Siegfried Vogt (1939-2010) was born in Bavaria, Germany, and emigrated to the United States in 1956. He attended Centralia (WA) Junior College, received his bachelor's degree from Oregon State University, his master's degree in Political Science from the University of Idaho (1965), and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Washington State University (1972). He also studied at the University of Vienna, earning a diploma in 1964. He was an avid outdoorsman, and from 1957 to 1961 he worked as a timber cruiser for the U.S. Forest Service.
He was a member of the library faculty at Washington State University for 30 years, beginning in 1972.
This collection consists of professional papers of Washington State University librarian Siegfried Vogt. Most of the material relates to his work in collection development and in faculty governance, with additional material related to the International Workers of the World (IWW).
Preliminary inventory:
MS.2001.11 (1971-2000; 5 boxes):
Box 1. Obituary and memorial program (2010); Washington State University committee files (1971-1999).
Box 2 (restricted). Washington State University Libraries files (1980s-1990s).
Box 3 (restricted). Washington State University Committee files: Faculty Status, Faculty Affairs (1980-1994).
Box 4. Washington State University Faculty Senate Budget Committee (1978-1990s).
Box 5. Washington State University salary equity research (1979), Library Faculty Affairs Committee (1990s), Library salary task force (1970s-1982), Salary and pay equity study.
MS.2001.15 (1970-2001; 3 boxes):
Box 1. Library faculty study committee (1974), salary task force (1979-1981), financial exigency (1981-1982), serials cancellation projects, Faculty Affairs Committee file (1980-1989), Library Council (1997-1998).
Box 2. Washington State University Libraries Collection Development Committee files (1981-1999).
Box 3. Salaries (1998-1999), library faculty development committee files (1989-2001).
MS.2013.19:
Primarily materials related to the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Also includes a small amount of material related to Washington State University, a few newspapers and newsletters published by radical/underground groups, bibliographies and catalogs focusing on labor history, and miscellaneous collected articles.
Box 1. International Workers of the World (IWW): secretary records, correspondence, bibliography (1985), collected material (circa 1970s-1990s).
Box 2. Mixed materials (circa 1970s-2007). Mainly collected material (photocopies, journal and newspaper issues, bibliographies, catalogs).
Box 3. Washington State University Libraries files (1970s).
This is an unprocessed collection. Arrangement reflects a pre-existing order from the records’ creators or previous custodians.
This collection is open and available for research use, with the exception of boxes 2 and 3 in accession MS.2001.11. These boxes must be reviewed by MASC staff in advance.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the Siegfried Vogt Papers, circa 1910s-2010 (MSSM.092)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This collection was donated to the Washington State University Libraries in multiple installments, in 2001 by Siegfried Vogt (MS.2001.11, MS.2001.15), and in 2013 by the Vogt family (MS.2013.19).
Siegfried Vogt Radical Ephemera Collection, 1960-1990 (Cage 880).
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