Guide to the ASWSU President Records 1953-1975
Archives 164

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Associated Students of Washington State University. President
Title
ASWSU President Records
ID
Archives 164
Date [inclusive]
1953-1975
Extent
7 Linear feet of shelf space, 14 Boxes
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
This collection contains various records of the presidents of the Associated Students of Washington State University, dating from 1953 to 1975, organized by presidential term of office (usually the school year).

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

ASWSU President Records, 1953-1975 (Archives 164)

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

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Biography/History

The Associated Students of Washington State University serves as the government for the general student body. In 1915 the Associated Students of the State College of Washington was founded. When the college changed its name in 1959 to Washington State University, the association changed its name to the Associated Students of Washington State University (ASWSU). Prior to 1968 the dominant student organizational structure was constituted by the class governments. Each class organized its own class government upon entrance to the university. In 1968 the system of student class governments was abandoned and the responsibility of the ASWSU was enlarged to encompass every aspect of student government.

The ASWSU functions as the central office for student interests and concerns. From 1953 to 1975 these issues included 18-year-old voting rights, WSU facilities planning, the draft, civil rights, women's rights, the Viet Nam War, grading systems, curriculum controversies, sports, community, and environmental concerns. The ASWSU and its president act as representatives for the student body to the general public, university administration, the legislature, the community, and national leaders.

ASWSU's complex structure is composed of numerous standing committees and commissions concerned with on-going interests. Additionally, ad hoc committees are frequently established to deal with timely issues and specific problems or investigations. The executive branch of the organization usually consists of a President, Vice President, Secretary, and Administrative Assistant. At times, these titles have changed and specific functions and responsibilities have been shuffled.

Through the Activities Center the ASWSU serves as the student body coordinator for all major student activities. The ASWSU President, as the elected representative of the whole student body, has a great deal of interaction with the Board of Control, and later, the Assembly (In 1970 the constitution was changed and the organizational structure modified by replacing the functionally limited Board of Control with the larger, more representative Assembly). The ASWSU President and Vice President are either members of, or receive reports from, many student and university committees. The executive also helps to coordinate and facilitate the activities administered under the auspices of the Advisory Council. These activities represent the social aspects of campus life, i.e. dances, rallies, films, intramurals, Moms Weekend, Dads Day, and the Freshman-Faculty Weekend.

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Scope and Content

This collection contains various records of the presidents of the Associated Students of Washington State University, dating from 1953 to 1975, organized by presidential term of office (usually the school year). Some presidential files are more extensive than others and some are completely unrepresented; the records of three presidents are not represented: William Strasen, 1956-1957; Robert Patrick, 1957-1958; and, Milt Smith, 1960-1961. Often a president deleted records considered unnecessary or incorporated earlier records into the current file. Many of the files, therefore, contain records predating and at times post-dating the actual period of presidential tenure.

Main correspondents include: Brock Adams (Folder 85); C. Clement French (folder 40); Dan Evans (folders 45, 46); Tom Foley (folder 151); Henry Jackson (folder 85); Warren Magnuson (folder 85); Catherine May (folders 85, 151); George McGovern (folder 103); and Glenn Terrell (folders 85, 92, 151, 189).

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Arrangement

The records are organized by presidential term of office (usually the school year) and alphabetically by subject within that term.

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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 were transferred to Washington State University Libraries from the ASWSU in August 1975 and June 1977 (WSU 204).

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Patricia M. Gourd in August 1984

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Related Materials

Related Material

ASWSU Activities Center Records, 1935-1974 (Archives 17)

ASWSU Activities Center Records, 1948-1978 (Archives 62)

ASWSU Activities Center Records, 1947-1981 (Archives 118)

ASWSU Board of Control Records, 1922-1978 (Archives 113)

ASSCW Annual Budget Reports, 1912-1942 (Archives 114)

ASWSU President Records, 1953-1975 (Archives 164)

Washington State University Publications, 1891-2018: Associated Students of Washington State University (WSU 2)

Separated Material

Two sets of records were removed from this collection and formed into:

ASWSU Vice President Records, 1962-1967 (Archives 165)

ASWSU Activities Center Records, 1966-1967 (Archives 166)

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Associated Students of Washington State University. President -- Records and correspondence
  • Associated Students of the State College of Washington. President -- Records and correspondence
Creator(s) :
  • Associated Students of the State College of Washington. President
  • Associated Students of Washington State University
  • Associated Students of the State College of Washington

Subject(s)

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

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Detailed Description of Collection

Peter Weston, ASWSU President, 1953-1954 

box folder

Leadership Conference 1954-1956  215 items

1 1

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Boose, Dale, ASWSU President, 1954-1955 

box folder

Student Leadership Conference 1953-1956  27 items

1 2

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Hansen, Jerry, ASWSU President, 1958-1959 

box folder

Referendum 10 1958-1959 

1 3

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Hudson, Len, ASWSU President, 1959-1960 

box folder

Honors Program 1959-1960  50 items

1 4

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Manring, Tim, ASWSU President, 1961-1962 

box folder

Student Government 1961-1962  16 items

1 5

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Click, Greg, ASWSU President, 1962-1963 

box folder

Board of Publications 1959-1962  28 items

1 6

Golf Course 1958-1963  38 items

1 7

Recreational Facilities Project 1962  38 items

1 8

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Felstad, Roy, ASWSU President, 1963-1964 

box folder

Civil Rights 1963-1964  52 items

1 9

Union Board Minutes 1961-1964  90 items

1 10

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Warren, Dave, ASWSU President, 1964-1965 

box folder

Activities Program Annual Report 1963-1964  18 items

1 11

Reports--J. C. Clevenger 1964-1965  39 items

1 12

University--Student Relations 1965  6 items

1 13

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Bradbury, Tim, ASWSU President, 1965-1966 

box folder

Activities Program Annual Report 1965-1966  12 items

1 14

Cross Walk Lighting 1960-1967  14 items

1 15

Education In Politics 1962-1965  28 items

1 16

Judicial System 1964-1966  50 items

2 17

National Defense Student Loan 1966  30 items

2 18

Student Government 1965  30 items

2 19

Union Board Minutes 1965-1966  75 items

2 20

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Glover, Tom, ASWSU President, 1966-1967 

box folder

Academic Advisory Program 1966  3 items

2 21

Academic/Student Freedom 1963-1967  100 items

2 22

Activities Advisory Staff 1961-1966  15 items

2 23

Alumni Relations 1966-1967  42 items

2 24

American Humanist Association 1965  3 items

2 25

Association of Student Governments 1966-1968  35 items

2 26

ASWSU Comittees--Educational 1965-1966  23 items

2 27

ASWSU Committees--General 1965-1966  78 items

2 28

ASWSU Committees--Social 1965-1966  18 items

2 29

ASWSU Committees--Student Goverment 1966-1967  6 items

2 30

ASWSU Motion Picture Production 1966  61 items

2 31

Associated Women Students 1966-1967  75 items

2 32

Berkeley Incident 1964-1965  35 items

2 33

Board of Control/Evergreen Relations 1964-1967  90 items

2 34

Board of Control Organization & Policies 1961-1968  31 items

2 35

Campus Politics 1963-1967  21 items

2 36

Campus Regulations 1962-1967  5 items

3 37

Commencement Issue 1965-1967  19 items

3 38

Community Involvement Programs 1966-1967  8 items

3 39

Communist Speaker Policy 1962-1967  150 items

3 40

Dean of Students Office-Relations 1966-1967  26 items

3 41

The Draft 1966-1967  16 items

3 42

Educational Affairs 1966-1968  60 items

3 43

Eighteen-Year-Old Vote 1967  17 items

3 44

Governor's Conference on Progress 1966  11 items

3 45

Governor's Prayer Breakfast 1965-1966  7 items

3 46

High School Counselors Forum 1966  1 item

3 47

Michigan Student Conference 1967  13 items

3 48

Movie Controversy 1965-1967  31 items

3 49

National Association of Student Governments Convention 1966-1967  56 items

3 50

National Student Congress 1965-1967  65 items

3 51

Northwest Conference on Higher Education 1967  1 item

3 52

Northwest Student Association undated  11 items

3 53

Precinct Voting 1966-1967  12 items

3 54

Presidential Working Papers 1964-1966  37 items

4 55

Referendum 15 1966  46 items

4 56

Southern University Student Governments Association 1967  1 item

4 57

Staff Secretaries 1965-1966  8 items

4 58

Student Bill of Rights 1961-1968  150 items

4 59

Student Travel 1966-1967  8 items

4 60

Student Wage Rates 1966-1967  4 items

4 61

U. S. National Student Association 1962-1968  55 items

4 62

Washington President's Association 1966-1967  24 items

4 63

WSU Memorial High School Project 1965-1967  6 items

4 64

WSU President & Vice President 1966-1967  24 items

4 65

Working Papers--Before Glover 1960-1967  100 items

4 66

World Affairs Briefing Center 1965-1967  39 items

4 67

Young Americans for Freedom 1960  4 items

4 68

YMCA/YWCA 1966  6 items

4 69

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Kikuchi, Steve, ASWSU President, 1967-1968 

box folder

Academic Calendar Changes 1964-1969  70 items

5 70

Alumni Relations 1965-1968  60 items

5 71

American Association of University Professors 1967  29 items

5 72

American Student Governments Coordination 1968  13 items

5 73

Board of Control Agendas 1967-1968  23 items

5 74

Board of Control Business Correspondence 1967-1968  10 items

5 75

Board of Control Fall Retreat 1963-1967  75 items

5 76

Board of Control General Correspondence 1967-1968  14 items

5 77

Board of Control Legislation 1967-1968  7 items

5 78

Board of Control Minutes 1967-1968  100 items

5 79

Board of Control Public Relations/Communications 1959-1968  55 items

5 80

Campaign Projects Study 1968  2 items

5 81

Campus Bulletin Board 1967  3 items

5 82

Class Government 1967-1968  7 items

5 83

Curriculum (Student Involvement) 1967-1968  19 items

5 84

Draft Information 1967-1968  85 items

5 85

Drug Symposium 1967-1968  67 items

5 86

Educational Policies Committee 1965-1967  100 items

5 87

Educational Reform--General Information 1965-1967  180 items

6 88

Golf Course 1968  22 items

6 89

Inter-Institutional Relations 1968  6 items

6 90

Mandatory Class Attendance/Quizzes 1967-1968  35 items

6 91

Manring Letter to President Terrell 1967  13 items

6 92

Off-Campus Housing 1962-1968  20 items

6 93

Pass-Fail Grading System 1967-1968  7 items

6 94

Pre-registration 1968  6 items

6 95

Pullman Chamber of Commerce 1967  1 item

6 96

Quarter System Evaluation 1964-1968  30 items

6 97

Seminar Programming 1966-1967  45 items

6 98

Speaking Engagements 1967-1968  24 items

6 99

Stephenson Lounge & Visiting Hours 1967  2 items

6 100

Student Initiated Courses 1966-1968  40 items

6 101

Through A Class Darkly (1968) 1966  40 items

6 102

Vietnam 1968  23 items

6 103

Women's Hours Policy Change 1967  1 item

6 104

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Crabbs, Ray, ASWSU President, 1968-1969 

box folder

Academic Calendar 1969  2 items

7 105

Advisory Council 1967-1968  18 items

7 106

Alumni Relations 1968  14 items

7 107

Areas of Student Recreation 1967-1968  3 items

7 108

Athletic Council undated  1 item

7 109

Board of Control Advisors 1966-1968  4 items

7 110

Board of Control Agendas 1968-1969  22 items

7 111

Board of Control--Minutes 1966-1969  150 items

7 112

Board of Control--Miscellaneous Activities 1968-1969  40 items

7 113

Board of Control Papers 1968-1969  45 items

7 114

Board of Control Retreat 1968-1969  8 items

7 115

Board of Regents Relations 1967-1969  15 items

7 116

Bookstore Documents 1957-1968  28 items

7 117

Budget 1969  50 items

8 118

Budget 1969-1971  50 items

8 119

Class Government 1967-1968  2 items

8 120

Coed Rights 1968  3 items

8 121

Educational Policies Committee 1968-1969  200 items

8 122

Extra Copies of Working Papers 1965-1968  32 items

8 123

Governor's Conference on Education 1968  75 items

8 124

Letter to New Students 1967-1969  7 items

8 125

Policy & Projects Committee 1964-1969  47 items

8 126

Publications Board 1965-1968  125 items

9 127

Publications Board 1965-1969  150 items

9 128

Publications Board Correspondence 1965-1968  20 items

9 129

Publications Board, Policy & Goals--General Information 1965-1968  125 items

9 130

Pullman Chamber of Commerce 1966-1969  50 items

9 131

Referendum Bill 19 & SJR 17 1967-1968  45 items

9 132

Residence Hall Association & Inter-Fraternity Council 1966-1969  45 items

9 133

Senior/Faculty Retreat 1962-1968  21 items

9 134

Sports Federation undated  6 items

10 135

Student Lobby 1969  27 items

10 136

Teen House of Pullman undated  36 items

10 137

Ten-Year Planning undated  1 item

10 138

Traffic Control Board 1966  8 items

10 139

Union Board (Minutes) 1967-1969  150 items

10 140

Union Budget & Rental Information (Past) 1966-1968  46 items

10 141

WSU Student Strike 1968  16 items

10 142

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Benzel, Brian, ASWSU President, 1969-1970 

box folder

Administrative Council 1969-1970  12 items

11 143

ASWSU Organizational Manual 1969  1 item

11 144

Association of Student Governments 1969-1970  9 items

11 145

Board of Control Commission Reports 1967-1969  39 items

11 146

Cabinet 1969-1970  14 items

11 147

Campus Recreation Coordination 1969-1970  17 items

11 148

Caudill, Rowlett, Scott (Architects) 1969-1970  5 items

11 149

Convocation Speeches 1969  2 items

11 150

Correspondence with Dr. Terrell 1969-1970  30 items

11 151

Correspondence with Students/Dean 1969-1970  17 items

11 152

Environmental Analysis Group 1969  1 item

11 153

Environmental Teach-In 1970  10 items

11 154

Executive Appointments 1969-1970  34 items

11 155

Grape Incident/Atkins Case 1970  5 items

11 156

Inter-Fraternity Council--Residence Hall Association 1969  1 item

11 157

National Student Association Conference, El Paso, Texas 1969-1970  34 items

11 158

Outgoing Correspondence 1969-1970  21 items

11 159

Planning Council Information 1969-1970  30 items

12 160

Policy & Projects Committee 1969-1970  18 items

12 161

Publications Board 1965-1970  18 items

12 162

Pass-Fail Option 1967-1968  28 items

12 163

Recreation & Facilities 1967-1970  33 items

12 164

Senate Working Papers For Summer 1967-1969  15 items

12 165

Student Fees 1969-1970  28 items

12 166

Union Board (Minutes) 1969-1970  70 items

12 167

WSU Alumni Association 1969-1970  16 items

12 168

World Affairs Institute 1969-1970  11 items

12 169

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Lewis, Carlton, ASWSU President, 1970-1972 

box folder

ASWSU Budget, Diane Christopherson 1970-1971  1 item

13 170

ASWSU Budget, Chris Schlect 1970-1971  1 item

13 171

ASWSU Budget, Boust 1970-1971  1 item

13 172

ASWSU Budget, Diane Christopherson 1971-1972  1 item

13 173

ASWSU Senate 1970-1971  19 items

13 174

Beer On Campus 1970  1 item

13 175

Drugs 1970  1 item

13 176

Experimental Education Program 1970  1 item

13 177

Facilities 1969-1970  3 items

13 178

Housing & Visitation 1969-1970  3 items

13 179

New Student Orientation 1969-1971  82 items

13 180-181

Parking 1969  5 items

13 182

Publications Board 1970-1971  125 items

13 183

Senate 1970-1971  50 items

14 184

Student/Community undated  1 item

14 185

Dr. Alex R.H. Weaver Case 1969-1972  9 items

14 186

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Schlect, Chris, ASWSU President, 1972-1973 

box folder

Ad Hoc Committee 1971-1973  33 items

14 187

Correspondence 1971-1973  26 items

14 188

Correspondence From Terrell 1969-1972  5 items

14 189

Finance Board Budget Hearings 1972  225 items

14 190

Insurance Committee 1972  11 items

14 191

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Casey, Paul, ASWSU President, 1973-1975 

box folder

Ad Hoc Committee 1973-1974  14 items

14 192

ASWSU Finance Committee Budget Hearings 1973-1974  1 item

14 193

ASWSU Student Government 1973-1974  29 items

14 194

Correspondence 1973-1974  15 items

14 195

Search Committee 1973  9 items

14 196

Student Fees Issue 1975  2 items

14 197

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