Career Services Reports, 1923-1993
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- 1923/1924 & 1924/1925
- 1925/1926
- 1926/1927
- 1927/1928
- 1928/1929
- 1929/1930
- 1930/1931
- 1931/1932
- 1932/1933
- 1933/1934
- 1934/1935
- 1935/1936
- 1936/1937
- 1937/1938
- 1938/1939
- 1939/1940
- 1940/1941
- 1941/1942
- 1942/1943
- 1943/1944
- 1944/1945
- 1945/1946
- 1946/1947
- 1947/1948
- 1948/1949
- 1949/1950
- 1952/1953
- 1953/1954
- 1954/1955
- 1955/1956
- 1956/1957
- 1957/1958
- 1958/1959
- 1959/1960
- 1960/1961
- 1961/1962
- 1962/1963
- 1963/1964
- 1964/1965
- 1965/1966
- 1966/1967
- 1967/1968
- 1981/1982
- 1982/1983
- 1983/1984
- 1984/1985
- 1985/1986
- Organizational documents, 1991-1993
- Summary data, 1926-1946
- Summary data, 1961-1974
- Names and Subjects
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Career Services Reports
- Dates
- 1923-1993 (inclusive)19231993
- Quantity
- .5 linear feet of shelf space, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- Archives 365 (collection)
- Summary
- Annual reports of Washington State University’s Career Services (or Placement Bureau) department, which assists graduates in finding employment. The reports compile field, location, and success rate data for the program, among other information.
- Repository
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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
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This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English.
Historical Note
Washington State University’s Placement Bureau has its roots in one department’s 1920s efforts to place teachers in jobs. The Business Administration and the Agriculture programs then asked for help in placing their graduates, and so the Placement Bureau was formed in about 1927 under the leadership of N.J. Aiken (jokingly referred to during the Great Depression as “No Job” Aiken). The Placement Bureau became Career Services in about 1973.
A multi-page 1946 report in the Summary Data, 1926-1946 folder near the end of this collection gives some information on the history of the program and how it functioned in that era.
Content Description
The collection consists primarily of yearly summary data on the types of jobs student found through the placement center, as well as information on the students’ fields, locations of the jobs, and the success rate of the center. In the earliest years, the placement service focused more on filling teaching positions than anything else. Compiled information runs from 1923 to 1986, with two gaps, and is initially strictly data but grows more detailed and complex over time, moving from a half-page report for 1923-1924 to a 100 page report for 1985/1986. A few folders in the back of the collection compile portions of this data over 10 to 20 year periods in chart or table format.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description] Career Services Reports, 1923-1993 (Archives 365)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
The reports are arranged chronologically, with a few folders of organizational data and compiled summary data located at the end of the collection. As data is usually, though not always, compiled for a school year (September to June), the folders are labeled with school year dates (e.g. “1943/1944”).
Acquisition Information
The material was retrieved by Debbie Edwards of the Washington State University Academic Success and Career Center after it was discarded circa 2010. She donated it to the WSU Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) on July 28, 2016, and it was retained as accession UA2016-08.
Processing Note
The collection was processed in July, 2016 by University Archivist Mark O’English. Some loose reports were interfiled into appropriate date ranges, but otherwise the collection was retained as donated.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: 1923/1924 & 1924/1925Container: Folder 1
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Description: 1925/1926Container: Folder 2
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Description: 1926/1927Container: Folder 3
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Description: 1927/1928Container: Folder 4
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Description: 1928/1929Container: Folder 5
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Description: 1929/1930Container: Folder 6
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Description: 1930/1931Container: Folder 7
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Description: 1931/1932Container: Folder 8
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Description: 1932/1933Container: Folder 9
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Description: 1933/1934Container: Folder 10
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Description: 1934/1935Container: Folder 11
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Description: 1935/1936Container: Folder 12
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Description: 1936/1937Container: Folder 13
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Description: 1937/1938Container: Folder 14
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Description: 1938/1939Container: Folder 15
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Description: 1939/1940Container: Folder 16
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Description: 1940/1941Container: Folder 17
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Description: 1941/1942Container: Folder 18
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Description: 1942/1943Container: Folder 19
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Description: 1943/1944Container: Folder 20
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Description: 1944/1945Container: Folder 21
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Description: 1945/1946Container: Folder 22
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Description: 1946/1947Container: Folder 23
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Description: 1947/1948Container: Folder 24
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Description: 1948/1949Container: Folder 25
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Description: 1949/1950Container: Folder 26
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Description: 1952/1953Container: Folder 27
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Description: 1953/1954Container: Folder 28
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Description: 1954/1955Container: Folder 29
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Description: 1955/1956Container: Folder 30
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Description: 1956/1957Container: Folder 31
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Description: 1957/1958Container: Folder 32
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Description: 1958/1959Container: Folder 33
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Description: 1959/1960Container: Folder 34
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Description: 1960/1961Container: Folder 35
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Description: 1961/1962Container: Folder 36
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Description: 1962/1963Container: Folder 37
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Description: 1963/1964Container: Folder 38
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Description: 1964/1965Container: Folder 39
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Description: 1965/1966Container: Folder 40
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Description: 1966/1967Container: Folder 41
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Description: 1967/1968Container: Folder 42
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Description: 1981/1982Container: Folder 43
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Description: 1982/1983Container: Folder 44
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Description: 1983/1984Container: Folder 45
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Description: 1984/1985Container: Folder 46
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Description: 1985/1986Container: Folder 47
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Description: Organizational documents, 1991-1993Container: Folder 48
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Description: Summary data, 1926-1946Container: Folder 49
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Description: Summary data, 1961-1974Container: Folder 50
