Harold A. Romberg (died 05 January 2005) led Spokane's Andre-Romberg Agency (insurance) and served on WSU's Board of Regents from 1967-1979. He was President of the Board in 1970 when student protests occurred at Washington State University in response to U.S. military operations in Southeast Asia and other issues.
This small collection is primarily comprised of letters addressed to Washington State University's Board of Regents from alumni and community members alarmed by the unrest of the student protests in 1970. Other items in the collection include a list of student demands and University President Glenn Terrell's response, printed materials by the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, and the transcription of a speech about student unrest by the Reverend of the Pullman Presbyterian Church. The collection is broken into three short series: letters from the public, institutional letters, and public essays.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Portions of the collection may be subject to copyright.
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Washington State University's Board of Regents President, Harold Romberg, Protest Papers, 1970 (Archives 278)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
After MASC employee Pat Hall left in 1990, these papers were found in her workspace with no identification and provenance; it is likely, though not certain, that they had been separated out of University President Glenn Terrell's records. They were relabeled as UA1990-30 on September 3rd, 1990.
This collection was processed by Michael Cardinal in October of 2009, under the supervision of University Archivist Mark O'English.
Washington State University Office of the President: W. Glenn Terrell Records, 1967-1976
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