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Igor L. Kosin Papers, 1946-1977
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Kosin, Igor L.
- Title
- Igor L. Kosin Papers
- Dates
- 1946-1977 (inclusive)19461977
- Quantity
- 7 containers., (3 linear feet of shelf space.), (1940 items.)
- Collection Number
- Cage 344
- Summary
- Correspondence, memoranda, circulars, announcements, clippings, and other publications regarding poultry research and academic affairs and committees.
- 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 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.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Igor Leonid Kosin was born in 1911 in Vladivostok, Russia. He and his Russian parents resided in Peking and Manchuria before immigrating to a poultry farm near Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1928.
In 1934, he received his Bachelor of Science in poultry science and went on to earn a Master of Science in genetics in 1936, both from the University of British Columbia. He further pursued his study of genetics at the University of Chicago and was awarded a doctorate in 1943. Dr. Kosin employed his research skills as a geneticist for the Canadian government on a research farm near Ottawa from 1939 until 1946.
Kosin moved to Pullman, Washington in 1946 to begin a thirty-year career of teaching and genetic research at Washington State University. His contributions to the poultry sciences brought him many awards from scientific groups and the poultry industry.
In 1959 he became a part-time instructor of Russian language in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Two years later he relinquished his poultry science teaching duties for a full time foreign language professorship, while maintaining his genetic research activities.
Throughout his tenure at W.S.U., Professor Kosin actively participated on faculty committees concerned with university organization and governance. He retired in 1977 after a long and distinguished career.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The papers of Professor Igor Kosin contain correspondence, committee materials, interdepartmental memoranda, professional data, poultry industry information, and general university circulars collected during his career at W.S.U.The papers,which date from 1946 through 1977, are grouped in four series: university committees, agriculture, foreign languages and literatures, and faculty memoranda. His committee papers reflect his interest in university governance, curriculum development in the humanities, and faculty issues. While the bulk of the animal sciences series is devoted to interdepartmental business, very few personal teaching materials are preserved. This series also includes much correspondence between Dr. Kosin and fellow animal scientists concerning agricultural research projects resulting from the Hope-Flannigan appropriations bill of 1946-1947. Paralleling his animal sciences papers is the foreign languages and literatures series that includes faculty conference materials and departmental proposals for alterations in the foreign language programs. The final series includes information and announcements from professional associations aimed at the general university faculty.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 344, Igor L. Kosin Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The papers are arranged in four series, each illustrating a facet of Professor Kosin's pedagogical career: university committees, agriculture, foreign languages and literatures, and faculty memoranda. Within each series, the chronological order of each subdivision has been retained. The subdivisions have been placed in alphabetical order within each series, and the original filing order in each folder has been retained.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Series 1: University CommitteesReturn to Top
Committee minutes and reports, correspondence, clippings, and other papers.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1-3 | Academic Affairs
Committee 117
items.
|
1971-1973 |
| 1 | 4-5 | Academic Affairs Committe.
Extension Courses Subcommittee 134
items.
|
1972-1974 |
| 1 | 6-7 | Board of Control, Associated
Students of W.S.U. 92
items.
|
1968-1970 |
| 2 | 8 | Faculty Status
Committee 17
items.
|
1971-1973 |
| 2 | 9 | Educational Policies
Committee 22
items.
|
1971-1972 |
| 2 | 10 | Faculty Council Advisory
Board 34
items.
|
1972-1973 |
| 2 | 11-12 | Faculty Council Retirement
Subcommittee 55
items.
|
1969-1976 |
| 2 | 13 | Faculty Executive
Committee 30
items.
|
1962-1965 |
| 3 | 14-16 | Humanities Council 56
items.
|
1967-1968 |
| 3 | 17-18 | Presidential Selection
Committee 37
items.
|
1965 |
Series 2: AgricultureReturn to Top
Interdepartmental memoranda, notes, correspondence, published data, and other papers pertaining to the animal sciences and federal research appropriations (Hope-Flannigan Bill).
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 19 | Agriculture Education:
Addresses 3
items.
|
1962 |
| 3 | 20 | Curricular Materials 22
items.
|
1949-1957 |
| 4 | 21 | Animal Sciences
Department 61
items.
|
1963-1971 |
| 4 | 22 | Departmental
Consolidation 17
items.
|
1962-1971 |
| 4 | 23-24 | Interdepartmental
Memoranda 369
items.
|
1946-1949 |
| 4-5 | 25-28 | Interdepartmental
Memoranda 424
items.
|
1950-1954 |
| 5 | 29-30 | Hope-Flannigan Bill 68
items.
|
1946-1947 |
| 5-6 | 31-32 | Hope-Flannigan Bill 128
items.
|
1947-1949 |
| 6 | 33 | Nutrition Project 19
items.
|
1947 |
| 6 | 34-35 | Poultry Industry 50
items.
|
1946-1958 |
Series 3: Foreign Languages and LiteraturesReturn to Top
Correspondence, conference agendas, faculty memoranda, and language curriculum.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 36 | Foreign Language
Conference 12
items.
|
1966-1968 |
| 6 | 37 | Foreign Language
Program 23
items.
|
1970-1977 |
| 6 | 38 | Literary Studies Proposal for
Ph.D. 3
items.
|
1967 |
Series 4: Faculty MemorandaReturn to Top
Administrative circulars of broad W.S.U. faculty interest, and professional association announcements.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6-7 | 39-42 | General Memoranda to
Faculty 128
items.
|
1956-1976 |
| 7 | 43 | American Association of
University Professors: Announcements 17
items.
|
1970 |
| 7 | 44 |
The Professor Switches from Roosters to Russian.
Washington State Review, 7:2. 2-5. |
Winter 1963 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Poultry -- Research--Washington (State)--Pullman
- Russian language--Study and teaching--Washington (State)--Pullman
Personal Names
- Kosin, Igor Leonid, 1911- --Archives (creator)
Finding aid prepared by Pat Graham
Pidcock
1978
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