Student Affairs, Office of, Records, 1939-1974

Overview of the Collection

Title
Student Affairs, Office of, Records
Dates
1939-1974 (inclusive)
Quantity
approximate 6725 items, ( 7 linear feet), ( 7 containers)
Collection Number
Archives 48
Summary
Collection consists mainly of correspondence, covering such subject areas as student activities, academic affairs, student publications, housing and food services, honorary societies, placement bureau and regulations pertaining to student life. Documents concerning the operation of the Compton Union Building are also included.
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

The Collection is open for research use.

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

The Office of Student Affairs was organized to serve as the administrative body overseeing many facets of college life. Headed by the Dean of Students, the Office of Student Affairs includes the Associate Deans of men and Woman. By 1948, the Office had been re-organized to include additional administrative personnel, such as an Associate Dean of Students responsible for planning curricula for students who had yet to declare a major, and an Assistant Dean of Students whose duties included the development of educational, social, and cultural aspects of college residence life and to serve as an advisor to foreign students. Other officers included coordinators of student housing and veterans' affairs. The student counseling center and the placement bureau were also added to the Office of Student Affairs.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The Records of the Office of Student Affairs are arranged in one general, alphabetical subject series. This collection contains material from 1939 to 1974. The bulk of the material, however, covers the period 1949-1967. The original folder headings and the original order have been retained throughout the collection.

These records include daily correspondence and thereby reflect the many aspects and activities of the Office of Student Affairs. The collection consists of material concerning: student activities, academic affairs, student publications, the counseling center, food service, housing, honorary societies, Greek letter living groups, placement bureau, student health, student government, discipline, the operation of Compton Union Building, the YMCA/YWCA, surveys, rules and regulations pertaining to student life, co-ed dormitory integration, correspondence of principal administrators, and police relations.

Principal correspondents include President Wilson Compton and C. Clement French, Vice President E. H. Hopkins, Dean of Students J.C. Clevenger, and Dean of Women Lulu Holmes.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Office of Student Affairs were transferred to the University Archives, Washington State University, in September, 1978 (UA 78-34) in accordance with the approved records schedule.

Processing Note

The records were processed between January 1980 and April 1980 by Andrew J. Gregg.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

A.C.E. (American Council of Education) , 1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 1-2

25 items

A.C.P.A. (American College Personnel Association) , 1956-1958Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 3

20 items

Activities Study , 1952-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 4

50 items

ASSCW (Associated Students of the State College of Washington), Constitution and Student Government , 1948Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 5

15 items

Annual Report Student Personnel Services , 1950, 1952-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 6-20

15 items

Annual Report Student Personnel Services , 1967-1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 21-23

3 items

Annual Reports Review , 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 24

1 item

Biennial Reports , 1949-1953Return to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 25

1 item

Board of Publications , 1962-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 26-28

26 items

Co-ed Dining , 1951-1961Return to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 29

35 items

Compton, Wilson , 1947-1949Return to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 30

95 items

Council of Student Personnel Associations: Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 35
Committees
13 items
1964-1965
2 36
Professional Training
25 items
1963-1964
2 37
San Francisco
30 items
1964

College Student Personnel Institute: Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 38-39
General Correspondence
60 items
1966-1968
2 40
Committee (Study)
4 items
1964
2 41
Conference
30 items
1964

Counseling Center , 1952-1961Return to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 42-46

112 items

Dean of Men-History , 1939-1946Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 47

10 items

Decade of Student Personnel Services , 1952-1962Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 48

1 item

Dormitory Contract Survey , 1954Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 49

20 items

Dormitories, Men's New , 1950-1953Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 50

6 items

Dormitories, Washington State College , 1956-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 51

40 items

Drinking problems , 1950-1956Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 52-53

41 items

Education 560 , 1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 54

2 items

Evaluation Student Personnel Services , n.d.Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 55

1 item

Faculty Associates Program , 1960-1961Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 56

12 items

Fraternities: Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
3 57-58
Correspondence
22 items
1959-1963, 1965-1966
3 59
Hazing
6 items
1959-1960
3 60-61
Housing (College Aid)
51 items
1958-1960
3 62-63
Information
13 items
1959-1961
3 64-65
Managers Association
4 items
1958-1960
3 66
"Membership Clause"
8 items
1958-1959
3 67
What College Can Do to Aid
12 items
1957-1959

French, C. Clement, Correspondence , 1950-1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 68-78

250 items

Fo-Paws , 1950Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 79

7 items

Game Department , 1965-1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 80

10 items

Graduate Men Housing , 1958-1962Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 81

12 items

Gray W , 1953Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 82

6 items

Honor Code , 1954-1956Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 83

11 items

Lulu Holmes , 1953-1956Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 84

40 items

E. H. Hopkins , 1947-1949Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 85

105 items

Housing , 1949-1953Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 86

25 items

Housing and Food Advisory Board , 1952-1955Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 87-89

77 items

Housing and Food Advisory Com. , 1955-1956Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 90

50 items

Housing and Food Correspondence, 1,956-1957 , 1959-1961, 1966-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 91-93

26 items
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
3 94-95
General Correspondence
41 items
1957, 1961-1962
3 96
Conference, Arlington VA
10 items
1963
3 97
Planning Committee
20 items
1963

Integration of Dormitories , 1958-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 98

20 items

Interfraternity Council , 1958-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 99

25 items

International Student Office , 1956-1962Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 100-103

120 items

Journalism of Student Publications , 1952-1953Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 104

45 items

Land Grant College , 1952-1953Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 105

25 items

Leadership Training , 1954-1955Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 106

20 items

McCarten, A. E. , 1957-1961Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 107

35 items

Married Students , 1959-1960Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 108

1 item

Military Coordination , 1966-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 109

12 items

Miscellaneous , 1951, 1958-1961Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 110-111

82 items

Miscellaneous Committee , 1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3, Folder 112

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (N.A.S.P.A.): Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
3 113-121
Correspondence
230 items
1955-1968
3 122
Berkeley
17 items
June 18-22, 1956
3 123
"Breeze"
15 items
1955-1956
3 124
Complimentary Letters
16 items
1962-1963
3 125-126
Commission I
6 items
1956-1957, 1959-1960
3 127
Commission VII
40 items
1964
3 128
Drug Conferences
10 items
1966-1967
3 129
Educational Writers Assoc.
8 items
1966
3 130
Executive Committee
20 items
1955-1956
3 131
Ex. Comm. St. Louis
8 items
1955
4 132
Ex. Comm. Madison, Ann Arbor
10 items
1955
4 133
French Lick
20 items
1958
4 134
Future
45 items
1962-1963
4 135
Purdue
25 items
1955
4 136
Recommendations
10 items
1955-1956
4 137
Seminar, Boston
30 items
1953

Northrup, Catherine , 1959-1961Return to Top

Container(s): Box 4, Folder 138

6 items

Northwest Self-Evaluation Report , 1960Return to Top

Container(s): Box 4, Folder 139

8 items

National Student Association: Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
4 140
Bulletins
100 items
1952-1954
4 141
Evaluation
20 items
1957
4 142
Report by ACPA
50 items
1958
4 143
Research Evaluation
12 items
1955
4 144-146
Correspondence
46 items
1955-1956, 1961-1962, 1966-1967

Off-Campus Housing , 1961, 1963-1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 147-148

61 items

Off-Campus Housing, Oregon , 1965Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 149

10 items

Off-Campus Social Events , 1965-1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 150

3 items

O.D.K. "The Circle," , 1958-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 151

6 items

Phi Eta Sigma , 1945-1948Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 152

40 items

Placement Bureau , 1953-1959, 1957-1959, 1962-1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 153-158

115 items

Police Relations , 1950-1953, 1958-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 159-160

36 items

Political Activities , 1955Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 161

1 item

Political Speakers on Campus , 1962-1963Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 162

15 items

Portland State College Evaluation , 1965-1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 163

13 items

Quarter System Evaluation , 1965-1966Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 164

2 items

Relationship: Activities to Scholarship , 1954-1955Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 165

30 items

Replacing CMN with Affirmative Action , 1972Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 166

30 items

Resident Halls: Assignments , 1962-1964Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 167

20 items

Resident Hall Material: New Dorms , 1954-1961Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 168

50 items

Role of the Student in World Community , n.d.Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 169

1 item

R.O.T.C. , 1953Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 170

10 items

R.O.T.C. Investigation , 1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 171

6 items

Rules and Regulations Survey , 1966-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 172

40 items

Ruling on Treeings , 1961Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 173

2 items

Salary Information , 1953-1956Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 174

8 items

Scholarships , 1958-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 175

20 items

Scholarship Standards , 1959-1961Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 176

3 items

Social Coordinating Council , 1954Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 177

1 item

Social Rules and Regulations , 1954-1955Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 178

5 items

Sororities , 1959-1960Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 179

1 item

Space & Priorities Committees , 1956-1957Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 180

12 items

Special Student Cases , 1958-1963Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 181-184

17 items

Speech Material , 1955-1956, 1959-1960Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 185-186

40 items

Springtime Disturbances , 1957-1962, 1966-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 187-191

33 items

Staff Memoranda , 1952-1956, 1953-1962Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 192-194

90 items

Staff Meetings , 1947-1948Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 195

18 items

Staff Salary Recommendations , 1958-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 196

3 items

Staff Seminars , 1961Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 197

3 items

Standards Commission , 1951-1952Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 198

17 items

Stephenson, S. T. , 1961-1962Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 199

10 items

Student Aids-Study , n.d.Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 200

2 items

Student Conduct Memo , 1953Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 201

1 item

Student Discipline , 1951, 1958-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 202-203

6 items

Student Employment , 1958-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 204

1 item

Student Government , 1951-1953Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 205-207

9 items

Student Loan Fund , 1954-1955, 1958-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 208-209

16 items

Student Health Service , 1951-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 5, Folder 210-216

413 items

Student Health Service , 1960-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 217-222

197 items

Student Personnel: Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
6 223
5 Reduction
83 items
1950-1951, 1966-1967
6 226-228
Program
52 items
1955-1959
6 229
Services
1 item
n.d.
6 230
Services
2 items
1951
6 231-232
Work Comm.
52 items
1949-1954
6 233-235
Workshop
40 items
1961-1963, 1965-1966

Student Publications , 1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 236

4 items

Student Publications Policy , 1952Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 237

6 items

Student Riots Committee , 1958-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 238

15 items

Student Services , 1969-1970Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 239

1 item

Student Sponsor Kit , 1955-1956Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 240

18 items

Surveys , 1952, 1955-1956, 1959-1962Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 241-244

55 items

Survey on Activities , 1953Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 245

25 items

Survey on Chaperones , 1966-1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 246

3 items

Survey on Head Residents , 1959-1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 247

30 items

Swenson, Melvin O. , 1957Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 248

8 items

T.N.E. , 1953Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 249

1 item

Traffic Committee , 1953-1958Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 250-252

113 items

Trailer Camp , 1948-1949Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 253

30 items

Tri-Executive Council , 1954-1955Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 254

20 items

Turner, Fred H., Address ACPA , 1959Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6, Folder 255

2 items

Union (Compton Union Building): Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
6 256
Budget
1 item
1952-1953
6 257
Budget Committee of A.S.S.C.W.
40 items
1949-1953
6 258
Budget Information
4 items
1962
6 259
Budget of Student Activities
8 items
1948-1949
6 260
Building Committee Minutes
60 items
1949-1952
6 261-266
Correspondence
176 items
1952-1958, 1958-1962
7 267
Director Correspondence
40 items
1949
7 268
Director Search
2 items
1958-1959
7 269
Executive Committee
10 items
1950
7 270
General
110 items
1956-1957
7 271
General
13 items
1957
7 272
Information
4 items
1952
7 273
Noffke, Director
20 items
1952
7 274
Operational Plans
1 item
1952
7 275
Organization
5 items
1949
7 276
Problems
25 items
1951
7 277
Remodeling and Expansion
1 item
1965
7 278
Salary Schedule
75 items
1955-1957

Vending Machines , 1954-1956Return to Top

Container(s): Box 7, Folder 279

45 items

Washington State Dance , 1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box 7, Folder 280

6 items

Y.M.C.A. General Correspondence , 1952, 1955-1956, 1958-1959, 1961-1962Return to Top

Container(s): Box 7, Folder 281-291

69 items

Area Board , 1967-1968Return to Top

Container(s): Box 7, Folder 292

6 items

Student Ad. Com. , 1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box 7, Folder 293

13 items

Y.W.C.A. - Y.M.C.A. Historical Material , 1974Return to Top

Container(s): Box 7, Folder 294

11 items

Y.W.C.A.- Y.M.C.A. Meetings , 1967Return to Top

Container(s): Box 7, Folder 295

12 items

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Student activities--Archives
  • Student affairs services--Washington (State)--Pullman--Archives
  • Students--Health and hygiene--Archives

Corporate Names

  • National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (U.S.)--Records and correspondence
  • Washington State University. Office of Student Affairs--Archives (creator)
  • Washington State University. Office of Student Affairs--Records and correspondence
  • YMCA (Washington State University, Pullman, Wash.)--Records and correspondence
  • YWCA (Washington State University, Pullman, Wash.)--Records and correspondence

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Clevenger, John C., 1913---Archives (creator)
    • Compton, Wilson Martindale, 1890-1967--Archives (creator)
    • French, Charles Clement, 1901---Archives (creator)
    • Holmes, Lulu Haskell, 1899---Archives (creator)
    • Hopkins, Everett Harold, b. 1912--Archives (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • State College of Washington. Office of Student Affairs. (creator)