Washington State University Debate Club Records, 1972-1981
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Alumni lists and donor solicits, 1972-1976
- Budget allocations, 1975
- Budget allocations, 1977
- Budget allocations, 1978
- Budgets, 1970-1978
- Correspondence re. planned cancellation of forensics program, 1972-1973
- Debate coach contact lists, high school, undated
- Debate scheduling, 1980-1981
- Forensics Endowment Fund, 1968
- Debate tournament, Columbia Valley, 1976
- Debate tournament, Cougar Invitational, 1974, 1977
- Debate tournament, Great Tacoma Debate Swing, undated
- Debate tournament, Mt. Rainier Forensic Classic, 1981
- Debate tournament, William O. Douglas Forensic Tournament, 1981
- Debate tournament, State High School, 1972
- Debate tournament, State High School, 1973
- Debate tournament, State High School, 1975
- Debate tournament record sheets, undated
- Debate tournament results, undated
- Debate judging, undated
- Debate judging, expository, undated
- Debate judging, extemporaneous, undated
- Debate judging, impromptu, undated
- Debate judging, interpretive, undated
- Debate judging, oratory, undated
- Debate judging, WSU Debate Ballot, undated
- Names and Subjects
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Washington State University. Debate Club
- Title
- Washington State University Debate Club Records
- Dates
- 1972-1981 (inclusive)19721981
- Quantity
- 0.25 Linear feet of shelf space, (1 Box)
- Collection Number
- Archives 392 (collection)
- Summary
- Records relating to debate competitions either involving Washington State University teams, or held at WSU.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
Washington State University’s intercollegiate Debate Club, also known as the Forensics Club, dates to the earliest days of campus, when informal literary societies debated themselves, each other, and other schools. On March 22nd 1898 the state college’s Columbian Society debated at the University of Idaho against one of their societies, with over 100 students traveling by train to witness the debate. A more formal campus debate took place that November, a three-part competition with Whitman College and UI. WSC’s 1949 debate team won the national championship. The Forensics Club appears to have been finally dissolved by the ASWSU in about 1985.
Content Description
The collection consists of record relating to the running of Washington State University’s competitive speech team in the 1970s. In addition to summary administrative materials, the collections consists of programs and related documents from tournaments the WSU teams competed in. It also contains programs and other materials from state high school tournaments, some of which were hosted on the Washington State University campus. Instructions and forms for judging debate tournaments are undated, but most likely were used for the 1975 State High School tournament in Pullman, WA.
The first series is administrative materials. The second series relates to debate competitions, and is broken into two subseries: debate tournaments, and debate judging materials. The debate tournaments subseries has WSU debate tournaments first, and then state high school tournaments.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]
Washington State University Debate Club Records, 1972-1981 (Archives 392)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series. Within these series and subseries, materials are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Acquisition Information
These materials were transferred by Jim Abbott of Washington State University Library’s Communication program on Dec. 22, 1987 to the WSU Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, where they were retained as UA1987-34.
Processing Note
This collection was processed in June, 2019 by University Archivist Mark O’English.
Related Materials
Some debate team records are held in the State College of Washington Speech Department Chair Records, 1923-1946 (Archives 151).
Washington State University Speech Department Debate Team Photographs, 1928-1957 (PC 61)
Some debate team documents, including programs and a history covering 1899-1927 can be found in the Speech Department portion (WSU 151) of the WSU Publications collection.
Other smaller sets of debate materials exist in other MASC collections.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Alumni lists and donor solicitsDates: 1972-1976Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Budget allocationsDates: 1975Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Budget allocationsDates: 1977Container: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: Budget allocationsDates: 1978Container: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: BudgetsDates: 1970-1978Container: Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: Correspondence re. planned cancellation of forensics programDates: 1972-1973Container: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: Debate coach contact lists, high schoolDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Debate schedulingDates: 1980-1981Container: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Forensics Endowment FundDates: 1968Container: Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: Debate tournament, Columbia ValleyDates: 1976Container: Box 1, Folder 10
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Description: Debate tournament, Cougar InvitationalDates: 1974, 1977Container: Box 1, Folder 11
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Description: Debate tournament, Great Tacoma Debate SwingDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 12
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Description: Debate tournament, Mt. Rainier Forensic ClassicDates: 1981Container: Box 1, Folder 13
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Description: Debate tournament, William O. Douglas Forensic TournamentDates: 1981Container: Box 1, Folder 14
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Description: Debate tournament, State High SchoolDates: 1972Container: Box 1, Folder 15
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Description: Debate tournament, State High SchoolDates: 1973Container: Box 1, Folder 16
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Description: Debate tournament, State High SchoolDates: 1975Container: Box 1, Folder 17
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Description: Debate tournament record sheetsDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 18
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Description: Debate tournament resultsDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 19
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Description: Debate judgingDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 20
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Description: Debate judging, expositoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 21
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Description: Debate judging, extemporaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 22
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Description: Debate judging, impromptuDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 23
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Description: Debate judging, interpretiveDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 24
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Description: Debate judging, oratoryDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 25
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Description: Debate judging, WSU Debate BallotDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 26
