Archives West Finding Aid

The majority of the materials in this collection are press releases produced by Washington State University, and related documents or articles collected by WSUNews and Information. A relatively small number of photographs can be found in this collection as well, interfiled with the relevant print materials.

The collection is broken into four series of materials. Series 1, the WSU biographical / personnel files, is arranged alphabetically by last name and covers a broad range of years (1940s-1990s). These are effectively vertical files, wherein press releases and other documents relating to individuals have been kept. Series 2 is sports press releases and news releases, are these arranged chronologically and can be accessed by the month and year of their initial release to the public. Each year is represented by a series of folders that denote which month of that year the releases were from. Within each monthly folder, the specific releases for each date are arranged chronologically. In regards to the releases from the 1950's, 1960's, and early 1970's, they are referenced according to whether or not they were miscellaneous or assorted, because there is not a consistent run of dates from those periods. The comprehensive "index to releases" subsection of this series lists, in chronological order, the succession of releases found in the monthly folders. Series 3 is approximately one half a box of departmental correspondence, covering 1969-1979. The fourth and final series of materials are subject files, an assortment of papers and releases in relation to various student and faculty groups at the university as well as information concerning speeches, concerts, plays, committees, workshops, conferences, and institutes that took place at Washington State University. These are arranged alphabetically by topic.