Eugene B. Chaffee Papers

Eugene B. Chaffee Papers, 1932-2004

Overview of the Collection

Title: Eugene B. Chaffee Papers
Dates: 1932-2004 (inclusive)
19322004

1932-1970 (bulk)
19321970
Quantity: 13.5 linear feet, (20 boxes)
Collection Number: MSS 030
Summary: The Eugene B. Chaffee Papers consist of official files created and prepared during Chaffee's tenure as president and chancellor of Boise Junior College/Boise College. Also included are personal papers and research and drafts of "Boise College: An Idea Grows," a history of Boise Junior College/Boise College.
Repository: Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is available for research.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Eugene B. Chaffee Papers consist of official files created and prepared during Chaffee's tenure as president and chancellor of Boise Junior College/Boise College. Also included are personal papers and research and drafts of "Boise College: An Idea Grows," a history of Boise Junior College/Boise College.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Eugene Bernard Chaffee was born in Aurora, Nebraska on March 10, 1905, the son of Presbyterian minister Elmer Spencer Chaffee and Grace (Lyman) Chaffee. He moved with his parents, five brothers, and two sisters to a 40-acre farm in the Ustick area west of Boise in 1916. He attended the Ustick schools from 1919-1921 and graduated from Boise High School in 1923.

Chaffee attended the Collge of Idaho, received a B.A. in fine arts from Occidental College, and a master's degree in history from the University of California. He served as supervisor of music in Meridian grade schools and superintendent of the Ustick schools. During World War II, he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Navy.

In 1932 Chaffee and seven other instructors became the first faculty group at the newly created Boise Junior College. He became President in 1936 and served until he took the role of Chancellor in 1967, retiring in 1970. He was involved in numerous organizations, including the American Association of Junior Colleges, Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools, Pacific Northwest Conference on Higher Education, National Commission on Accreditation, and National Commission of Regional Accrediting Agencies.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[item description], Eugene B. Chaffee Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donated by Eugene B. Chaffee in 1977.

Processing Note

Processed by Don P. Haacke and Joy McLean in 1980. Additions processed by Cheryl Oestreicher in 2013.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

1: BJC Board of Trustees, 1934-1970Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Ed Baird	1957-1967
1	2	J. Lynn Driscoll	1965
1	3	Harry W. Morrison	1948-1958
1	4	John P. Tate	1967
1	5	Other Trustees	1942-1960
1	6-11	Correspondence	1934-1970

2: Office of President, Boise Junior College/Boise College, 1939-1966Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	12-19	Correspondence, Incoming A-G	1939-1966
2	1-15	Correspondence, Incoming H-Y	1939-1966
2	16-25	Correspondence, Outgoing	1939-1948
3	1-18	Correspondence, Outgoing	1949-1968
3	19-24	Correspondence, J. Neilson Barry	1947-1961
3	25	Correspondence, W.D. Eberle, Speaker of the House	1960-1961
4	1-18	Budgets and Financial Records	1938-1968
5	1-27	Commencement	1933-1965
6	1-4	Legislation and Legal Documents	1938-1967
6	5	Acel H. Chatburn, An Evaluation of the Program of BJC by Its Graduates	1955
6	6	Comparative Student Fees and Tuition	1958-1959
6	7	Curriculum Committee Report for Four-Year Institution	1962
6	8-13	Enrollment Projections	1948-1976
6	14	Need and Feasibility of a Four-Year Institution	1964
6	15	The Need to Plan for Building Need	1968
6	16	President's Survey of Student Spending in the Community	1962
6	17	Public Relations Program	1964
6	18	Report on Location of Proposed Library	1961
6	19	Report of the Student Personnel Services Committee	1960-1961
6	20	Study of Cost of BJC	1961
6	21	Study of Costs	1965
6	22	Study of the Requirements for Higher Education	1965
6	23	Study to Determine Training Needs for Diversified Occupations	1950
7	1-5	Accreditation	1932-1941
18	29	Accredited Schools of the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools	1941
8	1-8	Cunningham Memorial Pipe Organ	1951-1953
8	9	BJC Course Offerings and Statistics	1932-1957
8	10	Dean of Faculty Election	1956
8	11	Gifts to the College	1950-1968
8	12	Faculty: Press Releases	1965
8	13	Night School	1947-1968
8	14	Office Staff Personnel Policies	1962-1963
8	15	Speeches	1950-1966
16		Speeches	1943-1960
	Folder
8	16	Summer School	1942-1969
8	17	Veterans	1946
8	18	Dictaphone Recording	undated
8	19	Universal Military Training and Service Act: Dr. Chaffee's Remarks	1951
15		Yearbooks	1935-1938, 1941, 1950, 1960
	Folder
18	16	Eugene Chaffee Day	1966
18	18	Students	1932-1970
18	20	Faculty	1941-1988
18	24	Boise YMCA	1946
18	26	World War II	1940s
18	27	"Our Nation, Our Youth, and the Junior College" by Eugene Chaffee	1951
18	28	Boise College Newsletter	1967

3: Office of Chancellor, Boise CollegeReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
9	1-21	Correspondence, Incoming	1967-1970
10	1-4	Correspondence, Outgoing	1967-1970
10	5-15	History of Boise College: Research Notes and Preliminary Drafts	1932-1959
10	16	Short History of Boise College by Eugene Chaffee	1968
18	19	Boise Collge: An Idea Grows, Copyright Registraion	1970

4: Personal, 1944-1975Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
11	1-2	Biography	1963-1970
11	3	Navy Personnel File	1942-1948
11	4	Ministerial Relations Committee of the Boise Presbytery	1954-1956
11	5	Articles	1950-1951
11	6-29	Correspondence	1938-1997
11	30-34	Christ Chapel, Inc.	1962-1972
12	1-5	International Club of Boise	1967-1969
12	6	Student Blue Books	1930
12	7	Student Notes	1931
12	8	Idaho History	1925-1932
12	9	Occidental College Alumni News	1937
12	10	Jez Perce War Letters to Governor Mason Brayman by Eugene Chaffee	1936
12	11	Instructor Course Tests	1939
12	12	Mail Communication in Boise Valley 1860-1870 by Dorothy Day	1939
12	13	Instructor Lecture Notes	1960
12	14	Manuscript, Epochal Dawns	1934
12	15	Notes on BJC for Article	1957
12	16	Statesman Article, Drafts	1957
12	17-19	BJC 25th Anniversary	1957
13		BJC 25th Anniversary, Audio	1957
14		BJC 25th Anniversary, Guest Books and Scrapbooks	1957
	Folder
18	21	BJC 50th Anniversary	1981-1982
		Plaques	1950-2003
Box	Folder
18	15	Speeches by Others	1968, 1984
18	17	Certificates	1959-1999
18	22	Photographs	1940s-1996
18	23	Memorabilia	undated
18	25	I Remember Idaho: My Childhood on Boulton Farm by Ellen Boulton Herndon	1972
		Etchings, Administration Building	undated
Box
19		Plaques

ArticlesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
17	1	1930s-1990s	1930s-1990s
17	2	A-Z	1943-1993
17	3	Accreditation	undated
17	4	Alumni	1938-1998
17	5	Anniversary	1957, 1982, 1999
17	6	Athletics	1940-1949, 1965-1967
17	7	Boise Junior College to Boise College	1964-1965
17	8	Boise College to Boise State College	1967
17	9	Chaffee, Eugene and Lois	1930s-2004
17	10	Christ Chapel	1963-1976
17	11	Church, Frank and Bethine	1955-1998
17	12	Commencement	1941-1981
17	13	Concerts	1939-1965
17	14	Curriculum	1939-1965
17	15	Dances, Pageants, and Tea Parties	1937-1966
17	16	Dormitories, Student Housing	1946-1968
17	17	Expansion	1948-1982
17	18	Faculty	1940-1966
17	19	Football	1939-1997
17	20	Foundation	1966-1980s
17	21	Homecoming	1939-1998
17	22	Langroise House	undated
17	23	Legislation	1941-1965
17	24	Liberal Arts Building	1964
17	25	Library	1954-1968
17	26	Miscellaneous Buildings	undated
17	27	Miscellaneous Events and Activities	1938-1966
17	28	Morrison Center	1983
17	29	New Campus	1940-1941
17	30	New Student Union	1941-1966
17	31	Pavilion	1982
17	32	Physical Education Building	1940-1955
17	33	Presidents	1991-2001
17	34	Registration and Enrollment	1941-1992
18	1	Religious Buildings for Students	undated
18	2	Reunion	1947-1991
18	3	St. Margaret's	1988, 2007
18	4	Scholarships	1955-1965
18	5	Special Events	1939-1972
18	6	Stadium	1950-1962
18	7	Student Life	1947, 1999
18	8	Student Organizations	1941-1966
18	9	Student Union	1941
18	10	Students	1939-1966
18	11	Swimming Faculty	1949
18	12	Theatre	1939-1962
18	13	Vo-Tech Building	1941-1964
18	14	Vo-Tech Education	1940-1991

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