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Partnership for Rural Improvement Records, 1968-1985

Overview of the Collection

Title
Partnership for Rural Improvement Records
Dates
1968-1985 (inclusive)
Quantity
514 folders, ( 17 linear feet), ( 17 containers)
Collection Number
Archives 192
Summary
Files include PRI programs, publications and task forces; research papers, annual reports, newsletters, etc. William Lassey's files include proposals to Kellogg Foundation, correspondence, PRI program developments, evaluation materials and relevant readings.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

The Collection is open for research use.

Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The Partnership for Rural Improvement (PRI) was established in 1976 with support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. It was formed as a consortium of educational institutions, public service agencies and citizens to act as a catalyst for community improvement. Its objectives include 1)identifying rural planning development goals, and 2) providing a mechanism and a process for linking citizen-defined goals with institutional and agency capacities for assisting communities in reaching those goals.

PRI is headquartered at Washington State University. Since its establishment, the PRI has involved itself in such programs as assistance to pregnant and parent teens, task forces on rural crime, rural transportation, and railroad abandonment. Records cover the period from 1972 to 1986.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The records are arranged in six series. Series one contains PRI general files arranged chronogically excepting box 3, which is arranged alphabetically. Series two includes PRI's programs and task forces, arranged alphabetically. Series three is research papers and some of PRI's publications, arranged alphabetically. Annual reports, newsletters, fellowship and personnel and the some related reading materials comprise Series four, arranged alphabetically. Series five consists of statistics from the Pierce County Residence for the Future survey, conducted in 1974. Series six contains William Lassey's files, which include proposals to the Kellogg Foundation, correspondence largely referring to the establishment of the PRI, PRI program developments, staff meeting notes, PRI features and evaluation materials, and some relevant readings. (William Lassey was a professor of Rural Sociology at WSU.)

Acquisition Information

Records of the Partnership for Rural Improvement Project were transferred to the Washington State University Libraries in 1984 (Accession Number UA84-32) and 1986 (UA86-14). These two accessions were combined to form the present record group -- Archives 192.

Processing Note

The papers were arranged and described by Jin Du, in March and April, 1987.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Rural development projects--Washington (State)--Research--Archival resources
  • Rural development--Washington (State)--Research--Archival resources

Corporate Names

  • Washington State University. Partnership for Rural Improvement--Archives (creator)
  • Washington State University. Partnership for Rural Improvement--Records and correspondence

Titles within the Collection

  • Lassey, William R., 1934- social science based rural development model : the partnership for rural improvement

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • W.K. Kellogg Foundation--Archives (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Jin Du
2012

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