OIC Seattle (often refered to locally as "SOIC")

Opportunities Industrialization Center records, 1966-1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Opportunities Industrialization Center (Seattle, Wash.)

Title

Opportunities Industrialization Center records

Dates

1966-1989 (inclusive)

Quantity

18 linear feet plus one box

Collection Number

4055 (Accession No. 4055-001)

Summary

Records of this community vocational center

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections.
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 206-543-1929
Fax: 206-543-1931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Additional Reference Guides

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Languages

English

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Find Related CollectionsReturn to Top

• Subject Terms :
• Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

• Corporate Names :
• Opportunities Industrialization Center (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives

• Other Creators :
• • Personal Names :
  • Charles, John (creator)
  • Isaki, Paul (creator)
  • McKinney, Samuel B.--Archives (creator)
  • Williams, James L (creator)
  • Corporate Names :
  • Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (creator)

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Historical NoteReturn to Top

OIC Seattle (often refered to locally as "SOIC") was incorporated in May 1966 as a private, nonprofit community-based vocational training center. It was founded as an outgrowth of the OIC movement which had been started two years earlier in Philadelphia. In 1972, OIC Seattle became the first community-based organization to receive federal designation as a Skills Center. Its rapid growth and expanding programs made possible the building of a multi-million dollar training center dedicated in 1974. OIC Seattle's diversified funding and its accreditation saved the school from the financial collapse experienced at the beginning of the 1980s by many similar institutions, but it could not survive the federal government's rapid and drastic cutback of funding around 1983 and 1984. It attempted to continue its services by totally reorganizing its service delivery system. Efforts continued another two years but on September 25, 1986, a Chapter 11 bankruptcy notice was filed.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Board minutes, 1970-1988; historical/organization features, brochures, financial records, reports, scrapbooks, photographs, films, videotapes, other record series, 1966-1989.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Literary rights of representatives of the records-creating organization transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

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Opportunities Industrialization Center records, 1966-1989