Guide to President's Office (Dale Parnell) Records 1964-1969

Overview of the Collection

	Repository Name:		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/
	Collection Number:		A-033
	Creator:		Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)President's Office
	Title:		President's Office (Dale Parnell) Records
	Dates:		1964-1969 (inclusive)
	Quantity:		1.6 cubic feet 4 document boxes
	Languages:		Collection materials are in English
	Summary:		Dale P. Parnell was the first president of Lane Community College, 1965-1968. This collection includes correspondence and subject files.

Biographical Note

Dale Parnell was educated at Willamette University (B.A., 1951) and at the University of Oregon (M.Ed., 1956, D.Ed., 1964) and served as principal of Springfield High School and superintendent of Lane Intermediate Education District.

He was instrumental in founding Lane Community College and served as its first president from 1965-1968. He was appointed Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1968 by Governor Tom McCall.

In 1974 he became chancellor of San Diego Community College and in 1976 he became president of San Joaquin Delta Community College. He was president of the American Association of Community Colleges from 1981-1991, followed by a year as Oregon's community college commissioner.

He helped establish the Western Center for Community College Development at Oregon State University in 1992 where he taught before retiring in 1997. After retiring, he was a visiting professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa. His many publications include the book The Neglected Majority, published in 1985.

Content Description

The records document the tenure of Dale Parnell, the first president of Lane Community College, 1965-1968. The collection contains administrative correspondence, which is arranged chronologically; and correspondence between Parnell and I.S. Hakanson, Dean of Students. The collection also contains subject files, arranged alphabetically, which include a limited selection of files on administrative topics.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into two series.

Series A. Correspondence, 1965-1968

Series B. Subject Files, 1964-1969

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Records were transferred from the President's Office to the archives in eight accessions between 1978 and 1980.

Processing Note

The collection was transferred by the President's Office to the Archives in eight accessions between 1978 and 1980. The records in these eight accessions were consolidated into one collection when they were processed by Elizabeth Uhlig in 1997 and 2000.

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 (Dale Parnell) Records, 1964-1994 (A-033), Lane Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon

Related Information

Related Materials

Assistant to the President (Bert Dotson) Records, 1960-1975 (A-032) (text/html) . 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 Dale Parnell, president, 1965-1968.

Student Services Office (Hakanson, Carter) Records, 1965-1987 (A-024) (text/html) . The collection includes administrative records from the tenure of Dean of Students I.S. (Bud) Hakanson, 1965-1969, and Dean of Students/ Vice President for Student Services John (Jack) Carter, 1969-1988.

Oral History: Dale Parnell (text/html) . In an oral history interview on September 24, 2003, Dr. Parnell talked about his role in establishing the college, the mission of community colleges, and his career as an advocate of community colleges in Oregon and Washington, D.C.

Lane Community College: The Parnell Years (text/html) . This online exhibit is based on the book by Larry Romine which tells the history of the founding and early years of the college while Dale Parnell was president.

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.

Case, Lewis

Cox, William W.

Hakanson, Irving S. (Bud)

Parnell, Dale P.

Romine, Larry

Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)

Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)--President's Office

Community colleges--Oregon

Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Administration

Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Vocational education

Universities and colleges--Oregon

Vocational education

Detailed Description of the Collection

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

Series A: Correspondence, 1965-1968

This series contains administrative correspondence, which is arranged chronologically, and correspondence between Parnell and I.S. Hakanson, Dean of Students.

Container(s)

Description

Dates

Box/Folder
1/1-13

Chronological File

1966-1968

2/1-2

Correspondence, With I.S. Hakanson

1965-1967

Series B: Subject Files, 1964-1969

The series contains subject files, arranged alphabetically, which include a limited selection of files on administrative topics, such as curriculum, the Educational Coordinating Council, staff handbook revisions, and vocational education.

Container(s)

Description

Dates

Box/Folder
2/3

Advisory Committees, Annual Report

1968

2/4

Agreements

1966-1968

2/5

Apprenticeship Program

1965-1969

2/6

Articulation Committee

1965-1967

2/7

Bids, Instructional equipment, furnishings, color

1968

2/8

Business Services Advisory Committee

1966

2/9

Committee on Enrollment; Enrollment Projections

1968

2/10

Committee on Research and Management Data

1967-1968

2/11

Community College Statistics

1964-1965

2/12

Construction - Change Orders

1967-1968

2/13

Construction - Inspection Report

1967-1968

3/1

Curriculum

1965-1966

3/2

Curriculum - Class Schedules

1966-1967

3/3

Division Council Meeting

1968

3/4

Educational Coordinating Council - Federal Funding

1968-1969

3/5

Educational Coordinating Council - Committee on Financial Aid

1968

3/6

Educational Coordinating Council - Post-High School Education

1967-1968

3/7

Educational Specifications for LCC

1966

3/8

Fact Sheet on LCC, Institutional Research

1968

3/9

Fire Protection

1966-1968

3/10

Florence, Educational Center

1967-1968

3/11

Human Relations Committee/Race Relations Council

1968-1969

3/12

On-the-Job Training

1967-1968

3/13

Presidential Search Screening Committee

1968

4/1

Staff Handbook Revisions, I-III

1967

4/2

Staff Handbook Revisions, IV-VIII

1967

4/3

Study Skills Center

1966-1968

4/4

Technical-Vocational Education in Lane County - Job Cluster Curriculum

1965

4/5-6

Vocational Education in Oregon Advisory Committee

1968

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Series A: Correspondence, 1965-1968

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Series B: Subject Files, 1964-1969

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