Learning Resource Center Records
US-WaOE.A.2000.15
The Evergreen State College Archives and Special Collections
http://archives.evergreen.edu
2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
L-2309
Olympia, WA, 98505
360-867-6126
archives@evergreen.edu
Collection materials are in English.
7.7 cubic feet
15 letter-sized document cases
1979-2015
Records from the Learning Resource Center (during the period it was one entity) and the Writing Center and QuaSR Center (when the two functions became distinct centers). Offers perspective on the operation and services of the centers, providing support to students in writing, reading, math, and science, and the activities of their directors.
Foran, Don, and
Jordan, Stella,
of the Learning Resource Center.
Sandra Yannone, 2001-
of the Writing Center.
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Collection is open to the public.
This records group is divided into two sub groups: Learning Resource Center (LRC) 1979-2000 and LRC: Writing Center 2000-2015. The records are further organized into sub-subgroups according to who was acting as director or the primary conductor of services. Under the Learning Resource Center are sub-subgroups for Stella Jordan (1979-2000), represented by the series Statistics, Tutoring Mateirals, Curricular Materials, and Evaluations and Student Papers, and Don Foran (2000-2001). Under LRC: Writing Center is subgroup Sandra Yannone (2001-), represented by the series Center Operations, Annual Reports, Workgroups, and Publications.
Currently there are no records for the QuaSR Center (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center), but another subgroup will be added as "LRC: QuaSR Center" with an assession of their records. The records are further arranged by the director or primary conductor of services.
This records group consists of statistics and annual reports, documents used in center operations, prompts, student papers, student resources, research, articulations of Center philosophy and pedagogy, publications, tutor-led projects, publicity and outreach materials, evaluations of faculty directors, and documents for faculty workshops and research for the Learning Resource Center from 1979-2015.
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Historical Note
Records for the Learning Resource Center began in 1979, with the beginning of Stella Jordan’s role as coordinator. The LRC began in 1977 as the Center for the Development of Reading and Writing Skills, and changed to the Learning Resource Center in 1981. A staff member evaluation of Stella indicates that she was responsible for creating a unified and consistent structure in the LRC from “a program that had varied its focus and rules of operation from year to year.” Tom Maddox became the Center's coordinator likely in 1988 and certainly by 1991, while Stella continued as its manager. Records from 1979-2000 are Stella's, and show the LRC involved Stella providing one-on-one conferences with students to develop their writing skills, either through or in conjunction with writing courses, as well as a staff of tutors/ aides who Stella oversaw. Tom Maddox left the college in 1999. In the 1999-2000 academic year, Olivia Archibald was the interm coordinator. Stella Jordan retired in 2000. In the 2000-2001 academic year, Don Foran was the Center's coordinator, with Del Beaudry as an assistant.
In 2000-2001, George Dimitroff was the coordinator of math tutoring in the LRC. The Center may have offered math tutoring in some form before this. In 2001, the LRC separated into two distinct entities: the Writing Center, providing tutoring in writing, and the Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center (or QuaSR), providing tutoring in math and science, though the two Centers continue to share the "Learning Resource Center" umbrella. Sandra Yannone came in as director of the Writing Center in 2001, while Louis Nadelson came in as director of the QuaSR. In 2003, Louis left the college and Vauhn Foster-Grahler came in as director.
Sandra Yannone, 2001-
Jordan, Stella
Foran, Don
Maddox, Thomas
Learning Resource Center.
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center.
Writing Center.
Universities and Colleges--Washington (State)
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Student Life
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Learning Resource Center (LRC)
01
6.0 cubic feet
contains records from the learning resource center between 1979 and 2000, before it split into the writing center and quantitative and symbolic reasoning center in 2001.
1979-2000
Stella Jordan (1979-2000)
6.0 cubic feet
contains documents and records for the learning resource center under stella jordan 1979-2000.
1979-2000
Statistics, Tutoring Materials, Curricular Materials, Evaluations
0.5 cubic feet
contains center statistics for 1999-2000, instructions for writing assignments, handouts, curricular materials, tutoring materials, skills improvement memo, perceptual learning disabilities research paper, a letter, research papers sponsored by stella,and evaluations of stella by students.
Student Papers
5.0 cubic feet
contains samples of student papers from stella jordan's classes with written feedback.
1979-2000
Don Foran (2000-2001)
1.0 folder
contains documents for the learning resource center under don foran 2000-2001. includes year-end and quarterly summaries, explanation of services offered, workshops and staff development, and an essay on one tutor's internship experience.
physically arranged under lrc: writing center, director: sandra yannone, center operations
2000-2001
LRC: Writing Center
02
2.0 cubic feet
contains records from the writing center, since it became a distinct entity in 2001.
2001-2014
Director: Sandra Yannone (2001-)
2.0 cubic feet
contains documents and records for the writing center under director Sandra Yannone.
2000-2015
Center Opertions
0.5 cubic feet
contains documents on bugets, hiring, employment, the community connections first-year assessment project, and retired projects such as the password video program, the haiku project, old newsletters, and online tutoring.
physically includes the folder of documents from don foran's tenure.
2000-2015
Annual Reports
0.5 cubic feet
contains annual reports with director evaluation and report, statistics, workgroup summaries, and artifacts.
2002-2012
Workgroups
0.5 cubic feet
contains documents, notes, and products of tutor workgroups in the writing center.
2002-2013
Curriculum Club / Cultivating Voice
1.0 folder
Includes syllabi, assignments, reading lists, and developmental materials for cultivating voice, the tutor training class.
2003-2011
T.A.S.D. (Tutoring Across Significant Differences)
1.0 folder
includes notes and resources for the writing center's anti-oppression workgroup.
2004-2011
Workshop Group & Handouts
3.0 folders
Includes development materials, outlines, and resources for workshops; developmental materials and drafts for handouts; and documents for the center's grammar rodeo.
2005
Publicity
1.0 folder
Includes developmental materials and notes for promotional materials for the writing center.
Publications
0.5 cubic feet
Includes monthly publication of "the definite article" in the cooper point journal 2003-2004; annual publication of inkwell: a student's guide to writing at the evergreen state college 2006-present; and editorial board records from production of inkwell.
2003-2014