Inventory of the Elmer W. Learn Reports and Speeches
Sara Gunasekara
Department of Special Collections
General Library
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-5292
Phone: (530) 752-1621
Fax: (530) 754-5758
Email: speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Creator:
Learn, Elmer W. (Elmer Warner), 1929-
Title: Elmer W. Learn Reports and Speeches
Date (inclusive): 1966-1984
Extent:
0.2 linear feet
Abstract: Elmer W. Learn (1929- ) served as Executive Vice-Chancellor at the University of
California, Davis from 1969-1984. The collection contains copies of sixteen of Learn's speeches and reports
discussing university management needs and techniques.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many
are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: MC126
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Biography
Elmer Warner Learn was born in Sayre, Pennsylvania in 1929. He received his B.S. (1950), M.S. (1951), and Ph.D
(1957) in Agricultural Economics from Pennsylvania State University.
After completing his Ph.D, Learn accepted a position in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the
University of Minnesota. From 1964-1969, Learn served as Assistant to the President and Coordinator of Planning
and Director of Planning and Executive Assistant to the President at the University of Minnesota.
Learn came to the University of California, Davis in 1969 to fill the newly created position of Executive Vice
Chancellor, which focused on fiscal planning and the day to day operations of the campus. He served as Executive
Vice Chancellor until 1984 when he stepped down and returned to teaching in the Agricultural Economics
Department. He retired from teaching in 1992.
Sources:
Oral history interview with Elmer Learn, Executive Vice Chancellor, 1969-1984: February 3 and February
10, 1993, Davis, California
, conducted by Susan E. Douglass. Sacramento, Calif.: Oral History Program,
California State University, Sacramento, 1993.
Scheuring, Ann.
Abundant Harvest: The History of the University of California, Davis. Davis: The
Regents of the University of California, 2001.
Scope and Content
The collection contains copies of sixteen of Learn's speeches and reports discussing university management
needs and techniques. Some of the speeches and reports are in draft form.
Arrangement of the Collection
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Related Material
Special Collections holds both printed and audiovisual oral histories of Elmer Learn:
Oral history interview with Elmer Learn, Executive Vice Chancellor, 1969-1984: February 3 and February
10, 1993, Davis, California
, conducted by Susan E. Douglass. Sacramento, Calif.: Oral History Program,
California State University, Sacramento, 1993.
AR-074 #43, Elmer Learn oral history conducted by James H. Meyer for the University of California, Davis
Emeriti Association Video History Project, November 8, 1995.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public
access catalog.
Learn, Elmer W. (Elmer Warner),
1929---Archives
University of California, Davis--History
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Sara Gunasekara processed these papers and created and encoded this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Elmer W. Learn Reports and Speeches, MC126, Department of Special Collections,
General Library, University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of
California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Box MC126
Agricultural Development Systems Project
1981 September 1
Box MC126
Budgetary Plans for the University of California, Davis, 1979-1980
1979
Box MC126
Challenge for Tomorrow
1966 September 27
Box MC126
Confessions of an Old--New Faculty Member
1984 April 20
Box MC126
Keynote Address, PCA PPA Meeting
1983 October 3
Box MC126
Managing a University in the Eighties
1981 May 28
Box MC126
Presentation to Foundation Board
1984 May 10
Box MC126
Reflections on the Last Decade with Jim Meyer
1979 August
Box MC126
Relating Academic Program Plans to Resource Allocation at the University of California,
Davis
1981 January 19
Box MC126
Remarks at the Open Session of the Regents' Meeting
1982 January 21
Box MC126
Remarks for the Regents' Visit
1982 September 15
Box MC126
Remarks to the Accreditation Team
1981 December 1
Box MC126
Remarks to the New Department Chairs Session
1983 August 15
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Unique Characteristics of a University from a Management Viewpoint
1975 July
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University of California, Davis Campus System of Administration
1981
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Welcome to Davis
1980 October 16