Guide to the Washington State University Board of Regents Minutes 1891-2021
Archives 257

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.

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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.

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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.

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Arrangement

The records consist of four chronologically-ordered series.

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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.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Washington State University Board of Regents Records, 1960-1990 (Archives 405)

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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)

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Detailed Description of Collection

Series 1: Minute Books (Located in the Bushaw Research Room) 

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.  

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 

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 

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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