General Extension Service Bureau of Correspondence Courses Course Materials

General Extension Service Bureau of Correspondence Courses Course Materials, 1959-1973

Overview of the Collection

Title: General Extension Service Bureau of Correspondence Courses Course Materials
Dates: 1959-1973 (inclusive)
19591973
Quantity: 2 linear feet of shelf space, (4 boxes), (44 course guides)
Collection Number: Archives 364 (collection)
Summary: Course “study guides,” or syllabi, lectures, and other instructional materials, for a variety of mail-based courses offered by Washington State University.
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 State College of Washington’s Extension Service was authorized by the state in 1913, primarily as a means for the college to reach farmers and homemakers who could not come to Pullman. A 1919 reorganization added a focus on non-agricultural extension, the General Extension Service. This department uses a variety of methods to reach students who could not attend the college in person in daytime hours. These included classes offered in other cities, notably Spokane, Tri-Cities, and at various Experiment Stations; night courses; workshops, institutes, and conferences; and correspondence classes offered by mail. The General Extension Service would eventually morph through the Office of Continuing University Studies (1975), Continuing Education and Public Service (between 1982 and 1985); Extended Degree Program (within the Office of Continuing University Studies); Distance Degree Program (2001); WSU Online (2010); and the Global Campus (2013).

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of “course guides” for a variety of correspondence courses taught by mail through Washington State University. The guides consists of syllabi, lectures, tests, study materials, and other information the students would need to take the course.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] Bureau of Correspondence Courses Course Materials, 1959-1973

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The materials are arranged alphabetically by course number.

Acquisition Information

The materials in this collection were compiled and preliminarily listed on July 3, 1979, by someone with initials P.M.G. They were moved to Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) sometime prior to 2001, but their precise provenance is unknown.

Processing Note

The collection was processed in July, 2016 by University Archivist Mark O’English. A small amount of supplemental readings, not associated with any of the courses in this collection, were discarded in processing. Ten additional course guides which had been individually retained in WSU Publications 83 (General Extension Service) were incorporated into this collection at that time.

Related Materials

A small amount of materials from the General Extension Service can be found in the WSU Publications collections, as WSU 83.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Architecture 101x--Graphic Communication	1971
	2	Architecture 310x--Housing	1972
	3	Business Administration 210x--Law and Business I	1971
	4	Business Administration 230x--Principles of Accounting I	1964
	5	Business Administration 231x--Principles of Accounting II	1964
	6	Business Administration 311x--Law of Commercial Transactions	1971
	7	Business Administration 360x--Functional Analysis of Business: Marketing	1964
	8	Civil Engineering 211x--Statics	1972
	9	Communications 220x--Introduction to Journalism	1968
	10	Electrical Engineering 261x--Electrical Circuits I	1972
	11	English 101x--Intermediate Composition	1962
	12	English 201x--English Composition	1962
2	13	English 255x--English Grammar	1966
	14	English 421x--Romantic Poetry	1965
	15	English 422x--Victorian Poetry	1962
	16	English 427x--The English Novel from Defoe to Meredith	1973
	17	Entomology 340x--Agricultural Entomology	1965
	18	Food and Nutrition 130x--Nutrition for Man	1971
	19	French 101x--First Semester French	1972
	20	Geography 105x--Fundamentals of Economic Geography	1969
	21	History 101x--Europe 1500-1815	1971
	22	History 102x--Europe Since 1815	1971
	23	History 455x--Political and Social History of the Pacific Northwest	1968
	24	Horticulture 130x--Home Flower Gardening	undated (between 1945 and 1965)
3	25	Horticulture 220x--Vegetable Crops	1964
	26	Horticulture 260x--Home Landscape Design	1963
	27	Humanities 101x--An Integrated Course in the Humanities.	1970
	28	Mathematics 001x--Elementary Algebra	1961
	29	Mathematics 002x--Elementary Algebra	1961
	30	Mathematics 101x--Intermediate Algebra	1962
	31	Mathematics 102x--Plane Trigonometry	1963
	32	Mathematics 104x--Analytic Geometry	undated (1960 or later)
	33	Mechanical Engineering 210x--Materials and Processes	1972
4	34	Mechanical Engineering 301x--Thermodynamics	1972
	35	Music 051x--Intermediate Harmony	1968
	36	Music 310x--History of Music	1960
	37	Political Science 101x--American National Government	1969
	38	Psychology 306x--Industrial Psychology	1965
	39	Psychology 350x--Social Psychology	undated (1954 or later)
	40	Social Studies 007x--A Course in Current World Problems, Geography, and History	undated (1956 or later)
	41	Sociology 102x--Social Problems	1959
	42	Sociology 160x--Contemporary Social Problems	1967
	43	Sociology 230x--Criminal Behavior	1959
	44	Zoology 061x--Principles of Pest Control	1960

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