International projects concerned with economic, agricultural, social and educational development began at Washington State University in 1952 with a Pakistan Project that was to run for almost 20 years. The Office of International Programs in the College of Arts and Sciences provided the management for that project and succeeding projects until 1978. The College of Agriculture was heavily involved in the projects and provided increasing assistance. A Campus Coordinator for international projects was established in the College of Agriculture for the University of Jordan Project (1975-1979). The Coordinator's office also acted as a clearing house for other projects in which the University was involved in the middle 1970's, such as those in Syria, Morocco, and Mali. In 1978 the International Program Development Office was established in the Graduate School of WSU to direct the international development projects. At that time the University was involved in several projects, with major efforts in Indonesia, Lesotho, and a cooperative project in Sudan.
Box 1 contains documents from L0103-L0108 and L0114. Box 2 contains L0085-L0093 and an itemized list for boxes 1-19; it is wildly inaccurate. Box 3 contains L0029-L0058. Box 4 contains L0073-L0079, L0081, L0083, and exchange rate letters. Box 5 contains check book stubs from July 1979-May 1986. Box 6 contains L0001-L0028. Box 7 contains L0059-L0072, L0100, and L0102. Box 8 contains L0094-L0099. Box 9 contains L0110-L0113, L0115, and L0117. Box 10 contains an accurate itemized list, receipts, and requisition paperwork. Box 11 contains receipt books. Boxs 12 and 12a contain budget summaries from 1979-1988, administrative data, and financial data. Box 13 contains cashed checks from 1979-1986. Box 14 contains L0118-L0121. Boxes 15-19 contain invoices, receipts, and travel vouchers. Boxes 20-24 contain receipts and invoices. Box 25 contains contracts and correspondences. Box 26 contains correspondences and personnel files. Boxes 27-28 contain personnel files. Box 29 contains personnel files and Telexes to and from Lesotho from 1982. Box 30 contains Telexes to and from Lesotho from 1983-1986. Itemized lists can be found in boxes 20-30 for the contents of said boxes; they are accurate.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
Items remain in their original order, which is primarily two series: "In country" - Lesotho materials, and "Home Office" - Pullman materials. Files are labeled.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
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Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University International Project Support Office Lesotho Project Files, 1979-1988 (UA1988-18)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Mary (last name unrecorded) of the International Project Support Office on March 31, 1988 and retained as UA1988-18.
Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University International Project Support
Office Lesotho Reports, 1983-1984
Gordon Van Epps Papers, 1981-1984
Smaller folder-level Lesotho-related materials can be found in various collections.
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