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Fred G. Rounds
Papers, 1918-1967
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Cage 231
Fred G. Rounds
Papers, 1918-1967
Washington State University Libraries acquired the Fred G. Rounds Papers in two accessions, the first prior to 1970 and the second (MS 75-7) in May 1975, from the WSU School of Architecture. Robert W. Hadlow reprocessed the papers in April and May 1995.
Number of containers: 18
Linear feet of shelf space: 9
BIOGRAPHY
Fred Grafton Rounds was born January 6, 1893, at St. Paul, Minnesota. He was graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1916. During the First World War, Rounds was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, 220nd Engineers. He was discharged as a 1st Lieutenant in April 1919. Rounds began his career in architecture for the firm of Croft and Hoerner Architects,in Minneapolis. In 1923, Rounds joined the WSC Department of Architectural Engineering in 1923, where he served as an assistant professor of architecture and as an assistant designer in the college architect's office. He also joined with his colleague, Stanley A. Smith, in the architectural firm of Smith and Rounds. The partnership designed many residences in Pullman in the late 1920s, along with several sorority and fraternity houses. By the late 1920s, Rounds left his post at WSC to pursue a full-time private architecture practice in Tacoma and Chehalis.
In 1932 he designed the center unit addition to the Pullman High School. In 1934 he returned to the WSC campus to oversee several college building construction project sponsored by the federal Public Works Administration. From 1937 to 1950, Rounds he served as superintendent of the State College's Department of Buildings and Grounds. He retired from WSC in 1958. Fred G. Rounds was a civic-minded resident of Pullman. He joined the local Kiwanis club, serving on numerous committees. He was elected its president in 1943, and in 1955 served as the Pacific Northwest District Governor. In addition, Rounds was an organizer and long-time member of the Planning Commission and the Whitman County Planning Commission. He served on the Pullman School Board and the Pullman Memorial Hospital Board; and he was director of the Pullman-WSC Civil Defense program and chairman of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce. Rounds was a member of the Pullman Community Congregational Church, where he served as a deacon and as chief usher. He also oversaw the design and construction of the congregation's new house of worship in the mid-1950s. He was also active in Masonic lodges. In 1919, Rounds married the former Ruth Wikoff. The union brought three children, Mrs. Harold (Jeanne) Olsen, Mrs. Earl (Margery) Muir, and Fred G. Rounds, Jr. Ruth Rounds died in 1949. In 1955, Fred Rounds married the former Mrs. John P. (Dora) Sanger. Rounds died on May 2, 1972.
ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION
The papers of Fred G. Rounds consist of correspondence, reports, enclosures, and photographs concerning civic organizations, civil defense, land-use planning, employment at Washington State College, and Rounds' private architectural contracts. The larger and more significant series concern the Pullman City Planning Commission, the Kiwanis Club, and a number of residential architectural projects done as private contracts. Most materials date from about 1940 to about 1960. The papers are arranged in nine series, reflecting an apparent original order. Within series, the arrangement is alphabetical by subject folders.
SERIES LIST
CONTAINERS
Series 1. Personal and Professional Correspondence 1-2
Series 2. Kiwanis 2-7
Series 3. Planning--local, county, and region 7-11
Series 4. Civil Defense 12-13
Series 5. Community Congregational Church 13-15
Series 6. Pullman and WSC 15
Series 7. Humor 15-16
Series 8. Social Clubs and other Organizations 17
Series 9. Miscellaneous 18
CONTAINER LIST
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
Series 1. Personal and Professional Correspondence
1 1 H. H. Waples, personal, 1934-36
2 H. H. Waples, Treasury Department, 1934-35
3 Chapin Foster, Sec.-Director, Washington State Historical
Society, 1944-47
Personal Correspondence
4 1956
5 1957
6 1958
7 1959
8 1960
9 1961
10 1962
11 1963
12 1964
13 Around the World Trip, 1963
14 College Architect Office Data
15 Logan G. Kimsey, M.D., residence, 1940
16 Kappa Sigma House, alterations, 1952
2 17 Hollingsworth Apartments, alterations, 1953
18 W. W. Durham, High School, Kellogg, Idaho, plans, 1953
19 Kappa Kappa Gamma, porch railing, 1954
20 Ralph Fowler, residence, 1954
21 John S. Peterson, residence, 1954
22 Guy Murchland, residence, 1955
23 Dean Sanders
24 Architectural journals and bulletins
25 Miscellaneous clippings
26 Product brochures
27 Associated General Contractors, Spokane, 1953
Series 2. Kiwanis
Kiwanis, Pullman Club
28 "What Is Kiwanis?" 1960, 1962 rev.
29 Membership, 1922-62
30 Annual officers and members roster, 1940-65, inc.
31 By Laws, Local and International
3 32 Committee on education, fellowship, club history, and
laws and regulations
33 Support of Churches Division
34 Pullman club charter correspondence, 1922
35 "Facts about Pullman Kiwanis Club," prepared by
Education Committee, March 1945
3 36 "Facts about Pullman Kiwanis Club," prepared by
Education Committee, May 1947
37 "Annual Achievement Report of the Kiwanis Club of
Pullman, for the Year 1938
38 Circle K House, 1938
39 Circle K Fraternity, 1947
40 "Former Members, Deceased or Moved Away," A through K
41 Membership
42 "Kiwaniquiz," 1962-63
43 Fred G. Rounds' corr., 1920s
44 Newspaper Clippings
45 Newspaper Clipping Scrapbook, 1957-58
46 Passion Play, Bryan Hall Auditorium, December 1955
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
4 47 Photographs
48 Misc. correspondence, 1950s-60s
Kiwanis History, including Pullman Weekly Bulletin
49 1926-28 and 1935
50 1940-54
51 1955
52 1956
53 1957
54 1958
55 1959
56 1960
57 1961
5 58 1962
59 1963
60 1964
61 1965
62 1966
63 1967
Kiwanis, Pacific Northwest District
Board Meeting
64 Seattle, February 1955
65 Seattle, February 1962
66 Seattle, November 1962
67 Portland, January 1963
68 Vancouver, B.C., February 1964
69 Seattle, November 1964
District Convention
70 Salem, Oregon, 1956
71 Penticton, B.C., 1957
72 Tacoma, 1958
73 Eugene, 1959
5 74 Vancouver, B.C., 1960
75 Spokane, 1961
76 Yakima, 1962
77 Anchorage, 1963
6 78 Portland, 1964
79 Seattle, 1966
80 Kiwanis, International Convention, Denver 1962
81 Kiwanis, International Convention, Portland, 1966
82 Misc. convention programs
Kiwanis, Fred G. Rounds, Pacific Northwest District Gov.
83 Election as governor, 1964
84 Personal scrapbook during tenure as district governor
85 Pacific Northwest District Audit Report for the period
January 1, 1954 to December 31, 1954
86 Governor's Tour of Alaska, 1955
87 New Club Building, 1955
88 New Club Building Committee, 1955
89 Public Relations Committee, 1955
90 Education and Fellowship Committee
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
7 91 Attendance Committee, 1955
92 Convention Program Committee
93 "On to Cleveland," international convention, 1955
94 District Bulletin, 1949-66, inc.
95 District Directory, 1953-59
96 International Directory, 1956
Series 3. Planning--local, county, and regional
97 Pullman Public Schools, Durham Report, 1949, and
newspaper clippings
98 City-College Relations, Special Committee, 1946
99 Pullman Housing Authority, corr., part 1
100 Pullman Housing Authority, corr., part 2
101 Pullman Community Hospital Board, 1952-64
102 Pullman, City of
Pullman City Plan
103 Capital outlay
104 Subdivision Ordinance No. A-217
105 Mobile Homes
8 106 Studies and Master Plan, 1960
107 Public Schools
108 Bond Issue, 1958
109 Ivan Bloch and Associates, 1957
110 To-do Items
111 Misc.
8 112 Photographs
Pullman City Planning Commission
113 General
114 Business and Development Committee, 1960
115 Minutes, 1947-51
116 Minutes, 1952-55, inc.
117 Minutes, 1956
118 Minutes, 1957-58
119 Minutes, 1959
120 Minutes, 1960
9 121 Minutes, 1961
122 Minutes, 1962
123 Minutes, 1963
124 Minutes, 1964
125 Commission and Board of Adjustment Minutes, 1957-58
126 Fallout Shelters
127 Misc.
128 Planning, misc.
129 Highway Advertising Control
130 Association of Washington Cities, corr., 1939-40
131 City of Pullman, "Budget for 1953"
132 "Accident Report Study for the City of Pullman," 1960
133 "Washington Street and Highway Need Study, Report for the
City of Pullman," January 1960
134 Master Plan for Pullman, 1957
135 "Hillside Terrace, A Proposed Addition to the City of
Pullman, Washington," 1959
136 Pullman, Washington, Zoning Ordinance No. 649, as amended
137 "Proposed Zoning Ordinance of the City of Pullman,"
January 1961
138 "Report of Planning Studies, Pullman, Wash., January 1960"
139 Newspaper Clipping Scrapbooks, City of Pullman and misc.,
building construction
Whitman County Planning Commission
10 140 School Consolidation
141 "A Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan for Whitman
County, Washington," Preliminary Draft, July 31, 1965
142 "Whitman County Agriculture, Washington," County
Agricultural Data Series, 1965, by Port of Whitman
County
143 State Parks and Recreation
144 Sub-Division Ordinance
145 Trailer Courts and Mobile Homes
146 Whitman County Parks and Recreation
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
10 147 Airport Zoning
148 County Zoning
149 County Plan, M-1-L Zone
150 County Plan, Parks
151 County Plan, Parks and Recreation--Wash. State Sportsmen
152 County Plan, Public Relations
153 Minutes, 1957-60
154 Minutes, 1961
155 Minutes and misc.
11 156 Weed Control Plan, 1959
157 Reorganization, 1959-60
158 "The Comprehensive Outdoor Plan for Whitman County,
Washington," 1966
159 Misc. corr.
160 General, 1961-65
161 Whitman County Zoning Resolution, 1958
162 County Planning Commission Plan for Whitman County
163 Whitman County Plan, to-do
164 "County Commissioners' Land Use Planning Guide,"
Wash. State Assoc. of County Commissioners, May 1959
165 Planning Assoc. of Washington, 1964 convention, Yakima
166 Whitman County Port District
167 "An Economic Summary and A Comprehensive Plan for the
Port of Whitman County," by H. E. Bovay, Jr., Consulting
Engineers, 1961
168 "The Port District and the Comprehensive Plan for the Port
of Whitman County"
169 Inland Waterways Association, corr., 1958
170 Inland Waterways Association, misc.
Series 4. Civil Defense
WSC-Pullman Civil Defense
12 171 Notices of Meetings and Minutes
172 Test Problem No. 1, 1952
173 Yellow Alert, Feb. 24, 1952
174 Red Alert, May 6, 1952
175 "Basic Plan for Civil Defense"
176 Misc.
177 Moscow-Univ. of Idaho, 1951-52
178 American Legion Auxiliary
179 Clippings, 1952-60
180 Washington State Defense Council
181 WSC, Plan for Civil Defense, 1952
182 WSC, Civil Defense Manual
12 183 Univ. of Washington, "Report Recommending a Division
of Safety," 1950
184 Univ. of Washington, Civil Defense
185 The Civil Defense Alert
186 U.S. Civil Defense Council
U.S. Civil Defense
187 Publications, order invoices
188 Fallout shelters
189 National literature, part 1
13 190 National literature, part 2
191 State of Washington
192 Fallout Shelter Design and Evaluation Workshop
[1961], Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Series 5. Community Congregational Church
193 Annual reports, 1958-63
194 Board of Deacons
195 Budget, 1950s
196 By Laws
197 Church building designs and styles
198 Church organization
199 Equipment and supplies
200 Funding for new building
201 Installation of the Rev. Theodore C. Edquist . . . 1961
202 Memorials
203 Misc.
204 New Manse
14 205 Organization
206 Pilgrim Firs Camp, 1964
207 Plan of Organization, 1961-62
208 Sermons
209 Ushers
New Construction
210 Bascom's Cabinet Works, Keene, Texas, pews and chancel
furniture
211 Blueprints
212 Building
213 Building committee
214 Building program
215 Busboom and Rauh, general contractors
216 Robert L. Durham, architect
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
15 217 Furniture--chancel and pews
218 Kitchen cabinets and misc. bids
219 Misc. invoices, bids, and corr.
15 220 Standifer Refrigeration and Heating
Series 6. Misc. Pullman and WSC
Pullman
221 Recreation, c. 1947
222 Fire Department, 1966
223 Honor Roll, Men Serving in the Armed Forces, 1945
WSC
224 Buildings and Grounds Manual
225 "Report onthe Use of Space Devoted to Instructional
Purposes, First Semester, 1953-54"
226 Room Scheduling Procedures, 1950-51
227 Safety, traffic, parking area
228 Space Priorities Committee, meeting minutes, 1954-58
229 Space Priorities Committee, 1956-58
230 Traffic Engineering
Series 7. Humor
231 Cartoons, part 1
16 232 Cartoons, part 2
233 Clippings, misc.
234 Heyer Cartoon and Idea Book
235 Humor
236 Limericks
237 Quotes
Series 8. Social Clubs and Other Organizations
17 238 Alpha Rho Chi fraternity, misc.
239 Alpha Rho Chi fraternity, The Anthem, 1945-62, inc.
240 Alpha Rho Chi fraternity, The Archi, 1939-60, inc.
241 American Automobile Association, Spokane, Wash.
242 B.I.L.--P.E.O.
243 Camera Club of Pullman, 1965
244 Chamber of Commerce, Pullman, 1925-64
245 Estes Park, Colorado, 1965 [YMCA conference]
246 Freemasonry, "General Information Concerning the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry... ," [1963]
247 Friends of the Library, WSU, 1941-64
248 Knights Templar, Masonic Lodges
249 Quarter Century Club, WSU, 1959-66
250 Pullman, church, Episcopal [construction]
251 Pullman, church, Presbyterian [construction]
252 Royal Arch, Masonic Lodges
17 253 Scarab fraternity
254 University of Illinois, Class of 1916, 50th Anniversary
Series 9. Miscellanous
18 255 American Express Credit Card, 1962-66
256 Auto Accident enroute to Bellevue, 12-23-65
257 Automobiles, 1950s-60s
258 Cards--Bridge
259 Chinese Rugs, 1931
260 Communism, clippings and pamphlets
261 Drafting Machine
262 Kappa Alpha Theta sorority [Marge Rounds, pledge, 1950]
263 Military Records, World War I discharge
News clippings
264 John F. Kennedy Assassination, 1963
265 1964 elections
266 1965-66
267 A.S.E.E. convention, 1966
268 Pullman people
269 Cemetery
270 Misc.
271 Republican Party, 1960s
272 Scale Modeling of Buildings
273 Talks--slides, 1965
274 Whitman County Navy certificate
275 Margery Rounds drawing, Fred Rounds, jr.