Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Elmer W. Learn Reports and Speeches
- Dates:
- 1966-1984
- Creators:
- Learn, Elmer W. (Elmer Warner), 1929-
- 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.
- Extent:
- 0.2 linear feet
- Language:
- Collection materials in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Elmer W. Learn Reports and Speeches, MC126, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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 CollectionArranged alphabetically by title.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Processing information:
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Sara Gunasekara processed these papers and created and encoded this finding aid.
- Physical location:
- Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2009
- Date Encoded:
- Collection was encoded by Sara Gunasekara: 2008.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Elmer W. Learn Reports and Speeches, MC126, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library100 NW QuadDavis, CA 95616-5292, US
- Contact:
- (530) 752-1621