Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Libraries Director Library Retrospective Files, circa 1944-1977
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Washington State University. Libraries
- Title
- Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Libraries Director Library Retrospective Files
- Dates
- circa 1944-1977 (inclusive)19441977
- Quantity
- 2 Linear feet of shelf space, (2 Boxes)
- Collection Number
- UA1984-23 (collection)
- Summary
- Administrative files, financial reports, and correspondence related to the Library dating from about 1944-1977.
- Repository
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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
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This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
The Washington State University Libraries date to the founding of the Washington Agricultural College and School of Science, when the library was just a shelf in the President’s office in the first campus building. It quickly grew and became a room in the original College Hall, then half a floor in the Administration Building (Thompson Hall), then half of Bryan Hall, then the full Holland Library, and then the Owen Science and Engineering Library as well. Over time a number of departmental libraries acted as branches of the system, some officially and some unofficially.
Content Description
Primarily consists of budget information, correspondence, and administrative files related to library operations and collections. Also includes filed related to the reorganization of the library, as well as various files related to the Library Adminstrative Office. Files range from 1944-1977.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Libraries Director Library Retrospective Files, circa 1944-1977 (UA1984-23)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
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.
Items are filed by subject matter. Box 1 contains mostly financial reports, correspondence, and administrative files related to library operations and the collections held within the library. Box 2 contains files related to the reoganization fo the library, as well as files related to the Library Administrative Office.
Location of Collection
(MASC STAFF USE) 2-37-16-1Acquisition Information
This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Nancy Wagner of the Libraries Administration Office on July 23, 1984 and retained as UA1984-23. She indicated these files had been in the office for a very long time and nobody knew very much about them.
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Corporate Names
- Washington State University. Libraries -- Records and correspondence
