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Career Services Reports, 1923-1993

Overview of the Collection

Title
Career Services Reports
Dates
1923-1993 (inclusive)
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
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.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: 1923/1924 & 1924/1925
    Container: Folder 1
  • Description: 1925/1926
    Container: Folder 2
  • Description: 1926/1927
    Container: Folder 3
  • Description: 1927/1928
    Container: Folder 4
  • Description: 1928/1929
    Container: Folder 5
  • Description: 1929/1930
    Container: Folder 6
  • Description: 1930/1931
    Container: Folder 7
  • Description: 1931/1932
    Container: Folder 8
  • Description: 1932/1933
    Container: Folder 9
  • Description: 1933/1934
    Container: Folder 10
  • Description: 1934/1935
    Container: Folder 11
  • Description: 1935/1936
    Container: Folder 12
  • Description: 1936/1937
    Container: Folder 13
  • Description: 1937/1938
    Container: Folder 14
  • Description: 1938/1939
    Container: Folder 15
  • Description: 1939/1940
    Container: Folder 16
  • Description: 1940/1941
    Container: Folder 17
  • Description: 1941/1942
    Container: Folder 18
  • Description: 1942/1943
    Container: Folder 19
  • Description: 1943/1944
    Container: Folder 20
  • Description: 1944/1945
    Container: Folder 21
  • Description: 1945/1946
    Container: Folder 22
  • Description: 1946/1947
    Container: Folder 23
  • Description: 1947/1948
    Container: Folder 24
  • Description: 1948/1949
    Container: Folder 25
  • Description: 1949/1950
    Container: Folder 26
  • Description: 1952/1953
    Container: Folder 27
  • Description: 1953/1954
    Container: Folder 28
  • Description: 1954/1955
    Container: Folder 29
  • Description: 1955/1956
    Container: Folder 30
  • Description: 1956/1957
    Container: Folder 31
  • Description: 1957/1958
    Container: Folder 32
  • Description: 1958/1959
    Container: Folder 33
  • Description: 1959/1960
    Container: Folder 34
  • Description: 1960/1961
    Container: Folder 35
  • Description: 1961/1962
    Container: Folder 36
  • Description: 1962/1963
    Container: Folder 37
  • Description: 1963/1964
    Container: Folder 38
  • Description: 1964/1965
    Container: Folder 39
  • Description: 1965/1966
    Container: Folder 40
  • Description: 1966/1967
    Container: Folder 41
  • Description: 1967/1968
    Container: Folder 42
  • Description: 1981/1982
    Container: Folder 43
  • Description: 1982/1983
    Container: Folder 44
  • Description: 1983/1984
    Container: Folder 45
  • Description: 1984/1985
    Container: Folder 46
  • Description: 1985/1986
    Container: Folder 47
  • Description: Organizational documents, 1991-1993
    Container: Folder 48
  • Description: Summary data, 1926-1946
    Container: Folder 49
  • Description: Summary data, 1961-1974
    Container: Folder 50

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