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WUA/01. University Records

 Collection Subgroup Term
Identifier: WUA/01
[i]University Records[/i] consist of records created in campus departments and offices. This includes, but is not limited to, department files, chancellor official records, provost records, commencement, photo services, WU Memorabilia. See Subgroup 02: [i]Publications [/i]for University publications. See Subgroup 05: [i]Student Groups[/i] for records pertaining to materials related to student organizations.
Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:

School of Engineering and Applied Science Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00084
Scope and Contents

Most images are of the various academic departments within the School of Engineering and Applied Science. A small section of images document other schools and programs at Washington University, including the Women’s Society and exhibitions at Olin Library.

Department of English, Student Plays Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00058
Scope and Contents

This collection includes students’ plays written for English classes between 1923 and 1961.

Environmental Response Records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00271
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of the Environmental Response organization. Material includes organizational correspondence, policy statements and activities, brochures and posters, and project information.

A small group of material in the collection unrelated to Environmental Response is a folder on the Association of Black Collegians. This significant material deals with a sit-in at Brookings Hall in 1968, and includes a copy of the protestors’ Manifesto.

Facilities Planning and Management Records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00085
Scope and Contents

Materials in this collection include photographs and slides documenting construction, renovation, and infrastructure projects on campus, and were predominantly taken by Facilities personnel. Most of Series 03 consists of planning documents from outside architectural or engineering firms contracted by the University.

Fashion Design Program Records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00374
Scope and Contents

The Fashion Design Program is part of the Sam Fox School of Desgin and Visual Arts. This collection includes binders documenting fashion shows and student designs, as well as VHS recordings of fashion shows from 1988-2005, and a series of DVDs and CDs of images and video of fashion designs and annual shows.

Department of Geography Records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00020
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of correspondence, memos and reports that chronicle the administration of the Geography Department from 1946-1956.

Graduate Institute of Economics and Government Records

 Collection
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00021
Scope and Contents The collection includes special reports, budgets, and publications.  It also includes correspondence relating to the founding of the institute, its objectives, the relationship of the institute with Washington University, and dissolution of the institute's ties with Washington University.  The bulk of correspondences are between Robert S. Brookings and the Washington University administration, including Chancellors Fredric Hall and Herbert Hadley; Assistant to the Chancellor George Throop;...

Fred R. Hammond Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00218
Scope and Contents

The Fred R. Hammond Collection includes drawings, photographs, and other images of architectural projects built on the Washington University Campus by the firm of Hammond, Charle, Burns and Le Pere, Architects and Planners, as well as its predecessor firms including Cope and Stewardson. Of particular interest is a notebook of sketches and photographs of gargoyles from across the Washington University Danforth Campus.

Washington University Instruction Center Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00032
Scope and Contents

This collection includes administrative papers, memos, reports, and studies for Washington University’s Instruction Center, dating from 1968-1973.

Language and Literature Club Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WUA-01-wua00134
Scope and Contents

Includes minutes kept by the club and essays.