Dennis Morrison was the Assistant to Dr. Glenn Terrell, the President of Washington State University from 1967-1985. Morrison served as the Assistant to the President from 1969 to 1985, and was the only person to hold this post as WSU dropped the position following Morrison's retirement. Morrison had worked with the WSU News Service prior to his appointment as the Assistant to the President.
This collection contains professional papers of Dennis J. Morrison, pertaining to his work with Washington State University News Service and as the Assistant to President Dr. Glenn Terrell at WSU. The collection consists of records and event schedules pertaining to projects at WSU, including the KWSU program on black and white relations, racism workshops, the Murrow Center program, the WSU Memorial High School in Congo, as well as a scrapbook of letters by President Terrell, newspaper clippings, photographs, films, audio recordings, and books. Many of the files regarding racism concern an incident at the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house in 1969 that reflects the social tensions of the time. The collection also contains incoming and outgoing correspondence with departments at WSU, other universities, and various forms of media.
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.
This collection is open and available for research use.
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Preliminary Guide to the Dennis Morrison Papers, 1955-1980 (MS.2004.11)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Collection donated by Judith Morrison to the Washington State University Libraries in 2004 (MS 2004-11).
Assistant to the President Records (Archives 216)
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