President’s Office (John Carter) Records
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains the correspondence, subject files, and administrative records documenting the tenure of interim college president John (Jack) Carter, 1988-1990. The bulk of the records date 1989-1990 although a few records are from the offices of Richard Turner and Jerry Moskus, who preceded and followed Carter as president of the college.
Dates
- Creation: 1978-1991 1989-1990
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1989 - 1990
Creator
- Lane Community College (Eugene, Or.) (Organization)
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
John E. (Jack) Carter was born in 1931 and was raised on a cattle and fruit farm in Riddle, Oregon. He attended Southern Oregon State College where he received a bachelor of science degree in elementary education in 1954. The University of Oregon awarded him a master’s degree in education in 1963. He taught in the elementary and junior high schools in Oakridge, 1954-1963, and served as vice-principal and principal at the Oakridge junior-senior high school, 1963-1967. He began working at LCC in 1967, first as a counselor and then as director of student activities, 1967-1970. He was dean of student services, 1970-1988, and served as interim president of LCC from 1988 until his retirement in 1990.
Extent
13 Containers (1-13: document boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence, subject files, and administrative records documenting the tenure of John (Jack) Carter, interim president of Lane Community College, 1988-1990.
Arrangement note
The collection is divided into three series.
1. Correspondence, 1978-1991 (chronological)
2. Subject Files (including College Department and Committee Records), 1984-1990 (alphabetical by department, committee, or topic)
3. External Organization Records, 1984-1991 (alphabetical by organization name)
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Records were transferred from the President's Office to the college archives in six accessions between 1991 and 1993
Processing Information note
The collection was transferred by the President's Office to the Archives in six accessions between 1991 and 1993. The records in these six accessions were consolidated into one collection when they were processed by archivist Elizabeth Uhlig in 2005 following the guidelines for minimal processing. The records are stored in boxes in the order they were received by the Archives. This arrangement is reflected in the box and folder listing in the description section. The collection was intellectually rearranged into three series and this arrangement is reflected in the series and folder descriptions which are in alphabetical order.
Subject
- Oregon Community College Association (Organization)
- Parnell, Dale P., 1928- (Person)
- Southern Willamette Private Industry Council (Or.) (Organization)
- Carter, John E. (Jack) (Person)
- Moskus, Jerry R. (Person)
- Turner, Richard M. (Person)
- Title
- Guide to President’s Office (John Carter) Records 1978-1991
- Author
- Elizabeth Uhlig
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. 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