Alumni Association Records 1951-1975

Title:	Alumni Association Records
Dates:	1951-1975 ( inclusive )
Quantity:	approximate 5760 items ( 4 linear feet) ( 4 containers)
Collection Number:	Archives 44
Summary:	Includes correspondence and photographs.
Repository:	Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Holland and Terrell Libraries Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA (509) 335-6691 http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
Sponsor:	Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical Note

The Washington State University Alumni Association, established in 1898, oversees alumni Scholarship and Development Fund donations, plans and hosts reunions and homecoming activities, produces newsletters and bulletins, and arranges other alumni activities. An important responsibility of the association is that of funding and awarding scholarships. Included among these scholarships are the Ernest O. Holland Memorial Fund and the E.O. Holland Scholarship and Research Fund which were founded upon Dr. Holland's death in 1950. These funds and many of the other alumni donations add to the general scholarship fund through the Alumni Merit Scholarship Award or the Alumni Opportunity Awards.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :

The Collection is open for research use.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

The records of the Alumni Association are arranged in four series: General Correspondence; Awards and Grants; Reunions and Homecomings; and Photographs. The first series, General Correspondence, contains correspondence concerning public relations, donations, the Alumni corporation's bylaws and charter, bulletins, newspaper clippings, and photographs. This series is arranged alphabetically by topic and dates from 1960 to 1973. The second series, Awards and Grants, contains correspondence concerning the Alumni Opportunity Award, travel grants, grants-in-aid, E.O. Holland Awards, and scholarship acceptances. This series is arranged alphabetically by topic and dates from 1959 to 1974.

The third series, Reunions and Homecomings, contains correspondence concerning alumni events, attendance, and seating arrangements for reunions and homecomings, photographs, bulletins, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and other papers. This series, which dates from 1953 to 1975, is arranged in five subseries. The first subseries concerns reunions and is arranged chronologically by the reunion class year. Folders which were originally labeled as containing both reunion and homecoming material have been placed in the Reunion subseries. The second subseries concerns Golden Grads and is arranged chronologically by class year. The third subseries, Homecomings, is also arranged chronologically, but by the year the event was held. The fourth subseries contains Fifth Quarter Party correspondence and has been arranged chronologically by the class year. Football reunions have been arranged chronologically by team year.

With noted exceptions, the original order has been maintained in these three series. The fourth series, Photographs, has been arranged alphabetically by topic.

Acquisition Information :

The Alumni Association records were transferred to the University Archives, Washington State University, in September, 1978 (UA 8-33) in accordance with the approved records schedule.

Processing Note :

The records were processed by Patricia M. Gourd in October 1979.

Detailed Description of the Collection

1: General Correspondence

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Camp Easter Seal , 1972 13 items
1	2	Campus Sit-in , 1970 43 items
1	3	Campus Unrest and Resolution , 1970 7 items
1	4	Centennial Committee and Minutes , 1960-1961 10 items
1	5	Conduct Code , 1960 1 item
1	6	Cougar Foundation , 1968-1972 29 items
1	7	Fund Appeal , 1969 26 items
1	8	Fund Report , n.d. 4 items
1	9	Giving WSU , 1971 26 items
1	10	Golf Course , 1964-1970 28 items
1	11	Greater WSU Fund , 1968-1970 22 items
1	12	Inter-Institutional Narcotics Division , 1970-1971 13 items
1	13	Murrow Dedication , 1972 1 item
1	14	Palouse Recreation Areas Committee , 1969 1 item
1	15	Stadium Campaign , 1971 44 items
1	16	Stadium Pledges , 1971-1973 85 items
1	17	Stadium Project , 1971-1972 115 items
1	18	Student Survey on Alumni Center , 1973 1 item
1	19	WSU "The Hill? , 1963-1970 85 items
1	20	Workshop , 1970-1971 6 items

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2: Awards and Grants

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	21	Accreditation Report , 1961-1969 8 items
1	22-23	Alumni Honors Awards , 1967-1970 51 items
1	24	Alumni Merit Scholarship Award , 1973-1974 43 items
1	25-33	Alumni Opportunity Awards , 1959-1971 805 items
1	34	Alumni Student Loan Fund , 1962 5 items
1	35	Community Educational Opportunity Award. , n.d. 11 items
1	36	E.O. Holland Awards , 1965 29 items
2	37	Graduate Student Travel Grants , 1967 65 items
2	38-39	Grants-in-aid , 1967 155 items
2	40-43	Scholarship Award Letters , 1960-1967 205 items
2	44	Scholarships and Student Aid Committee Winners , 1967 1 item

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3: Reunions and Homecomings

Container(s)		Description
		Reunion Class of:
Box	Folder
2	45-46	1934 , Held 1959, 1969 27 items
2	47	1935 , Held 1960 37 items
2	48	1936 , Held 1966 23 items
2	49	1937 , Held 1962 27 items
2	50	1938 , Held 1963 18 items
2	51	1939 , Held 1964 18 items
2	52-54	1940 , Held 1955, 1965, 1975 136 items
2	55	1941 , Held 1966 120 items
2	56	1942 , Held 1967 105 items
2	57	1943 , Held 1968 75 items
2	58	1944 , Held 1969 127 items
2	59	1945 , Held 1970 85 items
2	60	1946 , Held 1971 75 items
2	61	1947 , Held 1972 45 items
2	62	1948 , Held 1973 21 items
2	63-64	1949 , Held 1959, 1969 65 items
2	65	1952 , Held 1967 21 items
2	66	1955 , Held 1970 60 items
		Golden Grads Class of:
Box	Folder
3	67-76	1915-1923; Held consecutively from 1965-1973 915 items
		Homecomings:
Box	Folder
3	77-90	Held annually from 1953-1966 640 items
		Fifth Quarter Party:
Box	Folder
3	91-94	Held annually from 1967 to 1970 29 items
		Football Team Reunions:
Box	Folder
3	95	1915 , Held 1934 7 items
3	96	1942 , Held 1970 33 items

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4: Photographs

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
3	97	Alumni Association , 1955-1962 80 items
3	98	Alumni Dinner Photographs , 1963 7 items
3	99	Alumni Pictures , n.d. 20 items
3	100	George Barclay Photographs, correspondence: , March 15, 1967-May 15, 1967 8 items
3	101	Baseball Photography , n.d. 1 item
3	102	First Football Team, 1894 5 items
3	103	Future Alumni , n.d. 2 items
3	104-105	Golden Grads Class of , 1913; 1915 223 items
3	106	Golden Grads and Reunions , n.d. 185 items
3	107	Golden Grads Photographs and Negatives 65 items
3	108	Golf Clippings, Photographs and Negatives 20 items
3	109	Homecoming , 1965 3 items
3	110	Homecoming and 1937 Class Reunion , n.d. 22 items
3	111	Homecoming and Golden Grads , n.d. 11 items
3	112	Old Photographs and Negatives , n.d. 65 items
3	113	Pow Wows , 1964-1965 4 items
3	114	Pow Wow Duplicate Photographs , n.d. 27 items
3	115	Pow Wow Pictures , n.d. 65 items
3	116	Public Relations Photographs , n.d. 6 items
3	117-119	Reunion Class of: 1934; 1939; 1941 150 items
3	120	Unused Photographs and Negatives , n.d. 110 items
3	121	William Thompson Cartoons , n.d. 3 items

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Subjects

Corporate Names :
Washington State University. Alumni Association--Archives ( creator)
Washington State University. Alumni Association--Photographs
Washington State University. Alumni Association--Records and correspondence
Washington State University--Alumni and alumnae--History--Archives
Washington State University--Funds and scholarships--History--Archives

Subject Terms :
College students--Scholarships, fellowships, etc.--Washington (State)--History
Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae--Research--Archives

Other Creators :
State College of Washington. Alumni Association.

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Alumni Association Records
1951-1975

Overview of the Collection

Historical Note

Use of the Collection

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Subjects

Finding aid prepared by Patricia M. Gourd