Category: Early History

History From The Evergreen Vaults Episode 4 (2009) 29:00

History From the Evergreen Vaults was created for The Evergreen Visual History Collection in collaboration with KAOS Olympia’s Community radio station. Each of the four parts addresses a…

History From The Evergreen Vaults Episode 3 (2009) 29:00

History From the Evergreen Vaults was created for The Evergreen Visual History Collection in collaboration with KAOS Olympia’s Community radio station. Each of the four parts addresses a…

History From The Evergreen Vaults Episode 2 (2009) 29:00

History From the Evergreen Vaults was created for The Evergreen Visual History Collection in collaboration with KAOS Olympia’s Community radio station. Each of the four parts addresses a…

History From The Evergreen Vaults Episode 1 (2009) 29:00

History From the Evergreen Vaults was created for The Evergreen Visual History Collection in collaboration with KAOS Olympia’s Community radio station. Each of the four parts addresses a…

Dreams and Goals – Planning Faculty (1974) 19:27

The original eighteen men who were the planning faculty talk about their goals in coming to Evergreen and their sense of accomplishment at Evergreen four years later. The…

Meet Education – Dean Clabaugh Interview (1978) 3:58

This series, simply entitled “Meet Education” was recorded at the old Evergreen TV studios as a response to the Washington State budget cuts in the late 70’s and…

Meet Education – Dean Clabaugh Sit-down Interview (1978) 7:17

This series, simply entitled “Meet Education” was recorded at the old Evergreen TV studios and appears to be a response to the Washington State budget cuts in the…

Meet Education – Dean Clabaugh Speech (1978) 1:52

This series, simply entitled “Meet Education” was recorded at the old Evergreen TV studios as a response to the Washington State budget cuts in the late 70’s and…

Meet Education – Dean Clabaugh Roundtable Discussion (1978) 11:09

This series, simply entitled “Meet Education” was recorded at the old Evergreen TV studios as a response to the Washington State budget cuts in the late 70’s and…

Meet Education – Dean Clabaugh Q&A (1978) 8:53

This series, simply entitled “Meet Education” was recorded at the old Evergreen TV studios as a response to the Washington State budget cuts in the late 70’s and…

Meet Education – Dan Evans Q&A (1978) 14:50

This series, simply entitled “Meet Education” was recorded at the old Evergreen TV studios as a response to the Washington State budget cuts in the late 70’s and…

Meet Education – Dan Evans Roundtable Discussion (1978) 10:30

This series, simply entitled “Meet Education” was recorded at the old Evergreen TV studios as a response to the Washington State budget cuts in the late 70’s and…

Meet Education – Dan Evans Speech (1978) 1:34

This series, simply entitled “Meet Education” was recorded at the old Evergreen TV studios as a response to the Washington State budget cuts in the late 70’s and…

Meet Education – Dan Evans Sit-down Interview (1978) 2:01

This series, simply entitled “Meet Education” was recorded at the old Evergreen TV studios as a response to the Washington State budget cuts in the late 70’s and…

Meet Education – Dan Evans Interview (1978) 6:14

This series, simply entitled “Meet Education” was recorded at the old Evergreen TV studios as a response to the Washington State budget cuts in the late 70’s and…

Dick Nichols at the 1971 Faculty Retreat (1971) 73:16

One of the first faculty retreats featured Dick Nichols with “A History of Evergreen from Newspaper Headlines, ” a review of Evergreen’s founding and early history in local…

Early Campus Planning Session (c. 1970) 3:47

Staff member Woody Hirzel took his trusty Bolex into the Board Room to document a meeting with architects about the campus master plan. This silent, unedited film gives…

First Evergreen Graduation (1972) 7:57

Poking around in the archives we found these 16mm reels shot by staff member, Woody Hirzel in the early 1970s. These color films are silent but provide a…

For What It’s Worth (1976) 21:11

Beginning with a look at the political and cultural context of the founding of the college, this 1976 film documents and evaluates Evergreen’s growth as an alternative institution…

Dreams and Goals – Willy Unsoeld and Tom Rainey Discussion on Community (1974) 16:04

Faculty members Willy Unsoeld and Tom Rainey discuss community at Evergreen. They consider governance, ways to build strong community, and the ideas behind faculty forum. This video is…

Dreams and Goals – First Academic Deans (1974) 17:28

Faculty members Dave Hitchens, Richard Brian, and Larry Stenberg sing a song written by faculty librarian Malcolm Stilson, about the first three deans at the mythical “Wintergreen.” Charlie…

The Rita Sevcik Series – Dan Evans (1984) 9:33

Rita Sevcik served as Administrative Assistant to the first six Evergreen presidents. Dan Evans, the college’s second president, discusses Rita’s importance to the college and to the President’s…

Dreams and Goals – Round Table Discussion with Women of Early Evergreen (1974) 7:31

Evergreen student Tina Peterson, faculty member Wini Ingram, and program secretary Pearl Vincent discuss their experiences Evergreen. Tina, a transfer to Evergreen, talks about her early impressions of…

Dreams and Goals – First Associate Director of Library Services, David Carnahan (1974) 7:31

Evergreen’s founding Associate Director of Library Services, David Carnahan, discusses the conception and planning for Evergreen’s library. He places the special emphasis on a strong relationship between the…

Dreams and Goals – First Executive Officer, Dean Clabaugh (1974) 13:04

Evergreen’s first employee, Executive Officer Dean Clabaugh, describes the legislation that created Evergreen and events leading up to the college’s opening. He also offers his opinions on the…

The Rita Sevcik Series – Charles McCann (c. 1984) 20:21

Rita Sevcik served as Administrative Assistant to the first six Evergreen presidents. Evergreen’s first president Charles McCann discusses the interview process that led to Rita’s hire at the…

Viewpoint – Filmmakers (28:20) 1974

Seattle’s KOMO 4 Television 1974 public affairs program Viewpoint presents the films made by Evergreen students early in the college’s history. Art McDonald, the show’s host, discusses the…

What’s New In The Schoolhouse (c.1974) (29:30)

KOMO 4 Education Director Marty Wilson hosts this weekly program about local education. She introduces three members of Evergreen, faculty Ed Kormondy and students, Terese Coggins and Steve…

Dreams and Goals – First President, Charles McCann (1974) 15:47

Charles McCann discusses his 1968 hiring as the first president of The Evergreen State College. He analyzes the state of higher education in the late 60s and gives…

Viewpoint – McCann and Eikenberry Debate (1972) 28:20

Seattle’s KOMO 4 Television 1972 public affairs program Viewpoint introduces viewers to Evergreen, showcasing student life, the physical plant, the college’s pedagogical approach, and the controversy surrounding the…