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Fairhaven College was founded in 1966 as an alternative undergraduate liberal arts educational opportunity within Western Washington University.
Records, publications, clippings and scrapbooks, photographs, slides, audiovisual and other material related to Fairhaven College from 1965 through approximately 2012.
Fairhaven College Collection, Special Collections, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103.
Donated by Fairhaven College. Initial transfer of materials ("Fairhaven College Archiving Project") completed in 2004. Two additional accessions in 2011 and 2014. Box listings and inventories available for 2004 and 2011 accessions.
The collection is organized according to the following series arrangement:
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Includes early planning documents (1965-1969), academic planning process (1975-1977), accreditation materials and self-study report (1977-78). See Box OV-1 for related materials.
Includes accreditation materials, self-study reports, evaluations, surveys. Also contains undated typescript by Skye Burn: "Fairhaven Needs to Stand on Its Reputation"
Includes correspondence and memoranda, academic and building plans, NSF grant proposal, faculty meeting minutes (bulk 2001-2006, described as the "Ron Riggins Era"), related materials and misc.
Includes records from "Fairhaven Connection" alumni newsletter and other files related to alumni relations: memoranda and notes, rosters and directories, commencement materials. Related material in Boxes 13 and 18.
Administrative records from 1972 Winter Quarter Program and 1990 Special Quarter ("Canons in Conflict"). Related material in OV-1 and OV-2.
Records from and about 1990 Special Quarter ("Canons in Conflict") including readings and publications, evaluations, and conference materials.
Records from 1994 Special Quarter ("The History Of The Future"), 1976-1977 Bridge Project registration forms. See Boxes 8, 20, 37, OV-2 for additional Bridge Project material.
Records from Bridge Project (also known as "Bridge Program"), including binder of material collected by Joseph P. Alexander, typescript of reflections, evaluation forms. See Boxes 7, 20, 37, OV-2 for additional Bridge Project material.
Course and seminar schedules, program catalogs and registration procedures, curricular options, academic programs, class descriptions.
Includes Fairhaven College Quarterly (1978-1986), Weekly Bulletin/Eclampsia (1967-68), Community handbooks, calendars and guides. See OV-1 for related material.
Fairhaven College newsletter
Fairhaven College newsletter
Student publications (including Cheshire Press, Fairhaven Free Press, Vox), recruitment and promotional materials (viewbooks, brochures), alumni relations (Fairhaven Connection), commencement programs, assorted programs and flyers. See Boxes 4, 18, OV-1 for related materials.
Four scrapbooks from internal Fairhaven College archiving project, labeled "1966-1969," "1968-1977" [actual date range: 1966-1977], "1977-1979," "1979-1984."
Includes material from Fairhaven Connections/alumni relations clips files, and folder collecting comics and ephemera hung on John McClendon's office door.
Includes clippings from Office of University Communications, material from Fairhaven College archiving project, obituaries and related re: Don McLeod and Annis Hovde, materials from Fairhaven College reunions, including signed guestbooks. See Box OV-1 for additional material from reunions.
Joseph P. Alexander Bridge Project scrapbook, Fall 1976 issue of Washington State containing article on Bridge Project. Related material in Box 8 and 37.
Related material in Box 19.
Includes photographs of retirement celebrations (Bill Heid, David Mason); theater productions, classes, special events; student retreats.
Includes photographs of student retreats (1988-1999); 1998 student info fair; special classes and events.
Graduations 1972, 1975, 1980-1985, 1987, 1989, 1999, undated.
Includes undated graduation photos; Reunions 1984, 1990, and 1993; Outback Farm 1972-1993 and undated.
Five photo albums, three folders, one box of slides by Joseph P. Alexander (1974-1976, 1980). Related material in Box 8 and 20.
Floppy disks (two 5-inch, one 3.5-inch), ten compact discs, twenty-two envelopes of prints. See March 3, 2011 internal inventory for detailed listing.
Photos from binder documenting construction of Outback Amphiteather (approximately 2005-2006). Classes, student art, retreats, special events (bulk 1994-2006). One compact disc ("Roger Gilman Retirement Party"). Related material in Boxes 29-36.
Miscellaneous prints from 2014 accession.
Music, recorded events, recruitment and outreach. Includes LPs, cassette tapes, CDs, reel-to-reels (1982 Recruiting Tape), and songsheets (in red envelope).
23 VHS tapes (Fairhaven events and misc.; 6 tapes from 2011 acc.), 24 Mini DV tapes (Outback Farm).
45 VHS tapes documenting Special Quarter 1990 "Canons in Conflict." See also Boxes 5-6.
16 VHS tapes and related documentation. 8 tapes document Special Quarter 1994 ("The History of the Future"); 4 from Fairhaven Memories Project (5/12/2000) and include signed consent forms. Other 4 tapes: "Faculty meeting (History of Fairhaven)"; "Student and Alumni Meeting (4/10/1990)"; "Pacific NW Forests Course (June 1999)"; "Murakami." Related material in Boxes 7 and 38.
Administrative records include Fairhaven College architectural site plan (approximately 1967); curricular proposals (undated); 1966 brochure mock-up. Photos include Darol Streid photo proofs and faculty photos (Lois Garlick, Bob Keller, David Clarke), undated. Posters: 1966-1981 calendar (1980); 1984 and 1987 Winter Quarters; 1987-1988 Class schedule; 2005 Community Human Rights film festival; "Fairhaven College Theater Presents The Tempest"; Law and Diversity Program; very large butcher paper poster with handwritten alumni stories and signatures (2010 Reunion).
Poster for Special Quarter 1990: "Canons in Conflict." Two Bridge Project photo collage posters. First poster: "Independence Through Education." Second poster photo credits: Helen Warinsky.