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Central Washington University Faculty Papers, Warren Street, 1965-2008

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Street, Warren R.
Title
Central Washington University Faculty Papers, Warren Street
Dates
1965-2008 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.8 cubic feet, (5 letter-sized document cases (26x31x13cm) and 4 half letter-sized document cases (26x31x6 cm))  :  Correspondence, photographic prints, photographic color transparency slides, reports, exams, syllabi, notes, memos, minutes, journal articles, flyers, posters, books, speeches, and ephemera in excellent condition, with minor decomposition of carbon paper from the 1960s and some minor damage to the corners of papers
Collection Number
FP-0003
Summary
The Warren Street Papers comprise material relevant to the professional career of Dr. Street while at Central Washington University from 1967 to 2008.
Repository
Central Washington University, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Central Washington University
400 E University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Telephone: 509-963-1023
Fax: 509-963-3684
archive@cwu.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to the public for educational research

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Warren Street was born in Alhambra, California, in 1942 and he attended Arcadia High School in Arcadia, California. Street went on to Occidental College in Los Angeles, where he received his BA degree (cum laude, California State Scholar) in Psychology in 1964. In 1966, Street received his Masters in Psychology from Claremont Graduate School, where he also obtained his Ph.D. in Psychology in 1967. Street was a National Defense Education Act Fellow for both the MA and PhD. While in graduate school, he worked as a teaching assistant at Claremont before accepting the position as a visiting professor of history at Central Washington University for the 1967 summer session and as an assistant professor for the fall 1967 session. He and his wife Libby remain in Ellensburg until this writing (2012).

While at Central, Street was promoted first to associate (1971) then to full professor (1979) in the Psychology department. He held positions at the University as an Associate Dean of the College of Sciences, Associate Dean of the Graduate Studies and Research, Interim Director of Academic Computing, Acting Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Director of the William O. Douglas Honors College, and Chair of the Department of Psychology. Street published two books while at CWU and seven refereed journal articles. He served as an editorial board member for the journal The Behavior Analyst and as an associate editor for the Encyclopedia of Psychology. His presentations and service to both Central and the profession of psychology are too numerous to list in this brief biography. Street was also an accomplished cartoonist, and his papers contain some of his numerous illustrations as well as programs and publications at CWU.

Warren Street retired from CWU in 2008.

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Content Description

This collection includes the following: Box 1 comprises biographical information on Warren Street, including applications for merit and promotion as well as multiple CVs and transcripts. Box 2 contains items relevant to Street’s career in service, including material on the founding of the Douglas Honors College. Boxes 3-4 cover Street's teaching career and comprise psychology exams and syllabi. Box 5 contains Street’s research and publications. Box 6 contains his correspondence. Box 7 contains materials on the administration of Central Washington University's Department of Psychology, as well as the university's Faculty Senate and the Douglas Honors College. Box 8 comprises slides produced by Central's Department of Psychology. Box 9 contains cartoons and illustrations drawn by Warren Street.

Please note that the slides in this collection were received prior to the remainder of the Warren Street Papers and were, thus, once housed separately.

Warren Street was active at Central Washington University during the Vietnam War, and some of his research and correspondence is, therefore, pertinent to the question of the draft. Street also oversaw and participated in the growth of computing at Central, a fact that is reflected in this collection. Street was the recipient of teaching awards and accolades, and his collection contains materials relevant to the pedagogy of psychology. Finally, the correspondence and service sections of this collection reveal Street's work as administrator at CWU. These sections cover forty years of CWU history at the professorial, department head, and assistant dean level. These sections also touch on Street's work with the Douglas Honors College (includes memos on the college's founding), the CWU Centennial committee, and the Cultural Archive at the university. Street also campaigned for better faculty pay, and his papers contain salary information and charts which he used to monitor the steady decline in real faculty pay at Central over his four decades at the institution.

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Historical Background

Central Washington University began as the Washington State Normal School in 1891. In 1937, the school was rechristened the Central Washington College of Education. In 1961, the school became Central Washington State College and, finally, in 1977, Central Washington University.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Name of document or photograph number]. FP-0003, Central Washington University Faculty Papers, Warren Street. Archives and Special Collections, Brooks Library, Central Washington University.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection was organized to reflect the development and career of a professional academic.

Where dates are discernible on material in the collection, they have been added to the inventory. In much of the correspondence (Box 6), the original organization and folder labels have been retained (including labels such as “current correspondence”). Some material relevant to the CWU Centennial and the Douglas Honors College were removed and placed with collections under those descriptions.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Biographical Information

  • Service

    • Description: Speech
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2-1
    • Description: CW Users Newsletter
      Dates: 1980-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2-2
    • Description: CWU Centennial
      Dates: 1989-1992
      Container: Box/Folder 2-3
    • Description: Tenure Review, Service
      Dates: 1974-2007
      Container: Box/Folder 2-4
    • Description: Tenure Review, Service
      Dates: 1991-2002
      Container: Box/Folder 2-5
    • Description: Cultural Archive Committee
      Dates: 1991-2002
      Container: Box/Folder 2-6
  • Teaching

    • Description: Psychology 300, Exams
      Container: Box/Folder 3-1
    • Description: Psychology 315, Psychology of the Classroom
      Dates: 1988-1991
      Container: Box/Folder 3-2
    • Description: Psychology 346, Final Exams
      Container: Box/Folder 3-3
    • Description: Psychology 347, Social Psychology
      Container: Box/Folder 3-4
    • Description: Psychology 355, Environmental Psychology
      Container: Box/Folder 3-5
    • Description: Psychology 363, Intermediate Statistics
      Container: Box/Folder 3-6
    • Description: Psychology 446, Altruism Lesson Plans with Photographs
      Container: Box/Folder 3-7
    • Description: Psychology 446, Experimental Psychology
      Container: Box/Folder 3-8
    • Description: Psychology 446, Exams
      Dates: 1972-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 3-9
    • Description: Psychology 461, Exams
      Container: Box/Folder 4-1
    • Description: Psychology 461, Exams
      Container: Box/Folder 4-2
    • Description: Psychology 461, Lecture Notes
      Container: Box/Folder 4-3
    • Description: Psychology 462, Computer Methods for Social Sciences
      Container: Box/Folder 4-4
    • Description: Psychology 462
      Container: Box/Folder 4-5
    • Description: Sociology 566
      Dates: 1988-1990
      Container: Box/Folder 4-6
    • Description: Psychology 259, Statistics Research and Design (Claremont Graduate School)
      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box/Folder 4-7
  • Research

    • Description: Journal Articles
      Container: Box/Folder 5-1
    • Description: Conference Papers
      Container: Box/Folder 5-2
    • Description: Collaborative Scholarship
      Container: Box/Folder 5-3
    • Description: Minor Publications in Books
      Container: Box/Folder 5-4
    • Description: Occidental College Thesis
      Container: Box/Folder 5-5
    • Description: Sex Roles Sincerity Study
      Container: Box/Folder 5-6
    • Description: Social Facilitation Study
      Container: Box/Folder 5-7
    • Description: PhD Exams and Research, Graduate School
      Container: Box/Folder 5-8
    • Description: Military Draft Study
      Container: Box/Folder 5-9
  • Correspondence

    • Description: Social Facilitation Study Correspondence
      Dates: 1973-1974
      Container: Box/Folder 6-1
    • Description: Archives of the History of Psychology
      Dates: 1993-1994
      Container: Box/Folder 6-2
    • Description: Presentation and papers
      Dates: 1986-2000
      Container: Box/Folder 6-3
    • Description: Encyclopedia of Psychology
      Dates: 1995-2000
      Container: Box/Folder 6-4
    • Description: School of Behavioral Science
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 6-5
    • Description: Current Correspondence
      Dates: 1983-2000
      Container: Box/Folder 6-6
    • Description: American Psychological Association / CWU
      Dates: 1989-1992
      Container: Box/Folder 6-7
    • Description: Correspondence I
      Dates: 1967-1970
      Container: Box/Folder 6-8
    • Description: Correspondence II
      Dates: 1971-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 6-9
    • Description: Correspondence III
      Dates: 1979-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 6-10
    • Description: Correspondence IV
      Dates: 1984-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 6-11
    • Description: Correspondence V
      Dates: 1985-1993
      Container: Box/Folder 6-12
  • Administration

    • Description: Experimental Psychology
      Dates: 1991-1997
      Container: Box/Folder 7-1
    • Description: Salary Research
      Dates: 1967-1996
      Container: Box/Folder 7-2
    • Description: Psychology Department Structure and Organization
      Container: Box/Folder 7-3
    • Description: Memos
      Dates: 1970-2006
      Container: Box/Folder 7-4
    • Description: Agendas and Minutes
      Dates: 1973-2006
      Container: Box/Folder 7-5
    • Description: Agendas and Minutes
      Dates: 2007-2008
      Container: Box/Folder 7-6
    • Description: College Memos
      Dates: 1968-1993
      Container: Box/Folder 7-7
    • Description: Administration Evaluation
      Container: Box/Folder 7-8
    • Description: Central Seminars
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box/Folder 7-9
    • Description: Douglas Honors College
      Container: Box/Folder 7-10
    • Description: Douglas Honors College
      Container: Box/Folder 7-11
  • Psychology Department Slides

  • Artwork

    • Description: Drawings / Symposia on Retirement and Children
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 9-1
    • Description: Cartoons
      Dates: 1972-1976
      Container: Box/Folder 9-2
    • Description: Artwork for The Numbers Game: Statistics of Psychology (book)
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 9-3

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Subject Terms

  • Central Washington University--History

Geographical Names

  • Ellensburg (Wash.)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Street, Warren R. (creator)
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