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East Tennessee State University. Office of University Relations

 Organization

Biography

The Office of University Relations serves as a liaison between the university and the community. It has been suggested the department was created in 1951 as an outgrowth of the university's alumni services and was referred to as "Public Relations." In 1959, the two departments were brought together and called the Public Information and Alumni Services Office, but during the following year the two departments apparently separated; and each was referred to as the Office of Public Information and the Alumni Services Office. The Office of Public Information continued to work as an independent department under David M. McClellan (1965-68) and Ray Stahl (1968-77). In 1970, the department's title was changed to Public Relations Office; in 1977 the office became known as the Division of University Relations. In 1985, the office's title changed again, this time to the Offices of Alumni and University Relations. Alumni Affairs and University Relations became separate offices again in 1992.

Serving in a public relations function, the Office of University Relations reviews and edits university publications, produces news releases, monitors news coverage about the university, and collects newsclippings. In addition to these activities, University Relations produces photographs relating to ETSU events and faculty and coordinates public relations activities of administration and development.

The university photographer works within the Office of University Relations. When in 1964 Thomas N. Daniel became the chief photographer for the university, he worked in the Office of Public Information. Daniel retired in 1977 and was succeeded by Robert Cohn as photographer. In that year, the Office of Public Information became the Division of University Relations. Cohn remained photographer until 1980, when the current photographer, Larry Smith, assumed the position.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

East Tennessee State University United Fund Records

 Collection
Identifier: UnivRec-0260
Scope and Contents The East Tennessee State University United Fund Records document the contributions of university employees to the United Way of Johnson City, a local affiliate of United Way of America, during the period 1966-1976. The records contain pledge cards, university correspondence and memoranda, reports submitted by the university to the local United Way agency, memoranda and reports of the local agency, lists of contributions by university employees, United Fund and United Way brochures, and...
Dates: 1966-1976

Office of University Relations Records

 Collection
Identifier: UnivRec-0029
Scope and Contents The Office of University Relations Records contain correspondence, memoranda, photographs, 8mm films, videotapes, audiotapes, press releases, newsclippings, publication job jackets, President's Pride files, catalogs, bulletins, and broadsides documenting East Tennessee State University's diverse academic, athletic, and cultural activities between 1913 and 1986. The photographic materials, produced by the university photographer, were removed from this collection and were placed...
Dates: 1913 - 1986

University Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UnivRec-0066
Arrangement The collection is divided into three subgroups: Subgroup 1, University Affairs Archives (UAA), 1965-1986; Subgroup 2, University Photographic Archives (UPA), 1911-88; and Subgroup 3, The Buccaneer Photographs, 1987-90. UAA is subdivided into three series according to material type: Series 1, Negatives, 1965-86 and undated; Series 2, Contacts, 1965-86; and Series 3, Miscellaneous Materials, 1968 and undated. UPA is divided into four series according to type of...
Dates: 1911 - 1999

University Publications

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023-028
Dates: 2013 - 2020

University Relations

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2020-004
Dates: 1978 - 2010

University Relations accrual

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022-010
Dates: 1983 - 2002

Additional filters:

Type
Unprocessed Material 3
Collection 3
 
Subject
Corporation records 2
Photographs 2
Baccalaureate addresses -- East Tennessee State University 1
Charities -- Tennessee -- Johnson City 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1