aerospace,
commercial, industrial, advertising, illustrative, and public relations fields.
He has won numerous professional awards for journalism, photography, teaching,
and volunteerism.
Sam Blackwell died in 2005.
Content Description
The Samuel Blackwell Photographs and Papers contain black/white and
color photographs, negatives, contact sheets, and color slides taken on the
campuses of Lane Community College.
TThe Blackwell collection contains photographs and negatives of views
of students in classrooms and participating in activities in a variety of
courses offered by the Adult Education and Continuing Education programs. In
addition to photographs taken on the main campus, the collection includes a
series of photographs taken at other college locations such as the Downtown
Center in Eugene, LCC at Florence, LCC at Cottage Grove, and Community Learning
Centers located in high schools in the county. The collection also includes
photographic prints and slides taken of buildings on the Lane main campus
including images of buildings under construction.
Blackwell led overseas tours as part of a program at LCC called
TraveLearn which combined travel and instruction. He taught photography on the
tours he led to Europe, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Australia and
New Zealand and the collection contains photographs and slides taken on these
travels.
Sam Blackwell was in the medical corps during WWII and served in
France, 1944-1946. He took photographs of soldiers, prisoners-of-war, and
French towns and countryside showing local residents and damage to buildings
from bombing and fighting. The collection includes photographic prints,
negatives, albums, a negative log book, and exhibits.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into eleven series. Many of the photographs
are arranged by photographic roll retaining the roll numbers assigned by Sam
Blackwell; other photographs are arranged alphabetically or topically.
Series A: Autobiography and Writings, 1981-1983
Series B: Photographs, Adult Education and Continuing Education
Classes, LCC Downtown Center, 1989-1998
Series C: Photographs, LCC at Cottage Grove and Florence,
1993-1999
Series D: Photographs, LCC Community Learning Centers, 1994-2001
Series E: Photographs, LCC Main Campus, 1969-1983
Series F: Slides, LCC at Florence, Cottage Grove, Downtown Center, and
Main Campus, 1969-1997
Series G: TraveLearn Slides, 1986-1997
Series H: Slides, Topical, n.d.
Series I: World War II Photographs and Negatives, 1944-1946, 2004
Series J: Miscellaneous Photographs, Negatives, Prints, and Proofs,
1948-2994
Series K: Oversize Photographs, 1895-2004
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Records were donated by Sam Blackwell to the college archives in four
accessions between 2000 and 2002 and by the family in 2008.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access There are no access restrictions. The collection is open for
research.
Restrictions on Use Permission to reprint or publish the photographs and slides must be
obtained from the LCC Archives.
Preferred Citation Sam Blackwell Photographs and Papers, 1895-2004 (M-004), Lane
Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon
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.
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| Blackwell,
Samuel (1917-2005) |
| Lane
Community College (Eugene, Or.) |
| Community
colleges--Oregon |
| Universities and
colleges--Oregon |
| College
students--Oregon--Eugene |
| World war,
1939-1945--France--Mourmelon |
| World war,
1939-1945--France--Normandy |
| World war,
1939-1945--France--Reims |
| World war,
1939-1945--Medical care--France |
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series A:
Autobiography and
Writings
This series contains a brief biography about Sam Blackwell and two
articles he wrote while he was an instructor at LCC.
Container List for Series A,
Autobiography and Writings. (text/html)
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Series B:
Photographs, Adult Education and
Continuing Education Classes, LCC Downtown Center
This series contains photographs and negatives of scenes of
Continuing Education / Adult Education classes taken between 1989 and 1998 at
LCC. The images depict students in classrooms and participating in activities
in a variety of courses offered by these programs.
Container List for Series B,
Photographs, Adult Education and Continuing Education Classes, LCC Downtown
Center. (text/html)
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Series C:
Photographs, LCC at Florence and
Cottage Grove
This series contains negatives and prints of photographs taken at
Open Houses at LCC at Florence and at LCC at Cottage Grove.
Container List for Series C,
Photographs, LCC at Florence and Cottage Grove. (text/html)
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Series D:
Photographs, Community Learning
Centers
The Community Learning Centers were classrooms located in high
schools in Lane County including Oakridge, Elmira, Junction City, McKenzie,
Thurston, Willamette, Churchill. Most of the photos were taken at open houses
and the openings of the CLCs.
Container List for Series D,
Photographs, Community Learning Centers, 1994-2001. (text/html)
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Series E:
Photographs, LCC Main Campus -
Buildings, Constructions, Seasons
This series contains black/white and color prints and negatives
taken of buildings on the Lane main campus including images of buildings under
construction. There are numerous photographs of the construction of the
Performing Arts Building in 1973-1974. There are also several images of the
campus in winter covered with snow, and in spring with trees and flowers in
bloom.
Container List for Series E,
Photographs, LCC Main Campus - Buildings, Constructions, Seasons. (text/html)
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Series F:
Color Slides - LCC at Florence,
Cottage Grove, Downtown Center, and Main Campus
The slides in this collection depict buildings on the main campus
of LCC, the Downtown Center in Eugene, and exterior views of fountains,
sculptures, and the buildings and grounds on the main campus.
Container List for Series F,
Color Slides - LCC at Florence, Cottage Grove, Downtown Center, and Main
Campus (text/html)
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Series G:
Color Slides - TraveLearn
Slides
Blackwell led overseas tours in a program of LCC called TraveLearn
which combined travel and instruction. He taught taught photography on the
tours he led, 1986-1999. He traveled to Europe, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Australia,
New Zealand, Fiji, and the Caribbean and the collection contains photographs
and slides that he took on these travels.
Container List for Series G,
Color Slides - TraveLearn Slides (text/html)
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Series H:
Color Slides - Alphabetical by
Subject
This series contains color slides arranged alphabetically by
subject. The slides are of outdoor views, flowers and trees, animals,
buildings, mountains and countryside, and images taken in Oregon cities.
Container List for Series H,
Color Slides - Alphabetical by Subject. (text/html)
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Series I:
World War II Photographs and
Negatives
Sam Blackwell was in the medical corps during WWII and served in
France, 1944-1946. He took photographs of soldiers, prisoners-of-war, and
French towns and countryside showing local residents and damage to buildings
from bombing and fighting. The collection includes photographic prints,
negatives, albums, a photograph log book, and exhibits.
Container List for Series I,
World War II Photographs and Negatives. (text/html)
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Series J:
Miscellaneous Photographs,
Negatives, Prints, and Proof Sheets
This series contains photograph prints and negatives depicting a
variety of scenes and activities including travels in the U.S., Europe, some on
TraveLearn tours; family and family trips; work in New Mexico and Oregon; and
various photos taken in Oregon and elsewhere in the West. The photographs are
arranged in a number of ways – by format, numerically, and alphabetically.
Container List for Series J,
Miscellaneous Photographs, Negatives, Prints, and Proof Sheets (text/html)
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Series K:
Oversized Photographs
The over-sized photographs are mostly black/white, and are both
mounted and unmounted, 14 x 11”. The images depicted include a study of hands
and scenic views in the U.S. and Europe. There are nine views of the city of
Eugene dating from 1895 to 1959. These images are reproductions of historical
photographs; the original photographer is unknown. The photographs are mounted
and measure 16” x 20”. This series also includes photographs and newspaper
articles (1985, 1995) featuring Blackwell and his photographs taken in Europe
during WWII as well as of military cemeteries in France, Gettysburg, and France
taken in 2001-2004.
Container List for Series K,
Oversized Photographs (text/html)
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