National Youth Administration Records

National Youth Administration Records, 1935-1944

Overview of the Collection

Creator: State College of Washington
Title: National Youth Administration Records
Dates: 1935-1944 (inclusive)
19351944
Quantity: 1 Linear feet of shelf space, (2 boxes)
Collection Number: Archives 231 (collection)
Summary: Established in 1937, the National Youth Administration was a New Deal program dealing with the effects of the Great Depression. Among other things, it provided grants to college students in exchange for work. The collection consists primarily of records and papers relating to the Pullman campus of WSC's administration of National Youth Administration projects.
Repository: 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: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Established in 1937, the National Youth Administration was a New Deal program dealing with the effects of the Great Depression. Among other things, it provided grants to college students in exchange for work. The National Youth Administration was closed in 1943.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists primarily of records and papers relating to the Pullman campus of WSC's administration of National Youth Administration projects. Papers range from summary level program documents to sheets on individual projects (jobs). Most of the papers come from 1936-1939 and from 1941-1943.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] National Youth Administration Records, 1935-1944 (UA 231)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is organized in two series. The first series is in subject order, and consists of administrative materials, correspondence, documents, and budgets relating to the implementation of the National Youth Administration on campus in Pullman. The second series consists of individual project statements. Series two is then broken into two subseries, the first being statements from 1936-1938, organized alphabetically by sponsoring department. The second series comprises the last two folders, and is project statements from 1942-1943, alphabetically by department in two folders maintaining their original separation as active and inactive projects, and including some administrative materials relating to the overseeing of those projects.

Acquisition Information

These records were transferred to Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections sometime prior to 1984, from an unknown donor, and designated as W049. The collection was preliminarily processed ca. 1984, but was not completed and no finding aid was created.

Processing Note

This collection was reprocessed and described by University Archivist Mark O'English in January of 2011; the folder list was typed by University of Idaho graduate student Timothy Mace.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: Administrative Materials and other documentsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description

Box	Folder
1	1	Annual Report, 1936-1937
1	2	Annual Report, 1937-1938
1	3	Annual Report, 1938-1939
1	4	Miscellaneous Assistance Forms, 1941-1942
1	5	Circulars, 1943-1944
1	6	Correspondence, 1936
1	7	Correspondence, 1942-1943
1	8	Equipment and Material Inventory, 1942
1	9	Federal Student Aid Organization, Procedure Results, 1935-1936
1	10	Manual: Official Procedure for School Year 1941-1942
1	11	Manual: The National Youth Administration Central Office, Pullman, Washington, 1942
1	12	Manual of Student Work Procedure, 1942-1943
1	13	Payrolls for N.Y.A. 1939-1941
1	14	Payroll Master List, 2nd Semester, 1941-1942
1	15	Payroll Master List, 1942-1943
1	16	Projects to be Considered by Committee
1	17	Work Plan, Undated
1	18	Work Plan (Proposed), 1941

Series 2: Project (Job) StatementsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
		Subseries 2.1: 1936-1938
Box	Folder
1	19	Agricultural Education
1	20	Agricultural Engineering
1	21	Agricultural Experimental Station
1	22	Agronomy-Soils
1	23	Architectural Engineering
1	24	Alumni
1	25	Animal Husbandry
1	26	Agronomy
1	27	Associated Students
1	28	Bacteriology
1	29	Botany
1	30	Buildings and Grounds
1	31	Bursar
1	32	Business Administration
1	33	Campus
1	34	Chemistry
1	35	Civil Engineering
1	36	College Farm
2	37	Dairy Husbandry
2	38	Dean of Men
2	39	Dean of Women
2	40	Education
2	41	Electrical Engineering
2	42	Engineering Experimental Station
2	43	English
2	44	Extension
2	45	Farm Management
2	46	Fine Arts
2	47	Forestry and Range Management
2	48	Geology
2	49	History and Political Science
2	50	Home Economics
2	51	Horticulture
2	52	Industrial Arts
2	53	Libraries
2	54	Mathmatics
2	55	Mechanical Engineering
2	56	Military
2	57	Mining and Metalurgy
2	58	Music
2	59	National Youth Administration
2	60	Pharmacy
2	61	Photo Studio
2	62	Physical Education (Women and Men)
2	63	Physics
2	64	Plant Pathology
2	65	Poultry
2	66	Psychology
2	67	Public Health Committee
2	68	Pullman Chamber of Commerce
2	69	Pullman, City of
2	70	Pullman (Off-Campus) Organizations: Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Kiwanis Club, Camp Fire Girls
2	71	Radio
2	72	Registrar
2	73	Resettlement
2	74	Scholarship Committee
2	75	Sociology and Rural Sociology Research Laboratory
2	76	Speech
2	77	U.S. Geological Survey
2	78	Vetrinary Medicine
2	79	Washington School of Religion
2	80	Washington State Highway Dept.
2	81	Y.M.C.A.
2	82	Y.W.C.A.
2	83	Zoology
		Subseries 2.2: 1942-1943
Box	Folder
2	84	Active
2	85	Inactive

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

College students -- Employment -- United States.
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Washington (State).
Public works -- Washington (State).
Student aid -- Washington (State).
Youth -- Employment -- Washington (State).

Corporate Names

State College of Washington.
United States. National Youth Administration.
Washington State University.

Other Creators

Corporate Names
- United States. National Youth Administration. (creator)
- Washington State University. (creator)

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