In the early teens, architecture as a professional degree was offered at WSC. In 1916, the Washington state legislature passed a law which distributed professional programs between UW and WSC, and architecture became under the purview of UW. Non-degree courses in architecture were still offered, and by 1957, the College of Engineering had a degree program called Architectural Engineering, which allowed graduates the same route to architectural licensure as an accredited Architecture degree in Washington State alone.
In 1963, the Washington State Legislature passed a law (senate bill 285) that permitted Washington State University to offer degrees in both Architectural Engineering or Architecture. By 1975, the Department offered three degrees: Bachelor of Architecture, Architectural Studies, and Bachelor of Science in Building Theory and Practice. The NAAB accredited five-year B. Architecture degree was replaced with a one-year M. Architecture degree that directly followed the four-year unaccredited Bachelor of Architecture degree. A two, and later three, year accredited Master of Architecture followed.
A merged joint College of Engineering and Architecture was formed in 1984.
The collection consists of two large (25 inches x 20 inches) scrapbooks, each approximately 60 pages. The scrapbooks primarily contain newspaper clippings related to the research, outreach, and projects of the Washington State University Department of Architecture and its faculty.
Due to the age of the clippings and the glue used in pasting them into the scrapbooks, many of the clippings are coming loose. Care should be used in moving and in opening these volumes.
The collection is organized chronologically.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
Washington State University Department of Architecture Scrapbooks, 1963-1967 (Archives 395)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The scrapbooks in this collection were transferred to the Washington State University (WSU) Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) on January 2nd, 1991 by Kathleen Warren of WSU's College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA). They were accessioned as UA1990-37.
This collection was processed in June 2014 by University Archivist Mark O'English
A collection of photographs which came with this material is retained as Washington
State University College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1960-1987 (PC
163)
Washington State University Department of Architectural Engineering Records, 1957-1975
Washington State University College of Engineering and Architecture Records, 1961-1997
State College of Washington School of Architectural Engineering Records, 1923-1981
Washington State University Department of Architecture Records, 1958-1987
State College of Washington Department of Architectural Engineering Lantern Slides, 1927-1941
Washington State University College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1956-2000
Washington State University College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1964-1987
Washington State University College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1960-1987
Other architecture departmental materials can be found in WSU Pubs 29.
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.