NTE2ua108.xml Guide to the Washington State University Library Staff Association Records 1946-1979 Washington State University Library Staff Association Records Finding aid prepared by M. Dean Pittenger 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 108 Washington State University. Library Staff Association. Washington State University Library Staff Association Records 1946-1979 2 Linear feet of shelf space 2 Boxes Consists of annual reports, correspondence, executive board and general meeting minutes, committee reports, officer reports, and financial records of the Washington State University Library Staff Association from 1946-1979. Collection materials are in English

The Library Staff Association (LSA) of Washington State University was organized on 29 November 1946 by G. Donald Smith, Director of Libraries. LSA's stated purpose is "to promote the welfare and mutual understanding of the library staff and to assist in making the library an effective agency for the improvement of the social, cultural and economic life of the college community" (from Article II, Sec. 1, of the LSA constitution as amended October 1974). The association was an organizer of staff social functions, an advocate of better working conditions, and the improvement of library services. LSA also published its own bulletin, "Open Stacks".

Consists of annual reports, correspondence, executive board and general meeting minutes, committee reports, officer reports, and financial records of the Washington State University Library Staff Association from 1946-1979.

Series I consists of annual reports, correspondence, executive board and general meeting minutes, committee reports, association officer records and reports (president and vice president), and records of the association's secretary. The material in this series dates from 1946 through 1979, but bulks largest in the 1960s and 1970s.

Series II consists of bank statements, invoices, receipts, cancelled checks, and savings books. These financial records date from 1954 through 1967, but bulk largest in the 1960s.

Organized in two series: Series I arranged alphabetically by subject; Series II arranged chronologically by earliest material in each folder.

This collection is open and available for research use.

Copyright restrictions may apply.

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Washington State University Library Staff Association Records, 1946-1979 (Archives 108)

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

The records of the Library Staff Association (UA 81-20) were placed in the University Archives, Washington State University Libraries, by the association in July 1981.

This collection was processed in March 1983 by M. Dean Pittenger.

Washington State University Library Staff Association Records, 1951-1993 (Archives 268)

Numerous other collections from the WSU Libraries can be found in the Archives as well.

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. -- Library Staff Association -- Records and correspondence. Colleges and Universities Washington (State) Series 1: General Records 1946-1979 1 1 Annual reports 1961-1966 38 items 1 2 Correspondence 1967-1972 30 items 1 3-5 Executive Board Meetings 1961-1973, 1978-1979 142 items 1 6-7 Furnishings and Maintenance Committee 1974-1975, 1977-1978 91 items 1 8 General Meetings 1961-1966 42 items 1 9 General Records 1948-1955 550 items 1 10 Higher Education Personnel Board 1972-1977 200 items 1 11 Library Environment Committee 1972-1976 45 items 1 12-14 Memoranda and other papers 1956-1972 230 items 1 15-16 Minutes 1946-1973 560 items 1 17-18 President 1974-1977 218 items 1 19-21 Secretary Records 1973-1976 130 items 1 22 Vice-President 1975-1976 23 items Series 2: Financial Records 1954-1967 2 23 Bank statements, savings books, etc. 1954-1958 175 items 2 24 Paid bills and bank statements 1957 125 items 2 25 Cash and checking accounts, bills paid, Oct. 1957-Oct. 1958 180 180 items 2 26 Ledgers and receipts 1957-1958 25 items 2 27-29 Bank statements and savings books 1959-1960, 1962-1965 650 items 2 30 Paid invoices, May 1963-May 1964 250 250 items 2 31-34 Bank records, bills, ledgers, and receipts 1964-1967 675