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Western States Communication Association records, 1929-2014

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Western States Communication Association
Title
Western States Communication Association records
Dates
1929-2014 (inclusive)
Quantity
28.5 linear feet
Collection Number
MS 0620
Summary
The Western States Communication Association records (1929-2014) includes budget accounts, Executive Council information, correspondence, Legislative Assembly materials, convention materials, contracts, convention and workshop information, president and vice president materials, hotel accommodations information, notes, bylaws, newsletters, conference materials, and other financial documents.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

The National Association of Teachers of Speech (NATS)--now the Speech Communication Association--was founded in 1915. Speech teachers residing within the western part of United States had long wanted a regional association of their own. Only thirteen of the 350 members who registered at the 1928 National Association of Teachers of Speech convention in Chicago were from the West. In April 1929, during a meeting of the Pacific Forensic League held at the University of Idaho, W. Arthur Cable, assistant professor of public speaking at the University of Arizona, introduced his fellow faculty members to the idea of a Western regional association. They appointed him chair of a five-member organizing committee which included Earl Wells from Oregon State College as secretary, Frederick Orr from the University of Washington as treasurer, Lee Emerson Bassett of Stanford, and Charles Marsh of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Plans were drawn for an initial organizing meeting to be held for all Western States speech professionals in San Francisco during the Thanksgiving holiday of 1929.

The theme for this first organizing meeting of the proposed Western Teachers of Speech was "Cultural and Scientific Speech Education Today." It was held on the San Francisco State Teachers College campus. Cable was elected the association's first president, with Orr and Wells elected as vice president and secretary/treasurer. Minutes of that first convention reported that well over one hundred persons were in attendance. The records show that eighty-seven people were officially registered. These delegates came from seven of the eleven Western States solicited. Approximately twenty-five persons were in attendance who did not register. Although the program of the convention was designated especially for college teachers, and the large majority of those in attendance came from universities and colleges, many secondary school teachers attended--some coming from a great distance.

The second annual convention was held at the William Taylor Hotel in San Francisco from November 27-29, 1930. Minutes stated that "about 150 persons were in attendance, with 104 officially registered from nine states." The theme for this second convention was, "A Program of Speech Education in a Democracy." From the papers, speeches, and proceedings of these first two conventions, Cable compiled two books: Cultural and Scientific Speech Education Today (1929) and A Program of Speech Education in a Democracy (1930). Both published by The Expression Company, Boston.

As the impact of the national depression began to take its toll, attendance at committee meetings and conventions decreased between 1933 and 1935. Despite the poor financial condition of the association during this period, the regular printing of a Bulletin was started in February 1934 to keep membership informed of association developments. Three years later the Executive Council declared that an "enthusiastic response has greeted the announcement by the Western Association of Teachers of Speech that the former mimeographed News-Bulletin is to be replaced by a regular quarterly publication in printed form." This new publication was started in March 1937 and entitled Western Speech. Initial subscription rates were $1.50 per year.

Until the 1941 convention held in Salt Lake City's Newhouse Hotel, eight of the thirteen annual conventions were hosted in California: four in San Francisco, and four in the Los Angeles area. Two were held in Salt Lake City and one each in Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. Because the 1929 constitution had not proposed a formal geographical allocation for future conventions, President Charles Lindsley and the 1941 Executive Council revised the constitution to allow for a more equitable geographical distribution around the thirteen western states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and Hawaii. The proposition was that "the sections or districts in which the conventions shall be held shall be as follows: 1942-Northern, 1943-Central, 1944-Southern, 1945-Central, 1946-Eastern, 1947-Central. Thereafter, the convention shall rotate in the same manner."

However, with President T. Earl Pardoe's notification by the U.S. Commissioner of Education that "...no major convention or gathering should be undertaken that does not contribute directly to the war effort," the 1942 convention was cancelled. Now, as the nation suffered through some of its most difficult months of the war, the Western Association was almost brought to a standstill. Foreseeing that an annual convention would be an impossibility, Pardoe sent a mail-in ballot to all active members during the spring of 1943. Earl W. Wells was subsequently elected and assumed his duties as president in June.

During 1944, active membership fell to fewer than 100 members and the very existence of the association hung in the balance. In order to prevent a further membership decline in the face of severe travel restrictions, three divisional conventions were planned for the spring of 1944 under the theme, "Speech in War and Reconstruction." Those members in the Eastern Division met during February in Denver, while members in the Northwest Division convened during March in Salem, Oregon. Unfortunately, members in the Southwest Division, scheduled to meet May 4-6 in Los Angeles were notified that the convention had to be cancelled. Mail-in ballots were sent to all active members. Horace G. Rahskopf was elected president and assumed his responsibilities in June.

Travel for any activity not related to the war effort was restricted in the final months of the war. Even the smaller divisional meetings instituted during the early months of 1945 had to be abandoned. Alan Nichols of the University of Southern California (USC) was elected by mail ballot in June 1945. As soon as the Commissioner of Education relaxed travel restrictions, two conventions were organized. The first was planned for Los Angeles in April with the second scheduled to convene the following November in San Francisco. In the business meeting of the 14th Annual Convention held April 19, 1946, Mabel F. Gifford was elected president. Arthur Cable also announced that NATS had changed its name to the Speech Association of America (SAA). Cable proposed that Western Association of Teachers of Speech similarly change its name to Western Speech Association (WSA).

The April 1946 convention brought together more than 200 speech professionals, including most of the prominent names connected with the association since its founding. Due to Earl Wells's previous membership drives and other recruitment efforts, the year closed with a membership totaling 488. The subsequent 1947 convention was a combination of the Speech Association of America (SAA), American Educational Theatre Association (AETA), American Speech Correction Association (ASCA), and Western Speech Association (WSA). This four-organization convention was held, among other reasons, to stimulate growth among the participating associations.

Recruiting and convention efforts improved the association's 1947 financial picture. The year commenced with a balance of $375 and closed with $772 after paying almost $2,000 in convention, publication, and administrative expenses. The Constitution Revision Committee, consisting of Earl Wells and Arthur Cable, was able to make changes to the constitution which were adopted by the general membership. This was also the first year of the new Curriculum Committee under the guidance of Joseph H. Baccus from California's University of Redlands. The committee was challenged by the Executive Council to identify definitions, limitations, and the general scope of the speech field within which future work could proceed.

During 1948-1949 the association reached its first membership peak of 518. However, this figure soon dipped when members began joining professional organizations more capable of fulfilling their specialized interests. At the national level, the drama teachers had built the American Educational Theatre Association into a strong organization that stood apart from the Speech Association of America. Speech correction specialists had established their separate identity through the American Speech and Hearing Association. From national associations such as these, a growing number of regional and state affiliates were soon spawned, and their developing strength constituted a threat to the unity of the Western Speech Association.

However, it was through specialized interest areas that many association leaders were produced. Kathleen Pendergast and Ruth Jackson of speech correction became presidents in 1957 and 1964 respectively. William McCoard and Johnnye Akin from oral interpretation were presidents in 1953 and 1959. John Wright from drama presided throughout 1962, and Upton Palmer and Larry Mouat from public address were presidents in 1958 and 1960. Fortunately, the loss of members from the drama and speech correction areas was counter-balanced by a surge of new members entering the emerging fields of mass communication and interpersonal communication. Therefore, the association remained at approximately the same level of membership until the late 1970s.

In 1958 Upton Palmer was elected president. His major contribution to that point was as executive secretary from 1952 to 1954. He and his wife, Frances, helped put WSA on a solid financial foundation. Utilizing the Palmers' financial procedures, John Wright, Joe Wagner, and Earl Cain, executive secretaries from 1955 to 1963, were able to increase funds to more than $28,000. One of the Palmers' many successful policies was that each nominee for a leadership position would be financially supported by their institution. This policy helped defray administrative expenses. Thus, the major focus of all leaders during this time period was upon the association's financial stability. The IRS approved WSA's exemption from federal income tax as a business league under section 501.c.6 of the Internal Revenue Code on July 17, 1958.

In 1963 Wright, McCoard, Wayne Eubank, Alonzo Morley, and Palmer organized the Executives' Club for those having previously served as president, vice president, executive secretary, or editor. In 1975, the eligibility rule was modified to include any member who had served on the Executive Council.

The association's second attempt to switch their convention from the Thanksgiving period established in 1929 occurred in 1964, when President Joe Wagner held the San Francisco convention in March. Other than the war years, Oregon's August 1956 convention was the only previous attempt to schedule a more convenient time for the Association's speech professionals.

In 1967, another constitutional revision removed the section counselors from the Executive Council and created interest groups to serve the growing need for specialized areas among the membership. The counselors were now called program coordinators and given the responsibility of developing convention programs for their assigned interest group. Although additional areas were added later, the initial interest groups were: rhetoric and public address, oral interpretation, speech correction, speech education, drama, behavioral sciences, radio-television-film, junior college, secondary school, freedom of speech, organizational and interpersonal communication.

From 1929 until 1967, the Executive Council devoted at least 10 percent of its convention programs to speech correction/voice science. On several occasions, they assigned as much as thirty percent. But at the 1968 convention, the speech correction group had ceased to exist as a formal unit and shared only one program with the speech education group. In subsequent years speech correction contributions faded from the convention program except for the occasional topic that served both speech education and speech correction areas. As speech correction disappeared, forensics began to increase to as much as twenty percent of the program schedule in 1969. Oral interpretation, always a popular interest area, also continued to increase in convention programs--from one program chaired by Bassett in 1929 to seventy-five percent of the program time in 1970. The drama/theatre area experienced a reduction in participation during this period of time.

In 1970, the general membership approved a change in name from Western Speech Association to Western Speech Communication Association by a mail-in vote of 221 to 67. Two other constitutional amendments were also ratified. The first permitted the 1972 annual convention to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, which was out of its regular geographical rotation around the thirteen western states. The second designated the immediate past president as WSCA representative to the SCA nominating committee.

Although an informal news Bulletin was first established in 1934, it was replaced with the more formal Western Speech journal in 1937. Since the two publications were similar in purpose, an informal channel of communication was again established in April 1973 with the first printing of the WSCA Newsletter.

As association membership continued to increase and interest areas became more diverse, each annual convention's program became more congested. Program planners and interest groups competed to satisfy the needs and desires of their own followers. However, at the 1974 Newport Beach, California convention, first vice president Eldon Baker reduced the proliferation of programs by urging quality rather than quantity. He also initiated the hands-on concept of workshops which added a new dimension to the previous paper-reading format. It was at this point in the association's history that its records were collected by archivist John Wright.

Members at the 1975 Executives' Club banquet recommended that the Executive Council appoint a committee to plan the publication of a history of the association. Accordingly, it was decided that the Summer 1978 issue of the Western Journal of Speech Communication should be dedicated to such a history. Donald Cameron wrote on "Association Leadership," Robert Kully and Fred McMahon discussed "Association Conventions," Thomas Nilsen wrote about "WSCA Publications: A Retrospective View," and Wright listed the "Officers of the Western Speech Association 1929-1977." The Journal's fifty year history of WSCA was an effective prelude to the association's anniversary commemoration. The year 1978 became even more prominent with the absence of an annual convention, preparatory to the 1979 permanent convention change from November to February.

The sporadic growth of the association during its first 50 years placed increased responsibility on the volunteer position of Executive Secretary. Commencing with Palmer's presidency in 1958, the Executive Council suggested that all applicants for the executive secretary position have sufficient secretarial support from their own institution. By the time Robert Hirsch assumed office in 1979, this request had become a requirement.

Three important events occurred during the 1980s for the association. First was the introduction of a new journal entitled Communication Reports in 1988 for data-based research. Editor Joe Ayres's evaluation of the publication's first three weeks of operation stated, "Communication Reports has received fifty-one manuscripts as of 1/27/88. Of those fifty-one, seven have been accepted for publication (a 14 percent acceptance rate); thirteen have been returned for revision, twenty-four have been rejected, and the remaining seven are currently being reviewed." Secondly, the association changed its name to Western Communication Association. On November 18, 1989, the Executive Council met to poll its members. Seventy-four percent voted to change the Association's name to Western States Communication Association. The third event was the decision to move the overflowing archives from the Baccus home to a more formal storage site. At the 1989 Spokane convention, the Executive Council selected the University of Utah as the permanent repository to receive and house the Association's archives.

The WSCA archives are now housed in the Manuscripts Division of the University of Utah Marriott Library. Special thanks is given to archivists W. Arthur Cable, Earl W. Wells, John W. Wright, Gertrude Baccus, and David Jabusch. Their combined efforts are responsible for the existence of this association's collection. Without their persistent work to collect, store, and maintain the records, this collection would not be available to researchers studying the many facets of the Western States Communication Association.

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Content Description

The Western States Communication Association records contains correspondence, meeting minutes, convention materials, reports, financial records, annual reports, publications, and oral history tapes and transcripts related to the operations and activities of the organization. W. Arthur Cable served as its first president in 1930, and in 1948 was appointed its first custodian of records by the Executive Council. The title was later changed to archivist. Through his initial efforts and those of his successorts, Earl W. Wells, John W. Wright, Gertrude Baccus, and David Jabusch, the historical records of the association have grown and developed substantially over the years. Originally, the records were housed in the home of the archivist but in 1978, when Gertrude Baccus was appointed, the volume and importance of the archives demanded a more protected and permanent location. After efforts of Archivist David Jausch and other Executive Council members, seventy-nine cartons of historical documents were sent to the University of Utah Marriott Library in 1989.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by WSCA Executive Council (boxes 1-29) in 1989.

Donated by WSCA Executive Council (boxes 30-34) in 199?.

donated by WSCA Executive Council (boxes 35-36) in 1998.

Donated by WSCA Executive Council (boxes 37-39) in 1999 and 2000.

Donated by WSCA Executive Council (box 40) in 2001.

Donated by WSCA Executive Council (boxes 41-53) from 2004-2006.

Donated by WSCA Executive Council (boxes 54-59, reels 60-78) in 2010.

Donated by WSCA Executive Council (boxes 79-89) in 2014.

Donated by WSCA Executive Council (box 90) in 2015.

Processing Note

Processed by Keith J. Morgan, Kate Kimball, Erin McCarthy in 2006.

Addenda processed by Michael Bills in 2010, 2014 and 2015.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division (PO750) of Special Collections.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Organizing the Association

    • Description: First Annual Convention

      Named Western Teachers of Speech. First letters of announcement, Western Union congratulations, and convention attendance figures.

      Dates: 1929
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: Organizing the Association
    • Description: W. Arthur Cable

      Name changed to Western Association of Teachers of Speech. Business meeting minutes.

      Dates: 1930
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
      Location: Organizing the Association
    • Description: Lee Emerson Bassett

      Tentative plan of the Third Annual Convention program.

      Dates: 1931
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Organizing the Association
    • Description: Ray K. Immel

      Joint convention with National Association of Teachers of Speech.

      Dates: 1932
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
      Location: Organizing the Association
    • Description: Frederick W. Orr

      Coordination Committee's recommendations regarding "The Integrated Speech Program."

      Dates: 1933
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Organizing the Association
    • Description: E. Ray Nichols

      Constitutional Amendments and Resolutions Committee and Speech in Four-year Colleges and Universities Committee reports.

      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
      Location: Organizing the Association
    • Description: Joseph F. Smith

      Copy of the "McGinnis report of recommendations for the high school program."

      Dates: 1935
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
      Location: Organizing the Association
    • Description: Bound copy of WSA Convention Proceedings, Portland
      Dates: 1933
      Container: Box 1, Volume 1
      Location: Organizing the Association
    • Description: Bound copy of WSA Convention Proceedings, Salt Lake City
      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box 1, Volume 2
      Location: Organizing the Association
    • Description: Bound copy of WSA Convention Proceedings, San Francisco
      Dates: 1935
      Container: Box 1, Volume 3
      Location: Organizing the Association

  • War Years

    • Description: Edward Z. Rowell

      President's letter to members of the association entitled, "A Critical Reevaluation of Our Thought Work."

      Dates: 1936
      Container: Box 2, Folder 1
      Location: War Years
    • Description: Elwood Murray

      First issue of printed in March. Also included is a copy of .

      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box 2, Folder 2
      Location: War Years
    • Description: John L. Casteel

      Copy of of speech expectations in high school.

      Dates: 1938
      Container: Box 2, Folder 3
      Location: War Years
    • Description: Elvena Miller

      Copy of .

      Dates: 1939
      Container: Box 2, Folder 4
      Location: War Years
    • Description: J. Richard Bietry

      General correspondence.

      Dates: 1940
      Container: Box 2, Folder 5
      Location: War Years
    • Description: Charles F. Lindsley

      Constitution ratified as amended at the 11th, 12th, and 13th annual conventions.

      Dates: 1942
      Container: Box 2, Folder 6
      Location: War Years
    • Description: T. Earl Pardoe

      First annual Northern California Forensic Institute held.

      Dates: 1942
      Container: Box 2, Folder 7
      Location: War Years
    • Description: T. Earl Pardoe/Earl W. Wells

      President Wells' letter to membership entitled, "Balancing Our Loyalties."

      Dates: 1943
      Container: Box 2, Folder 8
      Location: War Years
    • Description: Earl W. Wells/Horace G. Rahskopf

      Programs of the divisional conventions.

      Dates: 1944
      Container: Box 2, Folder 9
      Location: War Years
    • Description: Horace G. Rahskopf/Alan Nichlos

      No conventions held by order of the Office of Defense Transportation.

      Dates: 1945
      Container: Box 2, Folder 10
      Location: War Years
    • Description: Alan Nichols/Mabel F. Gifford

      Travel restrictions lifted. Two conventions held. Name changed to Western Speech Association.

      Dates: 1946
      Container: Box 2, Folder 11
      Location: War Years
    • Description: Robert D. Clark

      Joint annual convention of four associations in Salt Lake City.

      Dates: 1947
      Container: Box 2, Folder 12
      Location: War Years
    • Description: Joseph H. Baccus

      Association gives input into California's state requirements for the General Secondary Credential.

      Dates: 1948
      Container: Box 2, Folder 13
      Location: War Years

  • Post War Years

    • Description: Joseph H. Baccus

      Convention section organized to discuss and represent various graduate schools.

      Dates: 1948
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1
      Location: Post War Years
    • Description: Virgil A. Anderson

      Disenchantment between members of the theatre arts section.

      Dates: 1949
      Container: Box 3, Folder 2
      Location: Post War Years
    • Description: Norman W. Freestone

      Membership polled for a more convenient convention date.

      Dates: 1950
      Container: Box 3, Folder 3-4
      Location: Post War Years
    • Description: Roy D. Mahaffey

      Jessie Casebolt Memorial Fund established.

      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box 3, Folder 5
      Location: Post War Years

  • Presidential Files

    • Description: Roy D. Mahaffey

      Rough draft of completed.

      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box 4, Folder 1
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Susie S. Niles

      Interest groups reorganized.

      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box 4, Folder 2
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: William B. McCoard

      Association began splintering into specialized fields.

      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box 4, Folder 3-5
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Alonzo J. Morley

      Silver Anniversary Convention.

      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box 4, Folder 6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Wayne C. Eubank

      Joint convention with SAA. Emphasis placed on membership recruitment.

      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 5, Folder 1
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Milton Dickens

      John Wright and others keep association financially stable.

      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box 5, Folder 2
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Kathleen Pendergast

      First meeting of Legislative Assembly.

      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 5, Folder 3
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Upton Palmer

      Association received IRS exemption as "Business League."

      Dates: 1958
      Container: Box 5, Folder 4-5
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Johnnye Akin

      Splinter groups from specialized areas attempted to hold conventions within the annual WSCA convention.

      Dates: 1959
      Container: Box 5, Folder 6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Johnnye Akin

      This box contains correspondence of Johnnye Akin and other association leaders with an emphasis toward pre-registration at conventions.

      Dates: 1955-1959
      Container: Box 6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Larry Mouat

      Executive Council considered developing a financial safety net. General correspondence received and transmitted, as well as financial statements and meeting minutes.

      Dates: 1960
      Container: Box 7
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Ted Karl

      Results of questionnaires sent to 1650 principals and superintendents in addition to general correspondence.

      Dates: 1961
      Container: Box 8
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: John W. Wright

      Association members testified at California Subcommittee on Education.

      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 9, Folder 1-3
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Joseph A. Wagner

      WSCA became one of the most financially solvent regional speech associations.

      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box 9, Folder 4
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Ruth M. Jackson

      Executives' Club established. Past Presidents of the Passionate Purple Persians organized.

      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box 9, Folder 5-6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Ruth M. Jackson

      Pre-convention sessions and short courses are developed.

      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box 10, Folder 1
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Halbert Greaves

      Convention program advertising realized a profit.

      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box 10, Folder 2-6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Earl R. Cain

      Freedom of Speech newsletter considered.

      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 11, Folder 1-3
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Milton Dobkin

      Urgent memo to the Executive Council written.

      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 11, Folder 4
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: David H. Grover Landmarks in Western Oratory
      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 11, Volume 1
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Harold Livingston

      Executives' Club honored John Wright during last year of teaching before retirement.

      Dates: 1968
      Container: Box 11, Folder 5-6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: James McBath

      Community College Interest Group published newsletter.

      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 12, Folder 1
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Marcella Oberle

      Readership study of subscribers completed.

      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 12, Folder 2
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Donald J. Cameron

      Name of Association changed to western Speech Communication Association.

      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 12, Folder 3
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: John W. Keltner

      Annual convention held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

      Dates: 1972
      Container: Box 12, Folder 4-5
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Robert R. Boren

      Published.

      Dates: 1973
      Container: Box 13, Folder 1
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Walter R. Fisher

      Quality programs emphasized at annual convention.

      Dates: 1974
      Container: Box 13, Folder 2
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Eldon Baker

      Executives' Club Debut Award established.

      Dates: 1975
      Container: Box 13, Folder 3-6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Robert D. Kully

      Earl Wells died at age seventy-eight. Executives' Club given full affiliation status.

      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box 14, Folder 1-4
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Lucy M. Keele

      John Wright completed 20th year on Executive Council.

      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 14, Folder 5-6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Lucy M. Keele

      Correspondence transmitted during her administration which includes information about Executives' Club.

      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 15
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Wayne R. Pace

      Preparations for the association's 50th anniversary as well as general correspondence.

      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 16
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Carmendale Fernandes

      Correspondence and certificates recognizing Communication Week.

      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Robert Vogelsang

      Correspondence concerning growth spurt experienced by Intercultural Communication Interest Group.

      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 18
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Nancy McDermid

      Mass Communication Interest Group's increase in membership in addition to financial statements and general correspondence.

      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 19
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Nancy McDermid

      Executive secretary position lost productivity.

      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 20, Folder 1-2
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: William W. Wilmot

      Pressure placed on President Wilmot to alleviate problem.

      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 20, Folder 3-6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: William W. Wilmot

      Wilmot prepared graduated plan of action.

      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 21, Folder 1-2
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: John C. Hammerback

      Executive secretary position filled on interim basis.

      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 21, Folder 3-6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: John C. Hammerback

      Membership information programmed into computer.

      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 22, Folder 1-2
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Jody D. Nyquist
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 22, Folder 3-6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Jody D. Nyquist

      IRS fines successfully appealed.

      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box 23, Folder 1
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Aubrey Fisher

      Stipend appropriated to executive secretary position.

      Dates: 195
      Container: Box 23, Folder 2-6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Jo Sprague

      Deferred Giving Project completed.

      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 24, Folder 1-3
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Malcolm O. Sillars

      Oral History task force training sessions held.

      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 24, Folder 4-6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: David Natharius

      Organization for Research on Women and Communication (ORWAC) sought interest group status.

      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 25, Folder 1-4
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Lynn K. Wells

      Proposals to house WSCA archive submitted by University of Utah and Arizona State University.

      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 25, Folder 5-6
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Thomas M. Scheidel

      Executives' Club honored john Wright.

      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 25, Folder 7
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Thomas M. Scheidel

      Archivist David Jabusch received and organized historical records for repository.

      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 26, Folder 1
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Janis F. Anderson

      Executive Secretary developed objectives to prevent deficit spending.

      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 26, Folder 2
      Location: Presidential Files
    • Description: Stephen W. Littlejohn

      Freedom of Speech interest group and newsletter initiation.

      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 26, Folder 3-4
      Location: Presidential Files

  • Financial Records and Freedom of Speech

    • Description: Miscellaneous-Membership

      Handwritten ledger sheets and description of the membership records system.

      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box 27, Folder 1-3
      Location: Financial Records and Freedom of Speech
    • Description: Miscellaneous- Freedom of Speech Newsletters

      Freedom of Speech newsletters starting with the second issue.

      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 27, Folder 4
      Location: Financial Records and Freedom of Speech
    • Description: Miscellaneous-Debut Award

      Information and correspondence pertaining to Executives' Club Debut Award.

      Container: Box 27, Folder 5
      Location: Financial Records and Freedom of Speech
    • Description: Miscellaneous-Past Officers

      Chronological order of association's past officers.

      Container: Box 27, Folder 6
      Location: Financial Records and Freedom of Speech
    • Description: Miscellaneous: Historical Progress

      Information regarding past history of the Communication discipline and field.

      Container: Box 27, Folder 7
      Location: Financial Records and Freedom of Speech

  • Bulletins and Western Speech

    • Description: WATS Bulletin

      Assortment of starting with 1934 issue.

      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box 28, Folder 1
      Location: Bulletins and Western Speech
    • Description: Western Speech

      Collection of starting with second issue of 1937.

      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box 28, Folder 2-3
      Location: Bulletins and Western Speech
    • Description: WSCA News

      Collection of beginning with first issue of 1973.

      Dates: 1973
      Container: Box 28, Folder 4-6
      Location: Bulletins and Western Speech

  • Oral History

    • Description: Oral History Project

      Letters, proposals, and talk force training materials.

      Container: Box 29, Folder 1-2
      Location: Oral History
    • Description: Wallace Bacon
      Container: Box 29, Folder 3
      Location: Oral History
    • Description: Isabel Crouch
      Container: Box 29, Folder 4
      Location: Oral History
    • Description: Wayne C. Eubank
      Container: Box 29, Folder 5
      Location: Oral History
    • Description: Charlotte Lee
      Container: Box 29, Folder 6
      Location: Oral History
    • Description: Alethea Mattingly
      Container: Box 29, Folder 7
      Location: Oral History
    • Description: Glen Mills
      Container: Box 29, Folder 8
      Location: Oral History
    • Description: Interview Agreement Forms

      Forms and curriculum vitae (as well as other additional information pertaining to the individual interviewee) are included for Eldon Baker, Ed Betz, John Casteel, Laura Crowell, Robert Davis, Milton Dobkin, David Elliott, Janet Elsea, Norman Freestone, Robert Goyer, Halbert Greaves, John Hammerback, Keith Henning, Robert Kully, and Charles Lomas.

      Container: Box 29, Folder 9
      Location: Oral History
    • Description: Interview Agreement Forms

      Alonzo Morley, Marcella Oberle, R. Wayne Pace, Waldo Phelps, Gale Richards, Jack Samosky, Thomas Scheidel, Jo Sprague, and Lynn Wells.

      Container: Box 29, Folder 10
      Location: Oral History

  • General Materials

    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1991-1996
      Container: Box 30
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Notebooks

      Included in the notebooks are various business materials, correspondence, and fax transmissions.

      Dates: 1983-1992
      Container: Box 31
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Convention and Workshop Materials

      This box contains convention materials, essays, and speech abstracts, panel listings, speaker information, hotel and flight accommodations information, background information on WSCA, officer information, and other related materials.

      Dates: 1989-1993
      Container: Box 32
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Program Proposals

      These folders contain requests for essays to be presented at various programs, and also essays and abstracts of speeches to be approved for presentation.

      Dates: 1991-1993
      Container: Box 33, Folder 1-5
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Program Schedule
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 33, Folder 6
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Association for Communication Administration

      This folder contains correspondence.

      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 1
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Communication Instruction
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 2
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Communication and Law
      Dates: 1992-1993
      Container: Box 34, Folder 3
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Communication Theory and Research Interest Group
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 4
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Community College Programs
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 5
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Elementary and Secondary Interest Groups
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 6
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Executive Club and Council
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 7
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Executive Club Program
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 8
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Freedom of Speech Interest Group
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 9
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Intercultural Communication
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 10
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Interest Group
      Dates: 1992-1993
      Container: Box 34, Folder 11
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Interpersonal Communication
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 12
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Interpretation and Performance Studies
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 13
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Denneth Burke Society
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 14
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Language and Behavior
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 15
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Mass Communication
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 16
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Organizational Communication Division Materials
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 17
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Organization for Research on Women and Communication
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 18
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: President-Elect Materials
      Dates: 1992-1993
      Container: Box 34, Folder 19
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Rhetoric and Public Address
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 20
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Western Forensics Association
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 21
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: William Eadie, Vice President Information
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 22
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: WSCA News
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 34, Folder 23
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 34, Folder 24
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1965-1994
      Container: Box 35, Folder 1-8
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: "Academic Freedom and Tenure"
      Container: Box 35, Folder 9
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Agenda
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 35, Folder 10
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Annual Convention Information
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 35, Folder 11
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Annual Report
      Dates: 1968-1969
      Container: Box 35, Folder 12
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Behavioral Sciences Interest Group of Western Society Association
      Container: Box 35, Folder 13
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Constitution and By-Laws
      Dates: 1963-1979
      Container: Box 35, Folder 14
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Convention Abstracts, Rhetoric, and Public Address
      Container: Box 35, Folder 15
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Convention Materials
      Dates: 1977-1988
      Container: Box 35, Folder 16
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Directory of Officers, Chairs, and Committees
      Container: Box 35, Folder 17
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Invitations
      Container: Box 35, Folder 18
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Meeting Minutes
      Dates: 1964-1994
      Container: Box 35, Folder 19
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Policies and Procedures Manual
      Dates: 1989-1994
      Container: Box 35, Folder 20-21
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Program and Convention Information
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 35, Folder 22
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Proposal for a Certification Agency from Committee on Academic Standards
      Container: Box 35, Folder 23
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: "Secondary Speech Communication Teacher Preparation in Oregon"
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 35, Folder 24
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: WSCA News
      Dates: 1988-1994
      Container: Box 35, Folder 25
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: WSCA on Oral History Project
      Container: Box 35, Folder 26
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1992-1996
      Container: Box 36, Folder 1-5
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Budget Reports
      Dates: 1992-1997
      Container: Box 36, Folder 6
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Conference Materials
      Dates: 1993-1997
      Container: Box 36, Folder 7
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Constitution and By-Laws
      Dates: 1993-1995
      Container: Box 36, Folder 8
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Chairman and Officer Information
      Dates: 1929-1996
      Container: Box 36, Folder 9
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Executive Council Materials
      Dates: 1992-1996
      Container: Box 36, Folder 10
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Hotel Proposal Summaries
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 36, Folder 11
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Intercultural Communication Interest Group
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 36, Folder 12
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Luncheon Agenda
      Container: Box 36, Folder 13
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Meeting Minutes
      Dates: 1993-1996
      Container: Box 36, Folder 14
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Membership Materials
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 36, Folder 15
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Policies and Procedures
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 36, Folder 16
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: President's Report
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 36, Folder 17
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Public Relations Handbook
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 36, Folder 18
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Sixty-Fourth Annual Convention of WSCA
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 36, Folder 19
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: WSCA News
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 36, Folder 20
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Dates: 1994-1995
      Container: Box 36, Folder 21
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Correspondence and Fax Transmissions
      Dates: 1992-1998
      Container: Box 37
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Ad Hoc Committee on Organizational Structure
      Dates: 1993-1999
      Container: Box 38, Folder 1-2
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Business Materials

      These folders contain annual reports and other finance materials.

      Dates: 1991-1999
      Container: Box 38, Folder 3-9
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Constitution and By-Laws
      Container: Box 38, Folder 10
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Convention Materials
      Dates: 1991-1999
      Container: Box 38, Folder 11
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Executive Convention Agenda
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 38, Folder 12
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Executive Council Materials
      Dates: 1993-1999
      Container: Box 38, Folder 13-14
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Executive Director Materials
      Dates: 1994-1996
      Container: Box 38, Folder 15-17
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Fairmont Hotel, Accommodations Information
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 38, Folder 18
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Flyer
      Dates: 2000
      Container: Box 38, Folder 19
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: General Materials
      Dates: 1994-1997
      Container: Box 38, Folder 20-21
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Health Communication Interest Group
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 38, Folder 22
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Legislative Assembly
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 38, Folder 23
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Luncheon Agendas
      Dates: 1994-1999
      Container: Box 38, Folder 24
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Meeting Agenda
      Dates: 1998-1999
      Container: Box 38, Folder 25
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Membership Information
      Dates: 1998-1999
      Container: Box 38, Folder 26
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Mike Allen, Burgoon Affair
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 38, Folder 27
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Model Teacher Program Award
      Dates: 1994-1999
      Container: Box 38, Folder 28
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Newsletters
      Dates: 1968-1970
      Container: Box 38, Folder 29-30
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Notebook

      This notebook contains workshop notes.

      Container: Box 38, Folder 31
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Officer Appointments
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 38, Folder 32
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Oral History Project
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 38, Folder 33
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Organization for Research on Women and Communication
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 38, Folder 34
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Policies and Procedures
      Container: Box 38, Folder 35
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: President-Elect Materials
      Dates: 1992-1996
      Container: Box 39, Folder 1-6
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Publications Committee
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 39, Folder 7
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Vice President Materials
      Dates: 1991-1992
      Container: Box 39, Folder 8-9
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: William F. Eadie, "Is the Party Over? Coherence and Change in the Communication Discipline"
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 39, Folder 10
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: WSCA News
      Dates: 1992-1999
      Container: Box 39, Folder 11
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 39, Folder 12
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1993-1998
      Container: Box 39, Folder 13
      Location: General Materials

  • Business Materials

    • Description: Conference Flyer
      Dates: 2001
      Container: Box 40, Folder 1
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Constitution and Bylaws
      Container: Box 40, Folder 2
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Convention Agenda
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 40, Folder 3
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Convention Books
      Dates: 1997-1999
      Container: Box 40, Folder 4-6
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Executive Council, Meeting Minutes
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 40, Folder 7
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Finance Committee Report
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 40, Folder 8
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Nominating Committee Report
      Container: Box 40, Folder 9
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Policies and Procedures Manual
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 40, Folder 10
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Report to Council
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 40, Folder 11
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Dawn O. Braithwaite, Report to the President Elect
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 40, Folder 12
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Website Information
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 40, Folder 13
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: WSCA News
      Dates: 1998-2001
      Container: Box 40, Folder 14
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: WSCA Publication Committee, Candidates for Communication Reports
      Container: Box 40, Folder 15
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Western Journal of Communication , Report
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 40, Folder 16
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Accounts
      Dates: 1992-1993
      Container: Box 41
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Accounts
      Dates: 1994-1996
      Container: Box 42
      Location: Business Materials
    • Description: Accounts
      Dates: 1997-1999
      Container: Box 43
      Location: Business Materials

  • Convention Materials

    • Description: Convention Advertising Rates
      Dates: 1992-1995
      Container: Box 44, Folder 1
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Albuquerque Planning
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 44, Folder 2
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Program Bids
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 44, Folder 3
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Convention Program Advertising
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 44, Folder 4
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Marriott Hotel, Portland
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 44, Folder 5
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Doubletree Hotel, Pasadena
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 44, Folder 6
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Convention Workshops
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 44, Folder 7
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Monterrey
      Dates: 1997
      Container: Box 44, Folder 8
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Denver
      Dates: 1996-1998
      Container: Box 44, Folder 9
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Denver Exhibits
      Dates: 1997
      Container: Box 44, Folder 10
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Denver Convention
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 44, Folder 11
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Vancouver Convention, Contract
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 44, Folder 12
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Sacramento, Contract
      Dates: 2000
      Container: Box 45, Folder 1
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Sacramento, Exhibits
      Dates: 2000
      Container: Box 45, Folder 2
      Location: Convention Materials
    • Description: Alaska Convention
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 45, Folder 3
      Location: Convention Materials

  • General Materials

    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 2003-2005
      Container: Box 46
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Executive Council
      Dates: 1979-1996
      Container: Box 47
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Executive Council
      Dates: 1996-2003
      Container: Box 48
      Location: General Materials

  • Financial Documents

    • Description: Tax Returns
      Dates: 1980-1990
      Container: Box 49, Folder 1
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Founders Memorial Fund
      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 49, Folder 2
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Advertising Schedules
      Dates: 1986-1988
      Container: Box 49, Folder 3
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Dickens Memorial Award
      Dates: 1986-1988
      Container: Box 49, Folder 4
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Audits
      Dates: 1986-1992
      Container: Box 49, Folder 5
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Follert Trust
      Dates: 1986-1992
      Container: Box 49, Folder 6
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Tax Exempt Statement
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 49, Folder 7
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Fiscal Reports
      Dates: 1990-1992
      Container: Box 49, Folder 8
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Financial Statement
      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 49, Folder 9
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Budget Summaries
      Dates: 1991-1996
      Container: Box 49, Folder 10
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Communication Reports
      Dates: 1991-1994
      Container: Box 49, Folder 11
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Finance Committee
      Dates: 1991-1998
      Container: Box 49, Folder 12
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Taxes
      Dates: 1991-1994
      Container: Box 49, Folder 13
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Financial Statement
      Dates: 1993-1999
      Container: Box 49, Folder 14
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Budget Audit
      Dates: 1995-1998
      Container: Box 49, Folder 15
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Taxes
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 49, Folder 16
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Invoices
      Dates: 1995-2000
      Container: Box 50, Folder 1
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Journal Institutional Ads
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 50, Folder 2
      Location: Financial Documents
    • Description: Expenses
      Dates: 1998-1999
      Container: Box 50, Folder 3
      Location: Financial Documents

  • Documents

    • Description: Legislative Assembly
      Dates: 1977-2004
      Container: Box 51
      Location: Documents
    • Description: 76th and 77th Annual Convention Programs
      Dates: 2005-2006
      Container: Box 52, Folder 1
      Location: Documents
    • Description: President Dawn Braithwaite Materials
      Dates: 1999-2001
      Container: Box 52, Folder 2
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Certificates of Registration
      Dates: 1991-2004
      Container: Box 52, Folder 3
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Communication Reports
      Dates: 1987-1990
      Container: Box 52, Folder 4
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Constitution and Bylaws
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 52, Folder 5
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Coeur d' Alene Resort
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 52, Folder 6
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Election
      Dates: 2001
      Container: Box 52, Folder 7
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Copyright Assignment Agreement
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 52, Folder 8
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Journal Copyright Clearance
      Dates: 1992-2001
      Container: Box 52, Folder 9-10
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Journal Exchange
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 52, Folder 11
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Journal Publications
      Dates: 2003-2004
      Container: Box 52, Folder 12
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Journal Price List
      Dates: 1999-2000
      Container: Box 52, Folder 13
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Library Subscription Service
      Dates: 1987-1992
      Container: Box 53, Folder 1
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Local Hosts' Proposals
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 53, Folder 2
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 53, Folder 3
      Location: Documents
    • Description: National Rhetoric Conference
      Dates: 1967-1999
      Container: Box 53, Folder 4
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Oral History Project
      Dates: 1988-1993
      Container: Box 53, Folder 5
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Policies and Procedures Manual
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 53, Folder 6
      Location: Documents
    • Description: San Francisco Hotel Strike
      Dates: 2004-2005
      Container: Box 53, Folder 7
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Science Press, Contract
      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 53, Folder 8
      Location: Documents
    • Description: Speech Communication Association Directory
      Dates: 1987-1990
      Container: Box 53, Folder 9
      Location: Documents

  • Administrative Files

    • Description: Call for Papers/Call For Panels
      Dates:
      Container: Box 54, Folder 1
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Convention Planning Information
      Dates:
      Container: Box 54, Folder 2
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Convention Programs Materials
      Dates: 1980s
      Container: Box 54, Folder 3
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Secretary
      Dates: 1980s
      Container: Box 54, Folder 4
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Vice Chair
      Dates: 1980s
      Container: Box 54, Folder 5
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Correspondence - Chair
      Dates: 1980s
      Container: Box 54, Folder 6
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Legislative Assembly Materials
      Dates: 1980s
      Container: Box 54, Folder 7
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Legislative Assembly Workbook
      Dates: 1980s
      Container: Box 54, Folder 8
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Mass Comm Business Meeting Minutes
      Dates: 1976-1988
      Container: Box 54, Folder 9
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Mass Comm Interest Group Information
      Dates: 1980s
      Container: Box 54, Folder 10
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Misc. Administrative Correspondence and Printed Materials
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 54, Folder 11
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Newsletters, Misc.
      Dates: 2000s
      Container: Box 54, Folder 12
      Location: Administrative Files
    • Description: Western Speech, Volume 35 Number 1
      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 54, Folder 13
      Location: Administrative Files

  • Interpersonal Interest Group, Policies and Procedures, WSCA News

  • Convention Programs

    • Description: Salt Lake City, UT
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 56, Folder 1
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Sand Diego, CA
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 56, Folder 2
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Spokane, WA
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Box 56, Folder 3
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Sacramento, CA
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 56, Folder 4
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Phoenix, AZ
      Dates: 1991
      Container: Box 56, Folder 5
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Boise, ID
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 56, Folder 6
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Albuquerque, NM
      Dates: 1993
      Container: Box 56, Folder 7
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: San Jose, CA
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 56, Folder 8
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Portland, OR
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 56, Folder 9
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Pasadena, CA
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 56, Folder 10
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Monterey, CA
      Dates: 1997
      Container: Box 56, Folder 11
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Denver, CO
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 56, Folder 12
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Vancouver, BC
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 57, Folder 1
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Sacramento, CA
      Dates: 2000
      Container: Box 57, Folder 2
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Coeur d' Alene, ID
      Dates: 2001
      Container: Box 57, Folder 3
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Long Beach, CA
      Dates: 2002
      Container: Box 57, Folder 4
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Salt Lake City, UT
      Dates: 2003
      Container: Box 57, Folder 5
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Albuquerque, NM
      Dates: 2004
      Container: Box 57, Folder 6
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: San Francisco, CA
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 57, Folder 7
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Palm Springs, CA
      Dates: 2006
      Container: Box 57, Folder 8
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Seattle, WA
      Dates: 2007
      Container: Box 57, Folder 9
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Broomfield, CO
      Dates: 2008
      Container: Box 57, Folder 10
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Phoenix, AZ
      Dates: 2009
      Container: Box 57, Folder 11
      Location: Convention Programs
    • Description: Anchorage, AK
      Dates: 2010
      Container: Box 57, Folder 12
      Location: Convention Programs

  • Communication Reports

  • Description: Duplicates

    Duplicates of items found elsewhere in the collection, retained per special request of the WSCA.

    Dates:
    Container: Box 59

  • Microfilm

    • Description: Western Journal of Communication, Volume 66
      Dates: 2002
      Container: Reel 60
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Western Journal of Communication, Volume 67
      Dates: 2003
      Container: Reel 61
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Western Journal of Communication, Volume 68
      Dates: 2004
      Container: Reel 62
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Western Journal of Communication, Volume 69
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Reel 63
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Western Journal of Communication, Volume 70
      Dates: 2006
      Container: Reel 64
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Western Journal of Communication, Volume 71
      Dates: 2007
      Container: Reel 65
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Western Journal of Communication, Volume 72, 1 of 2
      Dates: 2008
      Container: Reel 66
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Western Journal of Communication, Volume 72, 2 of 2
      Dates: 2008
      Container: Reel 67
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Western Journal of Communication, Volume 73, 1 of 2
      Dates: 2009
      Container: Reel 68
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Western Journal of Communication, Volume 73, 2 of 2
      Dates: 2009
      Container: Reel 69
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Communication Reports, Volume 16
      Dates: 2003
      Container: Reel 70
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Communication Reports, Volume 17
      Dates: 2004
      Container: Reel 71
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Communication Reports, Volume 18
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Reel 72
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Communication Reports, Volume 19, 1 of 2
      Dates: 2006
      Container: Reel 73
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Communication Reports, Volume 19, 2 of 2
      Dates: 2006
      Container: Reel 74
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Communication Reports, Volume 20, 1 of 2
      Dates: 2007
      Container: Reel 75
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Communication Reports, Volume 20, 2 of 2
      Dates: 2007
      Container: Reel 76
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Communication Reports, Volume 21, 1 of 2
      Dates: 2008
      Container: Reel 77
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Communication Reports, Volume 21, 2 of 2
      Dates: 2008
      Container: Reel 78
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Communication Reports, Volume 22, 1 of 2
      Dates: 2009
      Container: Reel 79
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Communication Reports, Volume 22, 2 of 2
      Dates: 2009
      Container: Reel 80
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Western Journal of Communication, Volume 74, 1 of 2
      Dates: 2010
      Container: Reel 81
      Location: Microfilm
    • Description: Western Journal of Communication, Volume 74, 2 of 2
      Dates: 2010
      Container: Reel 82
      Location: Microfilm

  • General Materials

    • Description: Executive Council Meeting Materials
      Dates: 1998-2007
      Container: Box 83
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Executive Council Meeting Materials
      Dates: 2002-2005
      Container: Box 84
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Legislative Assembly and Association Management Materials
      Dates: 1990-2004
      Container: Box 85
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Budget and Asset Allocation
      Dates: 1998-2004
      Container: Box 86
      Location: General Materials
    • Description: Journal Publishing Correspondence and Materials
      Dates: 1995-2005
      Container: Box 87
      Location: General Materials

  • Subject Files

    • Description: WSCA Archives Correspondence
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 88, Folder 1
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Central States Communication Association Materials
      Dates: 2001-2006
      Container: Box 88, Folder 2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Constitution and Bylaws
      Dates: 2002
      Container: Box 88, Folder 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Convention History
      Dates:
      Container: Box 88, Folder 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Distinguished Service Award
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 88, Folder 5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Dickens Award
      Dates: 2004
      Container: Box 88, Folder 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Department Membership 2004
      Dates:
      Container: Box 88, Folder 7
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Eastern Communication Association Materials
      Dates: 1997-2007
      Container: Box 88, Folder 8
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Elections
      Dates: 2001-2007
      Container: Box 88, Folder 9
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: First Time to a WSCA Convention?
      Dates: 2003
      Container: Box 88, Folder 10
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Honorary Members
      Dates: 2004
      Container: Box 88, Folder 11
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Interest Groups
      Dates: 2005-2006
      Container: Box 88, Folder 12-14
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Model Teaching Program Award
      Dates: 2004
      Container: Box 88, Folder 15
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Newsletter Correspondence
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 88, Folder 16
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Nominations Committee
      Dates:
      Container: Box 89, Folder 1
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Publications Committee
      Dates: 2005-2006
      Container: Box 89, Folder 2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Policies, Procedures, Constitution
      Dates: 2000
      Container: Box 89, Folder 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: President's Convention Files, S. Petronio, "All The Things You Need To Know but Did Not Know You Needed to Ask"
      Dates: 2002
      Container: Box 89, Folder 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Regionals
      Dates: 2001-2002
      Container: Box 89, Folder 5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Rate Card
      Dates: 2001-2006
      Container: Box 89, Folder 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Rowecom Bankruptcy
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 89, Folder 7-8
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: San Francisco
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 89, Folder 9
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Southern States Communication Association
      Dates: 2001-2004
      Container: Box 89, Folder 10
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Undergraduate Research Scholars Conference
      Dates:
      Container: Box 89, Folder 11
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: General Files (3.5 inch floppy discs)
      Dates:
      Container: Box 89, Folder 12
      Location: Subject Files

  • 2014 Records

    • Description: Meeting Minutes, Convention Materials, Photos, Financial Records, etc.
      Dates: 2014
      Container: Box 90
      Location: 2014 Records

Finding aid prepared by Keith J. Morgan, Kate Kimball, Erin McCarthy, and Michael Bills
2006 (last modified: 2018)

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