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  • Lawrence L. Lowther Papers

    • RG 013, Ser. 06-80

    Processed by: Mark S. Wibe
    Listed by: Dieter C. Ullrich
    Date: February 16, 2007

    Date Span: 1964-2001

    Size: 5.25 cubic feet.

    Number of Boxes: 10 letter sized document cases and 1 half sized document case.

    Type of material: Correspondence, reports, minutes and photographs.

    Physical condition: Good.

    Arrangement: Organized alphabetically by subject title.

    Historical or Biographical Sketch: Lawrence L. Lowther received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Language Arts from the University of Washington in 1952. He completed a Master’s degree in History at the University of Washington in 1959, followed by a Ph.D. in History at the same university in 1964. After graduating in 1952, he worked as a language arts teacher at Twisp High School in Twisp, Washington, from 1952-1954. He then taught language arts at Davenport High School in Davenport, Washington, from 1954-1955, before becoming a social studies teacher at West Valley High School in Yakima, Washington, from 1955-1961. He became Associate Professor of History at General Beadle State College in Madison, South Dakota, from 1964-1965. In 1965 he became a professor of history at Central Washington State College, teaching early American history until his full retirement in 2000. He served as chairman of the History Department from 1979 to 1984. Professor Lowther also played an important role in the growth and development of the History Day program in Washington, serving as the state coordinator (1985-1996) and a member of the National History Day Executive Committee (1990-1996). He was also president, secretary, and executive secretary of the Washington State Council for the Social Studies for many years.

    Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of correspondence, program and project reports, organizational and departmental minutes, photographs and ephemera collected by Professor Lawrence L. Lowther of Central Washington University from 1964 to 2000. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence related to his teaching career at Central Washington University (1966-2000) and his work with Washington State History Day (1982-1999) and American Federation of Teachers. Included in the collection are departmental minutes of the History Department (1968-2001), records of the Teacher Education Council (1977-1992) and Washington State Council for Social Studies (1977-1996).

    Research Note: Open to the public for research.
    Inventory List:
    Box 1
    1. Accreditation Committee
    2. Accreditation Committee
    3. Ad Hoc Committee on Admission & Retention in Teacher Education – Admission Procedures & Proposals
    4. Ad Hoc Committee on Admission & Retention in Teacher Education – Correspondence & Memoranda
    5. Ad Hoc Committee on Admission & Retention in Teacher Education – Minutes, 1967 – 1969
    6. Ad Hoc Committee on Admission & Retention in Teacher Education – Quarterly Reports
    7. Admission, Matriculation and Graduation Committee – Minutes, 1992
    8. American Federation of Teachers – Local Chapter
    9. American Federation of Teachers – Grievance Committee Policies
    10. American Federation of Teachers – Grievance Committee Report (1982)
    11. American Federation of Teachers – G.Z. Refai
    12. American Federation of Teachers – Charles Stastny
    13. American Federation of Teachers – Charles Stastny
    14. American Federation of Teachers – Charles Stastny
    15. American Federation of Teachers – Waymon Ware
    16. American Federation of Teachers – Gerald Gunn
    17. Articles – Academics vs. Athletics – Drafts
    18. Articles – Bicentennial – Drafts
    19. Articles – Rationale for the Selection and Organization of Social Studies Content
    20. Articles – Teacher Training and the School Curriculum
    21. Articles – Values in History
    22. Association of Washington Historians
    23. Athletics and Academics - Correspondence
    24. Book Review Draft – “The American People”
    25. Book Review Draft – “Dissent and Disorder”
    26. Coalition of Faculty Organizations

    Box 2
    1. Correspondence, 1964
    2. Correspondence, 1965
    3. Correspondence, 1966
    4. Correspondence, 1967
    5. Correspondence, 1968
    6. Correspondence, 1969
    7. Correspondence, 1970
    8. Correspondence, 1971
    9. Correspondence, 1972
    10. Correspondence, 1973
    11. Correspondence, 1974
    12. Correspondence, 1975
    13. Correspondence, 1976
    14. Correspondence, 1977
    15. Correspondence, 1978
    16. Correspondence, 1979
    17. Correspondence, 1980
    18. Correspondence, 1981
    19. Correspondence, 1982
    20. Correspondence, 1983
    21. Correspondence, 1984
    22. Correspondence, 1985
    23. Correspondence, 1986
    24. Correspondence, 1987
    25. Correspondence, 1988
    26. Correspondence, 1989
    27. Correspondence, 1990
    28. Correspondence, 1991
    29. Correspondence, 1992
    30. Correspondence, 1993
    31. Correspondence, 1994
    32. Correspondence, 1995
    33. Correspondence, 1996
    34. Correspondence, 1997
    35. Correspondence, 1998
    36. Correspondence, 1999
    37. Correspondence, 2000
    38. Correspondence, undated

    Box 3
    1. Deposition – Rosco Tolman
    2. Education Department
    3. Edstart
    4. Elderhostel
    5. Ephemera
    6. ETS Question Submissions
    7. Mark Gale Application
    8. General Education Committee
    9. General Honors Program
    10. High School Social Science Curriculum Proposal
    11. Historians’ Bicentennial Newsletter (Nos. 1-3)
    12. History Day – National Office History Department – Academic Advisement Plan
    13. History Department – Annual Reports (1966 – 1973)
    14. History Department – Certification Standards
    15. History Department – Correspondence (1969 – 1996)
    16. History Department – Course Proposals
    17. History Department – Course Syllabi
    18. History Department – Evaluations and Questionnaires
    19. History Department – Fund and Fellowships
    20. History Department – History Graduate Committee
    21. History Department – Memoranda (1969 – 1998)
    22. History Department – Minutes (1968 –1969)
    23. History Department – Minutes (1969 – 1970)
    24. History Department – Minutes (1970 – 1971)
    25. History Department – Minutes (1971 – 1972)
    26. History Department – Minutes (1972 – 1973)
    27. History Department – Minutes (1973 – 1974)
    28. History Department – Minutes (1974 – 1975)
    29. History Department – Minutes (1975 – 1976)
    30. History Department – Minutes (1976 – 1977)
    31. History Department – Minutes (1977 – 1978)
    32. History Department – Minutes (1978 – 1979)
    33. History Department – Minutes (1979 – 1980)
    34. History Department – Minutes (1980 – 1981)
    35. History Department – Minutes (1981 – 1982)
    36. History Department – Minutes (1982 – 1983)
    37. History Department – Minutes (1983 – 1984)
    38. History Department – Minutes (1984 – 1985)
    39. History Department – Minutes (1985 – 1986)
    40. History Department – Minutes (1986 – 1987)

    Box 4
    1. History Department – Minutes (1987 – 1989)
    2. History Department – Minutes (1989 – 1990)
    3. History Department – Minutes (1990 – 1991)
    4. History Department – Minutes (1991 – 1993)
    5. History Department – Minutes (1993 – 1995)
    6. History Department – Minutes (1995 – 1997)
    7. History Department – Minutes (1997 – 1998)
    8. History Department – Minutes (1998 – 1999)
    9. History Department – Minutes (1999 – 2001)
    10. History Department – Newsletter (1977, 1979)
    11. History Department – Pamphlets
    12. History Department – Personnel Procedures
    13. History Department – Program Review & Strategic Plan
    14. History Department – Questionnaire Drafts & Proposal
    15. History Department – Proposals
    16. History Department – Reports
    17. History Department – G.Z. Refai
    18. History Department – Floyd Rodine
    19. History Department – Secondary Social Studies Training Proposal
    20. History Department – Secondary Social Studies Training Proposal – Correspondence
    21. History Department – World Civilization Course Proposal
    22. Labor Issues
    23. Lectures – “Bill of Rights”
    24. Lectures – “The Birth of the Constitution and Its Journey through 200 Years”
    25. Lectures – “Revolutions Are Not Mushrooms”
    26. NCATE Accreditation (1988)
    27. NCATE Precondition Report
    28. NCSS Committee on Religion in Schools
    29. Northwest Association of Schools & Colleges – Evaluation Committee Report (1989)
    30. OSPI Site Visit (1987)
    31. Phi Alpha Theta
    32. Presidential Politics in Historical Perspective
    33. Proposal for a Social Action Component in the High School Social Studies Program
    34. Retirement Planning Committee

    Box 5
    1. Social Science Committee
    2. Sociology 498
    3. Student Evaluation Summaries (1973 – 1987)
    4. Student Evaluation Summaries (1988 – 2000)
    5. Summer Institute for School Teachers of Washington State History
    6. Task Force on Interdepartmental Relations
    7. Teacher Education Council – Ad Hoc Committee on Standards in Teacher Education
    8. Teacher Education Council – Basic Programs in Teaching Social Studies in the Middle/Junior High School
    9. Teacher Education Council – Center for the Preparation of School Personnel – Mission Statement
    10. Teacher Education Council – Charter
    11. Teacher Education Council – Committee on Middle Level Programs – Final Report (1989)
    12. Teacher Education Council – Curriculum Folio – Basic Program in Social Studies
    13. Teacher Education Council – Direction and Challenge 1989-1990
    14. Teacher Education Council – Elementary Education Academic Component
    15. Teacher Education Council – Membership Roster (1987-1989)
    16. Teacher Education Council – Memoranda (1977-1978)
    17. Teacher Education Council – Memoranda (1987-1992)
    18. Teacher Education Council – Middle Level Teacher Training Project
    19. Teacher Education Council – Minutes (1977-1978, 1987, 1989, 1991; intermittent)
    20. Teacher Education Council – Policy for Recruitment and Retention of Minority Students in Teacher Education
    21. Teacher Education Council – Statement of Organization and Procedure (1978)
    22. Teacher Education Council – A Suggested Academic Component for Candidates for Elementary Education Certification
    23. Teacher Education Council – Survey of Social Science Coursework of Elementary Teacher Candidates
    24. Teacher Education Council – Task Force on Graduate Teacher Education – Report on Graduate Education for Teachers (1988)
    25. Teacher Education Council – Task Force on Selection, Retention, and Counseling of Teacher Education Students – Report (1985)
    26. Teacher Education Council – Teacher Education Program – Future Goals and Directions (1986-1987, 1987-1988)
    27. Teacher Education Program Proposal (1990)
    28. Textbook Critiques

    Box 6
    1. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee – Minutes (1973)
    2. University Curriculum Committee – Minutes (1990)
    3. U.S. Survey Readings Project
    4. Cynder Viles – Centralia Massacre Monument
    5. Vita / Professional Service Record
    6. Washington State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission – Article with L. Lowther
    7. Washington State Council for the Social Studies
    8. Washington State Council for the Social Studies – Correspondence (1977 – 1979)
    9. Washington State Council for the Social Studies – Correspondence (1980 – 1991)
    10. Washington State Council for the Social Studies – Executive Board Elections
    11. Washington State Council for the Social Studies – Executive Committee – Minutes (1978 – 1985)
    12. Washington State Council for the Social Studies – Executive Committee – Minutes (1986 – 1996)
    13. Washington State Council for the Social Studies – Financial Reports (1982 – 1993)
    14. Washington State Council for the Social Studies – Interest Inventory Survey
    15. Washington State Council for the Social Studies – Miscellaneous
    16. Washington State Council for the Social Studies – Newsletter (1970 – 1977) (Intermittent)
    17. Washington State Council for the Social Studies – Newsletter (1981 – 1989)
    18. Washington State Council for the Social Studies – Newsletter (1990 – 1996)
    19. Washington State Council for the Social Studies – Workshop – Issues in American History

    Box 7
    1. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1982)
    2. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1983)
    3. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1984)
    4. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1985)
    5. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1986)
    6. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1987)
    7. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1988)
    8. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1989)
    9. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1990)
    10. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1991)
    11. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1992)
    12. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1993)
    13. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1994)
    14. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1995)
    15. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1996)
    16. Washington State History Day – Correspondence (1997-1999)

    Box 8
    1. Washington State History Day – Correspondence – National Archives
    2. Washington State History Day – Correspondence – Secretary of State – Archives
    3. Washington State History Day – Correspondence – Special Awards
    4. Washington State History Day – Correspondence – Washington State Government
    5. Washington State History Day – Correspondence – Undated
    6. Washington State History Day – Academic Competitions
    7. Washington State History Day – Awards Assembly (1991-1995)
    8. Washington State History Day – Census (1993)
    9. Washington State History Day – Central Washington University Program (1983)
    10. Washington State History Day – Central Washington University Program (1984)
    11. Washington State History Day – Central Washington University Program (1985)
    12. Washington State History Day – Central Washington University Program (1986)
    13. Washington State History Day – Central Washington University Program (1987)
    14. Washington State History Day – Central Washington University Program (1988)
    15. Washington State History Day – Central Washington University Program (1990)
    16. Washington State History Day – Central Washington University Program (1991)
    17. Washington State History Day – Central Washington University Program (1993)
    18. Washington State History Day – Central Washington University Program (1994)
    19. Washington State History Day – Central Washington University Program (1995)
    20. Washington State History Day – Central Washington University Workshops & Recreational Activities
    21. Washington State History Day – Colonial Dames of Washington
    22. Washington State History Day – Coordinators’ Meetings
    23. Washington State History Day – Daughters of the American Revolution
    24. Washington State History Day – Development / Fundraising
    25. Washington State History Day – Disputes – Cassie Althauser
    26. Washington State History Day – Disputes – Julie Boyer
    27. Washington State History Day – Disputes – Correspondence
    28. Washington State History Day – Disputes – Caitlin Gedts
    29. Washington State History Day – Disputes – Jim Guthrie
    30. Washington State History Day – Disputes – Aaron Milner
    31. Washington State History Day – Disputes – Jordan Swanson

    Box 9
    1. Washington State History Day – Ephemera
    2. Washington State History Day – Evaluations (1986)
    3. Washington State History Day – Evaluations (1989)
    4. Washington State History Day – Evaluations (1997)
    5. Washington State History Day – Evaluations (1999)
    6. Washington State History Day – Evaluations (2000)
    7. Washington State History Day – Executive Committee (1985 – 1992)
    8. Washington State History Day – Executive Committee – Correspondence (1985 – 1995)
    9. Washington State History Day – Executive Committee – Election (1992)
    10. Washington State History Day – Executive Committee – Minutes (1984 – 1990)
    11. Washington State History Day – Executive Committee – Minutes (1991 – 2000)
    12. Washington State History Day – Executive Service Corps
    13. Washington State History Day – Fiscal and Treasurer’s Reports
    14. Washington State History Day – History Day Report (1986-87)
    15. Washington State History Day – History Day Retreat (1984)
    16. Washington State History Day – History Day Talk
    17. Washington State History Day – History Day Workshop Class
    18. Washington State History Day – Humanists in History Day
    19. Washington State History Day – Klondike Proposal
    20. Washington State History Day – Logo Design
    21. Washington State History Day – Memoranda
    22. Washington State History Day – Mentor Program
    23. Washington State History Day – Newsletter (Feb. 1997, Sep. 1998)
    24. Washington State History Day – Planning Session Agendas
    25. Washington State History Day – Press Releases and News Articles
    26. Washington State History Day – Project Description
    27. Washington State History Day – Promotion
    28. Washington State History Day – Questionnaire and Exaqminiations
    29. Washington State History Day – Regional Consultant’s Report (1987-1988)

    Box 10
    1. Washington State History Day – State Coordinator Profile
    2. Washington State History Day – State Coordinator Reports
    3. Washington State History Day – Student Assistant
    4. Washington State History Day – Student Papers (Dunnagan, O’Hara, West)
    5. Washington State History Day – Student Papers (Frost)
    6. Washington State History Day – Student Papers (Griggs)
    7. Washington State History Day – Student Papers (Larson)
    8. Washington State History Day – Student Papers (Mathis)
    9. Washington State History Day – Student Papers (Wutzke)
    10. Washington State History Day – Student Papers (Wyman, Scott)
    11. Washington State History Day – Student Profiles
    12. Washington State History Day – Superintendent of Public Instruction Funding – Contract (1985-1995)
    13. Washington State History Day – Teacher Handbook
    14. Washington State History Day – Washington Centennial Commission
    15. Washington State History Day – Washington Commission for the Humanities
    16. Washington State History Day – Washington Commission for the Humanities
    17. Washington State History Day – Washington Commission for the Humanities – Grant
    18. Washington State History Day – Washington Salutes Washington Committee

    Box 11
    1. Video interview with Lawrence Lowther
    2. Washington State History Day photographs
    3. Washington State History Day buttons
    4. Jeff Parr video

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