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Clarence Leslie Hix Papers, 1903-1980
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hix, Clarence Leslie
- Title
- Clarence Leslie Hix Papers
- Dates
- 1903-1980 (inclusive)19031980
- Quantity
- 4 containers., (3 linear feet of shelf space.), (1867 items.)
- Collection Number
- Cage 508
- Summary
- Finance records, minutes, insurance and bond papers, hand books and photographs that deal with his work at Washington State University. Also, personal bills, real estate transactions, stocks, insurance papers, and personal papers of some family members which includes much memorabilia.
- 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
Clarence Leslie Hix was born in Filmore, Montana, on October 31, 1886. His family later moved to Spokane, Washington, where Clarence attended the old Spokane High School. After graduating high school, he came to Pullman as a freshman at Washington State College in 1905. Although he lived in a dormitory, he belonged to a local fraternity which became Sigma Phi Epsilon in 1912. He graduated in 1909 with a B.S. in civil engineering and with high honors. He also had a degree in mathematics. Hix taught mathematics at Pullman High School from 1909 until 1911. He then became a math instructor at Washington State College, from 1911 until 1919. He married Miss Hettie Cave in 1916. She was also a Washington State College graduate. She received a degree in Home Economics in 1915. Hix had a long career at Washington State College. He became Chief Accountant in 1919, and later worked in the Comptroller's office during World War II. After the war he was the retirement and insurance officer and in 1949 was appointed the budget officer, a position he held until his retirement in 1957.
Hix was also involved in campus organizations. He was elected treasurer of the Washington State University Alumni Association in 1920, and retained that position for 63 years. The alumni lounge was dedicated in his name in 1978. He was also the treasurer for Sigma Phi Epsilon for over half a century, and for this he received their highest honor, the Golden Heart. Hix served on numerous committees, boards, councils, and commissions on campus and in the Pullman community. He was a member of the Pullman Foundation and was the Blue Lion's Club secretary for many years. He died on November 17, 1983 at the age of 97.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The papers of Clarence Leslie Hix span the years 1930 through 1978.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 508, Clarence Leslie Hix Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The papers of Clarence Leslie Hix are arranged in two series. The first series consists of his work in Sigma Phi Epsilon, the Blue Lion's Club, Washington State University, and other councils and committees he had worked on. Included in this first series are nine Washington State University Farm Fact books, consisting of the revenues and expenditures of the University farm, spanning the years 1936 - 1957. These are placed in the oversized box. Oversize folder #74 contains fraternity and campus blueprints also belonging to the first series. This series contains finance records, minutes, insurance and bonds papers, handbooks and photographs, and all deal with his life work during his career at Washington State University. This series spans the years 1925 - 1973. The folders are ordered by the amount of material of each category, the largest starting off the series.
The second series is of a personal nature, and deals with Hix's personal bills, real estate transactions, stocks, and insurance papers. This series also contains some personal papers of his wife Hettie Hix, his son Richard Hix, and his in-laws, Marie and Glenn Glover. Marie was the sister of Hettie Hix. This series is the bulk of the collection, and included in it are photographs, newspapers clippings, handbooks, gamebooks, and old school papers. There is also a great deal of memorabilia, such as World War I and World War II maps and newspapers, and in the oversized box, there is a W.S.U. Evergreen from 1909, Richard Hix's R.O.T.C. buttons from WSU, ca. 1940, and of special interest, a satirical John F. Kennedy Coloring Book ca. 1960. This series spans the years 1903 - 1980, and the folders are ordered by importance; Clarence Hix's personal papers are first, followed by Hettie, Richard, family items, and then Marie and Glenn Glover. The oversized folder is placed in a drawer in the mapcase of the Archives.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Series 1: Clarence Hix Work PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity;
finance, records 33
items.
|
1954-1969 |
| 1 | 2 | Alumni Board: Sigma Phi Epsilon
Fraternity; records 83
items.
|
1958-1959 |
| 1 | 3 | Alumni Board: Sigma Phi Epsilon
Fraternity; records 29
items.
|
1958-1959 |
| 1 | 4 | Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity;
handbooks, photographs, miscellaneous 16
items.
|
1925-1971 |
| 1 | 5 | Blue Lion's Club; New Sigma Phi
Epsilon house 56
items.
|
1916-1925 |
| 1 | 6 | Blue Lion's Club; mortgage
bonds 25
items.
|
1925-1941 |
| 1 | 7 | Blue Lion's Club; mortgage
bonds 24
items.
|
1926-1949 |
| 1 | 8 | Blue Lion's Club; insurance
papers, bankbook 19
items.
|
1925-1954 |
| 1 | 9 | Blue Lion's Club and Washington
Alpha papers 14
items.
|
1967-1973 |
| 1 | 10 | Wilson Compton Student Union
Building Rules 118
items.
|
1952 |
| 1 | 11 | Contract Manual - Office of
Scientific Research and Development 94
items.
|
1945 |
| 1 | 12 | Contract Manual - Office of
Scientific Research and Developement 123
items.
|
1945 |
| 1 | 13 | Washington State University;
handbooks, pamphlets 10
items.
|
1915-1946 |
| 1 | 14 | Washington State University;
handbooks, pamphlets 10
items.
|
1946-1968 |
| 1 | 15 | Washington State University;
newspaper articles, photographs, miscellaneous 22
items.
|
1938-1959 |
| 1 | 16 | Pullman Foundation Committee
Papers 114
items.
|
1949-1973 |
| 1 | 17 | Whitman County Council on Aging
Papers 49
items.
|
1977 |
| 1 | 18 | Friends of the Library;
pamphlets 3
items.
|
1945-1967 |
| 1 | 19 | Milwaukee - Puget Sound Pioneer's
Club; meeting notes |
|
| 1 | 20 | City of Pullman; collected papers
about Pullman 18
items.
|
1937-1970 |
| 1 | 21 | Papers, letters during Hix's
position of Budget officer at Washington State University 64
items.
|
1928-1957 |
Series 2: Clarence Hix and Family Personal PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 22 | Clarence Hix; bills, receipts,
statements 18
items.
|
1903-1980 |
| 1 | 23 | Clarence Hix; real estate
transactions 27
items.
|
1915-1971 |
| 1 | 24 | Clarence Hix; Sterling Company
Stocks and Bonds 7
items.
|
1919-1923 |
| 1 | 25 | Clarence Hix; social security,
insurance, medical 20
items.
|
1954-1971 |
| 1 | 26 | Clarence Hix; list of owned
items, assests 6
items.
|
1920-1950 |
| 1 | 27 | Clarence Hix; awards, citations,
congratulations 13
items.
|
1918-1957 |
| 1 | 28 | Clarence Hix; school
notebook 9
items.
|
1905 |
| 1 | 29 | Clarence Hix;
correspondence 5
items.
|
1933-1957 |
| 1 | 30 | Clarence Hix; personal
miscellaneous 13
items.
|
1909-1968 |
| 1 | 31 | Hettie Hix; scrapbook 76
items.
|
1920-1940 |
| 1 | 32 | Hettie Hix; scrapbook 39
items.
|
1920-1940 |
| 1 | 33 | Hettie Hix; scrapbook 63
items.
|
1920-1940 |
| 1 | 34 | Hettie Hix; calendar
cutouts 55
items.
|
1950-1955 |
| 1 | 35 | C. Richard Hix; personal
miscellaneous 26
items.
|
1933-1945 |
| 1 | 36 | Clarence and Hettie Hix;
miscellaneous collections 93
items.
|
1915-1960 |
| 2 | 37 | Photographs 38
items.
|
1900-1976 |
| 2 | 38 | Postcards from family and
friends 34
items.
|
1909-1950 |
| 2 | 39 | Postcards from family and
friends 34
items.
|
1950-1979 |
| 2 | 40 | Postcard
advertisements 2
items.
|
1953-1958 |
| 2 | 41 | Traveling pamphlets,
maps 22
items.
|
1920-1955 |
| 2 | 42 | Newspapers clippings of Clarence
Hix 26
items.
|
1956-1978 |
| 2 | 43 | Family newspaper
clippings 32
items.
|
1935-1963 |
| 2 | 44 | Miscellaneous newspaper
clippings 33
items.
|
1935-1965 |
| 2 | 45 | Saved newspapers 4
items.
|
1934-1958 |
| 2 | 46 | World War I and II
memorabilia 17
items.
|
1934-1946 |
| 2 | 47 | Math, games, and puzzle
books 6
items.
|
1920-1957 |
| 3 | 48 | Miscellaneous books 2
items.
|
1929-1953 |
| 3 | 49 | Miscellaneous books 4
items.
|
1903-1937 |
| 3 | 50 | Glenn and Marie Glover; old tax
receipts and store notes 47
items.
|
1912-1945 |
| 3 | 51 | Glenn and Marie Glover; real
estate, stocks, and Kappa Alpha Theta notes 14
items.
|
1916-1930 |
| 3 | 52 | Marie Glover; rcords, power of
attorney, medicare 6
items.
|
1958-1972 |
| 3 | 53 | Marie Glover; old school items,
family items 5
items.
|
1918-1948 |
| 3 | 54 | Marie Glover; party arrangements,
notes 63
items.
|
1927-1974 |
| 3 | 55 | Marie Glover; baby announcements,
notes 20
items.
|
1950-1958 |
Oversized box: Items belonging to both seriesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 56 | Richard Hix; R.O.T.C. buttons
from Washington State University 34
items.
|
1940 |
| 4 | 57 | Richard Hix; boy scout
buttons 37
items.
|
1934 |
| 4 | 58 | Clarence Hix; travel
kit 1
item.
|
1920 |
| 4 | 59-67 | Washington State Farm
Records 9
items.
|
1936-1957 |
| 4 | 68 | John F. Kennedy Coloring
Book 1
item.
|
1960 |
| 4 | 69 | Clarence Hix; 2nd Lieutenant
Document 1
item.
|
1907 |
| 4 | 70 | Clarence Hix; Golden Grad Reunion
Memento 1
item.
|
1959 |
| 4 | 71 | Hettie Hix; Golen Grad Reunion
Memento 1
item.
|
1965 |
| 4 | 72 | Camp Roberts Trainer
Book 1
item.
|
1940 |
| 4 | 73 | Washington State University
Evergreen 1
item.
|
1909 |
Oversized Folder: Fraternity blueprints, campus blueprints, and Richard Hix army photo, 1944-1956Return to Top
Container(s): Box O.S., Folder 74
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Hix, Clarence Leslie, 1886-1983 --Archives (creator)
- Lincoln, Keith. waps (donor)
Corporate Names
- Washington State University--Faculty -- Archives
- Washington State University--Miscellanea
Finding aid prepared by Kathleen M.
Dondanville
2012
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