The office of Facilities and Planning did not exist as a full-time staffed administrative department at WSU until 1947. Prior to this a University Architect served as the construction officer of WSU dating to 1911. Facilities and Planning was later renamed as Facilities and Development in 1993, and then as Capital Planning in 2001. The office of Facilities Operations descended from the Physical Plant in 1998, which in turn descended from Building and Grounds in 1967. While each line of programs has existed separately some migration in function has occurred over the years.
This collection consists of various operation manuals for construction projects on the Washington State University Pullman campus from 2002-2004. This includes both new buildings and renovations of existing conditions.
The manuals have been removed form binders but otherwise remain complete and unadjusted. They are organized by campus building number.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Washington State University Facilities Operations Records, 2002-2004 (Archives 423)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Rick Ward of Facilities on March 20, 2004 and retained as UA2004-02.
WSU student Steinar Goheen processed this collection in April 2025.
Architectural product brochures and cutsheets were removed from the collection during processing and discarded.
Various photos which came with, but are unrelated to, these operations and maintenance manuals
were separated and processed separately as Washington State University Physical Plant Photographs,
1941-1997
Photos of commencement arrangements were separated and refiled in the Washington State
University Photographs, Subject File, 1892-1999
Several oversized rolls of as-built drawings still remain as the Preliminary Guide to
the Washington State University Facilities Operations Records
MASC holds many sets, too many to number, of records from Facilities Planning and its related departments over the history of the university. These can be found listed on the University Archives collections and accessions lists.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.