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Archives 126
Department of Computer Science Records,
1962-1979
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Archives 126
Department of Computer Science Records,
1962-1979
The records of the Department of Computer Science were transferred to the University Archives, Washington State University, in July 1980 (UA 80-17) by the department in accordance with the approved records schedule. They were processed in September 1983 by Paul Green.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
Instruction in computing began in 1957 at Washington State University; this program is thus considered to be one of the oldest in the field. Computer Science became a full-fledged department in 1969 and graduates students at the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. levels.
ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION
The correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other papers of the Department of Computer Science are in a single alphabetical series dating from 1962 to 1979. Most of the records date between 1974 and 1977. Of particular interest are proposals for programming and time-sharing projects for the U. S. Navy (ca. 1968- 1970), the materials on participation in the Joint Center for Graduate Study at Richland, and the record of the department's hosting of the fifth Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate Curriculum (CCUC) in 1974. One group of folders, labeled "History," were compiled by the office staff in the 1970's to document the earlier activities of the department.
CONTAINER LIST
Box Folder Description Items
1 1 Academic Affairs Committee, 1974-1978 38
2 ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), 1964-1977 11
3 Admissions, 1975-1976 4
4 Advisory Board, 1976 4
5 Affirmative Action, 1974-1977 14
6-7 Alumni, 1975 64
8 American Mathematics Society, 1975-1977 5
9-11 Avery Move, 1975-1976 64
12 Budget, 1968-1972 6
13 CCUC/4 (Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate
Curriculum), 1971-1973 17
14-15 CCUC/5 (Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate
Curriculum), 1970-1977 73
16-17 Colloquia Plans, 1975-1978 44
18 Controller, 1974-1977 9
19 Course File, 1974-1976 20
20 Departmental Administration Survey, 1977 1
21 Development Fund, 1976-1979 20
22 Dishonesty, 1976-1977 4
23 Entitlement, 1975-1976 4
24 Equipment, 1969-1978 27
25 Executive Committee, 1975-1976 36
26 Facilities Planning, 1976-1977 13
27 Faculty Memos, 1975-1978 69
28 Final Reports on Graduate Review, 1975-1977 10
29 Foreign Language Requirement, 1970-1977 33
30-32 General Correspondence, 1973-1978 112
33 General Telephone, 1976-1978 21
34 Graduate Fellowship Program to Prepare Minority
Students, 1975-1977 3
35 Graduate Program Review, 1976 2
36 Graduate School, 1970-1977 15
37 Graduate Student Memos, 1974-1977 35
38 Grants and Research, 1976-1977 6
39-41 History, 1962-1970 66
42 Honor Societies, 1974-1975 4
43 Information Science, 1967 6
44-48 Joint Center for Graduate Study, 1972-1977 146
2 49 Lectureship Committee, 1975-1977 10
50 Library (Computer Science), 1974-1977 21
51 Library (Mathematical Sciences Area), 1972-1977 15
52 Mathematics Search Committee, 1974-1977 5
53-55 Naval Research Grant, 1968-1976 82
3 56 Peterson's Guides, 1975-1976 7
57 Proposal for Electrical Engineering Name Change,
1977 6
58 Purchasing, 1977-1978 8
59-60 Ray, B. R., 1968-1977 50
61 Smith, A. H., 1973-1977 27
62 Staff Personnel, 1974-1977 14
63 Student Advisory Council, 1974-1977 3
64 Tenure and Promotion, 1970-1979 11
65-66 Textbooks, 1976-1978 29
67 Utilization Reports, 1974 1