Washington State Psychological Association records

Washington State Psychological Association records, 1947-2019

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Washington State Psychological Association

Title

Washington State Psychological Association records

Dates

1947-2019 (inclusive)

Quantity

7.86 cubic feet (19 boxes)

Collection Number

5531

Summary

Records of a professional organization

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Some records are stored offsite. Advance notice is required.

Languages

English

Sponsor

Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

The Washington State Psychological Association was formed in 1947 with the mission of supporting psychologists and students of psychology to maintain vitality in the profession. The WSPA holds twice-annual conferences, offers continuing education and a career center for professional psychologists and students, provides a forum for member committees and task forces on varied topics, publishes the newsletter The Washington Psychologist, and provides an online referral service for the public.

Past directors of the WSPA have included: F. Young (1960s-1970s), L.Ehle (1980), D. Rost (1985-1992), Melby Cameron (1993-2001), Douglas Wear (2001- ).

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Organizational records, by-laws, meeting minutes, newsletters, continuing education, conference and leadership retreat documents, financial records, job descriptions, grant information, membership records, photographs, committee and board records, and realted ephemera.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The creators' literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 5 accessions.

Accession No. 5531-001, Washington State Psychological Association records, 1947-2008
Accession No. 5531-002, Washington State Psychological Association records, 2008-2010
Accession No. 5531-003, Washington State Psychological Association records, 1963-2017
Accession No. 5531-004, Washington State Psychological Association records, 2018
Accession No. 5531-005, Washington State Psychological Association records, 2019

Preservation Note

Some records are stored offsite. Advance notice is required.

Related Materials

The Washington State Psychological Association website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2016. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/4224/*/http://www.wapsych.org/

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 5531-001: Washington State Psychological Association records, 1947-2008Return to Top

5.88 cubic feet (14 boxes)

Scope and Content: Materials include meeting minutes for general business meetings and those of the executive board and council; membership records; newsletters; governance and administration materials including bylaws, job descriptions, and grant information; continuing education and conference materials; financial records; individual committees' and task forces' records; and historical documentation.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Source: Diane Dewitt, 2007 and 2009

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Minutes of the Executive Board, Council, and General Business Meetings	1947-2008
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	5531-001	Minutes	May 16, 1947-May 18, 1962
1/2	5531-001	Minutes	October 15, 1962-October 23, 1969
1/3	5531-001	Minutes	May 1, 1970-May 13, 1976
1/4	5531-001	Minutes	June 11, 1976-Decemeber 17, 1977
1/5	5531-001	Minutes	January 22, 1978-December 3, 1978
1/6	5531-001	Minutes	March 17, 1979-Decemeber 5, 1981
1/7	5531-001	Minutes	May 20, 1982-December 11, 1983
1/8	5531-001	Minutes	January 21, 1984-November 11, 1985
1/9	5531-001	Minutes	January 25, 1986-November 17, 1988
2/1	5531-001	Minutes	January 21, 1989-November 17, 1990
2/2	5531-001	Minutes	January 4, 1991-December 4, 1992
2/3	5531-001	Minutes	October 28, 1993-December 3, 1993
2/4	5531-001	Minutes	January 21, 1994-December 9, 1994
2/5	5531-001	Minutes	January 27, 1995-December 8, 1995
2/6	5531-001	Minutes	January 19, 1996-December 13, 1996
2/7	5531-001	Minutes	January 24, 1997-December 9, 1997
2/8	5531-001	Minutes	January 24, 1998-December 17, 1999
2/9	5531-001	Minutes	January 22, 2000-November 9, 2001
2/10	5531-001	Minutes	February 2, 2002-December 3, 2004
3/1	5531-001	Minutes	January 7, 2005-October 20, 2005
3/2	5531-001	Minutes	January 2006-December 2006
3/3	5531-001	Minutes	January 17, 2007-December 5, 2007
3/4	5531-001	Calendar of meetings	2008
		Membership and officer lists	1954-2006
Box/Folder	Accession
3/5	5531-001	Member and officer lists	1954-1967
3/6	5531-001	Directories and membership records	1968-1973
3/7	5531-001	Directories and membership records	1978-1987
3/8	5531-001	Directories and membership records	1988-1994
4/1	5531-001	Directories and membership records	1995-1999
4/2	5531-001	Directories and membership records	1999-2006
		Newsletters	1950-2007
Box/Folder	Accession
4/3	5531-001	Newsletters	November 1950-September 1961
4/4	5531-001	Newsletters	January 1962-November 1969
4/5	5531-001	Newsletters	February 1970-December 1974
4/6	5531-001	Newsletters	March 1975-December 1978
4/7	5531-001	Newsletters	March 1979-December 1981
5/1	5531-001	Newsletters	February 1982-Winter 1984
5/2	5531-001	Newsletters	Spring 1985-December 1987
5/3	5531-001	Newsletters	February 1988-December 1988
5/4	5531-001	Newsletters	February 1989-December 1989
5/5	5531-001	Newsletters	February 1990-December 1991
5/6	5531-001	Newsletters	February 1992-December 1993
5/7	5531-001	Newsletters	January 1994-December 1995
6/1	5531-001	Newsletters	February 1996-January 1998
6/2	5531-001	Newsletters	February 1998-January 2000
6/3	5531-001	Newsletters	February 2000-December 2001
6/4	5531-001	Newsletters	January 2002-December 2003
6/5	5531-001	Newsletters	January 2004-December 2005
6/6	5531-001	Newsletters	January 2006-December 2006
6/7	5531-001	Newsletters	February 2007-December 2007
		Conferences and conventions	1972-2007
Box/Folder	Accession
6/8	5531-001	Conferences and conventions	May 1972-Fall 1996
7/1	5531-001	Conferences and conventions	May 1983-October 1986
7/2	5531-001	Conferences and conventions	May 1987-October 1990
7/3	5531-001	Conferences and conventions	November 1991-October 1995
7/4	5531-001	Conferences and conventions	April 1996-October 2007
7/5	5531-001	Conferences and conventions	April 2001-October 2007
		Chapters	1978-2002
Box/Folder	Accession
7/6	5531-001	Chapter I	1980-1996
7/7	5531-001	Chapter I	January 1997-April 2002
7/8	5531-001	Chapter II and other materials	1978-1991
8/1	5531-001	Chapter III	1980-2002
8/2	5531-001	Chapter IV	1980-2000
8/3	5531-001	Chapter V	1984-1996
8/4	5531-001	Chapter VI	1981-2000
		Governance and administration	1947-2001
Box/Folder	Accession
8/5	5531-001	Registered to licensed	May 1949-March 1975
8/6	5531-001	Articles of incorp to reg as non-profit	1963-2001
8/7	5531-001	Bylaws	May 1947-October 1999
8/8	5531-001	Grants	1974-2001
8/9	5531-001	Job descriptions, contracts, liaison, and evaluations	1977-1995
9/1	5531-001	Job descriptions, contracts, liaison, and evaluations	1982-2001
9/2	5531-001	Strategic planning	1980-1996
9/3	5531-001	Strategic planning	1997-2001
9/4	5531-001	Liability/premises insurance	March 1978-June 1990
9/5	5531-001	Liability/premises insurance	January 1993-May 2001
9/6	5531-001	Policy and procedures	1967-2000
		Continuing education	1988-2006
Box/Folder	Accession
10/1	5531-001	Continuing education events	1988-2001
10/2	5531-001	Continuing education events	2002-2006
10/3	5531-001	APA sponsor approval	1994-2001
		Financial records	1947-2001
Box/Folder	Accession
10/4	5531-001	Treasurer's reports	1947-1979
10/5	5531-001	Financial records	1960-1979
10/6	5531-001	Annual financial summary	1980-1999
10/7	5531-001	Annual financial summary	2000-2001
		Committees and task forces	1954-2008
Box/Folder	Accession
10/8	5531-001	Earliest committees	1954-1978
10/9	5531-001	Continuing education policy and procedures	undated
11/1	5531-001	Continuing education	1976-1990
11/2	5531-001	Continuing education	1991-2000
11/3	5531-001	Provider issues	1980-1994
11/4	5531-001	Provider issues	1994-2002
11/5	5531-001	Restructuring task force	1991-2001
11/6	5531-001	Psychologist support program	1985-2002
11/7	5531-001	Gay and lesbian	1975-2002
11/8-9	5531-001	Ethics and professional standards	1976-2008
12/1	5531-001	Convention committee	1993-1999
12/2	5531-001	Technology and social issues	1979-2008
12/3	5531-001	Sunset, Labor & Industry, Education, Disaster, Nomination, Newsletter, Violence, Psych. Day, Grassroots	1984-1997
12/4	5531-001	Fiscal management	1973-1998
12/5	5531-001	Government and legal affairs	1978-1997
12/6	5531-001	Legislative issues
12/7	5531-001	Personnel	1984-1992
12/8	5531-001	Membership affairs	1977-2001
13/1	5531-001	Public information and federal advocacy	undated
13/2	5531-001	Ethnic and minority affairs	undated
13/3	5531-001	Referral service	undated
13/4	5531-001	Healthy workplace awards task force	undated
13/5	5531-001	EOL	undated
13/6	5531-001	Archives	undated
		Historical documentation	circa 1980-2007
Box/Folder	Accession
13/7	5531-001	Photographs	1980's
13/8	5531-001	Photographs	1990's
13/9	5531-001	Photographs	2000's
13/10	5531-001	Photographs	undated
13/11	5531-001	Miscellaneous - letterhead
14/1	5531-001	Newspaper articles	undated
14/2	5531-001	History, copyright, deed of gift, archives task force	undated
14/3	5531-001	Interviews and birthdays 2 DVDs	1982; 1997
14/4	5531-001	Interviews 2 videotapes (VHS)	1997

Accession No. 5531-002: Washington State Psychological Association records, 2008-2010Return to Top

0.58 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Materials include minutes; newsletters; membership records; governance and administrative materials; continuing education and conference materials; and individual chapter and committees' records..

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users. Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Acquisition Info: Source: Diane Dewitt, July 15, 2011

Processing Info: Minimally processed.

Folders that are labeled with numbers correspond to the inventory for Accession no. 5531-001.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Minutes of the Executive Board, Council, and General Business Meetings	2007-2010
Box/Folder	Accession
1	5531-002	Minutes	September 20, 2007-December 10, 2008
1	5531-002	Minutes	2009
1	5531-002	Minutes	2010
		Membership and officer lists	2010
Box/Folder	Accession
1	5531-002	Directories and membership records	2010
		Newsletters	2008-2010
Box/Folder	Accession
1	5531-002	Newsletters	2008
1	5531-002	Newsletters	2009
1	5531-002	Newsletters	2010
		Conferences and conventions	2008-2010
Box/Folder	Accession
1	5531-002	Conferences and conventions	2008-2010
		Chapters	2008; undated
Box/Folder	Accession
1	5531-002	Chapter I	2008
1	5531-002	Chapter VI	undated
		Governance and administration	2005, 2008-2009
Box/Folder	Accession
1	5531-002	Bylaws	2005, 2009
1	5531-002	Strategic Planning	2009
1	5531-002	Policy and procedures	2008
		Continuing education	2008-2009
Box/Folder	Accession
1	5531-002	Events	2008-2009
		Committees and task forces	2008-2010
Box/Folder	Accession
1	5531-002	Continuing Education	2008-2010
1	5531-002	Ethics and professional standards	2008
1	5531-002	Social Issues Human Rights Committee Meeting	2008-2010
1	5531-002	Licensing	2008, 2010
1	5531-002	Government and legal affairs	2009
1	5531-002	Public information and federal advocacy	2008
		Foundation	2010
Box/Folder	Accession
1	5531-002	Minutes, Mission Statement	2010

Accession No. 5531-003: Washington State Psychological Association records, 1963-2017Return to Top

1.02 cubic feet ( 2 boxes)

Scope and Content: Materials related to the Washington State Psychological Association. Includes organizational records, meeting minutes, newsletters, conference and leadership retreat documents, early member records, photographs, and committee and board records from 1963 through 2017.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Info: Source: Diane Dewitt on behalf of Marvo Reguindin, 2017-06-19 and 2018-03-28

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Accession
1/1	5531-003	Executive board minutes	2011-2017
1/2	5531-003	Washington Psychologist newsletters	2011-2012
1/3	5531-003	Washington Psychologist newsletters	2011-2017
1/4	5531-003	Chapter meetings	2011
1/5-8	5531-003	Meeting minutes	2012-2015
1/9	5531-003	Spring and fall conferences	2011-2017
1/10	5531-003	Continuing education events	2011-2017
1/11	5531-003	Early member records and photographs	circa 1980s
1/12	5531-003	Articles of Incorporation	1963
1/13	5531-003	Governance, policy, and procedures	circa 1990s-2000s
2/1-3	5531-003	Leadership retreats	2001, 2005-2011
2/4-7	5531-003	Committee records	circa 1970s-2010s
2/8	5531-003	Finances	2014-2017
2/9	5531-003	Proclamations: Psychologically Healthy Workplace Week	2002-2006
2/10	5531-003	Ephemera: tote bag and pen	2007
2/11	5531-003	WSPA newsletter and photograph of Frank Young	1965

Accession No. 5531-004: Washington State Psychological Association records, 2018Return to Top

0.19 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Collection contains retreat agendas, board of trustee minutes, and related conference ephemera (tote bag) from 2018.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Diane DeWitt 2019

Accession No. 5531-005: Washington State Psychological Association records, 2019Return to Top

0.19 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Materials related to the Washington State Psychological Association. Includes meeting minutes, financial reports, newsletters, and conference documents from 2019.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Diane DeWitt, September 10, 2020.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	5531-005	Board minutes, financial reports, president's reports	2019
1/2	5531-005	WSPA Fall Convention ephemera	October 11, 2019
1/3	5531-005	Newsletters	2019

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Clinical psychology--Practice--Washington (State)
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Psychologists--Washington (State)
Psychology--Practice--Washington (State)
Psychology--Study and teaching--Washington (State)
Psychology--Washington (State)

Corporate Names

Washington State Psychological Association--Archives
Washington State Psychological Association--By-laws
Washington State Psychological Association--Congresses
Washington State Psychological Association--Directories
Washington State Psychological Association--Finance
Washington State Psychological Association--Membership

Titles within the Collection

Washington psychologist

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