Pete Peterson Collection

Pete Peterson Collection, 1929-1978

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Peterson, Ralph "Pete"
Title: Pete Peterson Collection
Dates: 1929-1978 (inclusive)
19291978
Quantity: .25 cubic feet, (1 document box)
Collection Number: M-010
Summary: This collection contains items collected by Pete Peterson, journalism instructor and Torch advisor at Lane, 1971-2002. The collection includes an interview with Harold Haskell in 1924-25, copies of newspapers, and a “War of the Worlds” recording.
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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Ralph “Pete” Peterson was Media Arts and Technology Instructor, Cooperative Education Coordinator, and Torch news and editorial advisor and journalism instructor, 1971-2002. He received an M.F.A. in Creative Writing in 1968 and an M.S. in Journalism in 1977 from the University of Oregon. He is a freelance writer.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains items collected by Pete Peterson, journalism instructor and Torch advisor at Lane, 1971-2002.

“Living & Farming at Lane in 1924-25” is an interview with Harold Haskell. In 1924-1925, as a child of six or seven years old, the Rev. Harold Haskell lived on the land that became Lane's main campus. He was interviewed by Dierdre Reynolds in 1976 for a class project. The site of the farm where Harold Haskell lived in 1924-1925 and which he talks about in this interview became the Gonyea home and is currently the site of Oak Hill School. Wilfred Gonyea donated the land on which the college is situated to the Lane Community College District. There are also three photographs of the Russell Creek Basin, March 1976.

Newspapers – The collection contains copies of newspapers from Eugene High School, 1929; the Torch, Lane’s student newspaper, 1965, 1978; Eugene’s Register-Guard, 1942; and a reproduction of Harper’s Weekly from 1883.

Radio drama – Peterson also collected a recording of Orson Wells’ “War of the Worlds” radio drama from 1938.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

There are no restrictions on use.

Preferred Citation

Pete Peterson Collection, 1929-1978 (M-010) Lane Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arrangement is topical.

Acquisition Information

Records were accessioned as 2003-058.

Processing Note

The records were processed by Elizabeth Uhlig in 2011-2012.

Related Materials

Rhoda Love Oral History, recorded on July 19, 2004. In the oral history, Rhoda Love describes her professional career and specifically focuses on her career teaching biology and botany at Lane Community College. See: Rhoda Love Oral History

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains descriptions of the materials in the collection.

Pete Peterson Collection, 1929-1978Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Folder
1	Harold Haskell interview	1976
2	Eugene High School newspaper	1929
3	Torch newspaper	1965, 1978
4	Harper’s Weekly magazine	1975
5-6	Eugene Register-Guard newspaper	1942
7	War of the Worlds recording	1938

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Community colleges--Oregon
Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)--Journalism
Universities and colleges--Oregon

Personal Names

Haskell, Harold
Peterson, Ralph "Pete"
Peterson, Ralph "Pete"

Corporate Names

Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.)

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