Assistant to the President (Bert Dotson) Records

Assistant to the President (Bert Dotson) Records, 1960-1975

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)President's Office
Title: Assistant to the President (Bert Dotson) Records
Dates: 1960-1975 (inclusive)
19781991
Quantity: 12 cubic feet, (30 document boxes)
Collection Number: A-032
Summary: The Assistant to the President (Bert Dotson) Records document 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.
Repository: Lane Community College Archives
4000 East 30th Avenue
Eugene, OR
97405
Telephone: 5414635466
archives@lanecc.edu
Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions. The collection is open for research.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of records from the office of Bert Dotson, Assistant to the President (1964-1971) and from the office of Lane president, Dale Parnell (1965-1968). These records are the core group of records documenting the founding and early years of the college.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

There are no use restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Assistant to the President (Bert Dotson) Records, 1960-1975 (A-032), Lane Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is divided into 14 series.

A. Campus Planning and Construction Records, 1964-1970

B. Curriculum Records, 1965-1972

C. Election Records, 1964-1971

D. External Organizations Records, 1966-1971

E. Financial Records, 1966-1971

F. Grants and Contracts, 1964-1972

G. Internal Departments, Programs and Committee Records, 1965-1971

H. Institutional Organizational Records, 1964-1971

I. Legal Counsel Records, 1995-1971

J. Personnel Services Records, 1965-1971

K. President's Office Records, 1965-1970

L. Reports and Statistics, 1960-1971

M. Subject Files, 1965-1972

N. Subject and Other Administrative Records, 1960-1972

Acquisition Information

Records were transferred from the President's Office to the college archives in three accessions between 1992 and 1995.

Processing Note

The collection was transferred by the President's Office to the Archives in three accessions between 1992 and 1995. The records in these accessions were consolidated into one collection when they were processed by in 1999 and 2006.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

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

Series A: Campus Planning & Construction Records, 1964-1970Return to Top

This series contains correspondence and reports that were created and received by Institutional Advancement.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
1/1	Architect Selection	1965-1969
1/2	Architect Selection Phase II	1969-1969
1/3	California Colleges Tour	1966
1/4	California Colleges Tour, photos AND brochures	1966
1/5	Campus Model	1966
1/6-7	Miscellaneous	1964-1970
1/8	Comprehensive Plan Phase I	1965-1966
1/9	Comprehensive Plan Phase II	1966
1/10	Campus Charter Presentation	1965
2/1	Campus Dedication, Ground Breaking Ceremony	1966-1967
2/2	Campus Dedication, East 30th Campus Opening	1969
2/3	Drawings, Aerial View
2/4	Drawings, Campus Scenes
2/5	Educational Specifications	1966
2/6-7	Facilities Planning
2/8	Facilities Planning Report, Phase I	1969
2/9-10	Floor Plans	1965-1968
3/1-4	Funding	1965-1970
3/5-8	General Construction	1965-1968
4/1-4	General Construction	1968-1970
4/5	Interior Furnishings
4/6	Landscaping	1967-1970
4/7	Learning Resource Center	1966-1969
4/8	Mechanics Division	1966
4/9	Oregon Community Colleges, Policies and Procedures	1966
4/10-11	Project Plan	1969-1975
4/12	Proposal - Balzhiser, Seder and Rhodes	1964-1966
5/1	Proposal - Lutes and Amundson	1964
5/2	Proposal - Lloyd Bond & Associates 1964
5/3	Proposal - Morin and Longwood	1964
5/4	Proposal - Stearns, Mention & Morris	1964
5/5	Site Selection	1965
5/6	Specifications for A/V retrieval system	1968
5/7	Springfield Campus	1965-1967
5/8	Ten-year projection
5/9	Sewer construction

Series B: Curriculum Records, 1965-1972Return to Top

Curriculum files include notes relating to the development of LCC's various departments and the types of courses to be offered at the college.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
6/1	Accreditation	1965-1971
6/2	Degree Requirements	1965
6/3	Grading Policy	1968-1970
6/4-5	Minority and Disadvantaged Programs	1966-1972
6/6	Planning	1968-1970
6/7	Regionalization	1968-1970
6/8	Summer Session	1967-1968
6/9	Textbook Lists	1965-1966
6/10-11	Transfer Policies	1965-1970
6/12-13	Vocational Training	1965-1970
6/14	Workshop Courses	1972

Series C: Election Records, 1964-1971Return to Top

This series contains election files that are primarily concerned with bond and serial levy elections in Lane County.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
7/1	Statistics	1964-1971
7/2	Bond Election	1966
7/3-6	Bonds	1965-1968
7/7	Elections, May 3, 1965	1965
7/8-9	Elections, May 2, 1966	1966
7/10	Elections, May 1, 1967	1967
7/11	Elections, June 1, 1967	1967
7/12	Elections, May 28, 1968	1968
7/13	Elections, 1969	1969
8/1	Elections, 1970	1970
8/2	Elections, February 10, 1970	1970
8/3	Elections, May 26, 1970	1970
8/4	Elections, July 14, 1970	1970
8/5	Elections, August 20, 1970	1970
8/6	Elections, 1971	1971
8/7	Elections, April 13, 1971	1971
8/8	Elections, June 29, 1971	1971
8/9	Elections, August 26, 1971	1971
8/10	Elections, September 28, 1971	1971
8/11	Elections, September 28, 1971	1971

Series D: External Organizations Records, 1966-1971Return to Top

This series includes correspondence with local, state and national organizations that were involved with or consulted during the early years of the college.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
9/1	Lane County Labor Council - AFL/CIO	1966-1971
9/2	City of Eugene
9/4	Eugene-Springfield Access Transportation System Citizen's Advisory Committee
9/5	Eugene Mayor's Coordinating Council	1965
9/6	Eugene Water and Electric Board	1966-1971
9/7	Labor, Industry, Business Education Council	1966-1971
9/8	Lane Council of Governments	1967-1972
9/9	Lane County Community Health Council	1968-1970
9/10-11	Lane Human Resources	1968-1970
9/12	Lane Intermediate Education District	1967-1971
9/13	League for Innovation in Community Colleges	1970
9/14	League of Women Voters	1967-1970
9/15	Oregon Assoc. for Supervision and Curriculum Development	1965-1971
9/16	University of Oregon	1968-1971
9/17	Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education	1968-1971
9/18	Willamette Valley Research Council	1970

Series E: Financial Records, 1964-1971Return to Top

Financial records generally consist of budget summaries and audit reports.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
10/1	Budget	1964-1966
10/2	Budget Summary and Miscellaneous	1968-1969
10/3-7	Audit Reports	1965-1971
10/8	College Aid Fund	1968-1970
10/9-10	Tax Support	1966-1970

Series F: Grants and Contracts, 1964-1972Return to Top

This series contains correspondence, proposals, and applications for grants and contracts.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
11/1-12	Grants and Contracts	1964-1972

Series G: Internal Departments, Programs and Committee Records, 1965-1971Return to Top

This series contains communications between the president's office and various departments and committees within the college. Many of these internal communications are concerned with the creation of important aspects of LCC, including the flight technology department, the library, the athletics program, and KLCC.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
12/1-2	Advisory Committees	1965-1971
12/3	Alumni Association
12/4	Art and Applied Design
12/5-6	Adult Education
12/7	Associated Students of LCC
12/8-11	Athletics	1966-1971
13/1	Bookstore
13/2	Business
13/3	Business Advisory Committee
13/4	Committee to Accommodate Six Hundred
13/5	Co-operative Education
13/6	Counseling
13/7-12	Curriculum Committee	1965-1971
13/13-14	Data Processing Advisory Committee	1965-1970
14/1	Dental Program
14/2	Electronics Advisory Committee
14/3	English, Foreign Languages and Speech
14/4	Faculty Workload Committee
14/5	Fire Prevention Technology Advisory Committee
14/6-9	Flight Technology	1966-1971
14/10	Food Service
14/	11Food Services Advisory Committee
14/12	Forestry Technician Advisory Committee
14/13	Foundation/Development
15/1	Health and Physical Education Advisory Committee
15/2	Home Economics Advisory Committee
15/3	Industrial Technology
15/4	Industrial Technology Advisory Committee
15/5	Institutional Advancement
15/6	Institutional Research and Planning
15/7	Instruction Office
15/8	Instruction Office - VP of Instruction
15/9	Instructional Council
15/10	Law Enforcement Advisory Committee
15/11-13	Library	1965-1972
15/14	Media Arts and Technology	1965-1966
16/1-4	Media Arts and Technology	1966-1971
16/5	Paramedical Program
16/6	Performing Arts
16/7	Public Relations Commission
16/8	Staff Association
16/9	Staff Personnel Policies Committee
16/10	Staff-Student Committees
16/11	Student Activities
16/12	Student Services Committee
16/13	Study Skills Center
16/14	Training and Development

Series H: Institutional Organizational Records, 1964-1972Return to Top

This series contains files concerning the early organization of the college including the Institutional Bill of Rights, and the first charts showing the proposed organization of the administration.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
17/1	Financial Services Reorganization	1966-1969
17/2	General
17/3	Historical Writings
17/4	Institutional Bill of Rights	1971
17/5	Institutional Values and Goals
17/6	Miscellaneous
17/7	Organizational Charts
17/8	Proposed Organizational Pattern for LCC	1968
17/9	Proposed Lane County Community College; Fact Folder	1964
17/10	Prospecti	1964-1969

Series I: Legal Counsel Records, 1965-1971Return to Top

This series contains correspondence with the college's first attorney, Edward C. Harms

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
17/11	Legal Counsel: East 30th Campus	1965
17/12-14	Legal Counsel: Edward C. Harms	1965-1970
17/15	Legal Counsel: General	1965-1971

Series J: Personnel Services Records, 1965-1971Return to Top

This series contains files from the personnel services department including job descriptions, proposed salaries, hiring procedures, and details of the search for LCC's first president.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
17/16	Evaluations
17/17	General
17/18	Hiring Procedures
18/01	Insurance
18/02	Job Descriptions
18/3	Presidential Selection
18/4-6	Professional Development	1966-1971
18/7	Salaries, Administrative
18/8-9	Salaries; Classified Personnel	1965-1972
18/10	Salaries; Faculty
18/11-12	Salary Schedules	1965-1971

Series K: President's Office Records, 1965-1970Return to Top

This series includes correspondence from the desks of Bert Dotson and Dale Parnell on a number of topics, including the selection of the president's cabinet and the LCC advisory committee.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
19/1-4	Cabinet	1966-1970
19/5-10	Dotson, Bert
19/11	Executive Secretary
20/1-12	Parnell, Dale	1965-1966

Series L: Reports and Statistics, 1960-1971Return to Top

This series contains reports from different areas of the college, including early reports on the need for a community college in Lane County, and surveys of students.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
21/1	Advisory Committee Annual Report
21/2	The Changing Face of School P.R.
21/3	Comparative Cost Analysis of Lower Division Courses
21/4	Coordination of Continuing Education and Community Services in Oregon
21/5	Dental Hygiene Program - Formal Report
21/6	Economic Impact of LCC on Lane County
21/7	Eugene Human Rights Commission
21/8	Eugene - Springfield Area Transportation Study
21/9	"F Committee" LCC General Study
21/10	Food Service Education Program Proposal
21/11	Former LCC Students Who Now Attend U of O Survey Summary
21/12-13	Graduate Follow-Up Surveys
21/14	Graduate Follow-Up Study, Stage 1
21/15	Health Division Proposal
22/1	Home Economics Program Proposal
22/2-3	Institutional Self-Study Report
22/4	Job Cluster Curriculum
22/5	Public Relations in Higher Education
22/6	Public Relations Departments at Community Colleges in Oregon and Washington
22/7	Student Housing Survey
22/8	Study of the Need for a Community College in Lane Co. and Adjoining School Districts
22/9	Voter Participation in School District Elections
22/10	Warren King and Associates Report on Oregon Public Higher Education
22/11	Welding Program Evaluation
23/1-3	Statistics: Enrollments	1965-1971
23/4	Statistics: Lane County	1960-1965

Series M: Subject Files, 1965-1972Return to Top

This series contains subject files covering a wide array of subjects, including details about the creation of the LCC official seal, the campuses at Cottage Grove and Florence, internships, and exchange programs. Some of the most interesting correspondence is found in this section, particularly a letter from NASA regarding a request to have an astronaut speak at LCC commencement, and a series of letters concerning rock concerts by the Grateful Dead and Iron Butterfly on the LCC campus.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
23/5	Academic Freedom
23/6	Admissions Procedures for Selected Programs
23/7-8	Affirmative Action	1965-1970
23/9-10	Airborne Institute
24/1	Associated Students Community Unified Services
24/2	Campus Visitors
24/3	Child Care
24/4	Cigarette Vending Machines
24/5	Classroom Space
24/6	Classroom Use
24/7	Colleges for Oregon's Future
24/8	Commencement - NASA
24/9	Communication Skills Project
24/10	Community Services Study
24/11	Convocations
24/12	Copyright and Publications Agreements
24/13	Environmental Studies
24/14-15	Equipment	1965-1968
25/01-3	Equipment	1968-1972
25/4	Equipment Bid List
25/5	Equipment Bid Specs
25/6	Family Planning
25/7	Financial Aid Scholarships
25/8	Flag, Proposed College
25/9	General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service
25/10-11	Hawaiian Exchange Program
26/1	Heceta House
26/2-3	High School Relations	1965-1971
26/4	Internships
26/5	Job Search Techniques Program
26/6	Journalism
26/7	unction City Education Center
26/8	Ladies of LCC (Staff Wives)	1966-1971
26/9	LCC Flying Titans Club
26/10	Lne County Fair
26/11	Lane County Youth Project
26/12	Lansdowne Essay Contest
26/13	Laws, Education
26/14	Law Enforcement
27/1	LCC at Cottage Grove
27/2	LCC at Florence
27/3	Legislation, Federal
27/4	Legislation, State
27/5	Oregon Educational Coordinating Council
27/6-7	Public Relations and Opinions	1967-1971
27/8	Real Estate
27/9	Registration
27/10	Residency Requirements
27/11	Rock Concerts
27/12	Security
27/13	Senior Citizens
27/14	Student Bill of Rights
27/15	Student Placement
27/16	Student Records
27/17	SUTOE (Self-Understanding Through Occupational Exploration)
27/18	Teaching
27/19	Teaching - Great Teachers Seminar
27/20	Travel and Transportation
27/21	Tuition and Fees
27/22	Vietnam War	1969-1970

Series N: Subject and Other Administrative Records, 1960-1972Return to Top

This series contains records that were transferred to the Archives from the President’s Office after the initial transfer and arrangement of this collection. These records include subject files, committee records, and departmental records. They date from 1960-1972 and document the early years of the college, including early records of the Library/Learning Resource Center, 1965-1971, and the financial records of the Lane County Community College Study Committee, 1964-1965.

Collection is open to the public.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box-Folder
28/1	Allied Health Division	1967-1968
28/2	Accreditation	1970-1971
28/3	Advisory Committees	1972
28/4	Affirmative Action, Status Report	1972
28/5	Annexation	1971
28/6	Art	1968-1972
28/7	Associated Students of LCC	1970-1971
28/8	Athletics	1972
28/9	Career Analysis	1969
28/10	Computers	1972
28/11	Construction	1965-1968
28/12	Copyright and Patents	1971-1972
28/13	Counseling	1971-1972
28/14	Curriculum	1972
28/15	Degree Requirements	1965
28/16	Dental Assistant Advisory Committee (ETVS)	1963-1965
28/17	Department Chairmen	1972
28/18	Dial Retrieval	1969-1972
28/19	Eugene Technical-Vocational School	1960-1965
28/20	Educational Coordinating Council	1968
28/21	Elections, Analysis	1964-1971
28/22	Evening Program	1972
28/23	Food Services	1971
28/24	Grading,	n.d.
28/25	Heceta House, Usage	1971-1972
28/26	Health, Education and Welfare	1965
28/27	Institutional Bill of Rights	1971-1972
28/28	Institutional Research	1970
28/29	Job Descriptions	1970
28/30-32	Lane County Community College Study Committee, Financial Records	1964-1965
29/1	Lane Community College Staff Association	1969-1972
29/2	Learning Resource Center (Library), General	1965-1971
29/3	Learning Resource Center (Library), Audio-Visual Services	1968-1971
29/4	Learning Resource Center (Library), Book Selection Policy
29/5	Learning Resource Center (Library), Copyrights and Patents	1971
29/6	Learning Resource Center (Library), Information about the Library	1967
29/7	Learning Resource Center (Library), Non-Book Materials	1970
29/8	Learning Resource Center (Library), Policies and Procedures	1967-1971
29/9-11	Learning Resource Center (Library), Procedures Handbook	1967
29/12	Lane Community College, History and Description	1964-1971
29/13	Broadcasting and Media Steering Committee	1971
29/14	Lane County Area Education District	1964
29/15	Board of Education	1964-1972
29/16	Manasse Study	1972
29/17	Media Commission	1972
29/18	Media Marketing Agency	n.d.
29/19	Oregon Community College Association	1967-1968
29/20	Oregon State Department of Education	1966-1968
29/21	Organization	1965-1968
30/1-2	Personnel Recommendations	1970-72
30/3	Physical Education	1969
30/4	Planning Task Force Report	1971
30/5	Practical Nursing	1965
30/6	Presidency	1965
30/7	Professional Growth and Development	1967-1970
30/8	Publicity Guidelines	1971
30/9	Radio Broadcasting and TV	1965
30/10	Real Estate, Gonyea Property	1965
30/11	Self-Study	1967-1968
30/12	Personnel Policies Committee	1967-1972
30/13-14	Student Activities	1967-1971
30/15	Student Awareness Center	1970-1972
30/16	Student Health Services	1972
30/17	Teaching	1971-1972
30/18	Transfer Policies	1972
30/19	Travel	1972
30/20	Women, Questionnaire	1972
30/21	Workshop Curriculum	1972

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Community colleges--Oregon
Universities and colleges--Oregon

Personal Names

Lane, Joseph
Pickering, Robert
Romine, Larry

Corporate Names

Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)
Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)-- Institutional Advancement

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