Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Washington State University Board of Regents Minutes
1891-2021
Archives 257
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biography/History
- Scope and Content
- Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Names and Subjects
- Detailed Description of Collection
- Series 1: Minute Books (Located in the Bushaw Research Room)
- Series 2: Supporting matter - agendas, explanatory documents, etc.
- Series 3: Personnel transactions
- Series 4: Resolution signature pages and supporting documentation
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Creator
- Washington State University. Board of Regents.
- Title
- Washington State University Board of Regents Minutes
- ID
- Archives 257
- Date [inclusive]
- 1891-2021
- Extent
- 8.5 Linear feet of shelf space, 35 Volumes + 2 Boxes
- Location
- Series 1: Meeting Minutes Books are located in the Bushaw Research Room
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Contains circulation copies of minutes of meetings, and other supporting material such as agendas, etc., of the Washington State University Board of Regents, from 1891-2021.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Washington State University Board of Regents Minutes, 1891-2021 (Archives 257)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
The Board of Regents is the central governing board for Washington State University. Members are appointed by the Governor of the State of Washington. The Enabling Act that established the institution implies certain administrative duties for the Regents. In early years of the college, Regents sometimes had a direct role in both management and operation. At other times, the Regents have served more as an oversight and policy board. The University President is the Secretary of the Board, and, for many matters, is the legal delegate of the Board.
Scope and Content
Minutes of the Washington State University Board of Regents, the earliest from 1891, following normal minute format. The collection consists of four series.
Series one is the minute books.
A shorter second series consist of the supporting documents, chiefly from 1975-1979. This second series derives from several sources, much of it apparently from the offices of the Associated Students of Washington State University. This series was added to the Regents records without regard to provenance.
A third series, added in 2022, consists of six volumes, covering 1955-1961, of personnel transactions. These detail new appointments, departures, leaves, and promotions. Prior to 1955, they had been included in the body of the minutes.
Series four was added starting in 2017, and consists of original signature pages for resolutions passed by the board, plus supporting documentation (often labeled "action items" in more recent years). 1981-1996 appear to be incomplete, and a subject-based index to most of those can be found at the end. In 1997, the board began identifying resolutions by an identifier consisting of YYMMDD-###, where ### begins with the first 1997 resolution. The non-date portion of the identifer is included in the folder lists below.
Arrangement
The records consist of four chronologically-ordered series.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2021
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.
Accruals
The repository expects to receive additions to this collection.
Acquisition Information
Minutes books of the Board of Regents were transferred to the University Libraries in Sept. 2003 (accession UA2003-14). With receipt of the minute books, duplicate unbound minutes, 1960-1998, heretofore serving as the principal element of Archives 257, were discarded. In July 2017 four additional minutes volumes were transferred along with original resolutions (UA2017-06) and incorporated into this collection. At that point, sets of duplicate unbound minutes covering 1999-2006 (UA2000-06, UA2001-02, UA2002-09, UA2003-04, UA2004-11, UA2005-02, UA2006-02) were discarded. An additional print volume (2017-2018) and digital minutes and resolutions covering 2017 to early 2021 were received and incorporated on July 13, 2021 (UA2021-04). Another print volume (2019-2020), print copies of the 2017-2021 resolutions, the Personnel Commitee Minutes, and the six volumes of personnel transactions were received and added in March and July of 2022 (UA2022-01).
Processing Information
The initial records were arranged and described by Lawrence Stark, September, 2003. Additions were processed by Mark O'English in 2017, 2021, and 2022.
Alternative Form Available
The Minutes (Series 1) from the Board of Regents have been transcribed/digitized and can be found online at WSU Board of Regents Minutes Digital Collection.
Original Location
This collection contains circulation copies; the originals are found in the Office of the University President of Washington State University.
Related Materials
Related Material
Washington State University Board of Regents Records, 1960-1990 (Archives 405)
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Washington State University. Board of Regents -- Records and correspondence
- State College of Washington. Board of Regents -- Records and correspondence
Creator(s) :
- State College of Washington. Board of Regents
Subject(s)
- College administrators -- Washington (State) -- Archives
- Colleges and Universities
- Washington (State)
Detailed Description of Collection
Series 1: Minute Books (Located in the Bushaw Research Room) |
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Volume | ||||
1891-1893 |
1 | |||
1894-1898 |
2 | |||
1898-1906 |
3 | |||
1907-1912 |
4 | |||
1912-1919 |
5 | |||
1920-1926 |
6 | |||
1926-1931 |
7 | |||
1931-1936 |
8 | |||
1936-1939 |
9 | |||
1940-1942 |
10 | |||
1942-1945 |
11 | |||
1945-1946 |
12 | |||
1946-1947 |
13 | |||
1948-1949 |
14 | |||
1949-1951 |
15 | |||
1951-1952 |
16 | |||
1952-1954 |
17 | |||
1954-1957 |
18 | |||
1957-1961 |
19 | |||
1962-1966 |
20 | |||
1967-1971 |
21 | |||
1971-1976 |
22 | |||
1976-1980 |
23 | |||
1980-1983 |
24 | |||
1983-1987 |
25 | |||
1987-1989 |
26 | |||
1989-1991 |
27 | |||
1992-1994 |
28 | |||
1995-1998 |
29 | |||
1999-2002 |
30 | |||
2003-2008 |
31 | |||
2009-2013 |
32 | |||
2014-2016 |
33 | |||
2017-2018 |
34 | |||
2019-2020 |
35 | |||
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Series 2: Supporting matter - agendas, explanatory documents, etc. |
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box | folder | |||
Personnel Committee Minutes, 1961-1969. Note: Legal-sized, and so located sideways in box, along the left edge. |
1 | 1 | ||
1975 September 26 |
1 | 2 | ||
1975 October 17 |
1 | 3 | ||
1975 October 31 |
1 | 4 | ||
1975 November 21 |
1 | 5 | ||
1976 January 9 |
1 | 6 | ||
1976 March 19 |
1 | 7 | ||
1976 April 16 |
1 | 8 | ||
1976 June 4 |
1 | 9 | ||
1976 August 8 |
1 | 10 | ||
1976 September 9 |
1 | 11 | ||
1976 October 8 |
1 | 12 | ||
1976 October 22 |
1 | 13 | ||
1976 November 19 |
1 | 14 | ||
1977 January 20 |
1 | 15 | ||
1977 January 21 |
1 | 16 | ||
1976 February 25 |
1 | 17 | ||
1977 March 25 |
1 | 18 | ||
1977 April 29 |
1 | 19 | ||
1977 June 27 |
1 | 20 | ||
1977 September 28 |
1 | 21 | ||
1977 October 15 |
1 | 22 | ||
1977 October 28 |
1 | 23 | ||
1977 November 18 |
1 | 24 | ||
1978 February 24 |
1 | 25 | ||
1978 March 24 |
1 | 26 | ||
1978 April 21 |
1 | 27 | ||
1978 June 2 |
1 | 28 | ||
1978 July 13 |
1 | 29 | ||
1978 September 22 |
1 | 30 | ||
1978 October 20 |
1 | 31 | ||
1978 November 28 |
1 | 32 | ||
1979 January 12 |
1 | 33 | ||
1979 January 17 |
1 | 34 | ||
1979 February 16 |
1 | 35 | ||
1979 March 30 |
1 | 36 | ||
1986 November 21 |
1 | 37 | ||
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Series 3: Personnel transactions |
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box | Volume | |||
1955-1956 |
1 | 1 | ||
1957 |
1 | 2 | ||
1958 |
1 | 3 | ||
1959 |
2 | 4 | ||
1960 |
2 | 5 | ||
1961 |
2 | 6 | ||
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Series 4: Resolution signature pages and supporting documentation |
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box | folder | |||
1981 |
2 | 1 | ||
1985-1987 |
2 | 2 | ||
1988-1989 |
2 | 3 | ||
1990-1996 |
2 | 4 | ||
Subject index (1983 July-1995 May) |
2 | 5 | ||
1997 (1-24) |
2 | 6 | ||
1998 (25-56) |
2 | 7 | ||
1999 (57-79) |
2 | 8 | ||
2000 (80-103) |
2 | 9 | ||
2001 (104-147) |
2 | 10 | ||
2002 (148-166) |
2 | 11 | ||
2003 (167-198) |
2 | 12 | ||
2004 (199-244) |
2 | 13 | ||
2005 (245-276) |
2 | 14 | ||
2006 (277-306) |
2 | 15 | ||
2007 (307-325) |
2 | 16 | ||
2008 (326-352) |
2 | 17 | ||
2009 (353-371) |
2 | 18 | ||
2010 (372-404) |
2 | 19 | ||
2011 (405-424) |
2 | 20 | ||
2012 (425-447) |
2 | 21 | ||
2013 (448-474) |
2 | 22 | ||
2014 (475-496) |
2 | 23 | ||
2015 (497-518) |
2 | 24 | ||
2016 (519-538) |
2 | 25 | ||
2017 (539-570) |
2 | 25 | ||
2018 (571-593) |
2 | 25 | ||
2019 (594-616) |
2 | 25 | ||
2020 (617-631) |
2 | 25 | ||
2021 (632-648) |
2 | 25 | ||
box | ||||
2017-2021 (539-641) |
digital | |||
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