Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Library Staff Association Records
1946-1979
Archives 108
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Title
- Library Staff Association Records
- ID
- Archives 108
- Date [inclusive]
- 1946-1979
- General Physical Description note
- approximate 4330 items 2 linear feet 2 containers
- Abstract
- Consists of annual reports, correspondence, executive board and general meeting minutes, committee reports, association officer records and reports (president and vice president), records of the association's secretary, bank statements, invoices, receipts, cancelled checks, and savings books.
Historical Background:
The Library Staff Association (LSA) of Washington State University was organized on 29 November 1946 by G. Donald Smith, Director of Libraries. LSA's stated purpose is "to promote the welfare and mutual understanding of the library staff and to assist in making the library an effective agency for the improvement of the social, cultural and economic life of the college community (from Article II, Sec. 1, of the LSA constitution as amended October 1974). The association is an organizer of staff social functions, an advocate of better working conditions, and the improvement of library services. LSA also publishes its own bulletin, "Open Stacks", and has since 1953.
Arrangement note
The records of the Library Staff Association are divided into two series: General Records, 1946-1979, and Financial Records, 1954-1967. Series one, General Records, 1946-1979, is an alphabetically arranged subject series which consists of annual reports, correspondence, executive board and general meeting minutes, committee reports, association officer records and reports (president and vice president), and records of the association's secretary. The material in this series dates from 1946 through 1979, but bulks largest in the 1960s and 1970s.
The Second Series, Financial Records, 1954-1967, consists of bank statements, invoices, receipts, cancelled checks, and savings books. The original filing groups have been retained in individual folders and these folders have been arranged chronologically by the earliest material in the folder. These financial records date from 1954 through 1967, but bulk largest in the 1960s.
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
Conditions Governing Access note
The Collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The records of the Library Staff Association (UA 81-20) were placed in the University Archives, Washington State University Libraries, by the association in July 1981.
Processing Information note
The records were processed in March 1983 by M. Dean Pittenger.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Washington State University. Library Staff Association--Archives
- Washington State University. Library Staff Association--Records and correspondence
Subject(s)
- Colleges and Universities
- Washington (State)
Collection Inventory
1 General Records 1946-1979 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Annual reports 1961-1966 38.0 items |
1 | 1 | ||
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Correspondence 1967-1972 30.0 items |
1 | 2 | ||
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Executive Board Meetings 1961-1973, 1978-1979 142.0 items |
1 | 3-5 | ||
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Furnishings and Maintenance Committee 1974-1975, 1977-1978 91.0 items |
1 | 6-7 | ||
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General Meetings 1961-1966 42.0 items |
1 | 8 | ||
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General Records 1948-1955 550.0 items |
1 | 9 | ||
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Higher Education Personnel Board 1972-1977 200.0 items |
1 | 10 | ||
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Library Environment Committee 1972-1976 45.0 items |
1 | 11 | ||
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Memoranda and other papers 1956-1972 230.0 items |
1 | 12-14 | ||
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Minutes 1946-1973 560.0 items |
1 | 15-16 | ||
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President 1974-1977 218.0 items |
1 | 17-18 | ||
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Secretary Records 1973-1976 130.0 items |
1 | 19-21 | ||
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Vice-President 1975-1976 23.0 items |
1 | 22 | ||
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2 Financial Records 1954-1967 |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Bank statements, savings books, etc. 1954-1958 175.0 items |
2 | 23 | ||
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Paid bills and bank statements 1957 125.0 items |
2 | 24 | ||
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Cash and checking accounts, bills paid, Oct. 1957-Oct. 1958 180 180.0 items |
2 | 25 | ||
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Ledgers and receipts 1957-1958 25.0 items |
2 | 26 | ||
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Bank statements and savings books 1959-1960, 1962-1965 650.0 items |
2 | 27-29 | ||
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Paid invoices, May 1963-May 1964 250 250.0 items |
2 | 30 | ||
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Bank records, bills, ledgers, and receipts 1964-1967 675 |
2 | 31-34 | ||
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