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Archives 303
Associated Women Students of Washington State University
Records, 1954-1986
ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING INFORMATION
Records of the Associated Women Students of Washington State University were acquired on April 27, 1987 and retained as UA1987-21. An earlier set of records of the Associated of Women Students was transferred to Washington State University Libraries in September of 1980 and processed by Leslie J. Tevebaugh in January of 1985 as Archives 176. The two collections were jointly processed and combined in February, 2011 by Library and Information Science graduate student Katrina Burch. Processing and description of this collection was supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to member institutions of the Washington Women’s History Consortium, a program managed by the Washington State Historical Society.
EXTENT/QUANTITY INFORMATION
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
This organization was started at Washington State University in 1912 as the Women's League but changed its name to the Associated Women Students (AWS) in 1928. All undergraduate women automatically became members upon their enrollment at WSU. A member of the Intercollegiate Association of Women Students, the purpose of AWS is to promote interest in student activities and encourage participation in various aspects of campus life. One of the early goals of the AWS was to raise money for a Women's Building. Funds for this project were raised by sponsoring an annual drama production, The College Revue. Other major activities which AWS sponsored and organized were Women's Day and Mother's Weekend.
The structure of AWS was reorganized in 1958 to parallel that of the Associated Students of Washington State University (ASWSU). The Women's President's Council, composed of presidents of all women's living groups on campus, was incorporated into AWS as the House of Representatives at this time. The AWS governing body was made up of an Executive Board, the House of Representatives and a Senate which included elected women representative of each class. In 1981, AWSWSU merged with ASWSU.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION & ARRANGEMENT
The collection is arranged in two parts. The first part of this collection is a scrapbook which is titled “Associated Women Students. Washington State University, 1958 - 1959. It contains photographs, news clipping and scrapbooking objects from 1958 to 1967. The second part consists of documents related to the association, such as meeting minutes, elections, and programs. They are arranged in alphabetical order and by date within that.
RELATED MATERIALS
Additional materials of the AWS may be fournd in Archives 115.
ACCESS
This collection is open and available for research use. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PREFERRED CITATION
The suggested citation for the collection is:
[Item Description]
Associated Women Students of Washington State University Records, 1954-1986 (UA 303)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Washington State University Libraries
Pullman, WA
| Box | Folder | Description |
| 1 | Scrapbook titled Associated Women Students Washington State University, 1958-1959. Includes news articles, programs, scrapbook items, publications, and photographs, 1958 - 1967. | |
| 2 | 1 | About. Information, constitution, and by laws, 1958 - 1978 |
| 2 | Associated Women Students resources | |
| 3 | ASWSU. Services and Activities Fee: memos and guidelines, 1975 - 1976 | |
| 4 | Budget, 1975 – 1978 | |
| 5 | College Days, 1978. Letters, memos, schedules, and lists, 1978 | |
| 6 | Commission on the Status of Women, 1978 | |
| 7 | Committee. Activities Guidance, 1980 | |
| 8 | Committee. Apple Polishing, 1955 | |
| 9 | Committee. AWS Convocation and Transfer Students Tea, 1967-1970 | |
| 10 | Committee. AWS Point System, 1954 - 1956 | |
| 11 | Committee. AWS Scholarship, 1954 - 1956 | |
| 12 | Committee. Big-Little Sister, 1961 - 1963 | |
| 13 | Committee. Career Consciousness, 1975 - 1976 | |
| 14 | Committee. Hours, 1966 - 1968 | |
| 15 | Committee. Housing, 1966 - 1968 | |
| 16 | Committee. Mom’s Weekend, 1975 - 1976 | |
| 17 | Committee. Vocational Guidance, 1955 | |
| 18 | Career Awareness Information, 1976 - 1978 | |
| 19 | Elections, 1975 - 1976 | |
| 20 | Intercollegiate Association of Women Students. Meetings and memos, 1977 - 1978 | |
| 21 | Meeting agendas and minutes. Retreats, senate and executive, 1975 - 1976 | |
| 22 | Meetings. Agendas, 1982 - 1984 | |
| 23 | Meetings. Minutes, 1975 - 1976 | |
| 24 | Meetings. Minutes, 1979 - 1980 | |
| 25 | Meetings. Minutes, 1981 - 1982 | |
| 3 | 26 | Meetings. Minutes, 1982 - 1984 |
| 27 | News Articles, 1986 | |
| 28 | Officers to the Senate, 1975 - 1976 | |
| 29 | Photographs, 1954, 1970(?) | |
| 30 | Political Awareness and Social Change workshop. Information, 1978 | |
| 31 | Programs, 1977 - 1981 | |
| 32 | Programs. Mom’s Weekend, 1977 - 1978 | |
| 33 | Publications. The Co-Ed Extra and Toward Understanding Contemporary Women, 1964 - 1968 | |
| 34 | Speakers Handbook, 1982 | |
| 35 | Women’s Center, 1975 | |
| 36 | Workshop information, 1978 | |
| 37 | MASC Administrative Materials. Original Finding Aid for Archives 176, 2011 |