A legislative enactment of 1890 founded Washington State University, originally called Washington Agricultural College and School of Science. Actual operation began in January 1892. The enabling act normally is used to date university events, and accordingly the 100th anniversary was observed in 1990.
A system of several committees had responsibility for the University centennial, while the Office of University Relations served as staff and coordinators. The principal coordinators, Dan Peterson and Sonia Hussa, maintained the records of the centennial activities and projects.
This collection includes Records and photos from the University Relations department. Records include Murrow Stamp Events, Foundation Campaign kickoff, "On Stage with" files, and Yakima Dedication files. This collection also consists of the Alumni Centennial files, and Internal communication study files.
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.
Box 1 contains memoranda, programmatic material, and newspaper clippings related to various campus events such as the groundbreaking ceremony on the WSU Arboretum. Box 2 contains photos housed in unlabeled envelopes.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
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Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University University Relations Records and Photographs, 1990-2002 (UA2008-03)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by University Relations in the early 2000s and retained as UA2008-03.
(MASC STAFF USE) Might best be combined with UA 2000-23 in processing.
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