Central Washington University Archives

Library Department

Thomas Yeh and Ruth Hartman Papers

RG 011, Ser. 05-72

Processed and Listed by: Brenda Gardner
Date: July 2005

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Date Span: 1965-2004.

Size: 3 cubic feet.

Number of Boxes: 6 letter sized document boxes.

Type of material: Correspondence, inter-departmental memoranda and status reports, committee meeting minutes, and miscellaneous records.

Physical condition: Good.

Arrangement: Organized chronologically.

Historical or Biographical Sketch: Ruth Hartman was hired as an Assistant Professor of Librarianship by Central Washington State College on July 1, 1965 assigned to reference with the special assignment of building a documents collection. On July 1, 1973, Ms. Hartman was promoted to Associate Professor and served as Head of Documents, Maps, and Microforms Department until her retirement on June 30, 1985. Thomas Yeh was hired as a Reclassification Librarian by Central Washington State College in October of 1965. In 1967 he was assigned to be Head of the Reclassification Project. From 1969 to 1972, Mr. Yeh served as a Cataloging Librarian becoming Head of Cataloging Department in 1973. Mr. Yeh also served as an Exchange Professor at Anhui University, China in 1983 and 1984. On October 1, 1985 he became Head of the Documents, Maps, and Microform Department, a position he held until his retirement in 2004 .

Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of correspondence, inter-departmental memoranda, library service policies, department analysis and status reports, including five year reports, and library faculty assignments at Central Washington University from 1965 to 2004. The collection also includes annual reports and meeting minutes from the Library Faculty Council, Library Staff Association, and Department Heads.

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Container List:

Box 1

1.    Correspondence and memos, 1965-1967
2.    Correspondence and memos, 1967-2000 / Personnel 
3.    Correspondence and memos, 1968-1970
4.    Correspondence and memos, 1968-1972 / Victor J. Bouillon Library/
Annual Reports
5.    Correspondence and memos, 1971-1972
6.    Correspondence and memos, 1971-1992 / Thomas Yeh Publications
7.    Correspondence and memos, 1973
8.    Correspondence and memos, 1974

Box 2

1.    Correspondence and memos, 1975-1978
2.    Correspondence and memos, 1979
3.    Correspondence and memos, 1980
4.    Correspondence and memos, 1980
5.    Correspondence and memos, 1981
6.    Correspondence and memos, 1982

Box 3

1.    Correspondence and memos, 1998-1984
2.    Correspondence and memos, 1985
3.    Correspondence and memos, 1986
4.    Correspondence and memos, 1986
5.    Correspondence and memos, 1987
6.    Correspondence and memos, 1987-2004 / Annual Reports

Box 4

1.    Correspondence and memos, 1988
2.    Correspondence and memos, 1989
3.    Correspondence and memos, 1989
4.    Correspondence and memos, 1990
5.    Correspondence and memos, 1991
6.    Correspondence and memos, 1991 / 
Thomas Yeh Governor’s Award
7.    Correspondence and memos, 1992

Box 5
1.    Correspondence and memos, 1992
2.    Correspondence and memos, 1993
3.    Correspondence and memos, 1993
4.    Correspondence and memos, 1994
5.    Correspondence and memos, 1994
6.    Correspondence and memos, 1995
7.    Correspondence and memos, 1995

Box 6

1.    Correspondence and memos, 1996
2.    Correspondence and memos, 1996
3.    Correspondence and memos, 1997
4.    Correspondence and memos, 1998
5.    Correspondence and memos, 1999
6.    Correspondence and memos, 2000
7.    Correspondence and memos, 2001
8.    Correspondence and memos, 2002
9.    Correspondence and memos, 2003
10.   Correspondence and memos, 2004

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