Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Summary Information

Repository

Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections

Title

General Extension Service Bureau of Correspondence Courses Course Materials

ID

Archives 364

Date [inclusive]

1959-1973

Extent

2 linear feet of shelf space, 4 boxes, 44 course guides

Language

Collection materials are in English.

Abstract

Course “study guides,” or syllabi, lectures, and other instructional materials, for a variety of mail-based courses offered by Washington State University.

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The State College of Washington’s Extension Service was authorized by the state in 1913, primarily as a means for the college to reach farmers and homemakers who could not come to Pullman. A 1919 reorganization added a focus on non-agricultural extension, the General Extension Service. This department uses a variety of methods to reach students who could not attend the college in person in daytime hours. These included classes offered in other cities, notably Spokane, Tri-Cities, and at various Experiment Stations; night courses; workshops, institutes, and conferences; and correspondence classes offered by mail. The General Extension Service would eventually morph through the Office of Continuing University Studies (1975), Continuing Education and Public Service (between 1982 and 1985); Extended Degree Program (within the Office of Continuing University Studies); Distance Degree Program (2001); WSU Online (2010); and the Global Campus (2013).

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Scope and Content

The collection consists of “course guides” for a variety of correspondence courses taught by mail through Washington State University. The guides consists of syllabi, lectures, tests, study materials, and other information the students would need to take the course.

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Arrangement

The materials are arranged alphabetically by course number.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2016

http://www.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 apply.

Acquisition Information

The materials in this collection were compiled and preliminarily listed on July 3, 1979, by someone with initials P.M.G. They were moved to Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) sometime prior to 2001, but their precise provenance is unknown.

Processing Information

The collection was processed in July, 2016 by University Archivist Mark O’English. A small amount of supplemental readings, not associated with any of the courses in this collection, were discarded in processing. Ten additional course guides which had been individually retained in WSU Publications 83 (General Extension Service) were incorporated into this collection at that time.

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Related Materials

Related Material

A small amount of materials from the General Extension Service can be found in the WSU Publications collections, as WSU 83.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :

• Washington State University. Cooperative Extension Service.

Subject(s)

• Colleges and Universities.
• Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

			box	folder
Architecture 101x--Graphic Communication 1971			1	1
Architecture 310x--Housing 1972				2
Business Administration 210x--Law and Business I 1971				3
Business Administration 230x--Principles of Accounting I 1964				4
Business Administration 231x--Principles of Accounting II 1964				5
Business Administration 311x--Law of Commercial Transactions 1971				6
Business Administration 360x--Functional Analysis of Business: Marketing 1964				7
Civil Engineering 211x--Statics 1972				8
Communications 220x--Introduction to Journalism 1968				9
Electrical Engineering 261x--Electrical Circuits I 1972				10
English 101x--Intermediate Composition 1962				11
English 201x--English Composition 1962				12
English 255x--English Grammar 1966			2	13
English 421x--Romantic Poetry 1965				14
English 422x--Victorian Poetry 1962				15
English 427x--The English Novel from Defoe to Meredith 1973				16
Entomology 340x--Agricultural Entomology 1965				17
Food and Nutrition 130x--Nutrition for Man 1971				18
French 101x--First Semester French 1972				19
Geography 105x--Fundamentals of Economic Geography 1969				20
History 101x--Europe 1500-1815 1971				21
History 102x--Europe Since 1815 1971				22
History 455x--Political and Social History of the Pacific Northwest 1968				23
Horticulture 130x--Home Flower Gardening undated (between 1945 and 1965)				24
Horticulture 220x--Vegetable Crops 1964			3	25
Horticulture 260x--Home Landscape Design 1963				26
Humanities 101x--An Integrated Course in the Humanities. 1970				27
Mathematics 001x--Elementary Algebra 1961				28
Mathematics 002x--Elementary Algebra 1961				29
Mathematics 101x--Intermediate Algebra 1962				30
Mathematics 102x--Plane Trigonometry 1963				31
Mathematics 104x--Analytic Geometry undated (1960 or later)				32
Mechanical Engineering 210x--Materials and Processes 1972				33
Mechanical Engineering 301x--Thermodynamics 1972			4	34
Music 051x--Intermediate Harmony 1968				35
Music 310x--History of Music 1960				36
Political Science 101x--American National Government 1969				37
Psychology 306x--Industrial Psychology 1965				38
Psychology 350x--Social Psychology undated (1954 or later)				39
Social Studies 007x--A Course in Current World Problems, Geography, and History undated (1956 or later)				40
Sociology 102x--Social Problems 1959				41
Sociology 160x--Contemporary Social Problems 1967				42
Sociology 230x--Criminal Behavior 1959				43
Zoology 061x--Principles of Pest Control 1960				44