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President's Office (Robert E. Hamill) Records

 Collection
Identifier: A-034

Scope and Contents note

The records document the tenure of Robert Hamill, interim president of Lane Community College, 1968-1969. This collection contains only a small part of the records from Hamill's administration. The collection contains administrative correspondence, arranged chronologically, and subject files, arranged alphabetically, which include a limited selection of files on administrative topics.

Dates

  • Creation: 1968-1970

Creator

Conditions Governing Access note

There are no access restrictions. The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use note

There are no use restrictions.

Biographical Note

Robert E. Hamill served as interim president of Lane Community College from 1968 to 1969.

Robert Hamill was born in 1926 in Merced, California. He was educated at the University of Redlands in California (B.A., 1948) and at the University of Oregon (M.S., 1956; D.Ed., Educational Administration, 1967). He taught in the Eugene public schools and served an administrative internship at Lane Community College before being named interim president in 1968.

He served as vice-president of Highline Community College, Midway, Washington, 1969-1972, and as president of Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, Washington, 1972-1977. He was associate superintendent for community colleges in the Oregon Department of Education, 1977-1986. He died in 1989 following a long illness.

Extent

1 Containers (1: document box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Robert E. Hamill was interim president of Lane Community College, 1968-1969. This collection includes correspondence and subject files.

Arrangement note

The collection is contained in one series.

Series A. Correspondence and Subject Files, 1968-1970

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Records were transferred from the President's Office to the college archives in seven accessions between 1978 and 1987.

Related Archival Materials note

Assistant to the President (Bert Dotson) Records, 1960-1975 (A-032). This collection documents the founding and early years of the college. The records include correspondence and other administrative records from the office of Bert Dotson, assistant to the president, 1965-1982, as well as records from the office of Robert E. Hamill, interim president, 1968-1969.

Processing Information note

The collection was transferred from the President's Office to the Archives in seven accessions between 1978 and 1987. The records in these accessions were consolidated into one collection when they were processed Elizabeth Uhlig in 1997 and 2000.

Title
Guide to President's Office (Robert E. Hamill) Records 1968-1970
Author
Elizabeth Uhlig
Date
1997, 2000
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Repository Details

Part of the Lane Community College Archives Repository

Contact:
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Eugene OR 97405 US