NTE2ua164.xml Guide to the ASWSU President Records 1953-1975 ASWSU President Records Finding aid prepared by Patricia M. Gourd Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2022 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2022 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 164 Associated Students of Washington State University. President ASWSU President Records 1953-1975 7 Linear feet of shelf space 14 Boxes This collection contains various records of the presidents of the Associated Students of Washington State University, dating from 1953 to 1975, organized by presidential term of office (usually the school year). Collection materials are in English

The Associated Students of Washington State University serves as the government for the general student body. In 1915 the Associated Students of the State College of Washington was founded. When the college changed its name in 1959 to Washington State University, the association changed its name to the Associated Students of Washington State University (ASWSU). Prior to 1968 the dominant student organizational structure was constituted by the class governments. Each class organized its own class government upon entrance to the university. In 1968 the system of student class governments was abandoned and the responsibility of the ASWSU was enlarged to encompass every aspect of student government.

The ASWSU functions as the central office for student interests and concerns. From 1953 to 1975 these issues included 18-year-old voting rights, WSU facilities planning, the draft, civil rights, women's rights, the Viet Nam War, grading systems, curriculum controversies, sports, community, and environmental concerns. The ASWSU and its president act as representatives for the student body to the general public, university administration, the legislature, the community, and national leaders.

ASWSU's complex structure is composed of numerous standing committees and commissions concerned with on-going interests. Additionally, ad hoc committees are frequently established to deal with timely issues and specific problems or investigations. The executive branch of the organization usually consists of a President, Vice President, Secretary, and Administrative Assistant. At times, these titles have changed and specific functions and responsibilities have been shuffled.

Through the Activities Center the ASWSU serves as the student body coordinator for all major student activities. The ASWSU President, as the elected representative of the whole student body, has a great deal of interaction with the Board of Control, and later, the Assembly (In 1970 the constitution was changed and the organizational structure modified by replacing the functionally limited Board of Control with the larger, more representative Assembly). The ASWSU President and Vice President are either members of, or receive reports from, many student and university committees. The executive also helps to coordinate and facilitate the activities administered under the auspices of the Advisory Council. These activities represent the social aspects of campus life, i.e. dances, rallies, films, intramurals, Moms Weekend, Dads Day, and the Freshman-Faculty Weekend.

This collection contains various records of the presidents of the Associated Students of Washington State University, dating from 1953 to 1975, organized by presidential term of office (usually the school year). Some presidential files are more extensive than others and some are completely unrepresented; the records of three presidents are not represented: William Strasen, 1956-1957; Robert Patrick, 1957-1958; and, Milt Smith, 1960-1961. Often a president deleted records considered unnecessary or incorporated earlier records into the current file. Many of the files, therefore, contain records predating and at times post-dating the actual period of presidential tenure.

Main correspondents include: Brock Adams (Folder 85); C. Clement French (folder 40); Dan Evans (folders 45, 46); Tom Foley (folder 151); Henry Jackson (folder 85); Warren Magnuson (folder 85); Catherine May (folders 85, 151); George McGovern (folder 103); and Glenn Terrell (folders 85, 92, 151, 189).

The records are organized by presidential term of office (usually the school year) and alphabetically by subject within that term.

This collection is open and available for research use.

Copyright restrictions may apply.

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ASWSU President Records, 1953-1975 (Archives 164)

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

The records were were transferred to Washington State University Libraries from the ASWSU in August 1975 and June 1977 (WSU 204).

This collection was processed by Patricia M. Gourd in August 1984

Two sets of records were removed from this collection and formed into:

ASWSU Vice President Records, 1962-1967 (Archives 165)

ASWSU Activities Center Records, 1966-1967 (Archives 166)

ASWSU Activities Center Records, 1935-1974 (Archives 17)

ASWSU Activities Center Records, 1948-1978 (Archives 62)

ASWSU Activities Center Records, 1947-1981 (Archives 118)

ASWSU Board of Control Records, 1922-1978 (Archives 113)

ASSCW Annual Budget Reports, 1912-1942 (Archives 114)

ASWSU President Records, 1953-1975 (Archives 164)

Washington State University Publications, 1891-2018: Associated Students of Washington State University (WSU 2)

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.

Associated Students of Washington State University. President -- Records and correspondence Associated Students of the State College of Washington. President -- Records and correspondence Associated Students of the State College of Washington. President Associated Students of Washington State University Associated Students of the State College of Washington Student activities -- Washington (State) -- Archives College student government -- Washington (State) -- Archives Colleges and Universities Washington (State) Student Life Peter Weston, ASWSU President, 1953-1954 1 1 Leadership Conference 1954-1956 215 items Boose, Dale, ASWSU President, 1954-1955 1 2 Student Leadership Conference 1953-1956 27 items Hansen, Jerry, ASWSU President, 1958-1959 1 3 Referendum 10 1958-1959 Hudson, Len, ASWSU President, 1959-1960 1 4 Honors Program 1959-1960 50 items Manring, Tim, ASWSU President, 1961-1962 1 5 Student Government 1961-1962 16 items Click, Greg, ASWSU President, 1962-1963 1 6 Board of Publications 1959-1962 28 items 1 7 Golf Course 1958-1963 38 items 1 8 Recreational Facilities Project 1962 38 items Felstad, Roy, ASWSU President, 1963-1964 1 9 Civil Rights 1963-1964 52 items 1 10 Union Board Minutes 1961-1964 90 items Warren, Dave, ASWSU President, 1964-1965 1 11 Activities Program Annual Report 1963-1964 18 items 1 12 Reports--J. C. Clevenger 1964-1965 39 items 1 13 University--Student Relations 1965 6 items Bradbury, Tim, ASWSU President, 1965-1966 1 14 Activities Program Annual Report 1965-1966 12 items 1 15 Cross Walk Lighting 1960-1967 14 items 1 16 Education In Politics 1962-1965 28 items 2 17 Judicial System 1964-1966 50 items 2 18 National Defense Student Loan 1966 30 items 2 19 Student Government 1965 30 items 2 20 Union Board Minutes 1965-1966 75 items Glover, Tom, ASWSU President, 1966-1967 2 21 Academic Advisory Program 1966 3 items 2 22 Academic/Student Freedom 1963-1967 100 items 2 23 Activities Advisory Staff 1961-1966 15 items 2 24 Alumni Relations 1966-1967 42 items 2 25 American Humanist Association 1965 3 items 2 26 Association of Student Governments 1966-1968 35 items 2 27 ASWSU Comittees--Educational 1965-1966 23 items 2 28 ASWSU Committees--General 1965-1966 78 items 2 29 ASWSU Committees--Social 1965-1966 18 items 2 30 ASWSU Committees--Student Goverment 1966-1967 6 items 2 31 ASWSU Motion Picture Production 1966 61 items 2 32 Associated Women Students 1966-1967 75 items 2 33 Berkeley Incident 1964-1965 35 items 2 34 Board of Control/Evergreen Relations 1964-1967 90 items 2 35 Board of Control Organization & Policies 1961-1968 31 items 2 36 Campus Politics 1963-1967 21 items 3 37 Campus Regulations 1962-1967 5 items 3 38 Commencement Issue 1965-1967 19 items 3 39 Community Involvement Programs 1966-1967 8 items 3 40 Communist Speaker Policy 1962-1967 150 items 3 41 Dean of Students Office-Relations 1966-1967 26 items 3 42 The Draft 1966-1967 16 items 3 43 Educational Affairs 1966-1968 60 items 3 44 Eighteen-Year-Old Vote 1967 17 items 3 45 Governor's Conference on Progress 1966 11 items 3 46 Governor's Prayer Breakfast 1965-1966 7 items 3 47 High School Counselors Forum 1966 1 item 3 48 Michigan Student Conference 1967 13 items 3 49 Movie Controversy 1965-1967 31 items 3 50 National Association of Student Governments Convention 1966-1967 56 items 3 51 National Student Congress 1965-1967 65 items 3 52 Northwest Conference on Higher Education 1967 1 item 3 53 Northwest Student Association undated 11 items 3 54 Precinct Voting 1966-1967 12 items 4 55 Presidential Working Papers 1964-1966 37 items 4 56 Referendum 15 1966 46 items 4 57 Southern University Student Governments Association 1967 1 item 4 58 Staff Secretaries 1965-1966 8 items 4 59 Student Bill of Rights 1961-1968 150 items 4 60 Student Travel 1966-1967 8 items 4 61 Student Wage Rates 1966-1967 4 items 4 62 U. S. National Student Association 1962-1968 55 items 4 63 Washington President's Association 1966-1967 24 items 4 64 WSU Memorial High School Project 1965-1967 6 items 4 65 WSU President & Vice President 1966-1967 24 items 4 66 Working Papers--Before Glover 1960-1967 100 items 4 67 World Affairs Briefing Center 1965-1967 39 items 4 68 Young Americans for Freedom 1960 4 items 4 69 YMCA/YWCA 1966 6 items Kikuchi, Steve, ASWSU President, 1967-1968 5 70 Academic Calendar Changes 1964-1969 70 items 5 71 Alumni Relations 1965-1968 60 items 5 72 American Association of University Professors 1967 29 items 5 73 American Student Governments Coordination 1968 13 items 5 74 Board of Control Agendas 1967-1968 23 items 5 75 Board of Control Business Correspondence 1967-1968 10 items 5 76 Board of Control Fall Retreat 1963-1967 75 items 5 77 Board of Control General Correspondence 1967-1968 14 items 5 78 Board of Control Legislation 1967-1968 7 items 5 79 Board of Control Minutes 1967-1968 100 items 5 80 Board of Control Public Relations/Communications 1959-1968 55 items 5 81 Campaign Projects Study 1968 2 items 5 82 Campus Bulletin Board 1967 3 items 5 83 Class Government 1967-1968 7 items 5 84 Curriculum (Student Involvement) 1967-1968 19 items 5 85 Draft Information 1967-1968 85 items 5 86 Drug Symposium 1967-1968 67 items 5 87 Educational Policies Committee 1965-1967 100 items 6 88 Educational Reform--General Information 1965-1967 180 items 6 89 Golf Course 1968 22 items 6 90 Inter-Institutional Relations 1968 6 items 6 91 Mandatory Class Attendance/Quizzes 1967-1968 35 items 6 92 Manring Letter to President Terrell 1967 13 items 6 93 Off-Campus Housing 1962-1968 20 items 6 94 Pass-Fail Grading System 1967-1968 7 items 6 95 Pre-registration 1968 6 items 6 96 Pullman Chamber of Commerce 1967 1 item 6 97 Quarter System Evaluation 1964-1968 30 items 6 98 Seminar Programming 1966-1967 45 items 6 99 Speaking Engagements 1967-1968 24 items 6 100 Stephenson Lounge & Visiting Hours 1967 2 items 6 101 Student Initiated Courses 1966-1968 40 items 6 102 Through A Class Darkly (1968) 1966 40 items 6 103 Vietnam 1968 23 items 6 104 Women's Hours Policy Change 1967 1 item Crabbs, Ray, ASWSU President, 1968-1969 7 105 Academic Calendar 1969 2 items 7 106 Advisory Council 1967-1968 18 items 7 107 Alumni Relations 1968 14 items 7 108 Areas of Student Recreation 1967-1968 3 items 7 109 Athletic Council undated 1 item 7 110 Board of Control Advisors 1966-1968 4 items 7 111 Board of Control Agendas 1968-1969 22 items 7 112 Board of Control--Minutes 1966-1969 150 items 7 113 Board of Control--Miscellaneous Activities 1968-1969 40 items 7 114 Board of Control Papers 1968-1969 45 items 7 115 Board of Control Retreat 1968-1969 8 items 7 116 Board of Regents Relations 1967-1969 15 items 7 117 Bookstore Documents 1957-1968 28 items 8 118 Budget 1969 50 items 8 119 Budget 1969-1971 50 items 8 120 Class Government 1967-1968 2 items 8 121 Coed Rights 1968 3 items 8 122 Educational Policies Committee 1968-1969 200 items 8 123 Extra Copies of Working Papers 1965-1968 32 items 8 124 Governor's Conference on Education 1968 75 items 8 125 Letter to New Students 1967-1969 7 items 8 126 Policy & Projects Committee 1964-1969 47 items 9 127 Publications Board 1965-1968 125 items 9 128 Publications Board 1965-1969 150 items 9 129 Publications Board Correspondence 1965-1968 20 items 9 130 Publications Board, Policy & Goals--General Information 1965-1968 125 items 9 131 Pullman Chamber of Commerce 1966-1969 50 items 9 132 Referendum Bill 19 & SJR 17 1967-1968 45 items 9 133 Residence Hall Association & Inter-Fraternity Council 1966-1969 45 items 9 134 Senior/Faculty Retreat 1962-1968 21 items 10 135 Sports Federation undated 6 items 10 136 Student Lobby 1969 27 items 10 137 Teen House of Pullman undated 36 items 10 138 Ten-Year Planning undated 1 item 10 139 Traffic Control Board 1966 8 items 10 140 Union Board (Minutes) 1967-1969 150 items 10 141 Union Budget & Rental Information (Past) 1966-1968 46 items 10 142 WSU Student Strike 1968 16 items Benzel, Brian, ASWSU President, 1969-1970 11 143 Administrative Council 1969-1970 12 items 11 144 ASWSU Organizational Manual 1969 1 item 11 145 Association of Student Governments 1969-1970 9 items 11 146 Board of Control Commission Reports 1967-1969 39 items 11 147 Cabinet 1969-1970 14 items 11 148 Campus Recreation Coordination 1969-1970 17 items 11 149 Caudill, Rowlett, Scott (Architects) 1969-1970 5 items 11 150 Convocation Speeches 1969 2 items 11 151 Correspondence with Dr. Terrell 1969-1970 30 items 11 152 Correspondence with Students/Dean 1969-1970 17 items 11 153 Environmental Analysis Group 1969 1 item 11 154 Environmental Teach-In 1970 10 items 11 155 Executive Appointments 1969-1970 34 items 11 156 Grape Incident/Atkins Case 1970 5 items 11 157 Inter-Fraternity Council--Residence Hall Association 1969 1 item 11 158 National Student Association Conference, El Paso, Texas 1969-1970 34 items 11 159 Outgoing Correspondence 1969-1970 21 items 12 160 Planning Council Information 1969-1970 30 items 12 161 Policy & Projects Committee 1969-1970 18 items 12 162 Publications Board 1965-1970 18 items 12 163 Pass-Fail Option 1967-1968 28 items 12 164 Recreation & Facilities 1967-1970 33 items 12 165 Senate Working Papers For Summer 1967-1969 15 items 12 166 Student Fees 1969-1970 28 items 12 167 Union Board (Minutes) 1969-1970 70 items 12 168 WSU Alumni Association 1969-1970 16 items 12 169 World Affairs Institute 1969-1970 11 items Lewis, Carlton, ASWSU President, 1970-1972 13 170 ASWSU Budget, Diane Christopherson 1970-1971 1 item 13 171 ASWSU Budget, Chris Schlect 1970-1971 1 item 13 172 ASWSU Budget, Boust 1970-1971 1 item 13 173 ASWSU Budget, Diane Christopherson 1971-1972 1 item 13 174 ASWSU Senate 1970-1971 19 items 13 175 Beer On Campus 1970 1 item 13 176 Drugs 1970 1 item 13 177 Experimental Education Program 1970 1 item 13 178 Facilities 1969-1970 3 items 13 179 Housing & Visitation 1969-1970 3 items 13 180-181 New Student Orientation 1969-1971 82 items 13 182 Parking 1969 5 items 13 183 Publications Board 1970-1971 125 items 14 184 Senate 1970-1971 50 items 14 185 Student/Community undated 1 item 14 186 Dr. Alex R.H. Weaver Case 1969-1972 9 items Schlect, Chris, ASWSU President, 1972-1973 14 187 Ad Hoc Committee 1971-1973 33 items 14 188 Correspondence 1971-1973 26 items 14 189 Correspondence From Terrell 1969-1972 5 items 14 190 Finance Board Budget Hearings 1972 225 items 14 191 Insurance Committee 1972 11 items Casey, Paul, ASWSU President, 1973-1975 14 192 Ad Hoc Committee 1973-1974 14 items 14 193 ASWSU Finance Committee Budget Hearings 1973-1974 1 item 14 194 ASWSU Student Government 1973-1974 29 items 14 195 Correspondence 1973-1974 15 items 14 196 Search Committee 1973 9 items 14 197 Student Fees Issue 1975 2 items