Archives 222 Vice President for Business, Property Management Records 1967-1990 Vice President for Business, Property Management Records Finding aid prepared by Jean Johnson Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
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Archives 222 Vice President for Business, Property Management Records 1967-1990 3 linear feet 6 containers Property management records include reports, agreements, correspondence, maps, contracts, news releases and proposals concerning the university properties. Organizational History:

One of the functions of Washington State University's Office of the Vice President of Business is to manage the university's properties. These have included:

The Columbia River Orchards Foundation manages WSU orchard property in Wenatchee, originally donated to the university in 1972 by the Aluminum Company of America.

The North/South Ski Area in Benewah County, Idaho, is a property that has been owned or managed by the University or the Associated Students for several decades.

The Pullman shopping center was proposed about 1967. In 1973-1975, a commercial real estate firm contracted with the university to develop this property. The proposed development involved farm land located to the immediate north of Pullman in the Terra View Drive region. Much of the effort was contingent on relocation of roads and the building of a by-pass highway. When the road location project was withdrawn by the state, and when a competing shopping center constructed near the edge of Moscow, Idaho, the shopping center project was abandoned.

The Tree Research Center is an experiment station near Wenatchee. In the 1960s and early 1970s a USDA research facility was established in conjunction with the university's research center.

The Mt. St. Helens ash cleanup involved actions taken to remove ash from the WSU Pullman campus in the aftermath of the volcanic eruption in 1980.

Property management records include reports, agreements, correspondence maps, contracts, news releases and proposals concerning the university properties.

The records are arranged in the order received, which is five series each specific to a property or project. These are: Series 1: Columbia River Orchards Foundation; Series 2: North/South Ski Area; Series 3: Proposed Shopping Center; Series 4: Tree Research Center, Wenatchee; and Series 5: WSU, Pullman Campus, Mt. St. Helens Ash Cleanup.

The Collection is open for research use.

Washington State University's Office of the Vice President for Business transferred the property management records to the university archives in 1991 (accession UA91-20).

Jean Johnson processed the records in September 1995.

 Washington State University. Vice President for Business--Archives Washington State University. Vice President for Business--Records and correspondence Saint Helens, Mount (Wash.)--History Universities and colleges--Business management--Washington (State)--Pullman--Archives University investments--Washington (State) Washington (State) Colleges and Universities Maps City Planning 1 Columbia River Orchards Foundation 1 1 Administrative Agreements 1989 1 2 Allocations 1972-1989 Annual Reports 1 3 1973-1978 1 4 1979-1983 1 5 1983-1987 1 6 Charitable Trust Act 1973-1984 1 7 Contingency Fund 1974-1979 Correspondence 1 8 1971-1976 2 9 1973-1987 2 10 1986-1989 2 11 Employment Agreements 1973-1986 2 12 Finances 1981-1988 2 13 Horticulturist Program 1975-1985 2 14 Insurance 1972-1987 3 15 Management Reports 1977-1988 3 16 Marketing Sales Agencies Proposals 1982 3 17 News Releases and Articles 1972-1987 3 18 Retirement Pension 1974-1990 3 19 Sale Correspondence 1988-1989 3 20 Taxes and Income 1973-1980 2 North/South Ski Area General Correspondence and Records 4 21 1968-1979 4 22 1974-1977 4 23 1979-1981 3 Proposed Shopping Center 4 24 "Analysis of Shopping Center Market Potential," 1972 4 25 Appraisal Report 1972 4 26 "Commercial Complex Development Plan," 1973 4 27 Contracts 1974 4 28 Miscellanea 1972 Planning 4 29 1967-1977 5 30 1970-1974 5 31 1972 5 32 1973-1975 4 Tree Research Center, Wenatchee General Records 5 33 1967-1974 6 34 1975-1976 5 WSU, Pullman Campus, Mt. St. Helens Ash Cleanup 6 35 Federal Assistance Requests 1980 6 36 Federal Emergency Assistance 1980-1982 6 37 Financial Reports 1980 6 38 Idaho Bureau of Disaster Service 1980-1982 6 39 Project Documentation 1980