A legislative enactment of 1890 founded Washington State University, originally called Washington Agricultural College and School of Science. Actual operation began in January 1892. The enabling act normally is used to date university events, and accordingly the 100th anniversary was observed in 1990.
A system of several committees had responsibility for the University centennial, while the Office of University Relations served as staff and coordinators. The principal coordinators, Dan Peterson and Sonia Hussa, maintained the records of the centennial activities and projects. The cenntenial celebrated 100 years of Washington State University (1898-1998).
Contains primarily project proposals, budget information, and event material related to the celebration of the WSU Centennial. Also include newspaper clippings, correspondence, and memoranda. Other events included, but the focus is primarily on the centennial.
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.
Items are in no particuar order. Boxes contain several bound collections and binders related to WSU Centennial Celebration Events.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
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Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University University Relations Events Records, 1989-1998 (UA2000-23)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Sonia Hussa of University Relations on October 04, 2000 and retained as UA2000-23.
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