Guide to the State College of Washington College of Agriculture Assistant Dean Records 1947-1950
Archives 104

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
State College of Washington. College of Agriculture
Title
State College of Washington College of Agriculture Assistant Dean Records
ID
Archives 104
Date [inclusive]
1947-1950
Extent
9 Linear feet of shelf space, 18 Boxes
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
The records of the Assistant Dean of the College of Agriculture of the State College of Washington (later Washington State University) consist of correspondence and administrative materials including budgets, reports, admissions information, scholarship applications and awards, and student advising records.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

State College of Washington College of Agriculture Assistant Dean Records, 1947-1950 (Archives 104)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

The College of Agriculture began as one of six divisions of the Washington Agricultural College, Experiment Station, and School of Science in 1892. The Division of Agriculture became the Department of Agriculture in 1894 when the departmental system was organized. In 1917, the departmental system was reformed into a system of schools and colleges, one of which was the College of Agriculture.

In an attempt to better coordinate agricultural work and research at the College, the experiment stations, and throughout the state, the Institute of Agricultural Sciences was formed at the State College of Washington in 1946. The Institute included the College of Agriculture, the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Washington Agricultural Experiment Stations, and the Agricultural Extension Service. This administrative arrangement existed until September, 1965, when a revised version of the previous system was adopted by Washington State University.

Directors of the Experiment Station:

*George Lilley, 1891-1892

*John W. Heston, 1892-1893

*E. A. Bryan, 1893-1907

R. W. Thatcher, 1907-1913

Ira D. Cardiff, 1913-1917

George Severance, 1917-1919 (acting)

Edward C. Johnson, 1919-1945

Mark T. Buchanan, 1945-1956, 1958-1966

J. S. Carver, 1956-1957 (acting)

Louis L. Madsen, 1957-1958 (acting)

John S. Robbins, 1966-1970

Lowell Rasmussen, 1970-1971 (interim)

James Nielson, 1971-1977

Dennis L. Oldenstadt, 1977-1978, 1985-1986 (acting)

Landis L. Boyd, 1978-1985

James J. Zuiches, 1986-1995

James R. Carlson, 1994-2000

Ralph P. Cavalieri, 2000-2013

James W. Moyer. 2013-

*Served as Director while president of WSU. The directorship was separated from the presidency in 1907.

Heads of the Department of Agriculture:

W. J. Spillman, 1894-1901

E. E. Elliot, 1901-1908

George Severance, 1908-1910

R. W. Thatcher, 1910-1913

George Severance, 1913-1917

Deans of the College of Agriculture:

E. C. Johnson, 1919-1948

S. P. Swenson, 1949-1958

G. W. Fischer, 1958-1965

L. L. Madsen, 1965-1973

John S. Robbins, 1973-1981

C. Alan Pettibone (acting), 1981-1982

James L. Ozbun, 1982-1988

LeRoy F. Rogers (acting), 1988-1989

Lawrence E. Schrader, 1989-1994

Larry James (interim), 1994-1995

James J. Zuiches, 1995-2003

R. James Cook (interim), 2003-2005

Daniel J. Bernardo, 2005-

Directors of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences:

J. C. Knott, 1946-1955

L. L. Madsen, 1955-1965

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Scope and Content

The records of the Assistant Dean of the College of Agriculture of the State College of Washington (later Washington State University) consist of correspondence and administrative materials including budgets, reports, admissions information, scholarship applications and awards, and student advising records. During the time period covered by these records Edwin G. Schafer, formerly head of the Department of Agronomy, held the position as Assistant Dean. Because of Dr. Schafer's background, the collection also contains a great deal of information dealing with agronomy research.

During 1947 and the first part of 1948 E. C. Johnson, Dean of the College of Agriculture, was involved in a special project in Latin America, leaving the Assistant Dean to handle most of the departmental correspondence and duties in addition to his regular duties of supervision of agricultural personnel-- faculty, staff, researchers, and students--and administration of placement services for agricultural graduates.

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Arrangement

The records are organized in two series based on date, 1947-1948, and 1949-1950. Materials within each series are arranged alphabetically by subject, and then chronologically within each subject.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2022

https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Information

The records were received by the Library prior to 1970 (UA 82-31).

Processing Information

The records were reprocessed October to December of 1982 by Wendy E. Williams.

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Related Materials

Related Material

State College of Washington College of Agriculture Dean Records, 1893-1948 (Archives 15)

Washington State University College of Agriculture Dean Records, 1944-1980 (Archives 199)

Washington State University College of Agriculture Dean Records, 1945-1979 (Archives 218)

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • State College of Washington. College of Agriculture -- Records and correspondence

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Schafer, E. G. (Edwin George), 1884-1976

Subject(s)

  • Agriculture -- Research -- Washington (State)
  • Agricultural colleges -- Washington (State) -- Administration
  • Agricultural extension work -- Washington (State)
  • Agriculture
  • Washington (State)
  • Colleges and Universities

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Detailed Description of Collection

Series 1: Records 1947-1948 

box folder

Advisory Board and Central Committee Institute Of Ag. Sciences  1948  15 items

1 1

Admissions Requirements  1947  15 items

1 2

Agriculture Economics  1947-1948  150 items

1 3-4

Agriculture Engineering  1947-1948  135 items

1 5-6

Agriculture, Persons Petitioning to Become a Major in  1944  35 items

1 7

Agricultural Information  1947-1948  50 items

1 8-9

Agriculture, A Beginning Course  1948  40 items

1 10

Agricultural Extension Course (Ag.1)  1948  150 items

1 11

Agricultural Extension Service  1948  50 items

1 12

Agronomy, Farm Crops  1947-1948  300 items

1 13-14

Agronomy, Seed Laboratory  1948  60 items

1 15

Agronomy, Soils  1947-1948  60 items

1 16-17

Agronomy, American Society of  1947-1948  65 items

1 18-19

Ag. Orientation, Ag. 2  1946-1947  20 items

2 20

Ag. Orientation, Ag. 2 - 1st Semester  1947-1948  30 items

2 21

Ag. Orientation, Ag. 2 - 1st Semester  1948-1949  50 items

2 22

All-Ag. Club  1947  20 items

2 23

Alpha Zeta  1947  10 items

2 24

Animal Husbandry  1947-1948  160 items

2 25-26

Award of Merit - Information Concerning Outstanding Personalities  1947-1948  50 items

2 27

"A" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  70 items

2 28-29

M. T. Buchanan  1947-1948  55 items

2 30-31

Budget, Quarterly, College of Agriculture  1947  30 items

2 32

Department Quarterly Budget, October-December  1947  25 items

2 33

Department Quarterly Budget, January-March, 1948   25 items

2 34

Annual Budgets, College of Agriculture  1947-1948  45 items

2 35-36

Biennial Budget, College of Agriculture  1947  30 items

2 37

Building Needs in Institute of Agricultural Sciences  1949-1951  90 items

2 38

Building Program - Institute of Agricultural Sciences  1948  15 items

2 39

Bureau of Reclamation  1947  5 items

2 40

"B" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  70 items

2 41-42

Catalog Material  1947-1950  260 items

3 43-48

Civil Service Examinations  1947  15 items

3 49

College Farm, Roy Bailey  1947  30 items

3 50

College Farm, Manure Disposition Problem  1947  25 items

3 51

College Farm, General  1947  25 items

3 52

College Farm, Roy Bailey  1948  80 items

3 53

College of Agriculture, Personnel  1948  50 items

4 54

Committee, Educational Policies  1948  50 items

4 55

Compton, Wilson  1948  30 items

4 56

Comptroller  1947  25 items

4 57

Conservation Course, Summer School  1947  5 items

4 58

Counseling with Students  1947  120 items

4 59

Curricula Committee, Agriculture  1947  5 items

4 60

Curriculum Committee (12)  1948  40 items

4 61

Curriculum Material  1948  60 items

4 62

Curricula Studies  1948  60 items

4 63

"C" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  95 items

4 64-65

Dairy Department, Cash Sales  1947  10 items

5 66

Dairy Husbandry  1947-1948  25 items

5 67-68

Danforth Foundation, Fall  1947  25 items

5 69

Danforth Leadership Training Scholarship  1948  25 items

5 70

Department Head Notices - College of Agriculture  1947  50 items

5 71

"D" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  70 items

5 72-73

Electrovator  1947  20 items

5 74

Enrollment by Classes - College of Agriculture, 1st semester  1947-1948  35 items

5 75

Expense Accounts, EGS  1947  20 items

5 76

Extension Service - General - E. V. Ellington  1947  30 items

5 77

"E" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  50 items

5 78-79

Faculty Work Load Summary and Instructor's Programs  1947  15 items

5 80

Farm Machinery, Purchase of - College of Agriculture  1947  10 items

5 81

Fellowships  1948  10 items

5 82

Field Crops Handbook  1948  5 items

5 83

Flax  1947  12 items

5 84

Flax Newsletters  1948  10 items

5 85

Forestry and Range Management  1947  15 items

5 86

Forest Tree Nursery  1947  30 items

5 87

Foreign Agricultural Service  1947  20 items

5 88

Foreign Visitors on Campus  1947  5 items

5 89

Future Farmers of America  1947  10 items

5 90

"F" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  46 items

5 91-92

Grad School  1947  25 items

5 93

Grain Grading and Marketing  1947  15 items

5 94

Graduates, Information of  1947  15 items

5 95

"G" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  45 items

5 96-97

Hawaiian Sugar Planter's Association  1947  10 items

6 98

Hilltop Stables  1947  10 items

6 99

Hopkins, E. H.  1947  20 items

6 100

Horticulture  1947-1948  36 items

6 101-102

"H" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  70 items

6 103-104

Irrigation Agriculture  1947  35 items

6 105

"I" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  60 items

6 106-107

Johnson, Edward C.  1948  60 items

6 108

"J" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  65 items

6 109-110

Knott, J. C.  1947-1948  290 items

6 111-112

"K" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  55 items

6 113-114

Land Committee  1948  25 items

7 115

Land Allocation Committee  1947  15 items

7 116

Land Grant College Association  1947-1948  50 items

7 117-118

Lawn Treatment on College Campus  1947  20 items

7 119

Legislation, Agricultural  1947  30 items

7 120

Library  1947  30 items

7 121

"L" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  70 items

7 122-123

Maintenance and Construction  1947  40 items

7 124

Major Declarations in the College of Agriculture  1947-1948  20 items

7 125

Memoranda  1947  110 items

7 126

Memoranda written by EGS  1947-1948  200 items

7 127

Memoranda re students  1947-1949  210 items

7 128-129

Military Department  1947  3 items

7 130

Milling, Wheat  1948  20 items

7 131

"M" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  50 items

7 132-133

"N" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  35 items

7 134-135

Oil  1947  1 item

8 136

Opportunities for students graduating in the College of Agriculture  1947-1948  40 items

8 137

"O" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  40 items

8 138-139

Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association  1947-1948  35 items

8 140-141

Pettibone, Carl - Business Manager  1947  25 items

8 142

The Placement Bureau  1947-1948  35 items

8 143-144

Plant Pathology, Department of  1947-1948  40 items

8 145-146

Positions for Farm Managers  1947  40 items

8 147

Positions for Graduates of College of Agriculture  1947  80 items

8 148

Positions  1948  80 items

8 149

Poultry Husbandry  1947-1948  30 items

9 150-151

Presidents Office, Wilson Compton  1947  60 items

9 152

Vice President, E. H. Hopkins  1947  80 items

9 153

Programs, Agriculture Meetings  1947  10 items

9 154

Programs  1948  7 items

9 155

Prospective Students  1947  25 items

9 156

Publications, Agricultural Subjects  1947  20 items

9 157

Publications  1948  30 items

9 158

"P" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  45 items

9 159-160

Quarter System  1947  5 items

9 161

Receipts Fund for Building  1947  20 items

10 162

Registrar  1947-1948  160 items

10 163-164

Registration, Second Semester  1947-1948  5 items

10 165

Registration Notes  1947  15 items

10 166

Reinstatement of Students  1948  25 items

10 167

Requisitions  1947  15 items

10 168

Room Space, Wilson Hall  1947  60 items

10 169

"R" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  50 items

10 170-171

E. G. Schafer, Personal  1948  20 items

10 172

Schedules Proposed for Fall Semester  1947  15 items

10 173

Schedules for Second Semester  1948-1949  20 items

10 174

Schluter, Fred  1948  25 items

10 175

Scholarships and Fellowships, WSC  1947  30 items

10 176

Seed Laboratory  1947  5 items

11 177

Seminar, Farm Crops  1947  1 item

11 178

Short Courses  1948  5 items

11 179

Soil Conservation Service  1947-1948  8 items

11 180-181

Soil Conservation Nurseries Rotation Plots  1947  2 items

11 182

Stanley A. Smith & Philip E. Keene  1947  25 items

11 183

Standard Oil Scholarships  1947  3 items

11 184

Student Employment  1948-1949  20 items

11 185

Surplus War Material  1947  6 items

11 186

Summer School 1948, Ag Students   5 items

11 187

"S" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  110 items

11 188-189

Travel Requests, EGS  1947-1948  60 items

11 190-191

"T" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  40 items

11 192-193

U. S. Department of Agriculture  1947  3 items

11 194

"U" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  20 items

11 195-196

Veterans Training  1947  10 items

11 197

Visitors  1947  25 items

11 198

Visual Aids  1948  3 items

11 199

"V" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  22 items

11 200-201

Washington Crop Improvement Association  1947-1948  40 items

11 202-203

Washington-Idaho Wheat Growers League  1947  5 items

11 204

Webb, Professor E. M.  1947-1948  45 items

11 205-206

Weeds  1948  5 items

11 207

Wheat Pool Budget  1947-1948  60 items

11 208-209

Wildlife Program, L.Wing  1947  20 items

12 210

"W" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  45 items

12 211-212

"X,Y,Z" Miscellaneous  1947-1948  15 items

12 213-214

Scholarship Applications   120 items

12 215

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Series 2: Records 1949-1950 

box folder

Admissions Office  1950  5 items

12 216

Agriculture Economics, Dr. C. M. Elkinton  1949-1950  13 items

12 217-218

Agriculture Education, Professor E. M. Webb  1949-1950  60 items

12 219-220

Agriculture Engineering, Professor June Roberts  1949-1950  20 items

12 221-222

Agriculture Experiment Station, M. T. Buchanan  1950  15 items

12 223

Agriculture Extension Service, E. V. Ellington  1949  25 items

12 224

Agronomy, B. R. Bertramson, Chairman  1949-1950  57 items

12 225-226

Agronomy, American Society of  1949  10 items

12 227

Agronomy, Farm Crops, Dr. S. P. Swenson  1949  40 items

12 228

Agronomy - Soils, Dr. S. C. Vandecavaye  1949  10 items

12 229

Alpha Gamma. Rho  1949  1 item

13 230

Animal Husbandry, Dr, M. E. Ensminger  1949-1950  8 items

13 231-232

"A" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  35 items

13 233-234

M. T. Buchanan -  1950  2 items

13 235

"B" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  35 items

13 236-237

College Farm, Roy Bailey  1949-1950  155 items

13 238-239

College of Agriculture, S. P. Swenson  1949-1950  40 items

13 240-241

Committee, Curriculum  1949  3 items

13 242

Committee, Improvement of Instruction  1949-1950  51 items

13 243-244

Committee, Terminal Education  1949  15 items

13 245

Community College Service, Glenn Jones  1949  15 items

13 246

Curricula  1949  25 items

13 247

"C" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  38 items

13 248-249

Dairy Husbandry, Dr. A. O. Shaw  1949-1950  20 items

14 250-251

Division of Industrial Services  1949-1950  12 items

14 252-253

"D" Miscellaneous  1949  15 items

14 254

Educational Policies Committee  1949  15 items

14 255

Enrollment, College of Agriculture - Dept. and Class  

box folder

 Spring 1948-1949  5 items

14 256

 Fall 1949-1950  5 items

14 257

 Spring 1949-1950  5 items

14 258

Statistics on  1949  25 items

14 259
box folder

Expense Accounts, E. G. Schafer  1949  5 items

14 260

Experiment Stations, Director Mark T. Buchanan  1949  10 items

14 261

"E" Miscellaneous  1949  5 items

14 262

Farm Crops Handbook  1949  20 items

14 263

Fellowships and Scholarships  1949  2 items

14 264

Flax Newsletters  1949-1950  40 items

14 265-266

"F" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  8 items

14 267-268

Graduate School, S. E. Hazlet  1949-1950  20 items

14 269-270

Graduates in Agriculture  

box folder

1947-1948   60 items

14 271-272

1949-1950   115 items

14 273-274

2-Year Program  1950  5 items

14 275
box folder

Grain Market Review  July 1, 1949-September 30, 1949  15 items

14 276

"G" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  7 items

14 277-278

Horticulture, Dr. T. A. Merrill  1949  3 items

15 279

"H" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  16 items

15 280-281

Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Director J. D. Knott  1949-1950  50 items

15 282-283

"I" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  13 items

15 284-285

"J" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  11 items

15 286-287

"K" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  20 items

15 288-289

Land Committee  1949-1950  40 items

15 290-291

Land Grant College Association, '49 Questionnaire  1950  35 items

15 292

"L" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  45 items

15 293-294

Memoranda Concerning People  1950  2 items

15 295

"M" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  17 items

15 296-297

"N" Miscellaneous  1949  1 item

15 298

Opportunities for Graduates in Agriculture, George Gannon  1950  15 items

15 299

"O" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  2 items

15 300-301

Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement  1949  20 items

15 302

Phi Kappa Phi  1949  5 items

15 303

Placement Bureau, W. M. Bristol  1950  20 items

15 304

Positions for Graduates  July 1, 1949  30 items

15 305

Potential Students  1949  30 items

15 306

Poultry Husbandry, Professor J. S. Carver  1949  5 items

15 307

President's Office, Dr. Wilson Compton  1949-1950  7 items

15 308-309

Positions for Graduates  1949-1950  50 items

16 310-311

Prospective Students  1950-1951  10 items

16 312

Publications  1949-1950  16 items

16 313-314

"P" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  19 items

16 315-316

Registrar  1949-1950  170 items

16 317-318

Registrar, Second Semester  1949-1950  15 items

16 319

Registration Information  1950-1951  26 items

16 320-321

P. J. Hempel  1950  30 items

16 322

Research Competence of Staff Members  1949  30 items

16 323

"R" Miscellaneous  1949  10 items

17 324

Schafer, E. G., Personal  1949  45 items

17 325

Schedule, Second Semester  1949-1950  35 items

17 326

Schedule, First Semester  1950-1951  35 items

17 327

Schedule, Second Semester  1950-1951  30 items

17 328

Scholarships  1950  60 items

17 329

Scholarship Standards Committee  1950  3 items

17 330

Short Courses  1949  25 items

17 331

Claude Simpson  1949  15 items

17 332

Soil Conservation Service  1949-1950  12 items

17 333-334

Special Services to Students  1949  1 item

17 335

A. R. Standing  1949  10 items

17 336

Student Information  1950  1 item

17 337

Student Training Program  1949  15 items

17 338

Students with Advanced Standing  1949  10 items

17 339

Superintendent of Documents  1949  10 items

17 340

S. P. Swenson, Dean  1949-1950  60 items

17 341-342

"S" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  55 items

17 343-344

Travel Requests, E. G. Schafer  1949  4 items

18 345

Two-Year Course in Agriculture  1949  20 items

18 346

"T" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  11 items

18 347-348

Unfinished Business  1949  10 items

18 349

"U" Miscellaneous, 19SO   15 items

18 350

Vice President, E. H. Hopkins  1949-1950  25 items

18 351-352

"V" Miscellaneous  1949  5 items

18 353

Wheat Pool Budget, Alberta  1949  30 items

18 354

"W" Miscellaneous  1949-1950  60 items

18 355-356

"X, Y, Z" Miscellaneous  1950  5 items

18 357

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