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University of Washington Office of the President records, 1854-2019

Overview of the Collection

Title
University of Washington Office of the President records
Dates
1854-2019 (inclusive)
Quantity
493.48 cubic feet, (543 boxes, including 3 audio cassettes, 11 sound tape reels, 5 film reels, 10 cds, 2 video cassettes; and 2 packages, 2 volumes and 6 vertical files)
46.51 gigabytes, (16,934 electronic files)
Collection Number
UA00095
Summary
Records documenting past administrations of University of Washington presidents
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Public Records (public disclosure laws may restrict access to some records).

Records not designated as restricted are open to the public, subject to public records disclosure laws. Records designated as restricted are not open to the public, without review by the President's Office, for 50 years from the date of the documents. After 50 years, these restricted records will become open and available to the public. Requests for access to restricted materials within the 50-year restriction period will be referred to the President's Office.

Request at UW

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Languages
Collection materials are in English.
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Historical Note

The Office of the President serves as the chief executive officer of the University of Washington and reports directly to the Board of Regents. The President is responsible for the management and conduct of all the affairs of UW except those which, by law or order, are the specific responsibility of other persons or bodies. The UW president is authorized to attend all regular and special meetings of the Board of Regents and its committees and bring matters before the Board or any of its committees for discussion and action.

The UW president is authorized and encouraged to recommend for appointment by the Board (excluding the student regent) vice presidents, deans, and other officers as are necessary for assistance in carrying out efficiently the manifold responsibilities of the chief executive officer of the University. All such officers of UW are under the general supervision of and exercise powers and duties as prescribed by the UW president. Fiscal affairs are managed by the Office of the Executive Vice President, while the Office of the Provost provides leadership and services to the University of Washington in academic program, budget, research, and faculty matters.

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Content Description

Correspondence, minutes, committee files, reports, speeches and writings, exhibit files, financial records, grant files, project files, publications, clippings, memoranda, notes, subject files, endowment records, ephemera, objects, microfilm reels, audio recordings, film reels, videorecordings, photographs and search files.

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Other Descriptive Information

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Public Records—not subject to copyright. Copying, quotation, publication and other uses are unrestricted if records are open for public release.

Preferred Citation

University of Washington, Office of the President records. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 80 accessions.

  • Accession No. 70-028, Records, 1866-1952
  • Accession No. 70-029, Records, 1936-1950
  • Accession No. 70-055, Committee Reports, 1921-1968
  • Accession No. 71-034, Records, circa 1902-1982
  • Accession No. 72-001, Centennial certificates, 1961
  • Accession No. 72-027, Land Grant Abstracts, circa 1854-1903
  • Accession No. 76-010, Tape Recordings, 1963-1973
  • Accession No. 78-130, Letters, 1947, 1974
  • Accession No. 79-054, Records, circa 1950-1976
  • Accession No. 80-032, Records, circa 1960-1973
  • Accession No. 80-091, Records, 1931-1979
  • Accession No. 81-015, Records, 1952-1978
  • Accession No. 81-106, University Memoranda, 1959-1968
  • Accession No. 82-023, Records, circa 1950-1974
  • Accession No. 82-028, Records, 1898-1958
  • Accession No. 82-161, Films, 1962
  • Accession No. 84-026, Memorabilia, 1958
  • Accession No. 84-030, Records, 1930
  • Accession No. 84-033, Videotapes, 1974
  • Accession No. 84-047, Records, circa 1960-1969
  • Accession No. 86-091, Records, 1960-1980
  • Accession No. 89-155, Gift and Grant Records, 1950-1969
  • Accession No. 89-163, Certificate and Photograph, 1983
  • Accession No. 90-142, Search Committee Records, 1979-1990
  • Accession No. 91-025, Records, 1978-1989
  • Accession No. 91-043, Records, circa 1950-1965
  • Accession No. 91-053, Records, 1955-1989
  • Accession No. 92-121, Records, 1953-1984
  • Accession No. 92-122, Records, 1977-1990
  • Accession No. 92-143, Records, 1979-1991
  • Accession No. 92-144, Correspondence, 1980-1988
  • Accession No. 92-145, Budget Records, 1981-1987
  • Accession No. 93-113, Records, 1894-1896
  • Accession No. 93-148, Records, 1970-1987
  • Accession No. 94-101, Search Committee Records, 1980-1984
  • Accession No. 95-057, Search Committee Records, 1979-1984
  • Accession No. 96-104, Search Committee Records, 1994
  • Accession No. 96-118, Search Committee Records, 1980-1981
  • Accession No. 97-101, Presidential Address Videotape and Clipping, 1995-1996
  • Accession No. 98-021, Search Committee Records, 1986-1987
  • Accession No. 99-064, Records, 1974-1988
  • Accession No. 99-143, Records, 1979-1990
  • Accession No. 00-013, Records, 1980-1989
  • Accession No. 00-070, Search Committee Records, 1982
  • Accession No. 00-077, Records, 1954-1992
  • Accession No. 00-085, Records, 1986-1995
  • Accession No. 01-078, Records, 1955-1991
  • Accession No. 01-086, Search Committee Records, 1984-1995
  • Accession No. 01-090, Blanket, 2000
  • Accession No. 02-012, Search Committee Records, 1979-1995
  • Accession No. 02-021, Records, 1982-1991
  • Accession No. 02-025, Search Committee Records, 1978-1998
  • Accession No. 03-037, Speeches and Articles, 1995-2002
  • Accession No. 03-060, Records, 1973-1993
  • Accession No. 04-091, Ephemera and Photographs, 1925-2003
  • Accession No. 05-006, Records, 1974-1995
  • Accession No. 05-011, Records, 1981-1995
  • Accession No. 05-020, Speeches and search files, 1979-1997
  • Accession No. 05-033, Committee records, 1936-2004
  • Accession No. 05-045, Correspondence, 1970-1995
  • Accession No. 05-053, Records, 1978-1995
  • Accession No. 05-063, Records, 1989-1995
  • Accession No. 06-005, University of Washington President records, 1931-1996
  • Accession No. 07-002, President Richard L. McCormick speeches, 1995-2002
  • Accession No. 09-002, University of Washington President records, 1995-1997
  • Accession No. 11-008, University of Washington, Office of the President records, 1910-2001
  • Accession No. 11-010, University of Washington President records, 1979-2002
  • Accession No. 11-011, University of Washington President records, 1956-2011
  • Accession No. 14-008, University of Washington Office of the President records, 1995-2005
  • Accession No. 16-014, University of Washington Office of the President records, 2004- 2005
  • Accession No. 16-015, University of Washington, President records, 1983-1984
  • Accession No. 16-026, University of Washington Office of the President records, 1997-2001
  • Accession No. 16-031, University of Washington Office of the President records, circa 1991-2011
  • Accession No. 17-040, University of Washington, President records, 1962-2015
  • Accession No. 22-002, University of Washington Office of the President records, 2003-2013
  • Accession No. 23-022, University of Washington Office of the President records, 1954-2015
  • Accession No. 25-007, University of Washington, Office of the President Hill-Crest records, 1985-2016
  • Accession No. 25-019, University of Washington, Office of the President records, 1978-2019
  • Accession No. 25-025, University of Washington, Office of the President papers, 1949-2016
  • Accession No. 25-030, UW Office of the President Walker-Ames Endowed Fund records, 1931-2018
  • Accession No. 26-002, UW Office of the President Executive Office photographs, 2003-2014

Processing Note

Processing levels vary. Contact the repository for details.

Related Materials

The UW Office of the President website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2014. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/4366/*/http://www.washington.edu/president/

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Detailed Description of the Collection