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Guide to Institutional Advancement Records 63-94

Archives: Guide to Institutional Advancement Records, 1963-1994

Title: Institutional Advancement Records
Dates: 1963-1994
Collection number:  A-038
Size: 19 document boxes (7.6 cubic feet)
Description: Institutional Advancement administrative records during the tenure of Larry Romine, 1968-1992.
Access Restrictions:  None, collection is open for research.
Provenance:  Administrative transfer
Processed by: Joonyub Jun, 2001
Citation: Institutional Advancement Records, 1963-1994 (A-038), Lane Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon

Repository:
Lane Community College
Archives and Records Management
Elizabeth M. Uhlig, Archivist
4000 East 30th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97405 USA
Telephone: (541) 463-5466
Fax: (541) 463-3996
Email: archives@lanecc.edu

Administrative History

Institutional Advancement was first established as Information and Publications in 1968, three years after the college was founded. The department was primarily responsible for publishing the college catalog, class schedule, and program fliers; media relations; and promotion of local funding elections. 

Acting president Bob Hamill named Larry Romine as the first director of Information and Publications, who helped Bert Dotson, the first assistant to president, with information and publications for the first three years of the college before the department was established. 

In the 1970s, the department made efforts to revive and strengthen the high school relations program and initiated a campus tour program for high school students. This program was later transferred to Student Services when it was well-established. In the mid-1970s, responsibility for the coordination of local funding elections was transferred to Information and Publications, and the department changed its name to College/Community Relations in 1975. In addition, the department was given duties of Printings and Graphics, Grants, and Development Fund in the 1980s and again changed its name to Public Relations/Foundation in 1984 and finally to Institutional Advancement in 1986.

The first director of the department, Larry Romine, retired in 1992. Diane Dann, publications coordinator in the late 1970s, then publications manager and associate director in 1984, became Larry Romine's successor.

Scope & Content Note

The records document the administrative history of the Institutional Advancement office during the tenure of Larry Romine, the first director of Institutional Advancement from 1968 to 1992. 

The collection contains the core tax-base election files of Lane Community College; administrative correspondence, which is arranged
chronologically; and reports, speeches and writings, which are arranged 
alphabetically. Also included are some marketing and promotional records, LCC's 20th and 25th anniversary records, publication, photographs, ephemera, and subject files. 

Arrangement

The collection is divided into six series.

  • Series A: Correspondence, 1975-1990
    • This series contains correspondence and reports that were created and received by Institutional Advancement.
  • Series B: Reports, Publications, and Subject Files, 1964-1995
    • This series contains news clippings, publications, reports, speeches and writings, and subject files relating to Institutional Advancement.
  • Series C: Promotional and Marketing Records, 1982-1994
    • This series contains research materials, training records, writing contest materials, marketing records, and The Daily readership survey.
  • Series D: Ephemera, 1964-1990
    • This series contains ephemera relating to election campaigns and promotional samples, as well as ephemera relating to humorous exchanges with legislators and the president, including a Snake Oil medicine bottle and a Horse Radish jar.
  • Series E: Election Records, 1966-1990
    • This series contains the records of the college's frequent funding elections. The college asked the voters of the district to fund the college through a series of tax levies from 1964 to 1990. The series conains reports, election records, and election statistics.
  • Series F: Photographs and Slides, 1971-1985
    • This series contains photographs taken at college events and of equipment and furniture, as well as slides of the 1971 election campaign.

Finding Aid

For a detailed finding aid which includes a complete list of the contents of this collection, refer to:

Related Resources

  • On-line exhibits:
    • Lane Community College: The Parnell Years. This exhibit is based on the book written by Larry Romine which describes the founding and early years of the college and Bert Dotson's role in establishing the college.
  • Related Collections:
    • Marketing and Promotion Records, 1979-1998 (A-025). The records include marketing plans, marketing council business, memos, promotional samples, brochures, videos, and ephemera.
    • 20th Anniversary Records, 1982-1985 (A-018). Sound recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews recorded for the 20th anniversary of the college in 1984.
    • 25th Anniversary Records, 1963-1990 (A-019). 25th Anniversary Steering Committee Records. Publications, programs, project files, clippings, guest register, ephemera, artifacts, slides, poster exhibit, photograph prints, and negatives.