NTE2ua107.xml Guide to the Washington State University Facilities Planning Department Office Files 1946-1976 Washington State University Facilities Planning Department Office Files Finding aid prepared by Ann Klavano Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2025 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2025 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 107 Washington State University. Department of Facilities Planning Washington State University Facilities Planning Department Office Files 1946-1976 2 Linear feet of shelf space 2 Boxes The files consist of agenda, minutes, correspondence, reports, blueprints, maps, and budget and finance records from the Department of Facilities Planning at the State College of Washington, later Washington State University. Collection materials are in English

A University Architect served as the construction officer at Washington State University from 1911 forward. The modern form of the office dates from 1947 when it became a full-time, staffed administrative department. In 1967 the University Architect office was renamed as Facilities Planning, and then to Facilities Development in 1993. In 2001 it was renamed as Capital Planning. While Capital Planning is responsible for major planning and development, smaller projects are conducted by Facilities Operations. Facilities Operations descended from the Physical Plant in 1998, which in turn descended from Building and Grounds in 1967. While each line of programs has existed separately, some migration in function has occurred over the years. The primary difference between Capital Planning and Facilities Operations is the cost of the project in question - initially items costing less than $1,000,000 were assigned to Fac Ops, and those costing more to CP. By 2009, this break point is between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000.

The files consist of agenda, minutes, correspondence, reports, blueprints, maps, and budget and finance records from the Department of Facilities Planning at the State College of Washington, later Washington State University. The material contained within this series dates from 1946 through 1976 and bulks largest from 1965 through 1973. The original file names and chronological order of the items within the folders have been retained. The General and Miscellaneous Files contain similar material but appear to be given alternate names in different years. The Office Files consist of correspondence (both in-coming and out-going), memoranda and reports, minutes of meetings, committee information and reports, and budget and financial material. The records are concerned with new construction and remodeling of existing buildings on the campus of Washington State University and the various off-campus sites owned and and controlled by the University.

The Office Files of the Facilities Planning Department are arranged alphabetically in a single subject series.

This collection is open and available for research use.

Copyright restrictions may apply.

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Washington State University Facilities Planning Department Office Files, 1946-1976 (Archives 107)

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

The Facilities Planning Department Office Files were transferred to the University Archives, Washington State University Libraries in 1981 (UA 81-10) in accordance with the approved records schedule.

The records were arranged and described by Ann Klavano in March 1983.

The WSU Archives hold a number of other Capital Plannng collections; to locate these please view our Archives' Collections List and our Accessions List, looking for the various names under which this department has operated: University Architect, Facilities Planning, Facilities Development, Capital Planning.

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. Department of Facilities Planning -- Records and correspondence Washington State University. University Architect -- Records and correspondence State College of Washington. University Architect -- Records and correspondence Washington State University -- Buildings -- History -- Archives Washington State University. University Architect State College of Washington. University Architect College buildings -- Washington (State) Architecture Colleges and Universities Washington (State) General Subject File 1946-1976 1 1 Accreditation Report Format and Self-Study Guide 1969 12 items 1 2 Affirmative Action 1970-1973 73 items 1 3 Architects, East of Cascades 1968-1971 37 items 1 4 Association of University Architects 1971-1973 22 items 1 5 Biennial Budget Reports 1965-1971 13 items 1 6 Civil Defense 1968 9 items Committees: 1 7-10 Interinstituional Committee of Architects and Physical Plant Directors 1966-1970 138 items 1 11 Space Priority Committee, Agenda and Minutes July 1968-February 1970 85 items 1 12 Department of Health, Education and Welfare, General Correspondence 1967-1970 7 items 1 13 Department of Labor and Industries, Correspondence 1966-1970 9 items 1 14 Enviromental Analysis Group 1976 11 items 1 15 Errors and Omissions Insurance 1970 16 items 1 16-17 General Correspondence 1967-1971 107 items 1 18 Higher Education Facilities Committee General Correspondence 1967-1970 13 items 1 l9 Highway and Traffic Safety 1970 32 items 1 20 Housing and Food Service System Through 1975-1976 3 items 1 21-22 Land 1951-1968 63 items 1 23 Land--Agricultural Sciences 1968-1972 12 items 1 24 Long Range Development Plan 1972 32 items 2 25-28 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1963-1968, 1972-1973 290 items 2 29 National Standards for Housing and Care of Lab Animals 1967 3 items 2 30-32 Pettibone, Correspondence 1951-1963 155 items 2 33 Pettibone, Miscellaneous Reports and Information 1958-1960 10 items 2 34 Physical Plant 1967-1971 73 items 2 35 Poindexter, Correspondence 1969-1971 81 items 2 36 Presidents Office, Correspondence 1963 81 items 2 37 Sandberg, R. A. 1946-1952 91 items 2 38 Staff Personnel--Nordquist, General Correspondence 1969-1973 45 items 2 39 Student Housing--1973 Project Single Student Housing 1 item 2 40 Student Housing--The Master Plan 1970 1 item Vice Presidents 2 41 Business, Correspondence 1968-1969 102 items 2 42 Finance, Correspondence 1966-1972 30 items 2 43-46 University Development, Correspondence 1970-1973 317 items 2 47 Weather 1959-1966 5 items