oip_mss030.xml Guide to the Eugene B. Chaffee Papers Chaffee (Eugene B.) papers Cheryl Oestreicher Boise State University Special Collections and Archives 2013; updated 2023
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-07-14. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Boise State University Special Collections and Archives Eugene B. Chaffee Papers MSS 030 13.5 linear feet 20 boxes 1932-2004 1932-1970 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. English .

Collection is available for research.

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.

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.

Donated by Eugene B. Chaffee in 1977.

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

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

 Boise Junior College Boise State University Junior colleges Universities and Colleges Boise Colleges and Universities Idaho BJC Board of Trustees 1 1934-1970 Ed Baird 1957-1967 1 1 J. Lynn Driscoll 1965 1 2 Harry W. Morrison 1948-1958 1 3 John P. Tate 1967 1 4 Other Trustees 1942-1960 1 5 Correspondence 1934-1970 1 6-11 Office of President, Boise Junior College/Boise College 2 1939-1966 Correspondence, Incoming A-G 1939-1966 1 12-19 Correspondence, Incoming H-Y 1939-1966 2 1-15 Correspondence, Outgoing 1939-1948 2 16-25 Correspondence, Outgoing 1949-1968 3 1-18 Correspondence, J. Neilson Barry 1947-1961 3 19-24 Correspondence, W.D. Eberle, Speaker of the House 1960-1961 3 25 Budgets and Financial Records 1938-1968 4 1-18 Commencement 1933-1965 5 1-27 Legislation and Legal Documents 1938-1967 6 1-4 Acel H. Chatburn, An Evaluation of the Program of BJC by Its Graduates 1955 6 5 Comparative Student Fees and Tuition 1958-1959 6 6 Curriculum Committee Report for Four-Year Institution 1962 6 7 Enrollment Projections 1948-1976 6 8-13 Need and Feasibility of a Four-Year Institution 1964 6 14 The Need to Plan for Building Need 1968 6 15 President's Survey of Student Spending in the Community 1962 6 16 Public Relations Program 1964 6 17 Report on Location of Proposed Library 1961 6 18 Report of the Student Personnel Services Committee 1960-1961 6 19 Study of Cost of BJC 1961 6 20 Study of Costs 1965 6 21 Study of the Requirements for Higher Education 1965 6 22 Study to Determine Training Needs for Diversified Occupations 1950 6 23 Accreditation 1932-1941 7 1-5 Accredited Schools of the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools 1941 18 29 Cunningham Memorial Pipe Organ 1951-1953 8 1-8 BJC Course Offerings and Statistics 1932-1957 8 9 Dean of Faculty Election 1956 8 10 Gifts to the College 1950-1968 8 11 Faculty: Press Releases 1965 8 12 Night School 1947-1968 8 13 Office Staff Personnel Policies 1962-1963 8 14 Speeches 1950-1966 8 15 Speeches 1943-1960 16 Summer School 1942-1969 8 16 Veterans 1946 8 17 Dictaphone Recording undated 8 18 Universal Military Training and Service Act: Dr. Chaffee's Remarks 1951 8 19 Yearbooks 1935-1938, 1941, 1950, 1960 15 Eugene Chaffee Day 1966 18 16 Students 1932-1970 18 18 Faculty 1941-1988 18 20 Boise YMCA 1946 18 24 World War II 1940s 18 26 "Our Nation, Our Youth, and the Junior College" by Eugene Chaffee 1951 18 27 Boise College Newsletter 1967 18 28 Office of Chancellor, Boise College 3 Correspondence, Incoming 1967-1970 9 1-21 Correspondence, Outgoing 1967-1970 10 1-4 History of Boise College: Research Notes and Preliminary Drafts 1932-1959 10 5-15 Short History of Boise College by Eugene Chaffee 1968 10 16 Boise Collge: An Idea Grows, Copyright Registraion 1970 18 19 Personal 4 1944-1975 Biography 1963-1970 11 1-2 Navy Personnel File 1942-1948 11 3 Ministerial Relations Committee of the Boise Presbytery 1954-1956 11 4 Articles 1950-1951 11 5 Correspondence 1938-1997 11 6-29 Christ Chapel, Inc. 1962-1972 11 30-34 International Club of Boise 1967-1969 12 1-5 Student Blue Books 1930 12 6 Student Notes 1931 12 7 Idaho History 1925-1932 12 8 Occidental College Alumni News 1937 12 9 Jez Perce War Letters to Governor Mason Brayman by Eugene Chaffee 1936 12 10 Instructor Course Tests 1939 12 11 Mail Communication in Boise Valley 1860-1870 by Dorothy Day 1939 12 12 Instructor Lecture Notes 1960 12 13 Manuscript, Epochal Dawns 1934 12 14 Notes on BJC for Article 1957 12 15 Statesman Article, Drafts 1957 12 16 BJC 25th Anniversary 1957 12 17-19 BJC 25th Anniversary, Audio 1957 13 BJC 25th Anniversary, Guest Books and Scrapbooks 1957 14 BJC 50th Anniversary 1981-1982 18 21 Plaques 1950-2003 Speeches by Others 1968, 1984 18 15 Certificates 1959-1999 18 17 Photographs 1940s-1996 18 22 Memorabilia undated 18 23 I Remember Idaho: My Childhood on Boulton Farm by Ellen Boulton Herndon 1972 18 25 Etchings, Administration Building undated Plaques 19 Articles 1930s-1990s 1930s-1990s 17 1 A-Z 1943-1993 17 2 Accreditation undated 17 3 Alumni 1938-1998 17 4 Anniversary 1957, 1982, 1999 17 5 Athletics 1940-1949, 1965-1967 17 6 Boise Junior College to Boise College 1964-1965 17 7 Boise College to Boise State College 1967 17 8 Chaffee, Eugene and Lois 1930s-2004 17 9 Christ Chapel 1963-1976 17 10 Church, Frank and Bethine 1955-1998 17 11 Commencement 1941-1981 17 12 Concerts 1939-1965 17 13 Curriculum 1939-1965 17 14 Dances, Pageants, and Tea Parties 1937-1966 17 15 Dormitories, Student Housing 1946-1968 17 16 Expansion 1948-1982 17 17 Faculty 1940-1966 17 18 Football 1939-1997 17 19 Foundation 1966-1980s 17 20 Homecoming 1939-1998 17 21 Langroise House undated 17 22 Legislation 1941-1965 17 23 Liberal Arts Building 1964 17 24 Library 1954-1968 17 25 Miscellaneous Buildings undated 17 26 Miscellaneous Events and Activities 1938-1966 17 27 Morrison Center 1983 17 28 New Campus 1940-1941 17 29 New Student Union 1941-1966 17 30 Pavilion 1982 17 31 Physical Education Building 1940-1955 17 32 Presidents 1991-2001 17 33 Registration and Enrollment 1941-1992 17 34 Religious Buildings for Students undated 18 1 Reunion 1947-1991 18 2 St. Margaret's 1988, 2007 18 3 Scholarships 1955-1965 18 4 Special Events 1939-1972 18 5 Stadium 1950-1962 18 6 Student Life 1947, 1999 18 7 Student Organizations 1941-1966 18 8 Student Union 1941 18 9 Students 1939-1966 18 10 Swimming Faculty 1949 18 11 Theatre 1939-1962 18 12 Vo-Tech Building 1941-1964 18 13 Vo-Tech Education 1940-1991 18 14