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NTE2cg231.xml Guide to the Fred G. Rounds Papers 1918-1967 Rounds (Fred G.) Papers Finding aid prepared by Robert W. Hadlow Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2024 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2024 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Cage 231 Rounds, Fred G., 1893-1972 Fred G. Rounds Papers 1918-1967 9 Linear feet of shelf space 18 Boxes + Oversize Papers of State College of Washington campus architect Fred Rounds. Collection materials are in English

Fred Grafton Rounds was born January 6, 1893 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During the First World War, Rounds was commissioned a second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He was discharged as a first Lieutenant in April 1919.

Rounds began his career in architecture for the firm of Croft and Hoerner Architects, in Minneapolis. In 1923, Rounds joined the WSC Department of Architectural Engineering in 1923, where he served as an assistant professor of architecture and as an assistant designer in the college architect's office. He also joined with his colleague, Stanley A. Smith, in the architectural firm of Smith and Rounds. The partnership designed many residences in Pullman in the late 1920s, along with several sorority and fraternity houses. By the late 1920s, Rounds left his post at WSC to pursue a full-time private architecture practice in Tacoma and Chehalis. In 1932 he designed the center unit addition to the Pullman High School. In 1934 he returned to the WSC campus to oversee several college building construction project sponsored by the federal Public Works Administration. From 1937 to 1950, Rounds he served as superintendent of the State College's Department of Buildings and Grounds. He retired from WSC in 1958.

In 1919, Rounds married Ruth Wikoff. The union brought three children, Jeanne (later Mrs. Harold Olsen), Margery (later Mrs. Earl Muir), and Fred G. Rounds, Jr. Ruth Rounds died in 1949. Fred Rounds was remarried in 1955, to Dora Schumacher Sanger. He died on May 2, 1972.

The papers of Fred G. Rounds consist of correspondence, reports, enclosures, and photographs concerning civic organizations, civil defence, land-use planning, employment at Washington State College, and Rounds' private architectural contracts. The larger and more significant series concern the Pullman City Planning Commission, the Kiwanis Club, and a number of residential architectural projects done as private contracts. Most materials date from about 1940 to about 1960.

Series 1. Personal and Professional Correspondence; Series 2. Kiwanis; Series 3. Planning--local, county, and region; Series 4. Civil Defense; Series 5. Community Congregational Church; Series 6. Pullman and WSC; Series 7. Humor; Series 8. Social Clubs and other Organizations; Series 9. Miscellaneous.

The papers are arranged in nine series, reflecting an apparent original order. Within series, the arrangement is alphabetical subject folders.

This collection is open and available for on-site research use. Researchers will be instructed to wear gloves. Though the images vary widely in their physical condition, reproductions in the form of digital scans and prints will be available for most of the items in the collection.

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Fred G. Rounds Papers, 1918-1967 (Cage 231)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

>Washington State University Libraries acquired the Fred G. Rounds Papers in two accessions, the first prior to 1970 and the second (MS 75-7) in May 1975, from the WSU School of Architecture. The drawings in folder 276 were received later, with a collection of architectural drawings from the Pullman Community Congregational Church (MS.2008.28), and added to this collection in 2018.

Robert W. Hadlow reprocessed the papers in April and May 1995.

Fred G. Rounds Photographs, 1927-1953 (PC 212)

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.

State College of Washington -- Faculty -- Archives Pullman (Wash.) -- History -- Archives Architecture -- Washington (State) -- Pullman City planning -- Washington (State) -- Pullman Civil defense -- Washington (State) -- Pullman Architecture City Planning Washington (State) Series 1: Personal and Professional Correspondence H. H. Waples, personal 1934-1936 1 1 H. H. Waples, Treasury Department 1934-1935 1 2 Chapin Foster, Sec.-Director, Washington State Historical Society 1944-1947 1 3 Personal Correspondence 1956 1 4 1957 1 5 1958 1 6 1959 1 7 1960 1 8 1961 1 9 1962 1 10 1963 1 11 1964 1 12 Around the World Trip 1963 1 13 College Architect Office Data 1 14 Logan G. Kimsey, M.D., residence 1940 1 15 Kappa Sigma House, alterations 1952 1 16 Hollingsworth Apartments, alterations 1953 2 17 W. W. Durham, High School, Kellogg, Idaho, plans 1953 2 18 Kappa Kappa Gamma, porch railing 1954 2 19 Ralph Fowler, residence 1954 2 20 John S. Peterson, residence 1954 2 21 Guy Murchland, residence 1955 2 22 Dean Sanders 2 23 Architectural journals and bulletins 2 24 Miscellaneous clippings 2 25 Product brochures 2 26 Associated General Contractors, Spokane 1953 2 27 Series 2: Kiwanis Kiwanis, Pullman Club "What Is Kiwanis?" 1960, 1962 inc. 2 28 Membership 1922-1962 2 29 Annual officers and members roster 1940-1965, inc. 2 30 By Laws, Local and International 2 31 Committee on education, fellowship, club history, and laws and regulations 3 32 Support of Churches Division 3 33 Pullman club charter correspondence 1922 3 34 "Facts about Pullman Kiwanis Club," prepared by Education Committee March 1945 3 35 "Facts about Pullman Kiwanis Club," prepared by Education Committee May 1947 3 36 "Annual Achievement Report of the Kiwanis Club of Pullman, for the Year 1938 3 37 Circle K House 1938 3 38 Circle K Fraternity 1947 3 39 "Former Members, Deceased or Moved Away," A through K 3 40 Membership 3 41 "Kiwaniquiz" 1962-1963 3 42 Fred G. Rounds' corr. 1920s 3 43 Newspaper Clippings 3 44 Newspaper Clipping Scrapbook 1957-1958 3 45 Passion Play, Bryan Hall Auditorium December 1955 3 46 Photographs 4 47 Misc. correspondence 1950s-1960s 4 48 Kiwanis History, including Pullman Weekly Bulletin 1926-1928 and 1935 4 49 1940-1954 4 50 1955 4 51 1956 4 52 1957 4 53 1958 4 54 1959 4 55 1960 4 56 1961 4 57 1962 5 58 1963 5 59 1964 5 60 1965 5 61 1966 5 62 1967 5 63 Kiwanis, Pacific Northwest District Board Meeting Seattle February 1955 5 64 Seattle February 1962 5 65 Seattle November 1962 5 66 Portland January 1963 5 67 Vancouver, B.C. February 1964 5 68 Seattle November 1964 5 69 District Convention Salem, Oregon 1956 5 70 Penticton, B.C. 1957 5 71 Tacoma 1958 5 72 Eugene 1959 5 73 Vancouver, B.C. 1960 5 74 Spokane 1961 5 75 Yakima 1962 5 76 Anchorage 1963 5 77 Portland 1964 6 78 Seattle 1966 6 79 Kiwanis, International Convention, Denver 1962 6 80 Kiwanis, International Convention, Portland 1966 6 81 Misc. convention programs 6 82 Kiwanis, Fred G. Rounds, Pacific Northwest District Gov. Election as governor 1964 6 83 Personal scrapbook during tenure as district governor 6 84 Pacific Northwest District Audit Report for the period January 1, 1954 to December 31, 1954 6 85 Governor's Tour of Alaska 1955 6 86 New Club Building 1955 6 87 New Club Building Committee 1955 6 88 Public Relations Committee 1955 6 89 Education and Fellowship Committee 6 90 Attendance Committee 1955 7 91 Convention Program Committee 7 92 "On to Cleveland," international convention 1955 7 93 District Bulletin 1949-1966, inc. 7 94 District Directory 1953-1959 7 95 International Directory 1956 7 96 Series 3: Planning--local, county, and regional Pullman Public Schools, Durham Report, 1949, and newspaper clippings 7 97 City-College Relations, Special Committee 1946 7 98 Pullman Housing Authority, corr., part 1 7 99 Pullman Housing Authority, corr., part 2 7 100 Pullman Community Hospital Board 1952-1964 7 101 Pullman, City of Pullman City Plan 7 102 Capital outlay 7 103 Subdivision Ordinance No. A-217 7 104 Mobile Homes 7 105 Studies and Master Plan 1960 8 106 Public Schools 8 107 Bond Issue 1958 8 108 Ivan Bloch and Associates 1957 8 109 To-do Items 8 110 Misc. 8 111 Photographs 8 112 Pullman City Planning Commission General 8 113 Business and Development Committee 1960 8 114 Minutes 1947-1951 8 115 Minutes 1952-1955, inc. 8 116 Minutes 1956 8 117 Minutes 1957-1958 8 118 Minutes 1959 8 119 Minutes 1960 8 120 Minutes 1961 9 121 Minutes 1962 9 122 Minutes 1963 9 123 Minutes 1964 9 124 Commission and Board of Adjustment Minutes 1957-1958 9 125 Fallout Shelters 9 126 Misc. 9 127 Planning, misc. 9 128 Highway Advertising Control 9 129 Association of Washington Cities, corr. 1939-1940 9 130 City of Pullman, "Budget for 1953" 9 131 "Accident Report Study for the City of Pullman" 1960 9 132 "Washington Street and Highway Need Study, Report for the City of Pullman" January 1960 9 133 Master Plan for Pullman 1957 9 134 "Hillside Terrace, A Proposed Addition to the City of Pullman, Washington" 1959 9 135 Pullman, Washington, Zoning Ordinance No. 649, as amended 9 136 "Proposed Zoning Ordinance of the City of Pullman" January 1961 9 137 "Report of Planning Studies, Pullman, Wash., January 1960" 9 138 Newspaper Clipping Scrapbooks, City of Pullman and misc., building construction 9 139 Whitman County Planning Commission School Consolidation 10 140 "A Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan for Whitman County, Washington," Preliminary Draft July 31, 1965 10 141 "Whitman County Agriculture, Washington," County Agricultural Data Series, 1965, by Port of Whitman County 10 142 State Parks and Recreation 10 143 Sub-Division Ordinance 10 144 Trailer Courts and Mobile Homes 10 145 Whitman County Parks and Recreation 10 146 Airport Zoning 10 147 County Zoning 10 148 County Plan, M-1-L Zone 10 149 County Plan, Parks 10 150 County Plan, Parks and Recreation--Wash. State Sportsmen 10 151 County Plan, Public Relations 10 152 Minutes 1957-1960 10 153 Minutes 1961 10 154 Minutes and misc. 10 155 Weed Control Plan 1959 11 156 Reorganization 1959-1960 11 157 "The Comprehensive Outdoor Plan for Whitman County, Washington" 1966 11 158 Misc. corr. 11 159 General 1961-1965 11 160 Whitman County Zoning Resolution 1958 11 161 County Planning Commission Plan for Whitman County 11 162 Whitman County Plan, to-do 11 163 "County Commissioners' Land Use Planning Guide," Wash. State Assoc. of County Commissioners, May 1959 11 164 Planning Assoc. of Washington, 1964 convention, Yakima 11 165 Whitman County Port District 11 166 "An Economic Summary and A Comprehensive Plan for the Port of Whitman County," by H. E. Bovay, Jr., Consulting Engineers 1961 11 167 "The Port District and the Comprehensive Plan for the Port of Whitman County" 11 168 Inland Waterways Association, corr. 1958 11 169 Inland Waterways Association, misc. 11 170 Series 4: Civil Defense WSC-Pullman Civil Defense Notices of Meetings and Minutes 12 171 Test Problem No. 1 1952 12 172 Yellow Alert February 24, 1952 12 173 Red Alert May 6, 1952 12 174 "Basic Plan for Civil Defense" 12 175 Misc. 12 176 Moscow-Univ. of Idaho 1951-1952 12 177 American Legion Auxiliary 12 178 Clippings 1952-1960 12 179 Washington State Defense Council 12 180 WSC, Plan for Civil Defense 1952 12 181 WSC, Civil Defense Manual 12 182 Univ. of Washington, "Report Recommending a Division of Safety" 1950 12 183 Univ. of Washington, Civil Defense 12 184 The Civil Defense Alert 12 185 U.S. Civil Defense Council 12 186 Charts: WSC-Pullman Civil Defense (drafts?), 2 versions circa 1940s-1950s Oversize / 276 U.S. Civil Defense Publications, order invoices 12 187 Fallout shelters 12 188 National literature, part 1 12 189 National literature, part 2 13 190 State of Washington 13 191 Fallout Shelter Design and Evaluation Workshop [1961], Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization 13 192 Series 5: Community Congregational Church Annual reports 1958-1963 13 193 Board of Deacons 13 194 Budget 1950s 13 195 By Laws 13 196 Church building designs and styles 13 197 Church organization 13 198 Equipment and supplies 13 199 Funding for new building 13 200 Installation of the Rev. Theodore C. Edquist... 1961 13 201 Memorials 13 202 Misc. 13 203 New Manse 13 204 Organization 14 205 Pilgrim Firs Camp 1964 14 206 Plan of Organization 1961-1962 14 207 Sermons 14 208 Ushers 14 209 New Construction Bascom's Cabinet Works, Keene, Texas, pews and chancel furniture 14 210 Blueprints 14 211 Building 14 212 Building committee 14 213 Building program 14 214 Busboom and Rauh, general contractors 14 215 Robert L. Durham, architect 14 216 Furniture--chancel and pews 15 217 Kitchen cabinets and misc. bids 15 218 Misc. invoices, bids, and corr. 15 219 Standifer Refrigeration and Heating 15 220 Series 6: Misc. Pullman and WSC Pullman Recreation circa 1947 15 221 Fire Department 1966 15 222 Honor Roll, Men Serving in the Armed Forces 1945 15 223 WSC Buildings and Grounds Manual 15 224 "Report onthe Use of Space Devoted to Instructional Purposes, First Semester, 1953-54" 15 225 Room Scheduling Procedures 1950-1951 15 226 Safety, traffic, parking area 15 227 Space Priorities Committee, meeting minutes 1954-1958 15 228 Space Priorities Committee 1956-1958 15 229 Traffic Engineering 15 230 Description and date: Speech: The State College of Washington: Its Origin, History, and Present Development, circa 1940-1941 15 230.1 Series 7: Humor Cartoons, part 1 15 231 Cartoons, part 2 16 232 Clippings, misc. 16 233 Heyer Cartoon and Idea Book 16 234 Humor 16 235 Limericks 16 236 Quotes 16 237 Series 8: Social Clubs and Other Organizations Alpha Rho Chi fraternity, misc. 17 238 Alpha Rho Chi fraternity, The Anthem 1945-1962, inc. 17 239 Alpha Rho Chi fraternity, The Archi 1939-1960, inc. 17 240 American Automobile Association, Spokane, Wash. 17 241 B.I.L.--P.E.O. 17 242 Camera Club of Pullman 1965 17 243 Chamber of Commerce, Pullman 1925-1964 17 244 Estes Park, Colorado [YMCA conference] 1965 17 245 Freemasonry, "General Information Concerning the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry..." [1963] 17 246 Friends of the Library, WSU 1941-1964 17 247 Knights Templar, Masonic Lodges 17 248 Quarter Century Club, WSU 1959-1966 17 249 Pullman, church, Episcopal [construction] 17 250 Pullman, church, Presbyterian [construction] 17 251 Royal Arch, Masonic Lodges 17 252 Scarab fraternity 17 253 University of Illinois, Class of 1916, 50th Anniversary 17 254 Series 9: Miscellanous American Express Credit Card 1962-1966 18 255 Auto Accident enroute to Bellevue 12-23-1965 18 256 Automobiles 1950s-1960s 18 257 Cards--Bridge 18 258 Chinese Rugs 1931 18 259 Communism, clippings and pamphlets 18 260 Drafting Machine 18 261 Kappa Alpha Theta sorority [Marge Rounds, pledge, 1950] 18 262 Military Records, World War I discharge 18 263 News clippings John F. Kennedy Assassination 1963 18 264 1964 elections 18 265 1965-1966 18 266 A.S.E.E. convention 1966 18 267 Pullman people 18 268 Cemetery 18 269 Misc. 18 270 Republican Party 1960s 18 271 Scale Modeling of Buildings 18 272 Talks--slides 1965 18 273 Whitman County Navy certificate 18 274 Margery Rounds drawing, Fred Rounds, jr. 18 275