CWUrg011-05-22.xml Guide to the Central Washington University Library Department, Records 1935-1992 Central Washington University Library Department, Records Finding aid prepared by Kirsten Erickson Central Washington University Archives and Special Collections © 2012
400 E University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926 (509) 963-1717 http://www.lib.cwu.edu/Archives-Special-Collections archive@cwu.edu
Finding aid encoded by Talea Anderson 2012 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). 2016 Added two boxes containing reference manuals from 1984 and 1986 and a printed periodicals index from 1992. 2023 Added files about art in the library. Central Washington University, Archives and Special Collections
400 E University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926 (509) 963-1717 http://www.lib.cwu.edu/Archives-Special-Collections archive@cwu.edu
RG011-05-22 Central Washington University Library Central Washington University Library Department, Records 1935-2019 3 cubic feet This collection contains correspondence, ephemera, library manuals and policies, history of the library prior to 1967, self studies, and other related material created by the college library at Central Washington University from 1935 to 2019. English Historical Note

The Central Washington University library was initially established and housed in Barge Hall in 1897. On December 19, 1925, the library was relocated to the newly built Shaw-Smyser Hall. By 1954 the library had outgrown Shaw-Smyser Hall and state funding for a new building was sought. Funding was approved in 1959 and construction was begun in the spring of 1960. The library was moved to Bouillon Hall when construction was completed on September 1, 1961. Before the end of the decade Bouillon Hall was at capacity and plans for a new library and instruction building were launched. In 1973, construction was completed on the new library. Thirty years later, in 2003, the building was named in honor of Dr. James L. Brooks, former president of Central Washington University.

This collection contains correspondence, ephemera, library manuals and policies, history of the library prior to 1967, self studies, and other related material created by the college library at Central Washington University from 1935 to 1992. It includes reference manuals from 1984 and 1986 and a printed periodicals index from 1992.

Central Washington University began as the Washington State Normal School in 1891. In 1937, the school was rechristened the Central Washington College of Education. In 1961, the school became Central Washington State College and, finally, in 1977, Central Washington University.

Arranged alphabetically by subject title of file

Open to the public for educational research.

[Name of document or photograph number]. RG011-05-22, Central Washington University Library Department, Miscellaneous Records. Archives and Special Collections, Brooks Library, Central Washington University.

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Central Washington University. Library Ellensburg (Wash.) Central Washington University--History Washington (State) Colleges and Universities 1-1 RG 011-05-22 Committee on the status of the Normal School Library 1935 1-2 RG011-05-22 Correspondence - Clarence Gorchels 1960-1963 1-3 RG011-05-22 Ephemera 1944-1946 1-4 RG011-05-22 Ephemera 1947-1949 1-5 RG011-05-22 Ephemera 1950-1952 1-6 RG011-05-22 Ephemera 1953-1956 1-7 RG011-05-22 Ephemera 1957-1960 1-8 RG011-05-22 Ephemera 1960-1963 1-9 RG011-05-22 Ephemera 1964-1969 1-10 RG011-05-22 Handwritten Journal + Calendar 1950-1958 1-11 RG011-05-22 Handwritten Journal + Calendar 1958-1961 1-12 RG011-05-22 History - First 75 years - 1-13 RG011-05-22 Library Courses 1938-1939 1-14 RG011-05-22 Library work conference 1951 1-15 RG011-05-22 Manuals ca 1940s- 1-16 RG011-05-22 Manuals 1953 1-17 RG011-05-22 Manuals 1963 1-18 RG011-05-22 "The story of the library" radio podcast 1942 1-19 RG011-05-22 Government Documents (goals of… cataloging of maps) 1970-1975 2-1 RG011-05-22 Policies and procedures 1953 2-2 RG011-05-22 Policies and procedures 1964 2-3 RG011-05-22 Policies and procedures 1971 2-4 RG011-05-22 Reference Statistics 1947-1957 2-5 RG011-05-22 Study of evening library study conditions 1948-1949 2-6 RG011-05-22 miscellaneous correspondence 1962-1980 2-7 RG011-05-22 annual summary report 1987-1988 2-8 RG011-05-22 budget proposals 1992-1997 2-9 RG011-05-22 analysis of future library and media service programs 1992 2-10 RG011-05-22 Strategic plan draft and summary 1993 2-11 RG011-05-22 strategic plan 1994 2-12 RG011-05-22 Emergency plan 1995 2-13 RG011-05-22 library service policy 1995 2-14 RG011-05-22 strategic plan 1995 3-1 RG011-05-22 Cooperative library project budget and reports 1996 3-2 RG011-05-22 friends of the library meeting speeches 1996 3-3 RG011-05-22 library climate report 1996 3-4 RG011-05-22 staffing plan 1996-1998 3-5 RG011-05-22 strategic plan 1996 3-6 RG011-05-22 library space crisis report 1997 3-7 RG011-05-22 strategic plan 1997-1998 3-8 RG011-05-22 capital projects plan 1997-2007 3-9 RG011-05-22 library safety manual 1999 3-10 RG011-05-22 library service policy 1999 3-11 RG011-05-22 strategic plan 1999 3-12 RG011-05-22 Library Art Inventory File Contents 2007 3-13 RG011-05-22 Correspondence - Art in the Library 2008-2009 3-14 RG011-05-22 Correspondence - Art in the Library 2011-2019