Tacoma Community College Office of the President records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a variety of diverse materials from Tacoma Community College's Office of the President, beginning in 1967 with the Thornton Ford administration, and continuing to the year 2014, when President Pamela J. Transue retired after 17 years of service to the institution and the surrounding community. The materials that make up the series and subseries in this collection include mail and email correspondences, photographs, presidents' reports, and notes from the Office of the President to the Board of Trustees about activities and issues the college has been faced with over the decades. Specifically, these include budget overview analyses, reviews of legislative sessions, building renovation plans, and meetings with various committees and organizations that relate to higher education from the local to the state and national level.
Of particular note are regular updates regarding the Multi-Cultural Committee, the President's Committee on Diversity, and updates regarding several climate impact surveys on campus. Notes regarding meetings and agendas with faculty, staff, and student groups such as the Black Student Union can also be found here.
For more information, please see the notes for individual series and sub-series at the 'file' level.
Extensive notes can be found on the 'Notes from the Office of the President' at the 'item' level.
Please note that this collection has been renumbered from RG-03 to TCCA-003.
Dates
- 1965-2017
Creator
- Tacoma Community College. Office of the President (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on these materials. Materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Use is governed by Tacoma Community College's Creative Commons Copyright policy requiring attribution and share-alike intentions.
Historical Note
Thornton M. Ford served as President of Tacoma Community College from 1965 to 1974. Robert Rhule served as the Interim President from 1974 to 1975. Larry Stevens served from 1975 to 1978, followed by Melvin R. Lindbloom, another Interim President from 1982 to 1983. Carleton Opgaard served as President from 1983 to 1990. Raymond J. Needham served from 1990 to 1997. Pamela J. Transue served as President from 1997 to 2014. Sheila Ruhland served as president from 2014 to 2017. Ivan Harrell currently serves as the President of Tacoma Community College, beginning in 2017.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet (5 document boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of manuscripts and records from Tacoma Community College's Office of the President, beginning in 1967 with the Thornton Ford administration, and continuing to the year 2014, when President Pamela J. Transue retired after 17 years of service to the institution and the surrounding community.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order and separated by president by the original archivist.
Custodial History
Not recorded by receiving party.
Accruals
Accruals are expected.
Processing Information
Processed between 2013-2015 by archivist Elizabeth Russell with the possible help of work-study students.
Most of these materials were completely reprocessed in 2020 by archivist Mark Offtermatt.
- Newspaper clippings have been deaccessioned.
- Collection previously contained an almost complete run of digital copies of Transue's speeches. After comparing with the originals, all duplicative digital content was deaccessioned due to its quality and general space constraints. If anyone wants them digitized, much more legible copies can be created now via scanning. - A. Demeter 6/9/2022
- Community college presidents
- Community colleges -- Accreditation
- First-generation college students
- Ford, Thornton Morrow
- Harned, Joe
- Lindbloom, Melvin
- Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
- Stevens, Larry
- Tacoma (Wash.)
- Tacoma Community College. Annette B. Weyerhaeuser Early Learning Center
- Tacoma Community College. Harned Center for Health Careers
- Tacoma Community College. Pamela Transue Center for Science and Engineering
- Universities and colleges -- Administration
- Venditti, Phil
- Women community college presidents
- color photographs
- photographs
Creator
- Tacoma Community College. Office of the President (Organization)
- Transue, Pamela J. (Person)
Source
- Washington (State). Office of the Governor (Organization)
- Washington (State). Office of the Secretary of State (Organization)
- Tacoma Community College. Office of the President (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Tacoma Community College Office of the President Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Tacoma Community College Archives
- Date
- 7/2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Edition statement
- Finding aid created by Mark Offtermatt (2020); revised by A. Demeter (7/2023).
Repository Details
Part of the Tacoma Community College Archives Repository