Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Preliminary Guide to the Samuel H. Smith Papers
MS.2005.26
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Creator
- Smith, Samuel H.
- Title
- Samuel H. Smith Papers
- ID
- MS.2005.26
- Date [inclusive]
- 1985-2004
- Extent
- 1.0 Linear feet 1 box.
- Location Note
- (MASC Staff Use: 2-6-11-3)
- Language
- English
- Languages
- Materials are in English.
Biographical/Historical note
Dr. Samuel H. Smith (1940- ) served as the eighth President of Washington State University, from 1985 to 2000. Smith earned a Bachelor's degree in 1961 and a Ph.D. in 1964 from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Smith received a NATO postdoctoral fellowship at the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute in England in 1964, and was awarded honorary doctoral degrees from Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan, and Far Eastern State University in Vladivostok, Russia. Before coming to WSU, Dr. Smith served as a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley, and as the dean of the College of Agriculture at Pennsylvania State University. As President of WSU, Dr. Smith's administration established regional WSU campuses in Spokane, the Tri-Cities, and Vancouver, as well as the Distance Degree Programs. In 2001, the Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) was named after Dr. Smith.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains personal and professional papers of Dr. Samuel H. Smith during his service as the eighth President of Washington State University, from 1985 to 2000. It includes incoming personal and professional correspondence (some of in on the occasion of his inauguration as president of WSU), newspaper clippings, photographs, awards, WSU memorabilia, and ephemera related to the WSU Museum of Art, some of it signed by the artists.
Organization of Collection
This is an unprocessed collection. It has not yet been arranged.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Acquisition Information
Collection donated by Samuel H. Smith to the Washington State University Libraries in 2005 (MS 2005-26).
Related Materials
Related Materials
President's Office Records (Archives 223)
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Washington State University -- History -- Sources.
- Washington State University. Office of the President (Samuel H. Smith : 1985-2)--Records and correspondence
Personal Name(s)
- Smith, Samuel H.