Alumni Association Records 1951-1975
Archives 44

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Title
Alumni Association Records
ID
Archives 44
Date [inclusive]
1951-1975
Extent
approximate 5760 items,  4 linear feet,  4 containers
Abstract
Includes correspondence and photographs.

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Organizational Information:

The Washington State University Alumni Association, established in 1898, oversees alumni Scholarship and Development Fund donations, plans and hosts reunions and homecoming activities, produces newsletters and bulletins, and arranges other alumni activities. An important responsibility of the association is that of funding and awarding scholarships. Included among these scholarships are the Ernest O. Holland Memorial Fund and the E.O. Holland Scholarship and Research Fund which were founded upon Dr. Holland's death in 1950. These funds and many of the other alumni donations add to the general scholarship fund through the Alumni Merit Scholarship Award or the Alumni Opportunity Awards.

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Arrangement

The records of the Alumni Association are arranged in four series: General Correspondence; Awards and Grants; Reunions and Homecomings; and Photographs. The first series, General Correspondence, contains correspondence concerning public relations, donations, the Alumni corporation's bylaws and charter, bulletins, newspaper clippings, and photographs. This series is arranged alphabetically by topic and dates from 1960 to 1973. The second series, Awards and Grants, contains correspondence concerning the Alumni Opportunity Award, travel grants, grants-in-aid, E.O. Holland Awards, and scholarship acceptances. This series is arranged alphabetically by topic and dates from 1959 to 1974.

The third series, Reunions and Homecomings, contains correspondence concerning alumni events, attendance, and seating arrangements for reunions and homecomings, photographs, bulletins, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other papers. This series, which dates from 1953 to 1975, is arranged in five subseries. The first subseries concerns reunions and is arranged chronologically by the reunion class year. Folders which were originally labeled as containing both reunion and homecoming material have been placed in the Reunion subseries. The second subseries concerns Golden Grads and is arranged chronologically by class year. The third subseries, Homecomings, is also arranged chronologically, but by the year the event was held. The fourth subseries contains Fifth Quarter Party correspondence and has been arranged chronologically by the class year. Football reunions have been arranged chronologically by team year.

With noted exceptions, the original order has been maintained in these three series. The fourth series, Photographs, has been arranged alphabetically by topic.

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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 Alumni Association records were transferred to the University Archives, Washington State University, in September, 1978 (UA 8-33) in accordance with the approved records schedule.

Processing Information

The records were processed by Patricia M. Gourd in October 1979.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Washington State University. Alumni Association--Archives
  • State College of Washington. Alumni Association.
Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University. Alumni Association--Records and correspondence
  • Washington State University. Alumni Association--Photographs
  • Washington State University--Alumni and alumnae--History--Archives
  • Washington State University--Funds and scholarships--History--Archives

Subject(s)

  • Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae--Research--Archives
  • College students--Scholarships, fellowships, etc.--Washington (State)--History
  • Washington (State)
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Photographs

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Detailed Description of Collection

1 General Correspondence  

box folder

Camp Easter Seal  1972  13 items

1 1

Campus Sit-in  1970  43 items

1 2

Campus Unrest and Resolution  1970  7 items

1 3

Centennial Committee and Minutes  1960-1961  10 items

1 4

Conduct Code  1960  1 item

1 5

Cougar Foundation  1968-1972  29 items

1 6

Fund Appeal  1969  26 items

1 7

Fund Report  n.d.  4 items

1 8

Giving WSU  1971  26 items

1 9

Golf Course  1964-1970  28 items

1 10

Greater WSU Fund  1968-1970  22 items

1 11

Inter-Institutional Narcotics Division  1970-1971  13 items

1 12

Murrow Dedication  1972  1 item

1 13

Palouse Recreation Areas Committee  1969  1 item

1 14

Stadium Campaign  1971  44 items

1 15

Stadium Pledges  1971-1973  85 items

1 16

Stadium Project  1971-1972  115 items

1 17

Student Survey on Alumni Center  1973  1 item

1 18

WSU "The Hill?  1963-1970  85 items

1 19

Workshop  1970-1971  6 items

1 20

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2 Awards and Grants  

box folder

Accreditation Report  1961-1969  8 items

1 21

Alumni Honors Awards  1967-1970  51 items

1 22-23

Alumni Merit Scholarship Award  1973-1974  43 items

1 24

Alumni Opportunity Awards  1959-1971  805 items

1 25-33

Alumni Student Loan Fund  1962  5 items

1 34

Community Educational Opportunity Award.  n.d.  11 items

1 35

E.O. Holland Awards  1965  29 items

1 36

Graduate Student Travel Grants  1967  65 items

2 37

Grants-in-aid  1967  155 items

2 38-39

Scholarship Award Letters  1960-1967  205 items

2 40-43

Scholarships and Student Aid Committee Winners  1967  1 item

2 44

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3 Reunions and Homecomings  

Reunion Class of:  

box folder

1934  Held 1959, 1969  27 items

2 45-46

1935  Held 1960  37 items

2 47

1936  Held 1966  23 items

2 48

1937  Held 1962  27 items

2 49

1938  Held 1963  18 items

2 50

1939  Held 1964  18 items

2 51

1940  Held 1955, 1965, 1975  136 items

2 52-54

1941  Held 1966  120 items

2 55

1942  Held 1967  105 items

2 56

1943  Held 1968  75 items

2 57

1944  Held 1969  127 items

2 58

1945  Held 1970  85 items

2 59

1946  Held 1971  75 items

2 60

1947  Held 1972  45 items

2 61

1948  Held 1973  21 items

2 62

1949  Held 1959, 1969  65 items

2 63-64

1952  Held 1967  21 items

2 65

1955  Held 1970  60 items

2 66

Golden Grads Class of:  

box folder

1915-1923; Held consecutively from 1965-1973   915 items

3 67-76

Homecomings:  

box folder

Held annually from 1953-1966   640 items

3 77-90

Fifth Quarter Party:  

box folder

Held annually from 1967 to 1970   29 items

3 91-94

Football Team Reunions:  

box folder

1915  Held 1934  7 items

3 95

1942  Held 1970  33 items

3 96

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4 Photographs  

box folder

Alumni Association  1955-1962  80 items

3 97

Alumni Dinner Photographs  1963  7 items

3 98

Alumni Pictures  n.d.  20 items

3 99

George Barclay Photographs, correspondence:  March 15, 1967-May 15, 1967  8 items

3 100

Baseball Photography  n.d.  1 item

3 101

First Football Team, 1894   5 items

3 102

Future Alumni  n.d.  2 items

3 103

Golden Grads Class of  1913; 1915  223 items

3 104-105

Golden Grads and Reunions  n.d.  185 items

3 106

Golden Grads Photographs and Negatives   65 items

3 107

Golf Clippings, Photographs and Negatives   20 items

3 108

Homecoming  1965  3 items

3 109

Homecoming and 1937 Class Reunion  n.d.  22 items

3 110

Homecoming and Golden Grads  n.d.  11 items

3 111

Old Photographs and Negatives  n.d.  65 items

3 112

Pow Wows  1964-1965  4 items

3 113

Pow Wow Duplicate Photographs  n.d.  27 items

3 114

Pow Wow Pictures  n.d.  65 items

3 115

Public Relations Photographs  n.d.  6 items

3 116

Reunion Class of: 1934; 1939; 1941   150 items

3 117-119

Unused Photographs and Negatives  n.d.  110 items

3 120

William Thompson Cartoons  n.d.  3 items

3 121

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