HTM_WCA46.xml Guide to the Whitman College conferences and events collection Whitman College conferences and events collection Elizabeth Hambleton Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2011
345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Business Number: 509-527-5922 Archives@whitman.edu https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-15. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Whitman College and Northwest Archives Whitman College conferences and events collection Whitman College WCA.046 2.33 linear feet 6 boxes 1898-2018 Materials related to conferences, events, conventions, symposiums, anniversaries and celebrations. Materials in the collection date from 1898 to 2018. English .

Collection is open for research.

Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown.

Collection received additional processing in 2023. Materials were rehoused, folder titles standardized, and inventory was updated.

The collection consists of records and programs of conferences (both on and off campus), events, conventions, the Whitman essay contest of 1936, the race symposium of 2006, opening week schedules, anniversaries and celebrations.

 Colleges and Universities Washington (State) Anniversaries and centennials: Centennial 1959 5 1 Anniversaries and centennials: Centennial celebration 1936 5 2 Anniversaries and centennials: Centennial convocation 1959 5 3 Anniversaries and centennials: Fiftieth anniversary of Whitman College 1910 1 1 Anniversaries and centennials: Semi-centennial of Whitman Seminary program 1916 1 2 Anniversaries and centennials: Whitman centennial - museum 1936 1 3 Anniversaries and centennials: Whitman College 75th anniversary: Planning documents and programs 1933-1934 1 4 Anniversaries and centennials: Whitman memorial 1947 1 5 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Association of American Colleges - regional conferences 1945 1 6 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Campus Conference on Religion 1959 1 7 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Carnegie Endowment for National Peace Conference 1960 November 5 4 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Citizen's Conferences on Postwar Issues circa 1946 1 8 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Cordiner Symposium, Cordiner Lecture Series, Cordiner performances [1 of 2] 1969-1992 (bulk 1969-1980) 1 9 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Cordiner Symposium, Cordiner Lecture Series, Cordiner performances [2 of 2] 1969-1992 (bulk 1969-1980) 1 10 Conferences and events held at Whitman: As our neighbors see us, Cordiner Hall Symposium undated 5 20 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Expanding Your Horizons in Math and Science 1996 1 11 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Family Relations Northwest Conference 1957 1 12 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Future of the Northwest Forests Symposium 1990 5 13 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Governing Board-Faculty Conference 1960-1961 1 13 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Governing Board-Faculty Conference: Conference resources and Interim program news clippings 1960-1970 1 14 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Marcus Whitman Scientific Symposium 1985-1986 5 14 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Medical symposiums 1988-1992 5 15 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Pacific Northwest Conference on Higher Education 1952 1 15 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Pacific Northwest History Conference 1961-1980 1 16 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Pioneer Trails 1953 1 17 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Presidential Symposium 1990 5 16 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Regional Planning Conference on Local Planning and Regional Development 1950 1 18 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Secondary Education Conference 1936-1939 1 19 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Symposium on National Defense Waste 1988 5 17 Conferences and events held at Whitman: TEDx organizers manual, tickets, and program 2013 April 27 5 5 Conferences and events held at Whitman: TEDx: Planning documents 2013 1 20 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Washington State Philological Society Convention program 1898 1 21 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Weekly events newsletter, "@Whitman.edu" 1999-2000 5 6 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Whitman College Civil Liberties Union 1999 5 7 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Whitman Summer Institute: applications, pamphlets, and stationery circa 1985 6 5 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Whitman Summer Institute: interest correspondence 1984-1985 6 6 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Whitman Summer Institute: Dramatics magazine advertising 1984-1985 6 7 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Whitman Summer Institute: logistics and budgeting circa 1985 6 8 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Whitman Summer Institute: posters circa 1985 Flat File Box 5 4 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Women's Education For Living and Leadership 1984-1995 1 22 Conferences and events held at Whitman: Women's Leadership Symposium 1997-2006 5 18 Conference on Outstanding Students in Liberal Arts Colleges 1961 1 23 Conference on Outstanding Students in Liberal Arts Colleges pamphlets 1961 2 1 Danforth Workshop on Liberal Arts Education 1965 2 2 Danforth Workshop: Report drafts circa 1965 2 3 Essay contest 1936 2 4 "I Had a Dream Program" circa 1997-1998 6 10

Contains photographs, contact sheets, and negatives.

 I HAD- 8th grade 6 11

Assumed to be part of the same I Had A Dream program from folder 6.10, but there is insufficient metadata with images to fully confirm link. Contains contact sheets and negatives.

 Matthew Shepard Lecture Series: Judy Shepard 2005 2 5 Matthew Shepard Lecture Series: Louvon Harris 2006-2007 2 6 Matthew Shepard Lecture Series: Louvon Harris lecture recording 2007 2 7 Matthew Shepard Lecture Series: News articles 2005-2007 2 8 Matthew Shepard Lecture Series: Bill Finkbeiner 2006 2 9 Matthew Shepard Lecture Series: Correspondence 2005-2007 2 10 Matthew Shepard Lecture Series: Ed Murray 2005 2 11 Opening Week 1966-1967 3 1 Opening Week 1966-1968 3 2 Opening Week 1969-1970 3 3 Opening Week 1972-1973 3 4 Opening Week 1973-1974 3 5 Opening Week 1974-1975 3 6 Opening Week 1975-1976 3 7 Opening Week 1976-1977 3 8 Opening Week 1977-1978 3 9 Opening Week 1978-1979 3 10 Opening Week 1979-1981 3 11 Opening Week 1979-1980 3 12 Opening Week: 1987-1991 trip to Mission [schedules] 1987-1991 3 13 Opening Week 1998-1999 3 23 Opening Week 2016 3 14 Opening Week: Pamphlets, checklist, and handbook 1993-1998 3 15 Opening Week: Pamphlets, press releases, articles, and programs 1963-1998 3 16 Opening Week: Pamphlets, programs, and schedules 1974-1989 3 17 Posters 1986-1990 Flat file 1 Program from Martin Luther King Jr. memorial service 1968 April 9 6 9 Promotional pamphlet for conference space at Whitman circa 1978-1979 3 18 Protests: Earth Day 1985-1992 5 10 Protests: Ground Zero 1986 April 3 19 Protests: Gulf War 1990-1991 5 11 Protests: Nonviolence Symposium 1996 3 20 Protests: South Africa Divestment Campaign: Ad-hoc committee 1985-1987 3 21 Protests: South Africa Divestment Campaign: Newspaper clippings and faculty resolution 1985-1986 5 8 Protests: South Africa Divestment Campaign: Related articles, various committee statements, and news release 1986 5 9 Protests: Whitman Students for Social Change 1985 5 12 Symposium on Race Relations and Community 2006 3 22 Undergraduate Conference 1998-1999 4 1 Undergraduate Conference 1999-2000 4 2 Undergraduate Conference 2001 4 3 Undergraduate Conference 2004 4 4 Undergraduate Conference 2005 4 5 Undergraduate Conference: "Best of W.U.C." 2007 4 6 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder: Correspondence, guidelines, and call for presenters [1 of 7] 1999-2000 4 7 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder: Sample correspondence and other forms [2 of 7] 1999-2000 4 8 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder: Observations and suggestions [3 of 7] 1999-2000 4 9 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder: Budget [4 of 7] 1999-2000 4 10 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder: Pioneer articles and other media [5 of 7] 1999-2000 4 11 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder: Evaluations [6 of 7] 1999-2000 4 12 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder: Programs [7 of 7] 1999-2000 4 13 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder [1 of 7] 2001-2005 4 14 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder [2 of 7] 2001-2005 4 15 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder [3 of 7] 2001-2005 4 16 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder [4 of 7] 2001-2005 4 17 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder [5 of 7] 2001-2005 6 1 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder [6 of 7] 2001-2005 6 2 Undergraduate Conference: Planning binder [7 of 7] 2001-2005 6 3 Undergraduate Conference: Planning timeline 2018 6 4