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Guide to the Associated Students of Central
  • Symposium Committee Records
  • RG 008, Series 07-12

    • Processed and Listed by: Dieter C. Ullrich
    Date: April 10, 2007

    Date Span: 1915-1984 (bulk 1962-1970)

    Size: 4.0 cubic feet.

    Number of Boxes: 8 legal sized document cases.

    Type of material: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, new releases, photographs and ephemera.

    Physical condition: Good.

    Arrangement: Organized alphabetically by subject heading title. Chronological arrangement.

    Historical or Biographical Sketch: The Symposium Committee of the Associated Students of Central Washington State College was established by the request of President James Brooks during the first year of his administration in 1962. It was during his inauguration that the first symposium on American values was held on campus. The annual event reached its pinnacle in the mid 1960s but by the late 1960s interest in the program declined significantly and eventually was discontinued in 1971.

    Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings and ephemera related to symposiums, conferences, workshops and lectures held at Central Washington State College (presently Central Washington University) from 1915 to 1984. The bulk of the collection documents the annual Symposium on American Values which date from 1962 to 1970. The series on the Symposium on American Values contain invitations, correspondence and transcripts from internationally prominent scholars, American politicians and political activists that presented papers and partook in panel discussions. Included in the collection are newspaper clippings and ephemera related to conferences, workshops and lectures held on the Central Washington University campus from 1915 to 1984. Interesting lecturers of note are Timothy Leary, Stokely Carmichael and the controversy surrounding the cancelled appearance of Gus Hall.

    Research Note: Open to the public for educational research.
    Inventory List:
    Box 1
    1. Conferences, workshops and lectures – General, 1915
    2. Conferences, workshops and lectures – General, 1932-1939
    3. Conferences, workshops and lectures – General, 1941-1949
    4. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings, 1945-1946
    5. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings, 1946-1947
    6. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings, 1947-1948
    7. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings, 1948-1949
    8. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1950
    9. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1951
    10. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1952
    11. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1953
    12. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1954
    13. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1955
    14. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1956
    15. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1957
    16. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1958
    17. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1959
    18. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1960
    19. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1961
    20. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1962
    21. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1963
    22. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1964

    Box 2
    1. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Ephemera, 1966
    2. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Ephemera, 1967
    3. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Ephemera, 1968
    4. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Ephemera, 1969
    5. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Ephemera, 1960s
    6. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Ephemera, 1970
    7. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Ephemera, 1971
    8. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Ephemera, 1972
    9. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Ephemera, 1973
    10. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Ephemera, 1974
    11. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Ephemera, 1975
    12. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Ephemera, 1977
    13. Conferences, workshops and lectures – Ephemera, 1970s
    14. Gus Hall Affair – Correspondence, 1962
    15. Gus Hall Affair – Newspaper clippings, 1962
    16. Gus Hall Affair – A Report by James M. Mattis, 1964
    17. Gus Hall Affair – Speaker policy, 1962
    18. Speaker policy, 1943-1966
    19. Speakers – Allen, Sir Richard, 1969
    20. Speakers – Cain, Stanley, 1969

    Box 3
    1. Speakers – Cleveland, Harlan
    2. Speakers – Creston, Paul
    3. Speakers – Harris, Marvin
    4. Speakers – Savelle, Max
    5. Summary – Annual School Leaders Conference
    6. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, January-March, 1962
    7. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, April, 1962
    8. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, May, 1962
    9. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, June-December, 1962
    10. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, January-April, 1963

    Box 4
    1. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, May-December, 1963
    2. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, January-April, 1964
    3. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, May-December, 1964
    4. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, October, 1964-April, 1965
    5. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, May-December, 1965
    6. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, January-April, 1966
    7. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, May-December, 1966
    8. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, January-April, 1967
    9. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, May-December, 1967

    Box 5
    1. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, January-April, 1968
    2. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, May-December, 1968
    3. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, January-March, 1969
    4. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, April-November, 1969
    5. Symposium on American Values – Correspondence, 1970
    6. Symposium on You, the University and the Future – Correspondence, 1984-1985
    7. Symposium on American Values – Miscellaneous, 1962
    8. Symposium on American Values – Miscellaneous, 1963
    9. Symposium on American Values – Miscellaneous, 1964
    10. Symposium on American Values – Miscellaneous, 1965

    Box 6
    1. Symposium on American Values – Miscellaneous, 1966
    2. Symposium on American Values – Miscellaneous, 1967
    3. Symposium on American Values – Miscellaneous, 1968
    4. Symposium on American Values – Miscellaneous, 1969
    5. Symposium on American Values – Miscellaneous, 1970
    6. Symposium on You, the University and the Future – Miscellaneous, 1984-1985
    7. Symposium on American Values – Newspaper clippings and news releases, 1962
    8. Symposium on American Values – Newspaper clippings and news releases, 1963
    9. Symposium on American Values – Newspaper clippings and news releases, 1964
    10. Symposium on American Values – Newspaper clippings and news releases, 1965
    11. Symposium on American Values – Newspaper clippings and news releases, 1967
    12. Symposium on American Values – Publicity, 1962
    13. Symposium on American Values – Publicity, 1963
    14. Symposium on American Values – Publicity, 1964
    15. Symposium on American Values – Publicity, 1965
    16. Symposium on American Values – Publicity, 1966
    17. Symposium on American Values – Publicity, 1967
    18. Symposium on American Values – Publicity, 1968
    19. Symposium on American Values – Publicity, 1968
    20. Symposium on American Values – Publicity, 1969

    Box 7
    1. Symposium on Respiratory Illnesses – Publicity, 1969
    2. Symposium on American Values – Publicity, 1970
    3. Symposium on Community Days on Caring - Publicity, 1974
    4. Symposium on the Family: Past, Present and Future Alternatives - Publicity, 1975
    5. Symposium on Surplus of Quantity / Shortage of Quality – Publicity, 1975
    6. Symposium on You, the University and the Future – Publicity, 1985
    7. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Burke, Kenneth, 1962
    8. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Muller, Herbert, 1962
    9. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Pelikan, Jaroslav, 1962
    10. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Progoff, Ira, 1962
    11. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Taylor, Harold, 1962
    12. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – von Bertalanffy, Ludwig, 1962
    13. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Panel discussion, 1962
    14. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Ferry, W. H., 1963
    15. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Leary, Timothy, 1963
    16. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Reis, Louis A., 1963
    17. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Rudolph, Frederick, 1963
    18. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Temko, Allan, 1964
    19. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Watts, Alan, 1964
    20. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Wieman, Henry, 1964
    21. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Harbrecht, Paul, 1965
    22. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Hilton, Alice Mary, 1965
    23. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Soleri, Paolo, 1965
    24. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Theobald, Robert, 1965

    Box 8
    1. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Algren, Nelson, 1966
    2. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Kaplan, Max, 1966
    3. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Medd, Margaret, 1966
    4. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Wolfenstein, Martha, 1966
    5. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Carmichael, Stokely, 1967
    6. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Duncan, Robert, 1967
    7. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Dyckman, John, 1967
    8. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Goodlett, Carlton B., 1967
    9. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Hook, Sidney, 1967
    10. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Mezey, Robert, 1967
    11. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – O’Brien, Conor Cruise, 1967
    12. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Sontag, Susan, 1967
    13. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Panel discussion, 1967
    14. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Duncan, Robert, 1968
    15. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Harris, Marvin, 1968
    16. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Lenneberg, Eric H., 1968
    17. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Reiser, Oliver L., 1968
    18. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Weaver, Pat, 1968
    19. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Brown, Claude, 1969
    20. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Creeley, Robert, 1969
    21. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Ferry, W. H., 1969
    22. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – Kiley, Dan, 1969
    23. Symposium on American Values – Speakers – O’Brien, Thomas L., 1969
    24. Symposium on American Values – Speakers, 1970
    25. Symposium on American Values – Photographs, 1960s
    26. Visitations
    27. Visiting professors – General - Ephemera

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