Guide to the Washington State University News Bureau Scrapbooks 1959-1978
Archives 396

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Washington State University. News Bureau.
Title
Washington State University News Bureau Scrapbooks
ID
Archives 396
Date [inclusive]
1959-1978
Extent
10.5 Linear feet of shelf space, 30 Scrapbooks
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
The collection consists of thirty large (25 inches x 20 inches) scrapbooks, each approximately 600 pages. They were collected by the WSU News Bureau as a research file, and are constructed of newspaper clippings relating to Washington State University's activities. The newspaper clippings are primarily from the northwest, but some articles are from much further afield.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Washington State University News Bureau Scrapbooks, 1959-1978 (Archives 396)

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

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Biography/History

WSU News is the central news office for Washington State University. The roots of the department date to 1907, when students with newspaper experience began sending news to northwest press on a volunteer basis. This informal start evolved into the Office of Publication, and in 1946 the College News Bureau was split off from that. WSU News and its predecessors have had varied responsibilities and ties over the years. During the earliest years of its existence the Office of Publication was loosely associated with the college’s journalism program. During World War II it acquired responsibility for the college’s alumni newsletter (the PowWow) and the athletic news service, though those were returned to their original departments following the war.

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Scope and Content

The collection consists of thirty large (25 inches x 20 inches) scrapbooks, each approximately 600 pages. They were collected by the WSU News Bureau as a research file, and are constructed of newspaper clippings relating to Washington State University's activities. The newspaper clippings are primarily from the northwest, but some articles are from much further afield.

Due to the age of the clippings and the glue used in pasting them into the scrapbooks, many of the clippings are coming loose. Care should be used in moving and in opening these volumes. As time allows, consideration should be given to reboxing them.

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Arrangement

The collection is organized chronologically. Most of the collection forms one series of consecutive books, but two scrapbooks (in the 1975-1976 years) are sports only and overlap the others, and one set of unbound materials properly belongs in the middle of another bound book. In those cases, the scrapbooks were interfiled by starting date.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2020

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 scrapbooks in this collection were transferred to Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) on August 31st, 1982 by Dick Fry of the WSU News Bureau. They were retained as UA1982-23

Processing Information

This collection was processed in July 2014 by University Archivist Mark O'English.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Washington State University Office of News and information Services Records, 1918-1994. (Archives 65 and Archives 226)

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University.

Subject(s)

  • Colleges and Universities
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

book

Sept. 1959 - May 1961 

 1

Unbound. Mar. 1960 - Oct. 1960 

 2

June 1961 - Sept. 1962 

 3

Sept. 1962 - Sept. 1963 

 4

Sept. 1963 - Sept. 1964 

 5

Sept. 1964 - April 1965 

 6

April 1965 - Dec. 1965 

 7

Dec. 1965 - Sept. 1966 

 8

Sept. 1966 - April 1967 

 9

April 1967 - Jan. 1968 

 10

Jan. 1968 - Oct. 1968 

 11

Oct. 1968 - Mar. 1969 

 12

Mar. 1969 - Nov. 1969 

 13

Nov. 1969 - June 1970 

 14

June 1970 - Dec. 1970 

 15

Dec. 1970 - Sept. 1971 

 16

Sept. 1971 - Mar. 1972 

 17

Apr. 1972 - Oct. 1972 

 18

Nov. 1972 - Apr. 1973 

 19

Apr. 1973 - Dec. 1973 

 20

Jan. 1974 - July 1974 

 21

July 1974 - Dec. 1974 

 22

Jan. 1975 - Sept. 1975 

 23

Sports only. Jan. 1975 - Nov. 1975 

 24

Sept. 1975 - Oct. 1976 

 25

Sports only. Oct. 1975 - May 1976 

 26

May 1976 - Mar. 1977 

 27

Apr. 1977 - Nov. 1977 

 28

Nov. 1977 - Jul. 1978 

 29

Unbound. Jul. 1978 - Dec. 1978 

 30