State College of Washington College of Agriculture Assistant Dean Records

State College of Washington College of Agriculture Assistant Dean Records, 1947-1950

Overview of the Collection

Creator: State College of Washington. College of Agriculture
Title: State College of Washington College of Agriculture Assistant Dean Records
Dates: 1947-1950 (inclusive)
19471950
Quantity: 9 Linear feet of shelf space, (18 Boxes)
Collection Number: Archives 104 (collection)
Summary: The records of the Assistant Dean of the College of Agriculture of the State College of Washington (later Washington State University) consist of correspondence and administrative materials including budgets, reports, admissions information, scholarship applications and awards, and student advising records.
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

The College of Agriculture began as one of six divisions of the Washington Agricultural College, Experiment Station, and School of Science in 1892. The Division of Agriculture became the Department of Agriculture in 1894 when the departmental system was organized. In 1917, the departmental system was reformed into a system of schools and colleges, one of which was the College of Agriculture.

In an attempt to better coordinate agricultural work and research at the College, the experiment stations, and throughout the state, the Institute of Agricultural Sciences was formed at the State College of Washington in 1946. The Institute included the College of Agriculture, the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Washington Agricultural Experiment Stations, and the Agricultural Extension Service. This administrative arrangement existed until September, 1965, when a revised version of the previous system was adopted by Washington State University.

Directors of the Experiment Station:

*George Lilley, 1891-1892

*John W. Heston, 1892-1893

*E. A. Bryan, 1893-1907

R. W. Thatcher, 1907-1913

Ira D. Cardiff, 1913-1917

George Severance, 1917-1919 (acting)

Edward C. Johnson, 1919-1945

Mark T. Buchanan, 1945-1956, 1958-1966

J. S. Carver, 1956-1957 (acting)

Louis L. Madsen, 1957-1958 (acting)

John S. Robbins, 1966-1970

Lowell Rasmussen, 1970-1971 (interim)

James Nielson, 1971-1977

Dennis L. Oldenstadt, 1977-1978, 1985-1986 (acting)

Landis L. Boyd, 1978-1985

James J. Zuiches, 1986-1995

James R. Carlson, 1994-2000

Ralph P. Cavalieri, 2000-2013

James W. Moyer. 2013-

*Served as Director while president of WSU. The directorship was separated from the presidency in 1907.

Heads of the Department of Agriculture:

W. J. Spillman, 1894-1901

E. E. Elliot, 1901-1908

George Severance, 1908-1910

R. W. Thatcher, 1910-1913

George Severance, 1913-1917

Deans of the College of Agriculture:

E. C. Johnson, 1919-1948

S. P. Swenson, 1949-1958

G. W. Fischer, 1958-1965

L. L. Madsen, 1965-1973

John S. Robbins, 1973-1981

C. Alan Pettibone (acting), 1981-1982

James L. Ozbun, 1982-1988

LeRoy F. Rogers (acting), 1988-1989

Lawrence E. Schrader, 1989-1994

Larry James (interim), 1994-1995

James J. Zuiches, 1995-2003

R. James Cook (interim), 2003-2005

Daniel J. Bernardo, 2005-

Directors of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences:

J. C. Knott, 1946-1955

L. L. Madsen, 1955-1965

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The records of the Assistant Dean of the College of Agriculture of the State College of Washington (later Washington State University) consist of correspondence and administrative materials including budgets, reports, admissions information, scholarship applications and awards, and student advising records. During the time period covered by these records Edwin G. Schafer, formerly head of the Department of Agronomy, held the position as Assistant Dean. Because of Dr. Schafer's background, the collection also contains a great deal of information dealing with agronomy research.

During 1947 and the first part of 1948 E. C. Johnson, Dean of the College of Agriculture, was involved in a special project in Latin America, leaving the Assistant Dean to handle most of the departmental correspondence and duties in addition to his regular duties of supervision of agricultural personnel-- faculty, staff, researchers, and students--and administration of placement services for agricultural graduates.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

State College of Washington College of Agriculture Assistant Dean Records, 1947-1950 (Archives 104)

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The records are organized in two series based on date, 1947-1948, and 1949-1950. Materials within each series are arranged alphabetically by subject, and then chronologically within each subject.

Acquisition Information

The records were received by the Library prior to 1970 (UA 82-31).

Processing Note

The records were reprocessed October to December of 1982 by Wendy E. Williams.

Related Materials

State College of Washington College of Agriculture Dean Records, 1893-1948 (Archives 15)

Washington State University College of Agriculture Dean Records, 1944-1980 (Archives 199)

Washington State University College of Agriculture Dean Records, 1945-1979 (Archives 218)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: Records 1947-1948Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Advisory Board and Central Committee Institute Of Ag. Sciences 15 items	1948
1	2	Admissions Requirements 15 items	1947
1	3-4	Agriculture Economics 150 items	1947-1948
1	5-6	Agriculture Engineering 135 items	1947-1948
1	7	Agriculture, Persons Petitioning to Become a Major in 35 items	1944
1	8-9	Agricultural Information 50 items	1947-1948
1	10	Agriculture, A Beginning Course 40 items	1948
1	11	Agricultural Extension Course (Ag.1) 150 items	1948
1	12	Agricultural Extension Service 50 items	1948
1	13-14	Agronomy, Farm Crops 300 items	1947-1948
1	15	Agronomy, Seed Laboratory 60 items	1948
1	16-17	Agronomy, Soils 60 items	1947-1948
1	18-19	Agronomy, American Society of 65 items	1947-1948
2	20	Ag. Orientation, Ag. 2 20 items	1946-1947
2	21	Ag. Orientation, Ag. 2 - 1st Semester 30 items	1947-1948
2	22	Ag. Orientation, Ag. 2 - 1st Semester 50 items	1948-1949
2	23	All-Ag. Club 20 items	1947
2	24	Alpha Zeta 10 items	1947
2	25-26	Animal Husbandry 160 items	1947-1948
2	27	Award of Merit - Information Concerning Outstanding Personalities 50 items	1947-1948
2	28-29	"A" Miscellaneous 70 items	1947-1948
2	30-31	M. T. Buchanan 55 items	1947-1948
2	32	Budget, Quarterly, College of Agriculture 30 items	1947
2	33	Department Quarterly Budget, October-December 25 items	1947
2	34	Department Quarterly Budget, January-March, 1948 25 items
2	35-36	Annual Budgets, College of Agriculture 45 items	1947-1948
2	37	Biennial Budget, College of Agriculture 30 items	1947
2	38	Building Needs in Institute of Agricultural Sciences 90 items	1949-1951
2	39	Building Program - Institute of Agricultural Sciences 15 items	1948
2	40	Bureau of Reclamation 5 items	1947
2	41-42	"B" Miscellaneous 70 items	1947-1948
3	43-48	Catalog Material 260 items	1947-1950
3	49	Civil Service Examinations 15 items	1947
3	50	College Farm, Roy Bailey 30 items	1947
3	51	College Farm, Manure Disposition Problem 25 items	1947
3	52	College Farm, General 25 items	1947
3	53	College Farm, Roy Bailey 80 items	1948
4	54	College of Agriculture, Personnel 50 items	1948
4	55	Committee, Educational Policies 50 items	1948
4	56	Compton, Wilson 30 items	1948
4	57	Comptroller 25 items	1947
4	58	Conservation Course, Summer School 5 items	1947
4	59	Counseling with Students 120 items	1947
4	60	Curricula Committee, Agriculture 5 items	1947
4	61	Curriculum Committee (12) 40 items	1948
4	62	Curriculum Material 60 items	1948
4	63	Curricula Studies 60 items	1948
4	64-65	"C" Miscellaneous 95 items	1947-1948
5	66	Dairy Department, Cash Sales 10 items	1947
5	67-68	Dairy Husbandry 25 items	1947-1948
5	69	Danforth Foundation, Fall 25 items	1947
5	70	Danforth Leadership Training Scholarship 25 items	1948
5	71	Department Head Notices - College of Agriculture 50 items	1947
5	72-73	"D" Miscellaneous 70 items	1947-1948
5	74	Electrovator 20 items	1947
5	75	Enrollment by Classes - College of Agriculture, 1st semester 35 items	1947-1948
5	76	Expense Accounts, EGS 20 items	1947
5	77	Extension Service - General - E. V. Ellington 30 items	1947
5	78-79	"E" Miscellaneous 50 items	1947-1948
5	80	Faculty Work Load Summary and Instructor's Programs 15 items	1947
5	81	Farm Machinery, Purchase of - College of Agriculture 10 items	1947
5	82	Fellowships 10 items	1948
5	83	Field Crops Handbook 5 items	1948
5	84	Flax 12 items	1947
5	85	Flax Newsletters 10 items	1948
5	86	Forestry and Range Management 15 items	1947
5	87	Forest Tree Nursery 30 items	1947
5	88	Foreign Agricultural Service 20 items	1947
5	89	Foreign Visitors on Campus 5 items	1947
5	90	Future Farmers of America 10 items	1947
5	91-92	"F" Miscellaneous 46 items	1947-1948
5	93	Grad School 25 items	1947
5	94	Grain Grading and Marketing 15 items	1947
5	95	Graduates, Information of 15 items	1947
5	96-97	"G" Miscellaneous 45 items	1947-1948
6	98	Hawaiian Sugar Planter's Association 10 items	1947
6	99	Hilltop Stables 10 items	1947
6	100	Hopkins, E. H. 20 items	1947
6	101-102	Horticulture 36 items	1947-1948
6	103-104	"H" Miscellaneous 70 items	1947-1948
6	105	Irrigation Agriculture 35 items	1947
6	106-107	"I" Miscellaneous 60 items	1947-1948
6	108	Johnson, Edward C. 60 items	1948
6	109-110	"J" Miscellaneous 65 items	1947-1948
6	111-112	Knott, J. C. 290 items	1947-1948
6	113-114	"K" Miscellaneous 55 items	1947-1948
7	115	Land Committee 25 items	1948
7	116	Land Allocation Committee 15 items	1947
7	117-118	Land Grant College Association 50 items	1947-1948
7	119	Lawn Treatment on College Campus 20 items	1947
7	120	Legislation, Agricultural 30 items	1947
7	121	Library 30 items	1947
7	122-123	"L" Miscellaneous 70 items	1947-1948
7	124	Maintenance and Construction 40 items	1947
7	125	Major Declarations in the College of Agriculture 20 items	1947-1948
7	126	Memoranda 110 items	1947
7	127	Memoranda written by EGS 200 items	1947-1948
7	128-129	Memoranda re students 210 items	1947-1949
7	130	Military Department 3 items	1947
7	131	Milling, Wheat 20 items	1948
7	132-133	"M" Miscellaneous 50 items	1947-1948
7	134-135	"N" Miscellaneous 35 items	1947-1948
8	136	Oil 1 item	1947
8	137	Opportunities for students graduating in the College of Agriculture 40 items	1947-1948
8	138-139	"O" Miscellaneous 40 items	1947-1948
8	140-141	Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association 35 items	1947-1948
8	142	Pettibone, Carl - Business Manager 25 items	1947
8	143-144	The Placement Bureau 35 items	1947-1948
8	145-146	Plant Pathology, Department of 40 items	1947-1948
8	147	Positions for Farm Managers 40 items	1947
8	148	Positions for Graduates of College of Agriculture 80 items	1947
8	149	Positions 80 items	1948
9	150-151	Poultry Husbandry 30 items	1947-1948
9	152	Presidents Office, Wilson Compton 60 items	1947
9	153	Vice President, E. H. Hopkins 80 items	1947
9	154	Programs, Agriculture Meetings 10 items	1947
9	155	Programs 7 items	1948
9	156	Prospective Students 25 items	1947
9	157	Publications, Agricultural Subjects 20 items	1947
9	158	Publications 30 items	1948
9	159-160	"P" Miscellaneous 45 items	1947-1948
9	161	Quarter System 5 items	1947
10	162	Receipts Fund for Building 20 items	1947
10	163-164	Registrar 160 items	1947-1948
10	165	Registration, Second Semester 5 items	1947-1948
10	166	Registration Notes 15 items	1947
10	167	Reinstatement of Students 25 items	1948
10	168	Requisitions 15 items	1947
10	169	Room Space, Wilson Hall 60 items	1947
10	170-171	"R" Miscellaneous 50 items	1947-1948
10	172	E. G. Schafer, Personal 20 items	1948
10	173	Schedules Proposed for Fall Semester 15 items	1947
10	174	Schedules for Second Semester 20 items	1948-1949
10	175	Schluter, Fred 25 items	1948
10	176	Scholarships and Fellowships, WSC 30 items	1947
11	177	Seed Laboratory 5 items	1947
11	178	Seminar, Farm Crops 1 item	1947
11	179	Short Courses 5 items	1948
11	180-181	Soil Conservation Service 8 items	1947-1948
11	182	Soil Conservation Nurseries Rotation Plots 2 items	1947
11	183	Stanley A. Smith & Philip E. Keene 25 items	1947
11	184	Standard Oil Scholarships 3 items	1947
11	185	Student Employment 20 items	1948-1949
11	186	Surplus War Material 6 items	1947
11	187	Summer School 1948, Ag Students 5 items
11	188-189	"S" Miscellaneous 110 items	1947-1948
11	190-191	Travel Requests, EGS 60 items	1947-1948
11	192-193	"T" Miscellaneous 40 items	1947-1948
11	194	U. S. Department of Agriculture 3 items	1947
11	195-196	"U" Miscellaneous 20 items	1947-1948
11	197	Veterans Training 10 items	1947
11	198	Visitors 25 items	1947
11	199	Visual Aids 3 items	1948
11	200-201	"V" Miscellaneous 22 items	1947-1948
11	202-203	Washington Crop Improvement Association 40 items	1947-1948
11	204	Washington-Idaho Wheat Growers League 5 items	1947
11	205-206	Webb, Professor E. M. 45 items	1947-1948
11	207	Weeds 5 items	1948
11	208-209	Wheat Pool Budget 60 items	1947-1948
12	210	Wildlife Program, L.Wing 20 items	1947
12	211-212	"W" Miscellaneous 45 items	1947-1948
12	213-214	"X,Y,Z" Miscellaneous 15 items	1947-1948
12	215	Scholarship Applications 120 items

Series 2: Records 1949-1950Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
12	216	Admissions Office 5 items	1950
12	217-218	Agriculture Economics, Dr. C. M. Elkinton 13 items	1949-1950
12	219-220	Agriculture Education, Professor E. M. Webb 60 items	1949-1950
12	221-222	Agriculture Engineering, Professor June Roberts 20 items	1949-1950
12	223	Agriculture Experiment Station, M. T. Buchanan 15 items	1950
12	224	Agriculture Extension Service, E. V. Ellington 25 items	1949
12	225-226	Agronomy, B. R. Bertramson, Chairman 57 items	1949-1950
12	227	Agronomy, American Society of 10 items	1949
12	228	Agronomy, Farm Crops, Dr. S. P. Swenson 40 items	1949
12	229	Agronomy - Soils, Dr. S. C. Vandecavaye 10 items	1949
13	230	Alpha Gamma. Rho 1 item	1949
13	231-232	Animal Husbandry, Dr, M. E. Ensminger 8 items	1949-1950
13	233-234	"A" Miscellaneous 35 items	1949-1950
13	235	M. T. Buchanan - 2 items	1950
13	236-237	"B" Miscellaneous 35 items	1949-1950
13	238-239	College Farm, Roy Bailey 155 items	1949-1950
13	240-241	College of Agriculture, S. P. Swenson 40 items	1949-1950
13	242	Committee, Curriculum 3 items	1949
13	243-244	Committee, Improvement of Instruction 51 items	1949-1950
13	245	Committee, Terminal Education 15 items	1949
13	246	Community College Service, Glenn Jones 15 items	1949
13	247	Curricula 25 items	1949
13	248-249	"C" Miscellaneous 38 items	1949-1950
14	250-251	Dairy Husbandry, Dr. A. O. Shaw 20 items	1949-1950
14	252-253	Division of Industrial Services 12 items	1949-1950
14	254	"D" Miscellaneous 15 items	1949
14	255	Educational Policies Committee 15 items	1949
		Enrollment, College of Agriculture - Dept. and Class
Box	Folder
14	256	5 items	Spring 1948-1949
14	257	5 items	Fall 1949-1950
14	258	5 items	Spring 1949-1950
14	259	Statistics on 25 items	1949
Box	Folder
14	260	Expense Accounts, E. G. Schafer 5 items	1949
14	261	Experiment Stations, Director Mark T. Buchanan 10 items	1949
14	262	"E" Miscellaneous 5 items	1949
14	263	Farm Crops Handbook 20 items	1949
14	264	Fellowships and Scholarships 2 items	1949
14	265-266	Flax Newsletters 40 items	1949-1950
14	267-268	"F" Miscellaneous 8 items	1949-1950
14	269-270	Graduate School, S. E. Hazlet 20 items	1949-1950
		Graduates in Agriculture
Box	Folder
14	271-272	1947-1948 60 items
14	273-274	1949-1950 115 items
14	275	2-Year Program 5 items	1950
Box	Folder
14	276	Grain Market Review 15 items	July 1, 1949-September 30, 1949
14	277-278	"G" Miscellaneous 7 items	1949-1950
15	279	Horticulture, Dr. T. A. Merrill 3 items	1949
15	280-281	"H" Miscellaneous 16 items	1949-1950
15	282-283	Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Director J. D. Knott 50 items	1949-1950
15	284-285	"I" Miscellaneous 13 items	1949-1950
15	286-287	"J" Miscellaneous 11 items	1949-1950
15	288-289	"K" Miscellaneous 20 items	1949-1950
15	290-291	Land Committee 40 items	1949-1950
15	292	Land Grant College Association, '49 Questionnaire 35 items	1950
15	293-294	"L" Miscellaneous 45 items	1949-1950
15	295	Memoranda Concerning People 2 items	1950
15	296-297	"M" Miscellaneous 17 items	1949-1950
15	298	"N" Miscellaneous 1 item	1949
15	299	Opportunities for Graduates in Agriculture, George Gannon 15 items	1950
15	300-301	"O" Miscellaneous 2 items	1949-1950
15	302	Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement 20 items	1949
15	303	Phi Kappa Phi 5 items	1949
15	304	Placement Bureau, W. M. Bristol 20 items	1950
15	305	Positions for Graduates 30 items	July 1, 1949
15	306	Potential Students 30 items	1949
15	307	Poultry Husbandry, Professor J. S. Carver 5 items	1949
15	308-309	President's Office, Dr. Wilson Compton 7 items	1949-1950
16	310-311	Positions for Graduates 50 items	1949-1950
16	312	Prospective Students 10 items	1950-1951
16	313-314	Publications 16 items	1949-1950
16	315-316	"P" Miscellaneous 19 items	1949-1950
16	317-318	Registrar 170 items	1949-1950
16	319	Registrar, Second Semester 15 items	1949-1950
16	320-321	Registration Information 26 items	1950-1951
16	322	P. J. Hempel 30 items	1950
16	323	Research Competence of Staff Members 30 items	1949
17	324	"R" Miscellaneous 10 items	1949
17	325	Schafer, E. G., Personal 45 items	1949
17	326	Schedule, Second Semester 35 items	1949-1950
17	327	Schedule, First Semester 35 items	1950-1951
17	328	Schedule, Second Semester 30 items	1950-1951
17	329	Scholarships 60 items	1950
17	330	Scholarship Standards Committee 3 items	1950
17	331	Short Courses 25 items	1949
17	332	Claude Simpson 15 items	1949
17	333-334	Soil Conservation Service 12 items	1949-1950
17	335	Special Services to Students 1 item	1949
17	336	A. R. Standing 10 items	1949
17	337	Student Information 1 item	1950
17	338	Student Training Program 15 items	1949
17	339	Students with Advanced Standing 10 items	1949
17	340	Superintendent of Documents 10 items	1949
17	341-342	S. P. Swenson, Dean 60 items	1949-1950
17	343-344	"S" Miscellaneous 55 items	1949-1950
18	345	Travel Requests, E. G. Schafer 4 items	1949
18	346	Two-Year Course in Agriculture 20 items	1949
18	347-348	"T" Miscellaneous 11 items	1949-1950
18	349	Unfinished Business 10 items	1949
18	350	"U" Miscellaneous, 19SO 15 items
18	351-352	Vice President, E. H. Hopkins 25 items	1949-1950
18	353	"V" Miscellaneous 5 items	1949
18	354	Wheat Pool Budget, Alberta 30 items	1949
18	355-356	"W" Miscellaneous 60 items	1949-1950
18	357	"X, Y, Z" Miscellaneous 5 items	1950

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Agricultural colleges -- Washington (State) -- Administration
Agricultural extension work -- Washington (State)
Agriculture -- Research -- Washington (State)

Corporate Names

State College of Washington. College of Agriculture -- Records and correspondence

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Schafer, E. G. (Edwin George), 1884-1976 (creator)

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