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 dated Showcase files, yearly faculty awards, and special guest files. Award Banquet files and Convocation files are included. Yearly Luncheon files and World Class Honors files are included. Photograph files and VHS recordings are included within this collection.
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.
All boxes contain administrative material related to faculty awards and convocation from 1983-2004. Boxes 2-3 contain files on faculty awards and convocation. Boxes 4-5 contain bound collections of notes, memoranda, and schedules related to the convocation. Binders are clearly labeled. Box 6 has no particular order and contians miscellaneous files.
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 Recordings, 1983-2004 (UA2007-03)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by University Events on August 03, 2007 and retained as UA2007-03.
(MASC STAFF USE) Originally 7 boxes, but box 1 was moved to Film. Collection begins with box 2.
One box of the original eight was moved to video/film (now part of UA 349) in 2009.
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