NTE2ua118.xml Guide to the ASWSU Activities Center Records 1947-1981 ASWSU Activities Center Records Finding aid prepared by Ann M. Klavano 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 118 Associated Students of Washington State University. Activities Center ASWSU Activities Center Records 1947-1981 4 Linear feet of shelf space 4 Boxes The records contain reports by committee chairmen and advisers, minutes, memoranda, correspondence, contracts, promotional material and financial records of the Associated Students of Washington State University (ASWSU). Collection materials are in English

The ASWSU (Associated Students of Washington State University) Activities Center serves Washington State University (formally the State College of Washington) by organizing, directing and generally over-seeing many campus-related student group activities. Administering of student organizations includes constant evaluation and advisement.

The Activities Center was established with approval of the Board of Regents in the Spring of 1947 in answer to student and faculty demands. It began operation during the fall semester of that year. The goal of the Activities Center was to enable a joint student-faculty coordination and participation in student and campus life. The student-faculty cooperative effort was to be augmented by a staff of professionals through whose help the Activities Center was "to bring efficiency and direction by coordinating and guiding existing student organizations, by assisting new groups in developing new programs, and by aiding individual students in planning a balanced program of activities." (As observed in a Review of Student Activities Center Program, April, 1948).

At the time the Activities Center was organized, most of the social activities and student involvement in campus life were coordinated by living groups. As students' living arrangements gradually became more diffuse, the Activities Center became a more important central focal point coordinating their activities. The Activities Center, therefore, became a place of general guidance, assistance and counseling for student committees and concerns. Furthermore, it became a central repository for committee records where evaluations of past activities could be used for recommendations of procedures for future efforts. In this regard, on an annual basis, evaluations of past activities could be used for recommendations of procedures for future efforts. In this regard, on an annual basis, evaluative reports are filed with the Activities Center so that evaluations of the programs can be made; these reports are filed by Committee Chairmen, as well as by faculty advisors to individual committees.

The Activities Center also played a supplemental role in reorganization of the student government. Prior to the formation of the Activities Center, and for some time after it began, the major student government organizational structure was the class governments. However, in time, and especially during the decade of the 1960s, the ASWSU (an organization of all students) superseded the class government system, and the class governments were discontinued in 1968. For the Activities Center this has meant that the role of the students, in directing and actually involving themselves in the workings of the Activities Center, has increased. What was once a joint student-faculty arrangement, in conjunction with professional administrators, has become more of a joint effort between students and professionals.

The records contain reports by committee chairmen and advisers, minutes, memoranda, correspondence, contracts, promotional material and financial records of the Associated Students of Washington State University (ASWSU). While most of the records deal with ASWSU Committees, some are WSU committees with a student or one of the Activity Center staff as member. During the time span covered in the records, there were two name changes. Before 1960, the Student--Community Relations Committee was called the Community Relations Committee. The ASWSU was the Associated Students of the State College of Washington (ASSCW) prior to 1959 when the university's name was changed.

Organized in a single series, arranged alphabetically.

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

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

The records were transferred from ASWSU to the WSU Libraries in May 1981 (UA 81-14).

This collection was processed in May and June 1983 by Ann M. Klavano.

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

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

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

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

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

ASWSU President Records, 1953-1975 (Archives 164)

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

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. Activities Center -- Records and correspondence Associated Students of the State College of Washington. Activities Center -- Records and correspondence Associated Students of the State College of Washington. Activities Center 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 1 1 Activities Center: Questionnaire undated 1 item 1 2 Activities Center: Supplies 1963 2 items 1 3 Advance Scheduling 1964-1966 57 items 1 4 Assembly Bills and Minutes 1972-1973 11 items 1 5 ASWSU Budget Hearing 1977 21 items 1 6-10 ASWSU Committee Manual 1959-1962, 1965-1966 5 items 1 11 ASWSU Committee System n.d. 1 item 1 12 ASWSU Constitution n.d. 1 item 1 13 ASWSU Film 1966 17 items 1 14 ASWSU Newsletter 1963 3 items 1 15-16 ASWSU Record Sept. 1964-Jan. 1966 172 items 1 17-20 ASWSU Student Activities Budget 1964-1966, 1972-1973 297 items 1 21 Association of College Unions 1966 42 items 1 22 Athletic Council 1954, 1962 2 items 1 23 Black Advisory Council 1974-1975 9 items 1 24 Black Advisory Committee 1974 10 items 1 25 Black Student Union 1973 1 item 1 26 Board of Control: Minutes 1963 10 items 1 27 Board of Control: Miscellaneous 1964-1965 35 items 1 28 Board of Control: Policies and Procedures 1957 1 item 1 29 Board of Control: Resolution on the Berkeley Situation 1965 1 item 1 30 Bookstore Board 1960-1961 2 items 1 31 Campus Improvement Committee 1964 3 items 1 32-34 Carnival Committee 1955-1965, 1968-1969 137 items 1 35 Coffee House Committee 1971-1972 33 items 1 36 Commencement Committee 1961 2 items 1 37 Commission on Committee Evaluation 1958-1962 35 items 1 38 Committee: Application and Evaluation Forms 1955-1957 9 items 1 39 Committee: Application and Selection 1960-1962 12 items 1 40 Committee: Appointments 1964-1965 15 items 1 41 Committee Chairmen: Conference 1963-1964 14 items 1 42 Committee Chairmen: Conference Listing 1963-1964 70 items 1 43 Committee Chairmen: Conference Notebook 1962 13 items 1 44 Committee Description 1948-1957 15 items 1 45 Committee Members: Listing 1963-1965 1 item 1 46 Committee Members Listing: Master List 1962-1964 130 items 1 47 Committee Members Listing: Rating 1963-1965 3 items 1 48 Committee Members Peculiarities 1957 2 items 1 49 Committee Members: Selection procedures 1951-1957 12 items 1 50 Compton Union Building: Crafts Committee 1957-1965 9 items 1 51 Compton Union Building: Dance Committee 1956-1964 58 items 1 52 Compton Union Building: Games Committee 1956-1959 19 items 1 53-55 Compton Union Building: Music Committee 1956-1967 248 items 2 56-58 Compton Union Building: Program Council 1956-1967 318 items 2 59 Compton Union Building: Recreation Committee 1963-1964 12 items 2 60-61 Compton Union Building: Special Events Committee 1956-1967 85 items 2 62 Constitutions 1957 3 items 2 63-65 Cougar Coordinating Council 1956-1965 74 items 2 66 Cougarettes 1974-1977 38 items 2 67 Course Evaluation Committee 1963-1965 2 items 2 68 Crimson Block Committee 1961-1966 14 items 2 69 Curriculum Evaluation Committee 1964-1965 4 items 2 70 Dad's Day: Adviser's Report 1960-1961 56 items 2 71-76 Dad's Day: Committee Report 1957-1964 178 items 2 77-78 Dance Committee 1970-1972 192 items 2 79 Drill Team 1959-1962 2 items 2 80 Educational Policies Committee 1958-1965 20 items 2 81 Election Board 1962-1965 74 items 2 82 Fact Finding Committee 1976 2 items 2 83 Film Receipts 1975-1976 4 items 2 84 Finance Committee 1973-1976 11 items 2 85 Food and Housing Advisory Board 1956-1960 13 items 2 86 Foreign Films Committee 1960-1964 5 items 2 87-88 Freshmen--Faculty Weekend Committee 1955-1960, 1975 133 items 2 89-98 Homecoming Committee 1956-1960, 1965-1977 411 items 2 99 Hospital Board of Trustees 1956-1960 41 items 2 100 Information Center 1972-1973 21 items 3 101 International Relations Committee: Big Brother--Big Sister Program 1969 20 items 3 102-103 International Relations Committee: Budget and Financial Records 1972-1976 151 items 3 104-106 International Relations Committee: Bus Trip 1972, 1974-1975 116 items 3 107-111 International Relations Committee: Chairman's Report 1959-1963 247 items 3 112 International Relations Committee: Films 1971-1972 72 items 3 113 International Relations Committee: Foreign Student Council Minutes 1971 22 items 3 114 International Relations Committee: Foreign Student Directory 1964-1976 9 items 3 115 International Relations Committee: Foreign Students in Washington's Colleges and Universities 1973 1 item 3 116 International Relations Committee: Guide For the Volunteer English Teacher 1973 1 item 3 117 International: Dinners 1961-1969 10 items 3 118 International Dinners: Times and Newsletters 1968-1976 30 items 3 119 International Dinners: Times Budget and Financial Record 1971-1972 9 items 3 120 International Dinners: Week 1973-1975 91 items 3 121 International: Membership Lists 1966-1973 37 items 3 122 International: Minutes 1961-1974 224 items 3 123-124 International: National Association for Foreign Student Affairs 1973-1974 46 items 3 125 International: New Student Orientation 1963-1976 19 items 3 126 International: People to People Program 1963 15 items 3 127 International: Programs and Events 1961-1976 120 items 3 128 International: Publicity 1975 20 items 3 129 International: Survey 1976 27 items 3 130 International: Tuition Bill 1974 17 items 3 131 International: Washington Advisory Board for International Programs 1974 47 items 3 132 Intramural Commission 1956-1966 3 items 3 133 Lecture Artist Series: Artists Contacted 1972-1973 104 items 3 134 Lecture Artist Series, Artists Under Contract: Angelou, Maya 1972 23 items 3 135 Lecture Artist Series, Artists Under Contract: Brown, Murray 1972 29 items 3 136 Lecture Artist Series, Artists Under Contract: Improvisations 1973 10 items 3 137 Lecture Artist Series, Artists Under Contract: Lyons, Arthur 1973 10 items 3 138 Lecture Artist Series, Artists Under Contract: Memphis Soul Review 1970 7 items 3 139 Lecture Artist Series, Artists Under Contract: Moscow Ballet 1973 24 items 3 140 Lecture Artist Series, Artists Under Contract: Preservation Hall Jazz Band 1973 20 items 3 141 Lecture Artist Series, Artists Under Contract: Serling, Rod 1972 15 items 3 142 Lecture Artist Series, Artists Under Contract: Storaska, Frederic 1973 15 items 3 143 Lecture Artist Series, Artists Under Contract: Travis, Bernie 1973 24 items 3 144-145 Lecture Artist Series: Correspondence on Program 1969-1970, 1972-1973 99 items 3 146 Lecture Artist Series: Facilities for Scheduling 1974 5 items 3 147-148 Lecture Artist Series: Minutes and Members 1956-1957, 1972-1973 18 items 4 149 Mike-Person Try-outs 1977 5 items 4 150 Model United Nations Committee 1962-1965 11 items 4 151 National Student Association Committee 1954-1965 42 items 4 152-153 Parents' Weekend 1969, 1971 43 items 4 154 Parking Review and Study Committee 1969 1 item 4 155-156 Performing Arts Committee 1970-1972 61 items 4 157 Performing Arts Committee: CUB Listening Room 1968-1972 17 items 4 158 Personnel Committee 1958-1965 88 items 4 159 Political Union 1964-1966 20 items 4 160 Program Board 1972-1973 7 items 4 161-162 Program Evaluation Committee 1963-1967 40 items 4 163 Progress Report on Student Government 1947-1952 4 items 4 164 Publications Board 1954-1964 90 items 4 165 Purchasing Procedures n.d. 8 items 4 166 Rally Committee 1956-1964 87 items 4 167 Recommendations 1977 2 items 4 168 Recreation Board 1962-1965 2 items 4 169 Relationship Among Student Needs and Activities Study n.d. 23 items 4 170 Research Grant Application 1970 2 items 4 171 Review of Student Activities Program 1948 1 item 4 172 Roster of Student Organization 1947, 1964, 1981 3 items 4 173 Social Board 1970-1971 6 items 4 174 Social Skills Committee 1956-1962 11 items 4 175 Speeches on Student Life 1976 10 items 4 176-178 Student Activities Board: 1956-1962, 1965-1967 144 items 4 179 Student Activities Board: Account 1961-1965 165 items 4 180-184 Student Activities Board: Financial Projects 1963-1967, 1969-1970 119 items 4 185 Student Activities Board: Orders for Pamphlets 1963-1967 120 items 4 186 Student Affairs 1969-1970 5 items 4 187 Student-Community Relations 1954-1964 49 items 4 188 Student Services In-Services Notes 1973-1975 7 items 4 189 Summer Recreation Committee 1971 39 items 4 190 Traffic Control Board 1956-1964 88 items 4 191 Volunteer/Practicum Agency Placement Statistics,b976 9 items 4 192 WSU Committee Manual 1961-1962 1 item 4 193 World Campus Afloat 1975 6 items 4 194-196 Yell Squad 1958-1963, 1972-1973, 1975-1978 41 items