Lynn Degerstedt Collection: Records documenting the Southwest Washington Joint Center for Education
Scope and Contents note
The collection includes early documents, surveys, reports, articles and news clippings relating to the higher education needs or Southwest Washington and the establishment of the Southwest Washington Joint Center for Education. The collection also includes personal correspondence and biographical information about Lynn Degerstedt, the director of the Southwest Washington Joint Center for Education.
Dates
- ca. 1960, 1983-2003
Language of Materials
English
Biographical/Historical note
Lynn M. Degerstedt was the first director of the Southwest Washington Joint Center for Education, serving from ca. 1983 until his departure in 1987. Degerstedt received his Master's degree from University of Portland and his Doctorate from Brigham Young University. He spent 15 years as ALCOA's community relations manager before becoming the Clark College Foundation's first director in 1973. The Southwest Washington Joint Center for Education provided undergraduate and graduate level education to the citizens of Southwest Washington. The Joint Center included the participation of Washington State University, Evergreen State College and Clark College. The Joint Center is considered a precursor of the WSU Vancouver branch campus.
Extent
0.417 Linear feet
Abstract
The materials in this collection documents the assessment of higher education in Southwest Washington, the formation of the Southwest Washington Joint Center for Education and the early history of the WSU Vancouver branch campus. [Accessioned as wsuv.2007.001]
Arrangement note
Materials are arranged in eight folders and organized by publication or publication type.
Existence and Location of Copies note
Materials are also available in digital format.
- Title
- Lynn Degerstedt Collection: Records documenting the Southwest Washington Joint Center for Education
- Subtitle
- (Records reproduced courtesy of Lynn Degerstedt)
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Robert Schimelpfenig
- Date
- Original July 1, 2011
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Washington State University Vancouver, Archives and Special Collections Repository