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				<titleproper encodinganalog="title">Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University English Department Records
					<date encodinganalog="date" calendar="gregorian" era="ce" certainty="" normal="1960/1997">1960-1997</date></titleproper> 		   		  <titleproper type="filing" altrender="nodisplay">Washington State University English Department Records</titleproper>
				
				<author encodinganalog="creator">Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English</author>
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				<publisher encodinganalog="publisher">Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
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				<date calendar="gregorian" encodinganalog="date" normal="2022">© 2022</date> 
				
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			<creation>Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon.
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				<corpname encodinganalog="852$a">Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts,
					Archives and Special Collections</corpname>
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				<corpname encodinganalog="110" role="creator" rules="rda">Washington State
					University. English Department</corpname>
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			<unittitle encodinganalog="245$a"> Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University
				English Department Records</unittitle>

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			<physdesc>
				<extent encodinganalog="300$a">1 Linear foot of shelf space</extent>
				<extent encodinganalog="300$a">1 Box</extent>
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			<abstract encodinganalog="5203_">The records of the Graduate Studies Committee (GSC)
				from 1971-1999 and administrative data for the English Department from
				1960-1985.</abstract>
			<physloc>(MASC STAFF USE) 2-39-15-3</physloc>
			<langmaterial>Collection materials are in <language encodinganalog="546" langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial>
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			<p>The department of English Language and Literature first appears in WSU catalogs in
				1893. It was later renamed to the English Department in 1911. The Graduate Studies
				Committee (GSC) is a Faculty Senate committee supported by the Graduate School and
				the Office of the Registrar. The GSC makes recommendations to the Faculty Senate and
				the Graduate School on graduate educational policies, programs, bylaws, and
				procedures, as well as establishment, continuation, modification, and termination of
				graduate courses and degree programs. - From WSU Graduate Studies Committee
				website.</p>
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			<p>Box 1 contains the records of the Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) from 1971-1999 to
				include meeting minutes, newsletters, and correspondence. As well it contains
				administrative data for the English Department from 1960-1985. </p>
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			<p>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. </p>
			<p>Items remain in their original order. Files are labeled by association and date.</p>
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			<p>This collection may contain admissions material or other personal data, which is not
				public and needs to be shredded. Any access to this collection will be given with
				the strict understanding that such materials are not public, may not be viewed, and
				will</p>
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			<p>Copyright restrictions apply. Materials noted in the Use Conditions obviously may not
				be copied.</p>
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			<p>[Item description] </p>
			<p> Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University English Department Records,
				1960-1997 (UA2008-12) </p>
			<p>Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University
				Libraries, Pullman, WA.</p>
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		<acqinfo encodinganalog="541" id="a19">
			<p>This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Nicolas Kiessling on July 07,
				2008 and retained as UA2008-12.</p>
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			<p>(MASC STAFF USE) Materials in UA 88-37 might be combined with this accession in
				processing.</p>
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			<p>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.</p>
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				<corpname role="subject" encodinganalog="610" rules="rda">Washington State
					University. English Department -- Records and correspondence</corpname>
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					(State)</subject>
				<subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">Colleges
					and Universities</subject>
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