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Assistant to the President
Records, 1954 - 1985

The Washington State University Libraries received the records of the Office of the Assistant to the President in 1986 (accession number UA86-09), when the records were transferred by the Office of the President. The records were arranged and described by Lawrence Stark in fall, 1992.

Number of containers: 5
Linear feet of shelf space: 6

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Office of Assistant to the President operated from 1969 to 1985. The office was created by President Glenn Terrell, and filled by Dennis Morrison, who had functioned in a somewhat similar capacity when employed in the WSU News Service. Morrison held this position until his retirement in 1985, after which the office was discontinued. The office consisted of Morrison and one clerical employee.

The functions of the Assistant to the President were largely concerned with public relations, legislative and political liaison, fundraising, and intra-university communications.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

Records of the Assistant to the President consist chiefly of subject files of correspondence and memoranda. They are arranged in several series of alphabetically ordered subject files. This arrangement follows the original order, but is changed to the degree that a quantity of unfiled material was incorporated into the same arrangement, and a number of folders were moved from scattered locations into proximity with others if the same logical series. Folder headings were supplied to a number of unlabeled folders.


Nine series are formed in this arrangement. The first, General Administration, deals with a wide variety of matters within the university. A Legislative and Political series is explained by it name. The Public Support and Salary Campaign deals with forming citizen groups for public and political support of university proposals; a large portion of these records deals with the Committee of 1000 of 1974, which conducted a campaign for salary increases at the state-supported colleges and universities.

A series called Glenn Terrell consists chiefly of speeches written by or for President Terrell. A Fundraising series concerns the early years of the WSU Foundation and the use of charitable remainder trusts or annuities in fundraising. The series titled University Publicity deals with dedications, public forums and similar events, and university involvement in Spokane's Expo 74.

A series called Student Concerns and Unrest deals largely with student activism in the years 1968-1970, and reflects Morrison's role as a university official with a direct assignment to deal with these matters. An eighth series, Correspondence, is a chronological file of letters sent by Morrison, retained without change in the original filing.

The records also include certain files associated with the Pullman School District, of which Morrison was a Director. Records concerning his involvement in the Washington State School Directors Association are also included. These are arranged as another series of records.



SERIES LIST

 
                                                     CONTAINERS
 
   Series 1. General Administration, WSU                      1
 
   Series 2. Legislative and Political                    1 - 2
 
   Series 3. Public Support and Salary Campaigns              2
 
   Series 4. Glenn Terrell; Speeches and Publicity        2 - 3
 
   Series 5. Fundraising                                      3
 
   Series 6. University Publicity, News Service, and          3
               Public Events
 
   Series 7. Student Concerns and Unrest                  3 - 4
 
   Series 8. Correspondence                                   4
 
   Series 9. Public Schools; School Directors Association     5
 
  CONTAINER LIST

BOX  FOLDER DESCRIPTION

          Series 1.  General Administration, WSU
1    1      Administration, 1972-1976
     2      Administrative Memoranda, 1968-1976
     3      Administrative Memoranda, 1970-1978
     4      Ad hoc Committee on International Affairs, 1967
     5      Art Museum, 1973
     6      Biological Science Programs, 1970
     7      Budget Hearing, 1969
     8      Budgets, 1972-1982
     9      Classified Staff, 1974-1978
     10     Comparable Worth Study, 1974
     11     Computing Services, 1974
     12     Curme Lecture, Professor VanArtsdalen, 1974
     13     Day Care, 1972-1975
     14     Educational Television, 1976-1980
     15     Egan, James.  Lecturer Appointment, 1975
     16     Firearms on Campus, 1971
     17     Forensics Program, 1973
     18     Human Rights Commission, 1972
     19     KWSU, 1974
     20     Law Enforcement Agreement, 1976
     21     Martin Stadium Expansion, 1979
     22     Memos and Correspondence, unfiled, 1971-79
     23     Moon Rocks, 1971

BOX  FOLDER DESCRIPTION
1    24     Pasquan, Albert.  Lawsuit, 1976
     25     Planning Council, 1969-1970
     26     Regents, 1968-1975
     27     Retirement Pension, 1969-1974
     28     "Rising Tide" enrollment reports, 1954-1975
     29     ROTC, 1973-1977
     29.1   Special Concerns, 1974
     30     Shopping Center, 1972
     31     Task Force on Rural Affairs, 1971
     32     University Council, 1971
     33     University of Washington, 1969-1971
     34     University Senate, 1970-1978
     35     Veterinary School, 1974
     36     WAMI Program, 1972
     37     World Affairs Institute, 1970
 
   Series 2.  Legislative and political
     38     Referendum 14 (Capital construction), 1968
     39     Initiative 275 (Public Disclosure), 1972
1    40-41  Equal Rights Amendment, 1972-1973
     42     Evans, Daniel, 1972-1975
     43     Foley, Congressman Tom, 1974
     44     Foley, Congressman Tom, 1973-1975
     45     Jackson, Senator Henry.  Visit, 1974

BOX  FOLDER DESCRIPTION
2    46-7   Lake Bryan, 1965-1977
     48     Legislative Committees, 1971-1973
     49     Legislature - Photos, ca. 1970
     49.1   Legislative, 1974
     50     Patterson, E. G. "Pat,"  1972-1973
     51     Proposed Legislation, 1973
     52     Political, 1976
     53     Political and Budget, 1973
     54     Shoreline Management, 1972
     55     State Government, 1972-1974
     56     Tax Reform, 1973
     57     Tax Reform, 1972-1973
     58     Taxes, 1972
     59     Taxes (HJR 37), 1973
 
   Series 3.  Public Support and Salary Campaigns

BOX  FOLDER DESCRIPTION
2    60     Bellingham President's Council, 1975-1976
     61     Seattle Development Council, 1975
     61.1   Seattle Development Council, 1974-1975
     62     Spokane Development Council, 1975
     63     Tri-Cities President's Council, 1975-1976
     64     Vancouver President's Council, 1975
     65     Walla Walla President's Council, 1975
     66     Wenatchee President's Council, 1975
     67     Wenatchee Development Council, 1971-1972
     68     Yakima Development Council, 1974-1976
     69     Dr. Terrell's Trip to Yakima, Nov. 9, 1976
     70     President's Council, 1977-1978
     71     Salaries - Committee of 1000, 1975
     72     Salary Campaign - News Stories, 1974
     73     Steering Committee -- Committee of 1000
     74     Executive Committee -- Committee of 1000
     75     Citizens Committee of 1000 -- DJM,  1974
     76     WSU Nominees -- Committee of 1000
     77     Salary Campaign -- College of Agriculture, 1974
     77.1   Salary Campaign 1974 -- College of Agriculture
     78     Salary Campaign -- College of Pharmacy, 1974-75
     78.1   Salary Campaign 1974 -- College of Pharmacy

BOX  FOLDER DESCRIPTION
2    79     Salary Campaign -- College of Vet. Med., 1974-75
     79.1   Salary Campaign 1974  -  College of Vet. Medicine
     80     Citizen Committee of 1000, 1974
     80.1   News Stories (Salary Campaign), 1974
     81     CHE -  Faculty Salary Report, 1975-77
     82     Report - Salary Campaign, 1975
 
   Series 4.  Glenn Terrell, Speeches and Publicity
     83     Glenn Terrell, (Biography. etc) 1967-1976
     84     Glenn Terrell, (Speeches, misc), 1967-1972
     85     G(lenn) T(errell), 1974

BOX  FOLDER DESCRIPTION
3    86     Glenn Terrell speeches
     87     Terrell Speeches
     88     President's Seminar, Sept. 1974
     89     G(lenn) T(errell) Talk, Management Conference,
              Seattle,  March 1969
     90     WNPA Speech, 1968
     91     WICHE Annual Meeting, Spokane, 1974
 
   Series 5. Fundraising Efforts
     92     Charitable Annuities, 1980-81
     93     Correspondence re: University Support, 1972-73
     94     Deferred Giving, 1980
     95     Development Office Director, 1975
     96     Development Projects, 1973-75
     97     Development Steering Committee, 1974
     98     Foundation, Agenda and Minutes,  1979
     99     Foundation, Articles of Incorporation and Tax
              Numbers, 1979-80
     100    Foundation, Correspondence, 1979
     101    Foundation, Officers, 1979
     102    Fund-raising Publications

BOX  FOLDER DESCRIPTION
3    103    Fund-raising, Information
     104    Fund-raising, 1976-80
     105    Golden Grads, n.d.
     106    ITT - Request for Funds, 1974
     107    IRS Regulation, Pooled Income
     108    One-life Remainder Interest Computations
     109    Rates, Old National Bank, 1978-80
     110    R & R Newkirk Publications, n.d.
     111    Reed College Trust Challenge, 1974
     112    Tax Information, State of Washington
     113    Terrell Letter, Pooled Income Trust, 1977

BOX  FOLDER DESCRIPTION
3    114    Thrust Theater Fund Raising Project, n.d.
     115    Term of Years, Remainder Interest Computation
 
   Series 6.  University Publicity, News Services, Public
               Events
     116     Spokane News Organization, 1969-1971
     117     Vet Public Relations Day, 1974
     118     Viewpoint (TV program), 1975
     119     Washington State Association of Broadcasters,
               1974-1975
     120     EXPO-74, 1974
     121     EXPO-74, WSU Pavilion, Water World, 1974
     122     Environment 74 Symposium, 1974
     123     WSU Day, EXPO-74, Oct 12, 1974
     124     WSU Cinematography Class, EXPO-74, 1974
     125     Japanese Exhibit, EXPO-74
     126     WSU Radio-TV, EXPO-74
     127     Student Jobs, EXPO-74
     128     Cleveland Conference, 1985
     129     Murrow Dedication, 1973
     130     Murrow Center Dedication, 1973
     131     Murrow Dedication Luncheon, 1973

BOX  FOLDER DESCRIPTION
3    132     Murrow Symposium, 1978
     133     Murrow Symposium, 1979
 
   Series 7.  Student Concerns and "Unrest"
     134     Student Concerns, 1974
     135     College Costs; Financial Aid, 1970-75
     136     Japanese Exchange Project, 1976
     137     Pass-Fail Experiment Report, 1970
     138     Veterans, 1974
     139     Student Publications, Health Service,
               Recruitment, 1971-72
     140     Transportation, 1974
     141     Assistant to the President for Minority
               Affairs, 1070-71
     142     Minority Matters, 1970-73
     143     Comacho, Zenaldo, 1972
     144     Israr Ul-Haq,  1971
     145     Hobbs, Rebecca, 1973-74
     146     Nguyen Van Mung, 1975
     147     Colville Indian Tribes, 1970
     148     MECHA, 1970
3    149     Unrest, 1970-71
     150     Student Unrest, 1969

BOX  FOLDER DESCRIPTION
4    151     Student Unrest, 1969-70
     152     Unrest (Glenn Terrell), 1969
     153     Student Unrest, etc.,  1972-73
     154     Student Unrest and Related Issues, 1969-70
     155     Student Unrest, Misc., 1970
     156     Atkins, (Ralph), 1970
     157     AGR Incident, News Clips, 1969
     158     Grapes, 1969
     159     Lettuce Purchasing, Laws, 1973-74
     160     Racism Workshop, 1970
     161     Race Workshop, 1970
     162     Racism Workshop, Honoraria and Travel, 1970
     163     Racism Workshop, Rough Drafts-Schedule, 1970
 
   Series 8.  Correspondence
             Correspondence
     164        1969
     165        1970-74
     166        1974
     167        1977-78
     168        not used
     169        1979
     170        1977-82
     171        7/78 - 12/78
     172        1/79 - 6/79
     173        7/79 - 12/79
             Chronological File
     174        1/80 - 6/80
     175        7/80 - 12/80
     176        1/81 - 12/81
     177        1/82 - 6/82
     178        7/82 - 12/82
     179        1/83 - 6/83
     180        6/83 - 12/83
     181        1/84 - 6/84
     182        7/84 - 12/84
     183        February 1985
     184        March 1985
     185        not used
     186        April 1985
     187        May 1985

BOX  FOLDER DESCRIPTION
5    188        June 1985
     189        July 1985
     190        August 1985
     191        October 1985
     192     Property Inventory, 1977
 
   Series 9.  Public Schools
5    193     Architects' Contracts, 1972
     194     Castle Rock Study, 1972
     195     Grant Hendrickson, 1970-72
     196     Parents Newsletter, 1971
     196.1   Parents Newsletter, 1971
     197     Public Disclosure, 1973
     198     Public Education, 1972-75
     199     Public Schools, 1974-75
     200     Sedro-Woolley School District Teacher Reduc-
               tion Appeal, 1974
     201     Special Levy, 1973
     202     School Board - Public Disclosure, 1975
     203     School Board Associations, 1972-75
     204     School District, 1969-80
     205     State Board of Education, 1973
     206     Wash. Assn. of School Administrators Code of
               Ethics, (1966?)
     207     Washington Interscholastic Activities Associa-
               tion, 1971-72
             Washington State School Directors Association
     208       Advisory Council on Negotiations, 1972
     209       Communications Committee, 1974
     210       Correspondence, 1971-74
     211       Correspondence, 1974
     212       Executive Committee, 1971-73
     213       Executive Secretary, 1974
     214       ESHB 1341 (Bargaining legislation), 1974
     215       "Functioning of the Administrative Team; A
                 Report," 1973
     216       Legislative Task Force, 1973
     217       Long-Range Planning Committee, 1973
     218       Miscellaneous, 1972-73
     219       Miscellaneous, 1972-73
     220       Monthly reports, 1972-73
     221       NSBA, Miami, 1975
     222       Steering Committee Expenses, 1974
BOX  FOLDER DESCRIPTION
5    223       Screening Committee, 1974
     224       not used
     225       Small School District Committee, 1972
     226       Strikes, 1973
     227       Strike Editorial, 1974
     228       Vouchers, 1972-74
     229       Vouchers, 1974-76