Lane Community College
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/
M-001
Eldon G. Schafer
Eldon G. Schafer Papers
1916-1990
12.0 cubic feet
19 document boxes, 2 tubes, 3 oversized
folders, 14 audio cassette tapes, 9 video tapes
The collection contains personal and
professional papers from Eldon Schafer's career as president of Lane Community
College, 1970-1985. The collection documents Schafer's personal and family
history, his military service, and his death.
Collection materials are in
English
Biographical Note
Eldon Guy Schafer (1922-1985) was president of Lane Community College
for fifteen years, 1970-1985.
Schafer was born in Molalla, Oregon, to Lillian M. and Guy F. Schafer
on February 27, 1922. He attended rural elementary and secondary schools in the
Canby and Molalla area, and after high school graduation in 1939, he attended
Oregon State University in 1941. In 1942 he joined the U.S. Army and entered an
engineering program at Pomona College in California. He was sent to Europe in
1943 and served with the 124th Armored Engineers and 13th Armored Division in
France, Germany, and Austria.
After the war he returned to Pomona College, where he was active in
sports, and graduated with a B.A. in 1948. He continued his education in
California, receiving an M.A. (1960) and a Ph.D. (1965) in Education
Administration from Claremont Graduate School.
He married Lucy Jane Brokaw in Los Angeles in 1947; their son,
Kenneth, joined the family in 1961.
Schafer began his teaching career at Capistrano High School in
California where he taught and coached sports, 1950-1952 and served as dean of
students, principal, and district superintendent, 1957-1966. He was associate
dean of instruction at Riverside City College, 1966-1967.
Schafer moved to Oregon in 1967 to become the founding president of
Linn-Benton Community College, 1967-1970. From there he moved to the presidency
of Lane Community College, 1970-1985.
Schafer was active in many regional and national educational
organizations and served as officers for the Oregon Community College
Association, the Northwest Association of Community and Junior Colleges, the
League for Innovation in the Community College, the Commission on Colleges of
Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, and the Oregon Community College
Presidents' Council.
He traveled to China twice, in 1982 and 1984, as a member of the
International Visiting Team of the World Bank Educational Advisory Group. The
group assisted China in restructuring its vocational education.
Dr. Schafer resigned as president of the college on April 30, 1985. He
died on August 6, 1985 following a long battle with leukemia and multiple
myeloma (cancer of the bone marrow).
The Eldon G. Schafer Papers document Schafer’s personal life as well
as certain aspects of his professional career as president of Lane Community
College, 1970-1985. The collection contains biographical information about
Schafer’s college days, his military service, his career in education, and his
death. The collection also contains personal records of the Schafer and Brokaw
(wife Lucy’s family) families. Other records that document his personal and
professional career can be found in the series of correspondence, speeches and
writings, and subject files as well as in the photographs, slides, audio
recordings, and video recordings.
The collection is divided into seven series.
Series A: Biographical Records/Eldon G. Schafer, 1947-1986
Series B: Biographical Records/Family History, 1916-1990
Series C: Correspondence, 1940-1985
Series D: Speeches and Writings, 1960-1985
Series E: Subject Files, 1950-1985
Series F: Photographs, Slides, Video Tapes, and Audio Tapes,
1932-1985
Series G: Ephemera, 1939-1985
There are no access restrictions. The collection is open for
research.
There are no use restrictions.
Eldon G. Schafer Papers, 1916-1990 (M-001), Lane Community College
Archives, Eugene, Oregon
The collection was donated to the college archives by Lucy B. Schafer
on January 9, 1992, in two separate accessions.
The collection was inventoried, arranged and described by Michael
Ridderbush in 1991. The finding aid was completed by Elizabeth Uhlig in 1998
and revised in 2007 merging the two original accessions.
For records from the President's Office that document Schafer's tenure
as president of LCC, 1970-1985, see
Guide to President's Office
(Eldon G. Schafer) Records, 1964-1985 (A-036).
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.
Schafer,
Eldon G.
Schafer,
Lucy B.
Lane
Community College (Eugene, Or.). President's Office
Lane
Community College (Eugene, Or.)
Universities and
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Community
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The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series A
Biographical Records/Eldon
Schafer
1947-1986
This series contains biographical records of Eldon Schafer that
document his college days, his employment before coming to Lane Community
College, his military career, and his death.
1/3
Award Certificates
1973-1985
1/4-5
Awards: Clippings
1965-1985
1/2
Biographical Profiles
1970-1985
5/8-10
Career: Capistrano Union High School District
1950-1965
5/11
Career: Claremont Graduate School
1961-1966
6/1-2
Career: Linn-Benton Community College
1967-1970
6/3
Career: Lane Community College
1970
5/12
Career: Riverside City College
1966-1967
1/1
Curriculum Vitae
1950-1985
18/5-7
Death announcement and news clippings
1985-1986
video tape box 4
Death announcements and memorial service, video
recordings
1985
22 (oversize)
Diploma: B.A., Pomona College
1949
22 (oversize)
Diploma: M.A., Claremont College
1961
22 (oversize)
Diploma: Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School
1966
6/8
Illness
1979, 1985
audio tape box 1
Memorial Service, audio cassette recording
1985
18/21
Memorial Service, correspondence and programs
1985
19/17
Memorial Service, guest book
1985
18/10
Mollala Union High School
1939, 1974-1984
18/11
Pomona College
1947-1986
18/20
Post-death
1985
1/6
Presidential Evaluation
1980
22 (oversize)
Scrapbook with clippings about athletics
1939-1956
22 (oversize)
U.S. Army - 124th Armored Engineer Battalion, 13th
Armored Division: publications
1945
18/12-19
U.S. Army, records about service Europe in World War II,
publications, clippings, maps,
1944-1945
18/9
U.S. Passports
1978, 1983
18/8
Veteran's Administration
1946-1949
Series B
Biographical Records/Family
History
1916-1990
This series contains correspondence and scrapbooks about the
Schafer family, including Eldon’s father Guy Schafer, as well as some records
from the Brokaw family, the family of Eldon’s wife Lucy.
16/2
Brokaw Family
undated
20/7
German postcard
1916
19/17
Memorial Service for Guy Schafer (father), guest book
1982
16/1
Schafer Family
1974-1990
16/3
Schafer Family, German relatives, correspondence
1978-1986
22 (oversize)
Scrapbook with clippings about Guy Schafer’s (father)
army service
1919
Series C
Correspondence
1940-1985
This series contains letters and cards of condolences to the
Schafer family following the death of Eldon Schafer in 1985. The series also
contains cards marking Schafer’s retirement in 1985 as well as some birthday
and Christmas cards.
7/4-12
Cards: Birthday, Retirement
1981-1985
18/3
Christmas cards
1970-1985
1/7-9
Commendations
1965-1985
17/1-13; 18/1-2
Condolences following Schafer’s death
1985
18/4
Miscellaneous
1940-1961
Series D
Speeches and Writings
1960-1985
Schafer's speeches and writings include writings from his student
days such as term papers, M.A. thesis, and Ph.D. dissertation; speeches given
at in-service (annual staff orientation); and other speeches and writings from
his career at the college. Some of the speeches are preserved on video tape and
sound tape in Series F.
3/6
Commencement address - "A Lexicon for the Good Life,"
delivered by Lucy Schafer
1985
2/4-6
In-Service Speeches
1972-1984
1/10
MA Thesis: "A Study of Growth Factors Relating to Growth
Problems of Capistrano High School
1960-1961
2/1
Ph.D. dissertation: "Unification: A Change of Power
Structure Reflected in Board Composition
1966
3/9-13
Speech Material - quotations, jokes, etc.
undated
2/7
Speeches
1968-1977
3/1-5
Speeches, General
1978-1985
2/2-3
Term Papers and Book Reviews about Education
undated
3/7-8
Writings
1966-1983
Series E
Subject Files
1950-1986
This series contains some records from Schafer’s tenure as college
president. The records also document Schafer's involvement in international
education. He participated in a World Education Seminar month-long tour of
educational institutions in Europe and Asia in 1970. He traveled twice to
China, in 1982 and 1984, as a member of the World Bank Educational Advisory
Group which advised China on restructuring its vocational education. The
collection contains correspondence and clippings that document Schafer's
participation in the China advisory group; related ephemera are in Series
G.
6/4
CASE District VIII Conference
1970
6/5
Commendation: LCC ranked among top five community
college in nation
1985
6/7
Evaluation - Presidential
1979-1980
5/3
Ginkgo Tree Dedication
1985
7/13
Guest Books
1981-1985
6/6
Hult, Nils B., Humanitarian Award
1985
6/9
LCC Budget
1970-1977
5/7
LCC Contracts
1970-1984
6/10
LCC President, Richard Turner
1985-1986
6/11
LCC Presidential Search
1984
6/12
Los Angeles Times article
1966
7/1-3
Marie Y. Martin Professional Educators Award, letters,
clippings
1981
6/15
Miscellaneous
1975-1985
5/6
News Clippings
1966-1985
5/5
Programs
1980-1986
6/13-14
Retirement: correspondence, clippings, program
1984-1985
5/4
Schafer Drive Dedication
1986
6/16-18
Tribute to a Friend: President Eldon Schafer: Ten Years
of Dedication, 1970-1980” (scrapbook
1980
4/3-19
World Bank Educational Advisory Group (correspondence,
writings, clippings, ephemera about
1982-1985
5/1-2
World Bank Educational Advisory Group (photograph
albums, photographs, and slides about
1982-1984
4/1-2
World Education Seminar
1970
Series F
Photographs, Slides, Video Tapes,
and Audio Tapes
1932-1985
This series contains a great number of photographs including many
portraits of Schafer; photographs taken at college activities and special
events; photographs and slides from his trips to China; photographs from his
college and army days; and photographs of the Schafer and Brokaw (family of his
wife, Lucy) families. The audio recordings are mainly of college events and
speeches; the video recordings are from his China trips and some college
events, including his retirement party.
22 (oversize)
Photographs: Army basic training unit
1944-1945
23 (oversize)
Photographs: Army Special Training Unit 3921, Company B
1944
20/6
Photographs: Bandon
1985-1987
19/15
Photographs: Brokaw, Lucy Jane, portraits
1934-1978
19/16
Photographs: Brokaw, Arthur and Beatrice
circa 1929,
1949-1950
20/1
Photographs: Brokaw, Lucy and Carolyn
1932, 1962, 1985
20/2
Photographs: Brokaw, Lucy and Beatrice
1964, 1978, 1984
8/3
Photographs: Capistrano Union High School District
(California)
1957-1965
19/14
Photographs: Chisholm, John
undated
19/9
Photographs: Christmas photo postcards
1947-1949
19/11
Photographs: Claremont Graduate School, graduations
1961, 1966
22 (oversize)
Photographs: Fishing trip
circa 1962
8/5-11, 17-18
Photographs: Lane Community College Events
1971-1984
8/4
Photographs: Linn-Benton Community College
1969-1971
19/13
Photographs: Miscellaneous
1970s-1985
19/8
Photographs: Pomona College
1947-1985
22 (oversize)
Photographs: Pomona football
1945-1948
19/10
Photographs: Pomona home
1950-1955
8/1-2
Photographs: Portraits
1960s-1980s
20/4-5
Photographs: Post-Death
1985
19/1-6
Photographs: Schafer Family
1917-1981
19/12
Photographs: Schafer Family Portraits
1970-1985
20/3
Photographs: Schafer, Kenneth
1982, 1986
8/12-16,19-20
Photographs: Special Events
1970-1982
9/1-14
Photographs: Special Events
1983-1986
9/15-18, 10/1-9
Photographs: World Bank Educational Advisory Group
(China project)
1982-1984
19/7
Photographs: World War II service
1944-1945
12
Slides: World Bank Educational Advisory Group (China
project)
1982-1984
audio tape box 1
Audio Recordings: China trip
1982,1984
audio tape box 1
Audio Recordings: Commencement address, "A Lexicon for
the Good Life," delivered by Lucy
1985
audio tape box 1
Audio Recordings: Leon Lessinger, introduced by Dale
Parnell
undated
audio tape box 1
Audio Recordings: Personal ID and the Administrative
Spouse, panel at American Audio
circa
1979
audio tape box 1
Audio Recordings: Retention and Recruitment Seminar,
panel at American Association of
circa
1979
audio tape box 1
Audio Recordings: Schafer Drive dedication
1986
audio tape box 1
Audio Recordings: Speech to Region X, National
Conference of Community Relations People
1984
audio tape box 1
Audio Recordings: State of the College
1981
video box 4
Video Recordings: China trip
1984
video box 4
Video Recordings: Ginkgo tree dedication on LCC campus
1985
video box 4
Video Recordings: Press conference
1984
video box 4
Video Recordings: Retirement party, A Tribute to Dr.
Eldon Schafer
1985
video box 4
Video Recordings: Speech, Historical Overview of
Innovation in Community Colleges
1985
Series G
Ephemera
1939-1948
This series contains ephemera from Schafer’s college and army
days, from his trips to China, and other miscellaneous cards and items.
21
Athletic letters, employee badges, army insignia and dog
tags
1939-1946
11
Badges, pins, key chains, paper weight, name plates,
ribbons
undated
13
Banner reading "Good Luck" in Chinese
undated
14
Chinese silk tapestry of bird on blossoming tree
undated
24 (oversize)
Drawing : "Moose" - colored drawing of Schafer,
nicknamed 'Moose'
1947
13
Ink rubbing from stone carving of Chinese aristocrat or
soldier
undated
15
Retirement card signed by college staff
1985
20/8-12
Wallet, flower cards, postcards
1917-1985
10/10
Hat from China, calling cards
undated