Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University English Department Records

Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University English Department Records, 1947-2001

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Washington State University. English Department
Title: Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University English Department Records
Dates: 1947-2001 (inclusive)
19472001
Quantity: 1.5 Linear feet of shelf space, (2 Boxes)
Collection Number: UA2014-13 (collection)
Summary: Committee meeting notes and faculty reports from the WSU English Department from 1947-2001.
Repository: 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: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The department of English Language and Literature first appears in WSU catalogs in 1893. It was later renamed as the English department in 1911.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Faculty and committee meeting notes from 1947-2001, reconfiguration reports related to the reduction of the English department starting in 1990.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University English Department Records, 1947-2001 (UA2014-13)

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.

Box 1 contains a collection of faculty meeting notes and reports on the reconfiguration and reduction of the English Department, organized by date from 1947-1994. Box 2 contains committee meeting notes, administrative material on special collections, and ephemeral material.

Location of Collection

(MASC STAFF USE) 2-40-20-3

Acquisition Information

This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Lee Knows of the Department of English on July 15, 2014 and retained as UA2014-13.

Processing Note

(MASC STAFF USE) Interfiled departmental newsletters into various WSU pubs. Needs refoldering, deduplicating, some reorganizing. Some refoldering for rehousing occurred - that material still needs checked. Brief electronic documents content list received with it. May want to co-process with UA99-37, UA07-12, UA13-10.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Corporate Names

Washington State University. English Department -- Records and correspondence

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