Classes Records 1900-1966
Archives 131

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Title
Classes Records
ID
Archives 131
Date [inclusive]
1900-1966
Extent
approximate 550 items,  1.5 linear feet,  3 containers
Abstract
Includes minutes, correspondence, programs, broadsides, class lists and other papers.

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Scope and Content

Records of the class governments include minutes, correspondence, programs, broadsides, class lists and other papers.

Among the major student political organizations during the first fifty years of Washington State University were the class governments. Each group of students would, when entering school as freshmen, establish a political organization that would often far outlast their four years of college attendance. Remnants are still seen today in class reunions and Golden Grad celebrations every spring. But up until the post-war years, the student government as provided by the class organizations was the principle means of student organization and activities. With the rise of the Associated Students of Washington State University (ASWSU) the class organizations were relegated to a more social than political role. The student's voice to the university administration was now channelled through the ASWSU, thereby drawing on the support of all the students en masse rather than the approximately one-quarter of the student body which comprised an individual class. And in the early days particularly there was sufficient inter-class rivalry that any unified action was nearly prohibited. E. A. Bryan's Historical Sketch of the college has almost no mention of the associated students although he lists the presidents of that group from 1901.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

The Collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The records of the class governments have been deposited in the Washington State University Manuscripts-Archives Division from a variety of sources: individual student leaders, faculty advisors, and, for the post-war era, from among the records of the ASWSU Activity Center which provided administrative and secretarial services to student organizations.

Processing Information

These records were inventoried by Terry Abraham and Ross James Pegler, April and May 1976.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Washington State University Student Class Government--Archives
  • Washington State University. Associated Students.
  • State College of Washington. Associated Students.
Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University Student class government--Records and correspondence

Subject(s)

  • College student government--Washington (State)--Archives
  • Washington (State)
  • Colleges and Universities

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Detailed Description of Collection

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W.S.U. Classes  

1

Papers, 1900-  

Announcements, broadsides, programs, class lists and other miscellaneous papers.  

W.S.U. Class of  1904 

1

Minutes, 1903-1904   1 v. ms.

W.S.U. Class of  1908 

1

Minutes  1905-1908  1 v. ms.

W.S.U. Class of  1910 

1

Minutes, 1906-1910   1 v. ms.

W.S.U. Class of  1914 

1

Minutes, 1910-1914   1 v. ms.

Includes minutes of the W.S.U. Department of Elementary Science Class of 1910.  

Gift of Mrs. A. T. Flagg, 1964.  

W.S.U. Class of  1922 

1

Minutes, 1918-1922   1 v. ms.

W.S.U. Class of  1924 

1

Minutes, 1920-1924   1 v. ms.

W.S.U. Class of  1940 

1

Papers, 1939-1940   5 items.

Letters and constitution, bills and receipts.  

Gift of H. J. Deutsch.  

W.S.U. Class of  1946 

1

Annual senior ball dance program, May 18, 1946.1 item.  

W.S.U. Class of  1947 

2

Papers, 1946-1947   13 items.

Class constitution, organization membership lists, Class President's reports and clippings.  

W.S.U. Class of  1948 

2

Papers, 1946-1949   23 items.

Class President's reports, correspondence, annual organization membership lists, clippings, Junior and Senior Ball information.  

W.S.U. Class of  1949 

2

Papers, 1945-1949   28 items and 1 v.

Annual dances information and arrangements, membership lists, correspondence, clippings, treasurer's records, and announcements.  

W.S.U. Class of  1950 

2

Papers, 1946-1950   110 items and 1 v.

Minutes, financial records, broadsides, correspondence, membership lists, President's report, and clippings.  

W.S.U. Class of  1951 

2

Papers, 1948-1951   20 items and 1 v.

Minutes, financial records, correspondence, constitution, clippings, and memorandum.  

W.S.U. Class of  1952 

2

Papers, 1948-1953   50 items and 1 v.

Minutes, financial records, Correspondence, class officers roster, prom committee organization, and class treasurer's record book.  

W.S.U. Class of  1953 

2

Papers, 1950-1952   15 items.

Minutes, financial and budget records, correspondence, and advisory report.  

W.S.U. Class of  1954 

2

Papers, 1950-1954   2 items and 1 v.

Budget and request forms; treasurer's record book.  

W.S.U. Class of  1955 

3

Papers, 1953   1 item.

Facilities request form.  

W.S.U. Class of  1956 

3

Papers, 1953-1956   4 items.

Treasurer's records, minutes, and Junior Prom report.  

W.S.U. Class of  1958 

3

Papers, 1957-1958   56 items.

Minutes and agendas, correspondence, financial records, and commencement arrangement information.  

W.S.U. Class of  1959 

3

Papers, 1956   1 item.

Sophomore class notes and minutes.  

W.S.U. Class of  1960 

3

Papers, 1956-1960   14 items.

Correspondence, budget records, and telegrams.  

W.S.U. Class of  1961 

3

Papers, 1948-1966   46 items and 1 v.

Memoranda, reports, minutes, correspondence, and leadership conference records and information.  

W.S.U. Class of  1962 

3

Papers, 1960   4 items.

Correspondence and leadership conference records and materials.  

W.S.U. Class of  1963 

3

Papers, 1960-1963   32 items.

Correspondence; financial records; and leadership conference records, evaluations, reports, arrangements, minutes, and agendas.  

W.S.U. Class of  1964 

3

Papers, 1962-1964   13 items and 1 v.

Treasurer's records and budgetary information; committee membership, reports, minutes and agendas.  

W.S.U. Class of  1965 

3

Papers, 1963-1965   37 items.

Memoranda, minutes, agendas, broadsides, reports, correspondence, and leadership conference materials.  

W.S.U. Class of  1966 

3

Papers, 1962-1965   32 items.

Minutes, reports, broadsides, clippings, and committee assignment rosters.  

W.S.U. Class of  1967 

3

Papers, 1963-1965   24 items.

Minutes and organizational materials, leadership conference records, memoranda, correspondence, clippings, broadsides, reports, and membership lists.  

W.S.U. Class of  1968 

3

Papers, 1964-1966   9 items.

Minutes, memoranda and final report on class government evaluation