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NTE2ua264.xml Guide to the Washington State University Fire Department Records 1922-2005 Washington State University Fire Department Records Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2016 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2016 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 264 Washington State University. Fire Department Washington State University Fire Department Records 1922-2005 0.5 Linear feet of shelf space 1 Box The collection consists of approximately 100 items related to the Washington State University Fire Department. Collection materials are inEnglish

The Washington State University Fire Department predates 1909. It was notable for initially being student managed and subsequently at least partially manned by student firemen. For most of its lifetime, the Fire Department, along with police and ambulance services, were under the umbrella of the WSU Safety Division. The WSU Fire Department was closed at the end of 2004, for budgetary reasons, and its functions moved to the City of Pullman Fire Department.

The collection consists of approximately 100 items related to the Washington State University Fire Department. House Logs serve as both scrapbooks and fire records of the department, while the House Meeting Minutes track administrative and day-to-day activities. Correspondence consists primarily of "thank you" letters from the college and community. Reminiscences consists of a a former fire fighter's look back at his time there in the 1950s. Clippings and Photographs consists of photocopies of the scrapbooks and photograph collection of the fire department.

This collection is open and available for research use.

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Washington State University Fire Department Records, 1922-2005 (Archives 264)

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

The logs and minutes of the Fire Department and photocopies of their scrapbooks were transferred from the Fire Department to the Washington State University Archives in two accessions in 1986-1987 (UA 1986-21 and UA 1987-20).

This collection was processed in October 2008 by University Archivist Mark O'English.

Washington State University Safety Division Records, 1950-1980 (Archives 123)

Following the closure of the Fire Department, further scrapbooks and records of the Fire Department were moved to the Police Department in early 2005 and remain there as of late 2008.

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. Fire Department -- Records and correspondence Fire departments -- Washington (State) -- Pullman Colleges and Universities Washington (State) 1 1 1922-1929 House Log 1 2 1929-1946 House Log 1 3 1943-1946 House Meeting Minutes 1 4 1949-1952 House Meeting Minutes 1 5 1929-1943 Correspondence 1 6 2005 Reminiscences 1 7 1947-1965 Clippings File (Photocopies) 1 8 1983-1986 Clippings File (Photocopies) 1 8 undated Photographs (Photocopies)