Associated Women Students of Washington State University Records

Associated Women Students of Washington State University Records, 1954-1986

Overview of the Collection

Title: Associated Women Students of Washington State University Records
Dates: 1954-1986 (inclusive)
19541986
Quantity: 3 linear feet, (3 boxes)
Collection Number: Archives 303 (collection)
Summary: This collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, news clippings and organizational records of Associated Women Students of Washington State University.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
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Historical NoteReturn to Top

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.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[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.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition 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.

Processing Note

This collection was processed by Katrina Burch.

Related Materials

Additional materials of the AWS may be fournd in Archives 115.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
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

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Women college students--Washington (State)--Archives.

Corporate Names

Washington State University--Associated Women Students--Records and correspondence

Archives West Finding Aid

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