Business and Economics College Records 1951-1976
Archives 43

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Title
Business and Economics College Records
ID
Archives 43
Date [inclusive]
1951-1976
Extent
approximate 6400 items,  7.5 linear feet,  8 containers
Abstract
Includes material received by Dean Eugene Clark relative to meetings, programs, and staffing procedures within the college during his twenty year tenure as Dean.

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Organizational History:

Courses in economics have been offered at Washington State University since the school was first opened in 1892. The original Department of Economic Science and History was incorporated into the College of Sciences and Arts in 1917 and it became the Department of Business Administration in 1926. Composed of five faculty members, the department offered, in addition to the regular economics courses, a thorough program in Secretarial Science. The staff increased to fifteen in 1928 and in the same year Business Administration was elevated to the status of a "school," although it functioned within the College of Sciences and Arts until 1940 when it was given independent status. Economics continued as a separate department in the College of Sciences and Arts until the two disciplines were merged in 1948 by Dr. M. W. Lee into the School of Economics and Business. It was given college status in 1963 with Dr. Eugene Clark functioning as the first dean. More recently the name was changed to the College of Business and Economics.

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Arrangement

The records of the College of Business and Economics are arranged into six series. The majority of the collection is material received by Dean Eugene Clark relative to meetings, programs, and staffing procedures within the college during his twenty year tenure as dean. In this capacity he also took an active role in the affairs of the Council of Academic Deans and served as a representative to the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. The records are principally arranged chronologically, except the general subject files which are arranged alphabetically.

Series one consists of records from Academic Deans meetings, 1957-1976, and includes two subseries: Agendas, and Memoranda and Reports. Agendas are for the period 1968 through 1976 and are arranged chronologically. Memoranda and Reports cover the period 1957 through 1976. They are arranged alphabetically by topic with the "General Memoranda" placed at the beginning of the subseries. The second series, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, 1959-1972, contains administrative records, proposals and papers of the Bureau, a subordinate agency which studied regional marketing trends in cooperation with area businesses. It is composed of two subseries: Administrative, 1959-1972, and Proposals and Papers, 1962, 1966, 1969-1973. The records concerning the Department of Business Administration, 1958-1976, constitute the third series which are divided into two subseries: Administrative, 1966-1975, and Committees and Curriculum, 1957-1976. The Administrative subseries consists of general memoranda and minutes of faculty meetings, while Committees and Curriculum subseries includes files of departmental committees and curriculum information. Series four, Department of Economics, 1953-1976, is arranged in a similar manner. Series five, Other Departmental Programs, 1954-1976, is arranged into four subseries: Graduate School, 1962, 1967-1976; Honors Program, 1953-1972; Summer School, 1962-1973; and Administrative and Secretarial Studies, 1955-1972. The final series, General Subject files, 1951-1977, is arranged alphabetically by subject and includes the department budget reports from 1958 to 1969 and the records relating to various university committees and programs. A significant number of files in this series relate to the Computer Instructional Program and the 1966 Vocational Education Act.

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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 College of Business and Economics were transferred to the Washington State University Libraries in August 1977 (UA 77-24) and in January 1979 (UA 79-2) in accordance with the approved records schedule.

Processing Information

The records were arranged and described in January 1980 by Richard D. Scheuerman.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Washington State University. College of Business & Economics--Archives
  • State College of Washington. Dept. of Business Administration.
  • Washington State University. School of Economics and Business.
Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University. College of Business & Economics--Records and correspondence
  • Washington State University. College of Business & Economics--Curricula--History

Occupation(s)

  • College administrators--Washington (State)--Archives

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Clark, Eugene, 1917---Archives

Subject(s)

  • Business schools--Washington (State)--Archives
  • Washington (State)
  • Colleges and Universities

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Detailed Description of Collection

1 Academic Deans Meeting  1957-1976 

Agendas  1968-1976 

box folder

 1968-December 1976  640 items

1 1-13

Memoranda and Reports  1957-1976 

box folder

General Memoranda  1957-1968  105 items

1 14-15

Budget Subcommittee  1976  30 items

1 16

Continuing Education Report  1975  2 items

1 17

Departmental Development Plans  1975  1 item

1 18

Mitchell Report  1971  2 items

1 19

Performance Audit  1975  2 items

1 20

Review of Performance  1976  10 items

1 21

Retreat  1976  10 items

1 22

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2 Bureau of Economic and Business Research  1959-1972 

Administrative  1959-1972 

box folder

General Correspondence  1959-1965  40 items

2 23

Memoranda  1966-1975  30 items

2 24

Cooperation with CBD, Univ. of Idaho  1972  10 items

2 25

Editorials  1963  3 items

2 26

Planned Projects  1963-1964  7 items

2 27

Proceedures  1962-1966  2 items

2 28

Summer:  

box folder

Program  1970  15 items

2 29

Research Applications  1969  30 items

2 30

Proposals and Papers  1962, 1966, 1969-1973 

box folder

Guthrie and Iulo Report  n.d.  2 items

2 31

Iulo and Cook Reports  1971  8 items

2 32

Leigh Report  1973  2 items

2 33

Rawlins Report  1973  34 items

2 34

Recreation Research Center  1966  2 items

2 35

Savings League Research  1972  5 items

2 36

Statement of Principles  1962  5 items

2 37

Travel, Tourism, and Recreation Report  1972  2 items

2 38

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3 Department of Business Administration  1957-1976 

Administrative  1966-1975 

box folder

General Memoranda  July 1966-June 1975  225 items

2 39-45

Faculty Meetings  1968-1976  205 items

2 46-50

Committees and Curriculum  1957-1976 

box folder

Advisory Distribution  1965  7 items

2 51

Area Chairman, Materials  1969  5 items

2 52

Attorneys  1971  3 items

2 53

Brochures  n.d.  70 items

2 54

CPA Information  1962  1 item

2 55

Committee on:  

box folder

Department Reorganization  1969-1975  15 items

2 56

Effective Teaching  1970  5 items

2 57

Fellowships and Grants  1970  1 item

2 58
box folder

Communications Management and Insurance  1964-1965  6 items

2 59

Curriculum:  

box folder

 1957-1964  30 items

2 60

Revision  1960-1961  25 items

2 61
box folder

Developmental Program  1969  6 items

2 62

Doctoral Program  1962-1966  15 items

2 63

Catalog Material  1964  10 items

2 64

Enrollment Procedures  1975-1976  15 items

2 65

General Policies and Procedures  1958-1967  65 items

2 66

Long Range Plans  1962  10 items

2 67

Off-Campus MBA Program  1972  2 items

2 68

Planning Policies  1975-1976  45 items

2 69

Proposals:  

box folder

Esso Grant  1971  5 items

2 70

IBM Corporation  1971  2 items

2 71

Improving Community Organization  1971  1 item

2 72

Washington Bankers Association  1971  75 items

2 73

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4 Department of Economics  1953-1975 

Administrative  1957-1973 

box folder

General Information  1971-1973  110 items

3 74-75

General Memoranda  1957-1971  555 items

3 76-82

Economic Faculty Meetings  1964, 1969-1976  605 items

3 83-93

Committees and Curriculum:  

Chairman:  

box folder

Ballots and Reports  1970  45 items

3 94

Candidates  1969-1970  15 items

3 95
box folder

Committee to Appraise Program  1960  10 items

3 96

Course Offerings and Programs  1955-1961  50 items

3 97

Department Reorganization  1969  50 items

4 98

Foreign Language Requirement  1965-1969  12 items

4 99

Geography Courses  1953-1969  50 items

4 100

Graduate:  

box folder

Student Information  1966-1973  225 items

4 101-106

Program Review  1975-1976  35 items

4 107

Student Changes  1962-1970  40 items

4 108
box folder

Iulo Trip (Research Grants)  1966  9 items

4 109

Majors in Economics  n.d.  5 items

4 110

NDEA Applications  1959  10 items

4 111

Search Committee for Chairman  1970  70 items

4 112

Selection Committee  1974-1975  45 items

4 113

TA's Criteria for Reappointment  1970  5 items

4 114

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5 Other Departmental Programs  1954-1976 

Graduate School  1962, 1967-1976 

box folder

General Correspondence  1967-1972  80 items

4 115-116

Accreditation Discussions  1962  8 items

4 117

Grants-in-Aid  1976  5 items

4 118

Lubov Proposal  1976  3 items

4 119

Allen Report  1975  2 items

4 120

Master of Regional Planning Proposal  1975  2 items

4 121

Hammer Report  1974  5 items

4 122

Hockstra Report  1974  1 item

4 123

NSF Proposals  1974  10 items

4 124

Giestauts Report  1973  1 item

4 125

Social and Health Services Proposals  1972  15 items

4 126

Federal Grants  1970  10 items

4 127

Manpower Research Institute Grants  1969  5 items

4 128

Honors Program  1953-1972 

box folder

Convocation  1953-1969  130 items

4 129-130

Center  1954-1972  240 items

5 131-133

Summer School  1962-1973 

box folder

Schedules  1962-1966  50 items

5 134

 1966-1973  265 items

5 135-142

Administrative and Secretarial Studies  1955-1972 

box folder

Hospital Administration  1960-1965  45 items

5 143-144

Hotel Administration  1963-1972  35 items

5 145

Office Administration:  

box folder

 1955-1968  35 items

5 146

Graduate Program  1964  20 items

5 147

Secretarial Studies:  

box folder

 1958-1959  50 items

5 148

Catalogue Material  1964  20 items

5 149

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6 General Subject Files  1951-1977 

box folder

Accounting Meetings  1967  10 items

5 150

Accreditation Study:  

box folder

Accounting  1953-1963  12 items

5 151

Geography  1969  12 items

5 152
box folder

Admission Requests  n.d.  6 items

5 153

Advertising Group  1960  3 items

5 154

Advisory Groups  n.d.  1 item

5 155

Affirmative Action Director Search  1973  10 items

5 156

Agricultural Economics (Dr. Working)  1955-1964  14 items

5 157

Agricultural Marketing Studies  1959-1960  20 items

5 158

American Association of University Professors  1956-1977  20 items

5 159

Budget Director Applications  1974  8 items

5 160

Department Budgets  1958-1960, 1963-1969  95 items

5 161-165

Business Opportunities  n.d.  1 item

5 166

Campus Disorder  1969-1970  10 items

5 167

Carnegie Survey Results  1957-1965  7 items

5 168

Commercial Car Journal Controversy  1968-1969  6 items

5 169

Committees:  

box folder

Airport  1963  14 items

5 170

Civil Rights and Educational Policy  1962-1964  30 items

5 171

Faculty-Student Conciliation  1970  26 items

6 172

Railroad Relocation  1966  12 items

6 173

Golf Course  1966  12 items

6 174
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Computer Instructional Program  1965-1973  110 items

6 175-177

Council on Higher Education  1970-1973  110 items

6 178

Dean Search  1973  25 items

6 179

Directory Lists  1965-1975  45 items

6 180

Distinguished Alumnus Award  1974  45 items

6 181

Educational Professions Development Act  1968-1969  4 items

6 182

Expo '74  1973-1974  15 items

6 183

Export Expansion Council  1966-1969  45 items

6 184

Faculty Load Studies  1962-1963  4 items

6 185

Higher Education Act  1965  10 items

6 186

History of the College of Business and Education  1942  8 items

6 187

Honors and Awards  1970-1973  42 items

6 188-190

Indian Community Action Program  1965-1967  16 items

6 191

IBM Symposium  1969  10 items

6 192

Innovative Proposals  1971-1974  40 items

6 193

Institute of Technology (WSU):  

box folder

 1958  20 items

6 194

Reports  n.d.  8 items

6 195
box folder

Inter-Institutional Conferences  1970  20 items

6 196

Idaho (Univ. of) Business School  1970  10 items

6 197

Land Grant School Meetings  1963-1967  110 items

7 198-199

Library Questionnaire  1969  25 items

7 200

Marketing Research Papers  1959  5 items

7 201

MBA:  

box folder

Degrees Awarded  1958  8 items

7 202

Richland Program  1969  5 items

7 203
box folder

Mathematics  1961-1962  4 items

7 204

Mineral Resources Institute  1973  6 items

7 205

Minority Project  1971  8 items

7 206

NSF:  

box folder

Program Drafts  1965-1972  12 items

7 207

Seminar Development Program  1964-1965  36 items

7 208
box folder

Northwest Regional Workshop  1972  14 items

7 209

Presidential Inauguration (Terrell)  1968  10 items

7 210

President's Office  1966  50 items

7 211

Publicity and Print Shop  1957-1961  6 items

7 212

Racism Workshop  1970-1971  12 items

7 213

Real Estate  1960  4 items

7 214

ROTC Trip  1967  20 items

7 215

School of Education  1964  6 items

7 216

Spokane MBA Proposal  1966-1967  25 items

7 217

Staff:  

box folder

Personnel  1966-1973  42 items

7 218

Recruitment  1970-1971  35 items

7 219
box folder

Standards for the Department  1970-1972  27 items

7 220

Student Survey  1958  2 items

7 221

University:  

box folder

Architect  1966-1973  36 items

7 222

Regulations  1951-1956  13 items

7 223

Services  1957-1960  15 items

7 224
box folder

Veterinary Medicine Dean  1973  7 items

7 225

Vice-President:  

box folder

General  1966  50 items

8 226

Smith  1969  30 items

8 227

Wood  1969  15 items

8 228
box folder

Visiting Professors  1966-1972  135 items

8 229-233

Vocational Education Act  1965-1968  50 items

8 234-237

Water Research Center  1962-1963  35 items

8 238

Yakima Survey  1959  2 items

8 239

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