Asa V. Clark (1889-1972) was a longtime Pullman resident, a farmer, and a Washington State College alumnus from 1916. As a WSC student, Clark served as captain of the 1915 football team that made WSC's first appearance in the Rose Bowl, in which they defeated Brown University 14-0. Clark served in the State House of Representatives from 1941 to 1949 and as a State Senator from Whitman County from 1949 to 1956. In the summer of 1955, Clark, along with 11 other American farmers, traveled to the U.S.S.R. to tour Soviet collective farms from Moscow to Kazakhstan as "farm ambassadors". At the same time, 12 Russian farmers visited fields and research stations in the United States from Iowa to California. Clark Hall on the Washington State University (formerly WSC) Pullman campus was named after Asa V. Clark in 1972. Clark was also inducted to the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978.
This collection contains papers pertaining to Asa V. Clark's service in the Washington State House of Representatives from 1941 to 1949 and as a State Senator from Whitman County from 1949 to 1956. The collection consists largely of materials related to the 1955 United States Agricultural Delegation to the Soviet Union. There materials include photographs, travel documents, and a scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings. The collection also contains certificates of his elections to office and materials about class reunions and his induction into the Washington State University Athletic Hall of Fame.
The collection is retains the original order at the time of processing.
This collection is open and available for research use.
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Asa V. Clark Papers, 1941-1978 (Cage 841)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The Asa V. Clark Papers were donated to Washington State University by Nancy Collins-Warner to the Washington State University Libraries in 2005 (MS 2005-02).
This collection was processed by Cody Leander and Steven Bingo in 2016
Asa V. Clark Papers, 1955
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