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Office of the Registrar Reports, 1917-1974

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Washington State University. Office of the Registrar
Title
Office of the Registrar Reports
Dates
1917-1974 (inclusive)
Quantity
3.5 Linear feet of shelf space, (4 boxes)
Collection Number
Archives 353 (collection)
Summary
The collection contains both summary reports generated by the Office of the Registrar at Washington State College, as well as records held there. This is one of the few places that any sort of comprehensive year-by-year data can be found predating the computer era.
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

The majority of this collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Washington State University was founded as the Washington Agricultural College and School of Science in 1890, though it was known as Washington State College for most of the period covered by the papers in this collection. During World War II, the campus both continued providing college educations but also served as a military training facility for the United States' Armed Forces. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for handling student records; the role of the registrar dates to the earliest days of the campus, though the first registrar also served a secretarial role. Today it's responsible for virtually all non-medical student data.

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Content Description

The collection contains both summary reports generated by the Office of the Registrar at Washington State College, as well as records held there. This is one of the few places that any sort of comprehensive year-by-year data can be found predating the computer era. In addition to one overall summary data volume dealing with multiple subjects, the collections contains reports on admissions, enrollment, advanced standing, registration, and summer school, with data often broken down by sex, origin of the student, student standing in school, veteran status, and school or origin (for transfer students).

The collection also holds numerous papers relating to courses taught on campus during the World War II years, both through WSC and through the military. They appear to have primarily been retained to aid the Registrar in later assigning transfer credits. Information on early distance education ("Correspondence Courses") can be found here as well.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright may apply. Several grade sheets are held in the military series in this collection; those have been retained in their appropriate folders, but placed in sealed and labeled envelopes. Material in those grade sheets is protected under FERPA during the lifetime of the students involved.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] Office of the Registrar Reports, 1917-1974 (Archives 353)

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

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in several informal series and subseries, organized by subject matter. Series 1, in box 1 contains papers once held in the Registrar's Office, dealing with World War II education, distance education, and then a few single folders dealing with other topics. Series 2, in boxes 2 to 4, contains statistical reports and data from that office, broken down by subject matter and then by date within that.

Acquisition Information

The materials in this collection, along with a variety of student grade books and some Regents Minutes, were given to MASC by Dave Guzman of the Washington State University Registrar's Office on June 17, 1996, and retained as accession UA1996-12. In July 2015 they were separated from the other materials and processed.

Processing Note

This collection was processed by Evelyn Moos and University Archivist Mark O'English.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Universities and colleges -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Administration.

Corporate Names

  • Washington State University -- Administration.
  • Washington State University -- History.
  • Washington State University -- Students.
  • Washington State University. Office of the Registrar -- Records and correspondence.

Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English.
2016

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