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Fred G. Rounds Papers, 1918-1967
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Fred G. Rounds Papers
- Dates
- 1918-1967 (inclusive)19181967
- Quantity
- 9 linear feet, (18 boxes, plus oversize.)
- Collection Number
- Cage 231
- Summary
- Includes correspondence, reports, and photographs concerning civic organizations, civil defense, land-use planning, the Pullman (Wash.) planning commission, the Kiwanis Club, and a number of residential architectural projects.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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The collection is open and available for on-site research use. Researchers will be instructed to wear gloves. Though the images vary widely in their physical condition, reproductions in the form of digital scans and prints will be available for most of the items in the collection.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Fred Grafton Rounds was born January 6, 1893, at St. Paul, Minnesota. He was graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1916. During the First World War, Rounds was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He was discharged as a 1st Lieutenant in April 1919. Rounds began his career in architecture for the firm of Croft and Hoerner Architects,in Minneapolis. In 1923, Rounds joined the WSC Department of Architectural Engineering in 1923, where he served as an assistant professor of architecture and as an assistant designer in the college architect's office. He also joined with his colleague, Stanley A. Smith, in the architectural firm of Smith and Rounds. The partnership designed many residences in Pullman in the late 1920s, along with several sorority and fraternity houses. By the late 1920s, Rounds left his post at WSC to pursue a full-time private architecture practice in Tacoma and Chehalis.
In 1932 he designed the center unit addition to the Pullman High School. In 1934 he returned to the WSC campus to oversee several college building construction project sponsored by the federal Public Works Administration. From 1937 to 1950, Rounds he served as superintendent of the State College's Department of Buildings and Grounds. He retired from WSC in 1958. Fred G. Rounds was a civic-minded resident of Pullman. He joined the local Kiwanis club, serving on numerous committees. He was elected its president in 1943, and in 1955 served as the Pacific Northwest District Governor. In addition, Rounds was an organizer and long-time member of the Planning Commission and the Whitman County Planning Commission. He served on the Pullman School Board and the Pullman Memorial Hospital Board; and he was director of the Pullman-WSC Civil Defense program and chairman of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce. Rounds was a member of the Pullman Community Congregational Church, where he served as a deacon and as chief usher. He also oversaw the design and construction of the congregation's new house of worship in the mid-1950s. He was also active in Masonic lodges. In 1919, Rounds married the former Ruth Wikoff. The union brought three children, Mrs. Harold (Jeanne) Olsen, Mrs. Earl (Margery) Muir, and Fred G. Rounds, Jr. Ruth Rounds died in 1949. In 1955, Fred Rounds married the former Mrs. John P. (Dora) Sanger. Rounds died on May 2, 1972.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The papers of Fred G. Rounds consist of correspondence, reports, enclosures, and photographs concerning civic organizations, civil defence, land-use planning, employment at Washington State College, and Rounds' private architectural contracts. The larger and more significant series concern the Pullman City Planning Commission, the Kiwanis Club, and a number of residential architectural projects done as private contracts. Most materials date from about 1940 to about 1960. The papers are arranged in nine series, reflecting an apparent original order. Within series, the arrangement is alphabetical subject folders.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Series list: Series 1. Personal and Professional Correspondence Series 2. Kiwanis Series 3. Planning--local, county, and region Series 4. Civil Defense Series 5. Community Congregational Church Series 6. Pullman and WSC Series 7. Humor Series 8. Social Clubs and other Organizations Series 9. Miscellaneous
Acquisition Information
Washington State University Libraries acquired the Fred G. Rounds Papers in two accessions, the first prior to 1970 and the second (MS 75-7) in May 1975, from the WSU School of Architecture. The drawings in folder 276 were received later, with a collection of architectural drawings from the Pullman Community Congregational Church (MS.2008.28), and added to this collection in 2018.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
1: Personal and Professional CorrespondenceReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | H. H. Waples, personal |
1934-1936 |
1/2 | H. H. Waples, Treasury Department |
1934-1935 |
1/3 | Chapin Foster, Sec.-Director, Washington State Historical Society |
1944-1947 |
Personal Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/4 | 1956 | |
1/5 | 1957 | |
1/6 | 1958 | |
1/7 | 1959 | |
1/8 | 1960 | |
1/9 | 1961 | |
1/10 | 1962 | |
1/11 | 1963 | |
1/12 | 1964 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/13 | Around the World Trip |
1963 |
1/14 | College Architect Office Data |
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1/15 | Logan G. Kimsey, M.D., residence |
1940 |
1/16 | Kappa Sigma House, alterations |
1952 |
2/17 | Hollingsworth Apartments, alterations |
1953 |
2/18 | W. W. Durham, High School, Kellogg, Idaho, plans |
1953 |
2/19 | Kappa Kappa Gamma, porch railing |
1954 |
2/20 | Ralph Fowler, residence |
1954 |
2/21 | John S. Peterson, residence |
1954 |
2/22 | Guy Murchland, residence |
1955 |
2/23 | Dean Sanders |
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2/24 | Architectural journals and bulletins |
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2/25 | Miscellaneous clippings |
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2/26 | Product brochures |
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2/27 | Associated General Contractors, Spokane |
1953 |
2: KiwanisReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Kiwanis, Pullman Club |
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Box/Folder | ||
2/28 | "What Is Kiwanis?" |
1960, 1962 inc. |
2/29 | Membership |
1922-1962 |
2/30 | Annual officers and members roster |
1940-1965, inc. |
2/31 | By Laws, Local and International |
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3/32 | Committee on education, fellowship, club history, and laws and regulations |
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3/33 | Support of Churches Division |
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3/34 | Pullman club charter correspondence |
1922 |
3/35 | "Facts about Pullman Kiwanis Club," prepared by Education Committee |
March 1945 |
3/36 | "Facts about Pullman Kiwanis Club," prepared by Education Committee |
May 1947 |
3/37 | "Annual Achievement Report of the Kiwanis Club of Pullman, for the Year 1938 |
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3/38 | Circle K House |
1938 |
3/39 | Circle K Fraternity |
1947 |
3/40 | "Former Members, Deceased or Moved Away," A through K |
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3/41 | Membership |
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3/42 | "Kiwaniquiz" |
1962-1963 |
3/43 | Fred G. Rounds' corr. |
1920s |
3/44 | Newspaper Clippings |
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3/45 | Newspaper Clipping Scrapbook |
1957-1958 |
3/46 | Passion Play, Bryan Hall Auditorium |
December 1955 |
4/47 | Photographs |
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4/48 | Misc. correspondence |
1950s-1960s |
Kiwanis History, including Pullman Weekly Bulletin
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Box/Folder | ||
4/49 | 1926-1928 and 1935 | |
4/50 | 1940-1954 | |
4/51 | 1955 | |
4/52 | 1956 | |
4/53 | 1957 | |
4/54 | 1958 | |
4/55 | 1959 | |
4/56 | 1960 | |
4/57 | 1961 | |
5/58 | 1962 | |
5/59 | 1963 | |
5/60 | 1964 | |
5/61 | 1965 | |
5/62 | 1966 | |
5/63 | 1967 | |
Kiwanis, Pacific Northwest District |
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Board Meeting |
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Box/Folder | ||
5/64 | Seattle |
February 1955 |
5/65 | Seattle |
February 1962 |
5/66 | Seattle |
November 1962 |
5/67 | Portland |
January 1963 |
5/68 | Vancouver, B.C. |
February 1964 |
5/69 | Seattle |
November 1964 |
District Convention |
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Box/Folder | ||
5/70 | Salem, Oregon |
1956 |
5/71 | Penticton, B.C. |
1957 |
5/72 | Tacoma |
1958 |
5/73 | Eugene |
1959 |
5/74 | Vancouver, B.C. |
1960 |
5/75 | Spokane |
1961 |
5/76 | Yakima |
1962 |
5/77 | Anchorage |
1963 |
6/78 | Portland |
1964 |
6/79 | Seattle |
1966 |
Box/Folder | ||
6/80 | Kiwanis, International Convention, Denver |
1962 |
6/81 | Kiwanis, International Convention, Portland |
1966 |
6/82 | Misc. convention programs |
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Kiwanis, Fred G. Rounds, Pacific Northwest District Gov. |
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Box/Folder | ||
6/83 | Election as governor |
1964 |
6/84 | Personal scrapbook during tenure as district governor |
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6/85 | Pacific Northwest District Audit Report for the period January 1, 1954 to December 31, 1954 |
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6/86 | Governor's Tour of Alaska |
1955 |
6/87 | New Club Building |
1955 |
6/88 | New Club Building Committee |
1955 |
6/89 | Public Relations Committee |
1955 |
6/90 | Education and Fellowship Committee |
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7/91 | Attendance Committee |
1955 |
7/92 | Convention Program Committee |
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7/93 | "On to Cleveland," international convention |
1955 |
7/94 | District Bulletin |
1949-1966, inc. |
7/95 | District Directory |
1953-1959 |
7/96 | International Directory |
1956 |
3: Planning--local, county, and regionalReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
7/97 | Pullman Public Schools, Durham Report, 1949, and newspaper clippings |
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7/98 | City-College Relations, Special Committee |
1946 |
7/99 | Pullman Housing Authority, corr., part 1 |
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7/100 | Pullman Housing Authority, corr., part 2 |
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7/101 | Pullman Community Hospital Board |
1952-1964 |
7/102 | Pullman, City of Pullman City Plan |
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7/103 | Capital outlay |
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7/104 | Subdivision Ordinance No. A-217 |
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7/105 | Mobile Homes |
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8/106 | Studies and Master Plan |
1960 |
8/107 | Public Schools |
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8/108 | Bond Issue |
1958 |
8/109 | Ivan Bloch and Associates |
1957 |
8/110 | To-do Items |
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8/111 | Misc. |
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8/112 | Photographs |
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Pullman City Planning Commission |
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Box/Folder | ||
8/113 | General |
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8/114 | Business and Development Committee |
1960 |
8/115 | Minutes |
1947-1951 |
8/116 | Minutes |
1952-1955, inc. |
8/117 | Minutes |
1956 |
8/118 | Minutes |
1957-1958 |
8/119 | Minutes |
1959 |
8/120 | Minutes |
1960 |
9/121 | Minutes |
1961 |
9/122 | Minutes |
1962 |
9/123 | Minutes |
1963 |
9/124 | Minutes |
1964 |
9/125 | Commission and Board of Adjustment Minutes |
1957-1958 |
9/126 | Fallout Shelters |
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9/127 | Misc. |
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Box/Folder | ||
9/128 | Planning, misc. |
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9/129 | Highway Advertising Control |
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9/130 | Association of Washington Cities, corr. |
1939-1940 |
9/131 | City of Pullman, "Budget for 1953" |
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9/132 | "Accident Report Study for the City of Pullman" |
1960 |
9/133 | "Washington Street and Highway Need Study, Report for the City of Pullman" |
January 1960 |
9/134 | Master Plan for Pullman |
1957 |
9/135 | "Hillside Terrace, A Proposed Addition to the City of Pullman, Washington" |
1959 |
9/136 | Pullman, Washington, Zoning Ordinance No. 649, as amended |
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9/137 | "Proposed Zoning Ordinance of the City of Pullman" |
January 1961 |
9/138 | "Report of Planning Studies, Pullman, Wash., January 1960" |
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9/139 | Newspaper Clipping Scrapbooks, City of Pullman and misc., building construction |
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Whitman County Planning Commission |
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Box/Folder | ||
10/140 | School Consolidation |
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10/141 | "A Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan for Whitman County, Washington," Preliminary Draft |
July 31, 1965 |
10/142 | "Whitman County Agriculture, Washington," County Agricultural Data Series, 1965, by Port of Whitman County |
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10/143 | State Parks and Recreation |
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10/144 | Sub-Division Ordinance |
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10/145 | Trailer Courts and Mobile Homes |
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10/146 | Whitman County Parks and Recreation |
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10/147 | Airport Zoning |
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10/148 | County Zoning |
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10/149 | County Plan, M-1-L Zone |
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10/150 | County Plan, Parks |
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10/151 | County Plan, Parks and Recreation--Wash. State Sportsmen |
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10/152 | County Plan, Public Relations |
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10/153 | Minutes |
1957-1960 |
10/154 | Minutes |
1961 |
10/155 | Minutes and misc. |
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11/156 | Weed Control Plan |
1959 |
11/157 | Reorganization |
1959-1960 |
11/158 | "The Comprehensive Outdoor Plan for Whitman County, Washington" |
1966 |
11/159 | Misc. corr. |
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11/160 | General |
1961-1965 |
11/161 | Whitman County Zoning Resolution |
1958 |
11/162 | County Planning Commission Plan for Whitman County |
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11/163 | Whitman County Plan, to-do |
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11/164 | "County Commissioners' Land Use Planning Guide," Wash. State Assoc. of County Commissioners, May 1959 |
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11/165 | Planning Assoc. of Washington, 1964 convention, Yakima |
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11/166 | Whitman County Port District |
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11/167 | "An Economic Summary and A Comprehensive Plan for the Port of Whitman County," by H. E. Bovay, Jr., Consulting Engineers |
1961 |
11/168 | "The Port District and the Comprehensive Plan for the Port of Whitman County" |
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11/169 | Inland Waterways Association, corr. |
1958 |
11/170 | Inland Waterways Association, misc. |
4: Civil DefenseReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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WSC-Pullman Civil Defense |
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Box/Folder | ||
12/171 | Notices of Meetings and Minutes |
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12/172 | Test Problem No. 1 |
1952 |
12/173 | Yellow Alert |
February 24, 1952 |
12/174 | Red Alert |
May 6, 1952 |
12/175 | "Basic Plan for Civil Defense" |
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12/176 | Misc. |
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12/177 | Moscow-Univ. of Idaho |
1951-1952 |
12/178 | American Legion Auxiliary |
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12/179 | Clippings |
1952-1960 |
12/180 | Washington State Defense Council |
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12/181 | WSC, Plan for Civil Defense |
1952 |
12/182 | WSC, Civil Defense Manual |
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12/183 | Univ. of Washington, "Report Recommending a Division of Safety" |
1950 |
12/184 | Univ. of Washington, Civil Defense |
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12/185 |
The Civil Defense Alert
|
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12/186 | U.S. Civil Defense Council |
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Oversize / 276 | Charts: WSC-Pullman Civil Defense (drafts?), 2 versions |
circa 1940s-1950s |
U.S. Civil Defense |
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Box/Folder | ||
12/187 | Publications, order invoices |
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12/188 | Fallout shelters |
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12/189 | National literature, part 1 |
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13/190 | National literature, part 2 |
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13/191 | State of Washington |
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13/192 | Fallout Shelter Design and Evaluation Workshop [1961], Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization |
5: Community Congregational ChurchReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
13/193 | Annual reports |
1958-1963 |
13/194 | Board of Deacons |
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13/195 | Budget |
1950s |
13/196 | By Laws |
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13/197 | Church building designs and styles |
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13/198 | Church organization |
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13/199 | Equipment and supplies |
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13/200 | Funding for new building |
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13/201 | Installation of the Rev. Theodore C. Edquist... |
1961 |
13/202 | Memorials |
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13/203 | Misc. |
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13/204 | New Manse |
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14/205 | Organization |
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14/206 | Pilgrim Firs Camp |
1964 |
14/207 | Plan of Organization |
1961-1962 |
14/208 | Sermons |
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14/209 | Ushers |
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New Construction |
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Box/Folder | ||
14/210 | Bascom's Cabinet Works, Keene, Texas, pews and chancel furniture |
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14/211 | Blueprints |
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14/212 | Building |
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14/213 | Building committee |
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14/214 | Building program |
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14/215 | Busboom and Rauh, general contractors |
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14/216 | Robert L. Durham, architect |
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15/217 | Furniture--chancel and pews |
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15/218 | Kitchen cabinets and misc. bids |
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15/219 | Misc. invoices, bids, and corr. |
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15/220 | Standifer Refrigeration and Heating |
6: Misc. Pullman and WSCReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Pullman |
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Box/Folder | ||
15/221 | Recreation |
circa 1947 |
15/222 | Fire Department |
1966 |
15/223 | Honor Roll, Men Serving in the Armed Forces |
1945 |
WSC |
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Box/Folder | ||
15/224 | Buildings and Grounds Manual |
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15/225 | "Report onthe Use of Space Devoted to Instructional Purposes, First Semester, 1953-54" |
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15/226 | Room Scheduling Procedures |
1950-1951 |
15/227 | Safety, traffic, parking area |
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15/228 | Space Priorities Committee, meeting minutes |
1954-1958 |
15/229 | Space Priorities Committee |
1956-1958 |
15/230 | Traffic Engineering |
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15/230.1 | Description and date: Speech: The State College of Washington: Its Origin, History, and Present Development, circa 1940-1941 |
7: HumorReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description |
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Box/Folder | |
15/231 | Cartoons, part 1 |
16/232 | Cartoons, part 2 |
16/233 | Clippings, misc. |
16/234 |
Heyer Cartoon and Idea Book
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16/235 | Humor |
16/236 | Limericks |
16/237 | Quotes |
8: Social Clubs and Other OrganizationsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
17/238 | Alpha Rho Chi fraternity, misc. |
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17/239 | Alpha Rho Chi fraternity, The Anthem
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1945-1962, inc. |
17/240 | Alpha Rho Chi fraternity, The Archi
|
1939-1960, inc. |
17/241 | American Automobile Association, Spokane, Wash. |
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17/242 | B.I.L.--P.E.O. |
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17/243 | Camera Club of Pullman |
1965 |
17/244 | Chamber of Commerce, Pullman |
1925-1964 |
17/245 | Estes Park, Colorado [YMCA conference] |
1965 |
17/246 | Freemasonry, "General Information Concerning the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry..." |
[1963] |
17/247 | Friends of the Library, WSU |
1941-1964 |
17/248 | Knights Templar, Masonic Lodges |
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17/249 | Quarter Century Club, WSU |
1959-1966 |
17/250 | Pullman, church, Episcopal [construction] |
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17/251 | Pullman, church, Presbyterian [construction] |
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17/252 | Royal Arch, Masonic Lodges |
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17/253 | Scarab fraternity |
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17/254 | University of Illinois, Class of 1916, 50th Anniversary |
9: MiscellanousReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
18/255 | American Express Credit Card |
1962-1966 |
18/256 | Auto Accident enroute to Bellevue |
12-23-1965 |
18/257 | Automobiles |
1950s-1960s |
18/258 | Cards--Bridge |
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18/259 | Chinese Rugs |
1931 |
18/260 | Communism, clippings and pamphlets |
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18/261 | Drafting Machine |
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18/262 | Kappa Alpha Theta sorority [Marge Rounds, pledge, 1950] |
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18/263 | Military Records, World War I discharge |
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News clippings |
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Box/Folder | ||
18/264 | John F. Kennedy Assassination |
1963 |
18/265 | 1964 elections |
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18/266 | 1965-1966 | |
18/267 | A.S.E.E. convention |
1966 |
18/268 | Pullman people |
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18/269 | Cemetery |
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18/270 | Misc. |
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Box/Folder | ||
18/271 | Republican Party |
1960s |
18/272 | Scale Modeling of Buildings |
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18/273 | Talks--slides |
1965 |
18/274 | Whitman County Navy certificate |
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18/275 | Margery Rounds drawing, Fred Rounds, jr. |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Architecture--Washington (State)--Pullman.
- Civil defense--Washington (State)--Pullman--1950-1960.
- Washington State University--Faculty--Archives