From the establishment of the University, students have been allowed to reside on campus in provided housing. In 1892, Old Ferry was the first dormitory. Men and women both lived in the building but resided on different floors. Eventually, Steven's Hall, a formal dormitory, was established as a women's dormitory. Presumably, The Office of Housing and Food Services has existed since the inception of WSU. Now known as WSU Housing and Residence Life, the department oversees the housing of students on campus, and the operation of dormitories and all things to do with residence on the WSU campuses.
Primarily contains personnel files and personal notes, weekly agendas, meeting notes, and training documents. Includes files related to family housing and student residence halls. Also consists of cost reports and operational files related to student housing.
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.
All boxes contain files related to Housing and Food Services. They are mostly unorganized, but there are some that are separated into subject files. Some boxes contain binders that hold collections of correspondence related to specific housing projects.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
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Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Housing and Food Service Records, 1988-1994 (UA2000-10)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Judy Hart of Information Technology on March 20, 2000 and retained as UA2000-10. Why these records had been at the IT Building (Computing Center) is unknown.
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