WAUUWResource00290.xml Guide to the University of Washington Department of History Records 1925-1987 University of Washington Department of History Records Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2014 (Last modified: 7/14/2020)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-23. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). March 2026 Elizabeth Russell added accession 26-012; Tracy Nishimoto updated containers and other info for previous accessions. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries University of Washington, Department of History records University of Washington. Department of History UW Resource No. 00290 12.46 cubic feet 1925-2004 Correspondence, reports, subject files, committee records; notes, and minutes; Commager lecture cassette tapes; Bullitt Professor Search Committee files; subject files for the Department; photographs Collection materials are in English.

Professor J. Allen Smith recommended the creation of the Department of History and Political Science in 1897. A year later, the Chair of History was created, and Edmond S. Meany elected as American History professor. In 1919, the department was changed to being named the Department of History. As a department, the History Department has adapted to demands from students and worked in close cooperation with other programs such as the field studies, geography, and religion departments. One such example is teaching a course called "World at War" throughout the Second World War to make sense of the conflict.

The department was reorganized in 1968 to accommodate more faculty in a more rigid hierarchy. This came after a large growth phase in the Department of History between 1954 and 1967 when the faculty in the department rose from 12 to 33. During this growth phase, two M.A. programs were added in 1957.

The department now offers both a major and minor track as well as a M.A. and Ph.D. program. Students can focus their studies on the various fields within the Department of History: Ancient and Medieval, Comparative and Transregional, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Modern Europe, and North America. In addition, the Department of History supports multiple Digital History projects to further research and accessibility to historical research materials.

Organized into 6 accessions.

Accession No. 83-006, University of Washington Department of History records, 1925-1982 (bulk 1940-1975) Accession No. 89-055, University of Washington, Department of History records, 1959-1982 Accession No. 89-134, University of Washington, Department of History records, 1981 Accession No. 91-059, University of Washington, Department of History records, 1980, 1985 Accession No. 95-310, University of Washington, Department of History records, 1982-1987 Accession No. 26-012, University of Washington, Department of History records, 1935 - 2004

Correspondence, reports, subject files, committee records, notes, cassette tapes, photographs.

Some records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Some records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

Public Records (Use is unrestricted where access has been granted).

 University of Washington. Department of History--Archives University of Washington. Department of History--Faculty University of Washington. Department of History--Employees University of Washington. Department of History--Curricula University of Washington. Department of History--Finance University of Washington. University Archives University of Washington. Department of History--Archives University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington) History--Study and teaching--Washington (State)--Seattle Colleges and Universities Sound Recordings Records (Documents) Business correspondence Minutes (Records) Lectures Sound recordings Instructional and educational works Ephemera Accession No. 83-006: University of Washington Department of History records, 1925-1982 (bulk 1940-1975) 5.42 cubic feet 5 boxes

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, subject files, committee records 1925-1982 (Bulk: 1940-1975)

Restrictions on Access: Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

 Series 1: Outgoing Letters Outgoing Letters 1963-1966 83-006 Box 1 Outgoing Letters 1966-1968 83-006 Box 2 Outgoing Letters 1978-1981 83-006 Box 2 Outgoing Letters 1982 83-006 Box 3 Series 2: General Correspondence A-Z Miscellaneous 1928-1939 83-006 Box 3 A-Z Miscellaneous 1940-1946 83-006 Box 3 American Historical Association 1934-1948 83-006 Box 3 American Historical Association. Pacific Coast Branch 1931-1938 83-006 Box 3 Phi Alpha Theta 1950 83-006 Box 3 Pro America 1936 83-006 Box 3 Washington. State Capitol Committee 1937 83-006 Box 3 Serie 3: Interdepartmental Correspondence W.U. Arts and Sciences College 1959-1960 83-006 Box 3 W.U. Arts and Sciences College 1971-1979 83-006 Box 3 W.U. Arts and Sciences College 1981-1982 83-006 Box 3 W.U. Education College 1957-1959 83-006 Box 3 W.U. Education College 1975-1982 83-006 Box 3 W.U. Education School 1938 83-006 Box 3 W.U. Faculty Research Committee 1935 83-006 Box 3 W.U. Far Eastern Department 1935 83-006 Box 3 W.U. General Education Department 1942-1951 83-006 Box 3 W.U. Graduate School 1938-1959 83-006 Box 3 W.U. Graduate School 1972-1982 83-006 Box 4 W.U. Lectures and Concerts Office 1949-1957 83-006 Box 4 W.U. Libraries 1935-1959 83-006 Box 4 W.U. Oriental Studies Department 1934 83-006 Box 4 W.U. Political Science Department 1946-1951 83-006 Box 4 W.U. President (Sieg) 1935-1940 83-006 Box 4 W.U. President (Allen) 1946-1951 83-006 Box 4 W.U. University College 1937-1938 83-006 Box 4 Series 4: Annual Reports Annual Reports 1937-1938 83-006 Box 4 Series 5: Minutes Minutes--Faculty Meetings 1925-1926, 1969-1972 83-006 Box 4 Series 6: Conferences and Conventions Canadian Affairs Institute 1941-1942 83-006 Box 4 Soviet and Chinese Communism, Lake Tahoe 1964 83-006 Box 4 Series 7: Planning Files Long-range plan for 1957-1965 83-006 Box 4 Long range plan for 1973-1975 83-006 Box 4 Unit Report 1981 83-006 Box 4 Series 8: Newsletter Newsletter (department) 1976-1980 83-006 Box 4 Series 9: Memoranda Memoranda (chairmen) 1974-1978 83-006 Box 4 Series 10: Subject Series Affirmative Action 1971-1972 83-006 Box 4 Black and White, U.W. 1968 83-006 Box 4 Black Curriculum 1968-1969 83-006 Box 4 Denny (A.A.( Fellowship 1946-1947 83-006 Box 4 Department Achievement 1969-1971 83-006 Box 4 Evening and Extension 1972-1979 83-006 Box 4 General Studies Issue 1971 83-006 Box 4 Gossett (Larry) Affair 1970 83-006 Box 4 Graduate Curriculum 1968 83-006 Box 4 Graduate Program 1968-1970 83-006 Box 5 Hiring Policy 1969-1971 83-006 Box 5 History I and II 1928 83-006 Box 5 Isis (journal) 1958-1960 83-006 Box 5 Kaminski's [Howard] Raiders 1971 83-006 Box 5 Kinesiology Department Ph.D. proposal 1982 83-006 Box 5 Laski [Harold] Courses 1938-1939 83-006 Box 5 Lend-lease bill 1941 83-006 Box 5 Lewis, Norman Affair (Ph.D. candidate) 1968 83-006 Box 5 Mobilization 1950-1952 83-006 Box 5 Pacific Northwest Quarterly 1936-1940 83-006 Box 5 Ph.D. requirements 1936 83-006 Box 5 Phi Alpha Theta 1969 83-006 Box 5 Propaganda 1940-1941 83-006 Box 5 Schwellenbach, Lewis Papers 1949 83-006 Box 5 Social Science Building 1939 83-006 Box 5 Teaching Assistants Policy 1967-1972 83-006 Box 5 Territorial Papers Project 1937 83-006 Box 5 U.S. National Youth Administration 1941 83-006 Box 5 Van den Berghe-Kelly Affair 1971 83-006 Box 5 W.U. University College 1935 83-006 Box 5 Series 11: Personnel Personnel--Faculty 1964-1972 83-006 Box 5 Series 12: Subgroups W.U. Arts and Sciences College. Social Sciences Studies Chairmen 1972-1981 83-006 Box 5 W.U. Contract Research Committee 1950-1953 83-006 Box 5 W.U. Contract Research and Summer Schools Committee 1950 83-006 Box 5 W.U. General Education Committee 1952-1953 83-006 Box 5 W.U. General Studies Advisory Committee 1938 83-006 Box 5 W.U. History Department. Undergraduate Studies Committee 1974-1976 83-006 Box 5 W.U. Junior College Committee 1944-1950 83-006 Box 5 W.U. Publications Council 1949-1952 83-006 Box 5 W.U. Arts and Sciences College Dean Search Committee 1948 83-006 Box 5 W.U. Costume and Textile Science Programming Review Committee 1982 83-006 Box 5 W.U. Graduate School Dean Search Committee 1950 83-006 Box 5 W.U. Philosophy Department Chair Search Committee 1947, 1952 83-006 Box 5 W.U. Political Science Department Chair Search Committee 1967 83-006 Box 5 Accession No. 89-055: University of Washington, Department of History records, 1959-1982 3 cubic feet 3 boxes

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, notes, and minutes; 1959-82

Restrictions on Access: Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Marge Healy, 1989-07-05

 Series 1: General Correspondence General Correspondence 1962, 1972-1981 89-055 Box 1 Series 2: Interdepartmental Correspondence W.U. Arts and Sciences College 1980-1982 89-055 Box 1 W.U. Bookstore 1973-1974 89-055 Box 1 W.U. Development Office 1982 89-055 Box 1 W.U. Senate 1973 89-055 Box 1 W.U. Graduate School 1965-1982 89-055 Box 1 W.U. Libraries 1975-1978 89-055 Box 1 W.U. Parking Division 1971-1982 89-055 Box 1 W.U. Police Department 1974-1981 89-055 Box 1 W.U. President 1954-1981 89-055 Box 1 W.U. Provost 1975-1981 89-055 Box 1 W.U. Purchasing Department 1975-1977 89-055 Box 1 W.U. Registrar 1973-1974, 1982 89-055 Box 1 W.U. Relations and Development Office 1964-1978 89-055 Box 1 W.U. Relations with Schools Office 1960-1974 89-055 Box 1 Retirement Association (U of W) 1979-1981 89-055 Box 1 W.U. Scholarship and Loan Fiscal Office 1977-1980 89-055 Box 1 Series 3: Reports Distribution of Activities of Staff Employees 1976-1984 89-055 Box 1 Equal Employment Opportunity--Faculty 1973-1974 89-055 Box 1 Space Summary Reports 1974-1979 89-055 Box 1 Series 4: Subject Series Academic Personnel--Actions and Procedures 1972-1974 89-055 Box 1 Admissions 1976-1980 89-055 Box 1 Advising 1972-1980 89-055 Box 1 Affirmative Action 1972-1980 89-055 Box 1 Allocation of Space Requests 1981 89-055 Box 1 Budget (History Department) 1975-1979 89-055 Box 1 Budget (University of Washington) 1975-1977 89-055 Box 1 Committees--General Information 1975-1983 89-055 Box 1 Course Content--Catalogue Forms 1981 89-055 Box 1 Course Material--Change and Projections 1975-1980 89-055 Box 1 Directed Use Fund 1982-1983 89-055 Box 1 Directory Boards--Smith Hall 1959-1982 89-055 Box 1 Enrollment Statistics 1972-1982 89-055 Box 1 Equipment 1978 89-055 Box 1 Evening Credit Classes 1980-1981 89-055 Box 1 Faculty Directory 1965-1982 89-055 Box 1 Faculty Index 1973, 1981 89-055 Box 1 Faculty Offices and Furnishings 1962-1983 89-055 Box 1 Faculty Roster 1973-1980 89-055 Box 1 Faculty Wives' Club (UW) 1970-1981 89-055 Box 1 Fire Marshal 1982 89-055 Box 1 Foreign Students--History Department 1959-1972 89-055 Box 1 Grading Policies 1973-1982 89-055 Box 1 Graduate Students--History Department 1971-1983 89-055 Box 1 Graduate Teaching Assistants--History Department 1982-1983 89-055 Box 2 Humanities Distribution 1979-1980 89-055 Box 2 Inquiries--General 1970-1980 89-055 Box 2 Liberal Arts Seminars 1962-1968 89-055 Box 2 Maps--Inventory Lists 1975-1980 89-055 Box 2 Medievalists' Club (University of Washington) 1962-1972 89-055 Box 2 Pacific Northwest History Conference--Financial Records 1971-1981 89-055 Box 2 Phi Alpha Theta. Delta Iota Chapter (U.W.) 1978-1979 89-055 Box 2 Public History 1979-1983 89-055 Box 2 Questionnaires 1981 89-055 Box 2 Receptions: Burke, Robert E. 1984 89-055 Box 2 Receptions: Katz Lecturers--Bynum, Caroline W. 1984 89-055 Box 2 Receptions: Katz Lecturers--Constable, Giles 1980 89-055 Box 2 Receptions: Katz Lecturers--McNeill, William H. 1979 89-055 Box 2 Receptions: Katz Lecturers--Pelikan, Jaroslav 1981 89-055 Box 2 Relation of Research to Instruction 1978 89-055 Box 2 Safety Inspections 1973 89-055 Box 2 Schedules 1982-1984 89-055 Box 2 Schwartz Scholarship 1982 89-055 Box 2 Self-Audit--Checklist and Instructions 1983-1984 89-055 Box 2 Senior Survey 1972-1974 89-055 Box 2 Smith Hall Renovation 1967-1973, 1976 89-055 Box 2 Social Science Distribution 1972-1979 89-055 Box 2 Sorkin, David 1982 89-055 Box 2 Student Community in Foreign Area Studies (University of Washington) 1974 89-055 Box 2 Summer School Inquiries 1979-1983 89-055 Box 2 Teaching Evaluations by Students--Policy and Procedure 1973-1980 89-055 Box 2 Travel Applications--Faculty 1977-1981 89-055 Box 2 Travel Applications--Graduate School Research Fund 1980-1981 89-055 Box 2 Undergraduate Students--History Department 1972-1979 89-055 Box 2 W.U. Senate 1972, 1981-1982 89-055 Box 2 Washington State Legislature--Budget Committee Audit 1976-1977 89-055 Box 2 Washington State Legislature--Budget Committee Audit--Preliminary Report 1977 89-055 Box 2 Withdrawal Policy 1972-1976 89-055 Box 2 Writing Program--History Department 1976-1980 89-055 Box 2 Series 5: Subgroups W.U. Arts and Sciences College. Advisory Committee 1982-1983 89-055 Box 2 W.U. History Department. Graduate Studies Committee 1971-1982 89-055 Box 2 W.U. History Department. Undergraduate Studies Committee 1975-1980 89-055 Box 2 W.U. Walker-Ames Lectureship Committee 1970-1982 89-055 Box 2 Series 6: Restricted Materials Complaints 1974-1981 89-055 Box 3 Discipline 1972-1981 89-055 Box 3 Faculty Profile Report 1969-1982 89-055 Box 3 Outside Professional Services Summary--Faculty 1978-1989 89-055 Box 3 Personnel Relations 1972-1980 89-055 Box 3 Salaries 1978-1979 89-055 Box 3 Salary Increases 1972-1982 89-055 Box 3 Salary Increases Instructions 1974-1977 89-055 Box 3 Tenure and Promotion 1979-1981 89-055 Box 3 Tenure Recommendation Materials 1979-1980 89-055 Box 3 Subgroups: W.U. Asian Languages and Literature Department Chairman Search Committee 1972, 1976 89-055 Box 3 Subgroups: W.U. History Department Chairman Search Committee 1981-1982 89-055 Box 3 Subgroups: W.U. History Department. Russian History Faculty Position Search Committee 1960-1980 89-055 Box 3 Subgroups: W.U. History Department. United States History Faculty Position Search Committee 1974-1979 89-055 Box 3 Subgroups: W.U. History Department Search Committees--Miscellaneous 1960-1982 89-055 Box 3 Accession No. 89-134: University of Washington, Department of History records, 1981 .21 cubic feet

Scope and Content: Commager lecture cassette tapes; 1981

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

No duplication without permission

Acquisition Info: Source unknown, 1989-11-09

 University of Washington, Department of History records 89-134 Box 1 Accession No. 91-059: University of Washington, Department of History records, 1980, 1985 .83 cubic feet 2 boxes

Scope and Content: Bullitt Professor Search Committee files; 1980, 1985

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.

Records stored offsite; advanced notice required for use.

Acquisition Info: URC, 1991-04-03

 University of Washington, Department of History records 91-059 Box 1 University of Washington, Department of History records 91-059 Box 2 Accession No. 95-310: University of Washington, Department of History records, 1982-1987 3 cubic feet 3 boxes

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, committee files and subject files; 1982-1987.

Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.

Restrictions on Use: Public Records (Use unrestricted when access is granted)

Acquisition Info: Marge Healy, 1993-08-12

 University of Washington, Department of History records 95-310 Box 1 University of Washington, Department of History records 95-310 Box 2 University of Washington, Department of History records 95-310 Box 3 Accession No. 26-012: University of Washington, Department of History records 3 folders 1935 - 2004

Photographic portraits of faculty members of the Department of History. Several served as department chair.

No restrictions on access.

Public Records (Use is unrestricted after access has been granted)

Acquisition Info.: Wanjiku Gitahi (assistant to the chair, Dept of History)

 Portraits 26-012 Folder 1

Folder contains: Imre Boba [probable identification]; Scott Lytle; Lewis O. Saum; Jere Bacharach; Frank Freidel; Thomas Pressly; Edith Dobie; Peter Sugar; Edmond Meany; Donald Treadgold; Henry Lucas; Richard S. Kirkendall; Fritz Levy; Frank Conlon; Donald Emerson; Aldon Bell; Carl Solberg; Dauril Alden; Robert Burke; Otis A. Pease; Joan Ullman; Robert Butow; Jack Dull.

 Portraits 26-012 OSVM 8

Folder contains: Solomon Katz; David Pinkney; Gordon Griffiths; Giovanni Costigan.

 Portraits 26-012 OSVM 8

Folder contains: Marc M. Szeftel; Vernon Carstensen; Arthur Bestor; Max Savelle; W. Stull Holt.