NTE2ua111.xml Guide to the Washington State University Agricultural Engineering Department Records 1932-1974 Washington State University Agricultural Engineering Department Records Finding aid prepared by Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2021 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2021 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Archives 111 Washington State University. Agricultural Engineering Department. Washington State University Agricultural Engineering Department Records 1932-1974 12 Linear feet of shelf space 12 Boxes 12600 Items (approximate) The collection consists mainly of memoranda, correspondence, minutes, and reports of the Washington State University Agricultural Engineering Department. The bulk of the material dates from 1947-1973, during June Roberts' departmental chairmanship. Collection materials are in English

The Department of Agricultural Engineering was first organized in 1909. In 1926 a four year professional course began, the work being jointly administered by the Deans of the College of Agriculture and the College of Engineering. The divided administration remains in 1983. The College of Engineering administers the curriculum; the College of Agriculture administers the research and the Cooperative Extension work. Students enrolled in the department are from both colleges. Some graduate from the College of Engineering with a degree in Agricultural Engineering. Others graduate from the College of Agriculture with a Farm Mechanization specialty.

The collection consists mainly of memoranda, correspondence, minutes, and reports of the Washington State University Agricultural Engineering Department, arranged into 4 series. The bulk of the material dates from 1947-1973, during June Roberts' departmental chairmanship.

Series 1. Alphabetical Subject File, 1937-1974, consists of general departmental office files, 1937-1979, and is divided into two subseries. Washington State University covers activities at Washington State University and affiliated work in the state of Washington, 1937-1974. The bulk of the material dates from 1947-1973, during June Roberts' departmental chairmanship, and consists mainly of memoranda, correspondence, minutes, and reports. West Pakistan University File 1954-1971, consist almost exclusively of correspondence among Pullman-based office personnel, staff members in Pakistan, and potential employees.

Series 2. Professional Organizations, 1947-1974, deals with three organizations in which June Roberts was an active member. The materials especially stress activities of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, where Mr. Roberts held many national offices.

Series 3. Photographs, 1934-1974. The prints and negatives are mainly of research projects. Many photographs within the machinery files are items provided by manufacturing companies.

Series 4. Financial Ledgers, 1932-1973. These ledgers contain a noncontiguous record of the accounts of the department, concentrating on research activities. The series also contains the ledgers of accounts for the Washington Council on the Relationship of Electricity to Agriculture, a major source of funding for the department's early research and extension work. The records indicate that the name was changed to the present Washington Farm Electrification Committee around 1947.

The collection is arranged into 4 series:

Series 1. Alphabetical Subject File, 1937-1974, is divided into two subseries.

1.1 Washington State University. The folders are arranged in a single alphabetical subseries, in which the processor has attempted to retain the original order where possible. Loose material not fitting into the established filing system is placed in a folder labeled "Unfiled Material." Because of dual nature of the administration of Agricultural Engineering there is some duplication of subject files. These files are further labeled with the relevant college names.

1.2 West Pakistan University File, 1954-1971. The files are arranged in a single alphabetical subject series. The original folder names and the order of materials within folders is retained.

Series 2. Professional Organizations, 1947-1974, is arranged alphabetically by organization, then by date or subject.

Series 3. Photographs, 1934-1974. The project files are arranged numerically by project number, while subject files arranged alphabetically by subject. The original file names have been retained, reflecting a system of labeling and dating each print and negative, which was used during the 1950s. Photos dated before and after that decade are largely undated and many are unlabeled. Prints and negatives with no labels have been placed in a general file.

Series 4. Financial Ledgers, 1932-1973. The original folder names and the order of materials within folders is retained.

This collection is open and available for research use.

Copyright restrictions may apply.

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Washington State University Agricultural Engineering Department Records, 1932-1974 (Archives 111)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The records of the Agricultural Engineering Department (UA 80-1) were transferred to the University Archives of Washington State University in March 1980 by the department in accordance with established records schedules.

This collection was processed by Ann Klavano from mid-March to mid-May, 1983.

For further information on Washington State University's Pakistan Project see the Pakistan Project (WSU-AID Contract) Records, 1952-1972 (Archives 26)

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Washington State University. Agricultural Engineering Department -- Records and correspondence. State College of Washington. Agricultural Engineering Department -- Records and correspondence. State College of Washington. Agricultural Engineering Department. Agricultural engineering. Colleges and Universities Washington (State) Agriculture Series 1. Alphabetical Subject File, 1937-1974 1937-1974 1.1. Washington State University 1 1 Admissions 1968-1971 15 items 1 2 Affirmative Action 1972-1973 27 items 1 3 Agricultural Economics 1970 5 items Agricultural Engineering 1 4 Departmental Report 1937 50 items 1 5-7 Staff and Faculty Meeting Minutes 1954-1973 700 items Agronomy Farm 1 8 1955-1957 30 items 1 9 Water Rights 1955-1958 50 items 1 10 Animal Sciences 1969-1973 15 items 1 11 Annual Report-College of Engineering 1971-1973 10 items 1 12 "A" Miscellaneous 1955-1973 20 items Banquet 1 13 AGAWARDS and Scholarships 1970-1972 10 items 1 14 Students-Alumni 1969-1970 10 items 1 15 Student-Faculty-Alumni 1969-1970 10 items Beasley, Wallace Memos and Correspondence 1 16 1966-1970 30 items 1 17 1971-1973 15 items 1 18 Bertramson, B. R. Memos and Correspondence 1969-1973 50 items 1 19 "B" Miscellaneous 1966-1971 4 items 1 20 Capital Improvement 1958-1970 50 items 1 21 Capital Outlay 1949-1962 100 items 1 22 Careers Through Curriculum at Washington State University 1969 10 items 1 23 Catalog Committee 1969-1970 10 items 1 24 Census of Enrollment 1963-1973 20 items College of Agriculture 1 25 Faculty Meeting Minutes 1953-1964 50 items 1 26 Office of the Dean 1952-1972 10 items 1 27 Miscellaneous 1956-1973 200 items College of Engineering 1 28 Advisory Board 1969-1973 10 items 1 29 Department Chairmen Meetings 1959-1969 70 items 1 30 Office of the Dean 1968-1973 50 items 1 31 Miscellaneous 1962-1973 50 items 1 32 Committee on Instruction 1954-1972 200 items 1 33 Community College Transfer 1970-1972 20 items 2 34 Comprehensive Review 1960 70 items 2 35 Compton Union Building 1966-1971 10 items 2 36 Computer Center 1969-1973 20 items Controller-Correspondence and Memos 2 37 1958-1964 10 items 2 38 1964-1973 50 items 2 39 Cooperative State Research Service Review 1972-1972 10 items Correspondence-Miscellaneous 2 40 A-E 1969-1973 25 items 2 41 F-K 1971-1973 50 items 2 42 L-W 1971-1973 25 items 2 43 Course Expansion 1969 5 items 2 44 Course Outlines 1968-1970 20 items 2 45 Current Research information Service 1968-1970 10 items Curricula and Catalog Changes 2 46 1959 25 items 2 47-48 1960-1969 250 items 2 49 1970-1973 100 items Curriculum 2 50 Advisory Program 1954-1972 25 items 2 51 At Other Schools 1964-1971 30 items 2 52 Committee-College of Agriculture 1954-1963 50 items 2 53 Evaluation 1961-1962 30 items 2 54 Review 1959-1965 50 items 2 56 Miscellaneous 1964-1972 50 items 2 57 Duplicating and Mailing 1963-1973 10 items 2 58 "E" Miscellaneous 1967-1971 5 items 2 59 Educational Policies Committee 1964-1971 20 items Engineers- Council For Professional Development Review 2 60 Notes 1949-1950 25 items 2 61 Notes 1960-1965 20 items 2 62 Notes 1966-1972 30 items 2 63 Report 1960 75 items 2 64 Report 1966 1 item 2 65 Report 1971 1 item 2 66 Engineering Coordinating Council 1953-1956 4 items Enrollment Statistics 2 67 College of Agriculture 1957-1972 20 items 2 68 College of Engineering 1964-1971 30 items Enviromental 2 69 Engineering 1971-1972 4 items 2 70 Protection Agency 1973 3 items 2 71 Science Program 1969-1970 5 items 2 72 Equipment 1970-1973 8 items 2 73 Evaluation Reports Miscellaneous 1964 2 items Extension 2 74 Cosgriffe, Harry A. - Correspondence and Memos 1969-1972 80 items 2 75 Engineering 1961-1970 10 items 2 76 Hagood, Mel A. - Correspondence and Reports 1966-1973 80 items 2 77 Middleton, J. E. Correspondence and Reports 1966-1973 80 items 2 78 Personnel and Program Review 1966 30 items 2 79 Western Region Plan Exchange Committee 1965-1971 50 items 2 80 Miscellaneous 1959-1978 50 items 3 81 "F" Miscellaneous 1955-1973 20 items Facilities 3 82 Advisory Committee 1973 3 items 3 83 Planning 1969-1972 20 items Faculty 3 84 Activity Reports 1972-1973 15 items 3 85 Assignment 1965-1973 20 items 3 86 Service Report 1966-1968 40 items 3 87 Financial Aid 1967-1971 20 items Food Service 3 88 1965-1969 20 items 3 89 1970-1972 30 items 3 90 Forestry 1965-1970 3 items 3 91 Full Time Equivalent 1964-1971 10 items 3 92 General Services 1966-1971 20 items 3 93 Gifts and Grants, Grants-in-Aid Policy 1952-1960 15 items 3 94 Goals of Engineering Education Study, College of Engineering 1964-1966 4 items Graduate 3 95 Faculty 1952-1971 75 items 3 96 Students 1970-1971 16 items 3 97 Studies in Engineering Sciences 1963-1971 20 items 3 98 Graduates in Agricultural Engineering and Agricultural Mechanization 1956-1972 30 items 3 99 Ground Water Use 1960-1968 30 items 3 100 Hartzog, David 1948-1958 20 items 3 101 Honors Program 1964-1972 10 items 3 102 Horticulture - Agricultural Engineering Joint Projects 1966-1973 15 items Institute of Agricultural Sciences 3 103 Building Study 1956 20 items 3 104 Capital Outlay 1952-1956 40 items Institute of Technology Advisory Board 3 105 1956-1957 7 items 3 106 1958-1960 10 items 3 107 Institutional Studies 1970-1972 15 items 3 108 Instructional Cost - Equipment 1972 20 items 3 109 International Harvester - Loaned Equipment 1956-1972 15 items 3 110 Introduction to Ag Course 1964-1966 10 items 3 111 "I" Miscellaneous 1965-1970 3 items 3 112 Kimbrell, Jack T. - Correspondence and Memos 1969-1971 15 items 3 113 Land-Grant Colleges Funding 1970 3 items 3 114 Lease Agreement 1963-1971 10 items 3 115 Leave Guidelines 1970-1974 15 items 3 116 Libraries 1963-1970 30 items Long Range Planning 3 117 1955-1967 40 items 3 118-119 1966-1967 250 items 3 120 Madsen, Louis L.- Memos and Correspondence 1963-1972 150 items Maintenance Agreement 3 121 Honeywell 1969-1971 10 items 3 122 Terminal Services 1972 3 items 3 123 Model Community 1970-1975 5 items 3 124 News Bureau 1969-1970 5 items 3 125 Nielson, James.- Memos 1971-1973 10 items 3 126 Northwest Washington Experiment Station 1971-1973 10 items 3 127 Office of Staff Personnel 1972 2 items 3 128 Oregon State University 1971-1972 5 items 4 129 Personnel 1967-1970 30 items 4 130 Personnel Roster - College of Engineering 1971-1976 3 items 4 131 Pettibone, Carl A. 1978 5 items 4 132 PhD Program 1967-1971 10 items 4 133 Physics Department 1970-1972 5 items 4 134 Physical Plant Correspondence 1964-1974 30 items 4 135 Placement 1971-1975 20 items 4 136 Potato Research 1956-1977 30 items 4 137 Professional Exams 1953-1971 60 items 4 138 Property Inventory Changes 1954-1973 50 items 4 139 Proposed Publications 1963-1964 15 items 4 140 Purchasing 1955-1972 20 items 4 141 Puyallup Capital Improvement 1952-1957 30 items 4 142 Rasmussen, Lowell W. - Memos 1971-1972 15 items 4 143 Receipts and Purchasing 1955 20 items 4 144 Recruiting Policy 1970-1973 40 items 4 145 Registrars Office 1968-1972 30 items 4 146 Relocation Expenses 1973 5 items 4 147 Remodeling and Expansion of Buildings 1947-1970 200 items Research 4 148 Account Transfers 1969-1973 15 items 4 149 Assistants 1971-1972 10 items 4 150 Cooperative State Research Service 1964-1972 50 items 4 151 Editor 1968-1972 30 items 4 152 Progress Report 1964-1972 100 items 4 153 Project 0241 1974 20 items 4 154 Project 1720 1963-1972 150 items 4 155 Project Listings 1956-1974 20 items 4 156 Proposal 6/7700 - 6057 1966-1968 30 items 4 157 Proposal for Pakistan 1969-1970 40 items 4 158 Proposals Miscellaneous 1968-1974 30 items 4 159 Regional Projects 1970-1973 30 items 4 160 Miscellaneous 1969-1973 200 items 4 161 Rural Development 1970 20 items 4 162 Safety and Security 1970-1972 40 items 4 163 Salary 1972-1973 20 items 4 164 Scholarships 1973-1974 50 items 4 165 Science Library 1969-1973 10 items 4 166 Security Guidelines 1970 20 items 4 167 Shelton, V. L. - Memos and Correspondence 1962-1972 50 items Short Course Irrigation Problems 5 168 1953 30 items 5 169 1955-1959 100 items 5 170 1960-1965 100 items 5 171 1966-1967 80 items 5 172 1968-1969 150 items 5 173 1970-1972 150 items 174 Materials Handling 1963 30 items 5 175 Skills Conversation in Food Engineering 1972 10 items 5 176-177 Miscellaneous 1951-1972 200 items 5 179 Small Class Requests 1952-1970 80 items 5 180 Smith, Alan H. - Memos 1970-1971 20 items 5 181 Space Inventory 1969-1973 20 items 5 182 Space Utilization Survey - College of Agriculture 1970-1973 10 items 5 183 Spiegman, John P. - Memos and Correspondence 1963-1969 30 items 5 184 Strait, Leland C. Memos and Correspondence 1964-1971 50 items 5 185 Student Evaluation of Instruction 1967-1971 10 items 5 186 Summer Session 1955-1972 50 items 5 187 "S" Miscellaneous 1969-1974 10 items 5 188 Temporary Course Approval 1953-1966 50 items 5 189 Time Schedule Material 1959-1971 75 items 5 190 Travel Authorization 1959-1971 100 items 5 191 Travel Policy 1973 5 items Transfer of Funds 5 192 1963-1968 30 items 5 193 1969-1971 30 items 5 194 Unfiled Material 1956-1972 40 items 5 195 University of Idaho Cooperative Courses 1962-1972 20 items 5 196 University Senate 1975-1977 5 items 5 197 "U" Miscellaneous 1969 2 items 5 198 Vehicles 1947-1967 20 items 5 199 Washington Water Resources Center 1964-1971 40 items 5 200 Washington Wheat Commission 1958-1971 15 items 5 201 Water Resources Coordinating Act 1962-1963 5 items 5 202 Western Washington Experiment Station 1952-1971 150 items 1.2. West Pakistan University File 1954-1971 6 203 Agricultural Engineering Catalog 1963 1 item 6 204 Agricultural Engineering Positions - AID Contract 1967 2 items 6 205 Bach, W. Kenneth 1964-1965 20 items 6 206 Brown, Owen K. 1963 20 items 6 207 Buchanan, M.T. 1960-1962 10 items 6 208 Busch, Charles D. 1964-1967 5 items 6 209 Correspondence - Miscellaneous 1954-1971 30 items 6 210 Contracts, Agreements, etc. 1961-1964 5 items 6 211 Curriculum, Books, Etc. 1961-1969 10 items 6 212 Description of West Pakistan University 1961 1 item 6 213 Equipment, Plans, Etc. 1963 10 items 6 214-215 Friberg, Walt 1961-1968 10 items Job Description 6 216 Agricultural Engineer 1964 1 item 6 217 Irrigation Engineer 1963-1966 10 items Letters 6 218 To Other institutions For Prospective Applicants 1961-1964 6 219 To Prospective Applicants 1964-1968 30 items 6 220 Living in Lyallpur 1961 2 items 6 221 Pakistan Participants on WSU Campus 1962-1964 5 items 6 222 Pakistan Pictures 1967-1968 11 items 6 223-224 Proposed Feed Plant 1956-1961 300 items 6 225 Prospective Employees 1962 2 items Replies 6 226 Applicants - Active 1964-1966 20 items 6 227 Applicants - "Dead" 1961-1964 100 items 6 228 From Others Re: Prospective Applicants 1964 3 items 6 229 Shaw, C.G. 1969 4 items 6 230 Students, Miscellaneous 1964-1968 6 items Swenson, S.P.- Campus Coordinator 6 231 Memos and Correspondence 1961-1962 6 232 Memos and Correspondence 1964-1969 40 items 6 233 Reports 1964-1969 9 items 6 234 Wahla, Mohammed Iqbal 1965 4 items 6 235 WSU - Pakistan Cooperative Agreement 1967 6 items 6 236 Well and Pump 1960-1963 7 items Series 2. Professional Organizations, 1947-1974 2.1. American Society of Agricultural Engineers 7 237 Annual Meeting in Pullman 1971 31 items 7 238 Building Fund Campaign 1968 25 items 7 239 Curriculum and Course Content Committee 1957-1964 40 items Correspondence 7 240 With Assistant Secretary 1952-1957 30 items 7 241 With Executive Secretary 1959-1965 30 items 7 242 Council on Fertilizer Application 1955-1966 20 items 7 243 Electric Infrared Brooding Committee 1954-1956 255 items 7 244 Electric Utilization Research Conference Committee 1960-1973 50 items 7 245 Executive Committee of the Education and Research Division 1956-1971 50 items 7 246 Films 1960-1963 3 items 7 247 Pacific Northwest Region 1960-1970 12 items 7 248 Pullman Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section 1957 50 items 7 249 State Section Proposal 1957-1958 25 items 7 250 Student Enrollment and Recruitment 1957-1964 20 items 2.2. General 7 251 1947-1949 50 items 7 252-255 1950-1959 550 items 8 256-258 1960-1969 350 items 8 259 1970-1973 100 items 2.3. American Society for Engineering Education 8 260 1945-1956 100 items 8 261 1957-1960 100 items 2.4. Western Soil and Water Research Committee 8 262 1967-1968 14 items 8 263 1969 32 items 8 264 1970-1971 23 items 8 265 1972-1973 36 items 8 266 1974 58 items Series 3. Photographs, 1934-1974. Projects 9 267 789-Machinery, Experimental undated 59 items 9 268 802-Heat Lamp Brooding 1953 14 items 9 269 878-Silo Preservation 1953-1956 70 items 9 270 946-Use of Aluminum 1953 1 item 9 271 964 undated 48 items 9 272 1177-Self Feeding Silo 1953-1960 61 items 9 273 1275-Freezing and Cooling of Turkeys 1954-1956 11 items 9 274 All Electric Greenhouse 1941 2 items 9 275 Bean Drying 1952-1957 17 items 9 276 Brooding 1940-1944 13 items 9 277 Brooding Studies 1946-1959 68 items 9 278 Buildings undated 16 items 9 279 Bulk Milk Tank Heat Pump Water Heater 1955-1958 21 items 9 280 Cage Laying House undated 1 item Calves 9 281 Housing 1954 9 282 Pens 1948 6 items 9 283 Chart Negatives undated 47 items 9 284 Experimental Equipment undated 16 items 9 285 Experimental Manger 1955 5 items 9 286 Fair Exhibit Pieces undated 3 items Farm Structures 9 287 Class Project-Veterinary Medicine storage Building 1952-1956 20 items 9 288 Experimental Dairy Group undated 6 items 9 289 Silo 1949-undated 34 items 9 290 Ford Pictures 1973 5 items 9 291 4-H Smith-Hughes Booklet, Farm Electricity 1947-undated 30 items 9 292 Frost Expellers 1948-1952 14 items General Photos 10 293 1937-1950 72 items 10 294-295 undated 193 items Hartzog (Vocational Agriculture) 10 296 1953 40 items 10 297 1954-1956 60 items 10 298 Haying Equipment undated 10 items 10 299 Heat Exchangers 1955 4 items 10 300 Heat Lamp 1955 14 items 10 301 Heat Pump 1953-1958 19 items 10 302 High Pressure Spraying 1949 3 items 10 303 House Heating Studies 1946-1947 8 items 10 304 International Harvester 1959-1974 82 items 10 305 Irrigation 1953-1955 11 items 10 306 Loose Housing Of Dairy Calves undated 12 items Machinery 10 307 Beet Top Drying undated 12 items 10 308 Combines 1950-1964 18 items 10 309 Cultivating undated-1969 17 items 10 310 Field Day-Combine Demonstration 1954 9 items 10 311 Harvesting 1967-1969 17 items 10 312 Haying undated-1970 10 items 10 313 High Pressure Sprayer 1949 16 items 10 314 Land Clearing 1934-1950 5 items 10 315 Loaders undated 2 items 10 316 Mowers undated 4 items 10 317 Pea Vine Drying 1949-1950 18 items 10 318 Planting 1959-1971 13 items 10 319 Plows 1934-1962 23 items 10 320 Processing 1968 1 item 10 321 Spreaders 1962 3 items 10 322 Terracing 1962 3 items 10 323 Tillage undated 13 items 10 324 Tractors 1960-1974 44 items Materials Handling 11 325 undated 11 326 1958 21 items 11 327 Mechanical Hop Dryer 1953 5 items 11 328 Milking Equipment undated 3 items 11 329 Molasses Pump undated 3 items 11 330 Obsolete Combines and Tractors 1927-undated 10 items 11 331 Old Miscellaneous Project Photos 1931-undated 51 items 11 332 Orchard Equipment undated 6 items Pea Vines 11 333 1942-1949 75 items 11 334 Dryer 1949 2 items 11 335 Pear Waste undated 5 items 11 336 Percy-Clark Milking Parlor undated 2 items 11 337 Pig Pen Studies 1949-1950 7 items Plywood 11 338 Silo 1953 21 items 11 339 Silo Liners undated 3 items 11 340 Pneumatically Inflated Buildings 1959-1960 71 items Poultry 11 341-342 Brooding 1948-1955 51 items 11 343 Cooling 1954-undated 13 items 11 344 Feeders undated 1 item 11 345 Freezing studies undated 10 items 11 346 Studies 1954 16 items 11 347 RF Energy undated 6 items 11 348 Rural Electrification undated 33 items Silo 11 349 Self Feeding 1959 46 items 11 350 Filling and Roughage undated 2 items 11 351 Small Hammer Mill 1952 4 items 11 352 Soil Conservation 1934-undated 6 items 11 353 Sprinkler Irrigation Studies 1939-undated 30 items 11 354 Student Pictures 1937-undated 35 items 11 355 Students undated 48 items 11 356 Tank heaters 1948 6 items 11 357 Time and Motion studies 1952-1960 27 items 11 358 Tractor Short Course 1952 7 items 11 359 Unidentified Project Photos undated 7 items 11 360 Vocational Agriculture 1953-1956 25 items 11 361 Vocational Agriculture Short Course 1953-1956 28 items 11 362 Walk-in Freezer with Package Unit 1939-undated 47 items Washington Farm Electrification Committee 11 363 Miscellaneous undated 20 items 11 364 1962 Pictures 1962 39 items Series 4. Financial Ledgers, 1932-1973 Department 12 365 Agricultural Research Center 1960 June-1973 August 1 item 12 366 Department Miscellaneous 1963 June-1973 July 1 item 12 367 Department and Experiment Station 1949 April-1957 December 1 item Experiment Station 12 368 1949 April-1949 March 1 item 12 369 1958 January -1966 June 1 item Washington Farm Electrification Committee 12 370 (Washington Committee on the Relationship of Electricity to Agriculture) 1932 January-1960 June 1 item 12 371 1960 July-1972 July 1 item