Washington State University Vancouver, Campus Master Plans.

Collection

Identifier: Archives.DR.028

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains drafts, graphics, and additional documents pertaining to the campus master plan. The date range of the files is from 1992 to 2018. The campus master plan includes three unique versions, which includes the original 1992 plan, an update in 2007, and a further update in 2018. Also included are alternative views and revisions to the campus plot maps in 2003, 2005, and 2008. In 2005, the revision also included a corresponding newsletter called Master Plan Update. The 2018 update entails three exhibits used for a community open house for input and information on the campus plans.

Dates

1992; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2008; 2018

Biographical / Historical

Washington State University Vancouver was established in 1989. Its campus was originally located in Bauer Hall at Clark College. Site selection to accommodate the anticipated growth of the new campus started in 1990. In 1992, WSU Vancouver's present location in Salmon Creek was selected as its new home. The original 1992 WSU Vancouver Campus Master Plan provides a guideline for the orientation and form of new campus facilities in the earlist days of the campus. In 2007, revisions in the master plan attempted to establish a baseline for continued growth of the campus over the next two decades. In 2018, updates to the campus master plans included recommendations for the location of a new Student Union Building and the potential establishment of student housing.

Extent

133 Megabytes (The collection includes six dated folders containing 16 digital files preserved in PDF format.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collections consists of digital versions of the WSU Vancouver campus master plans dating from 1992 to 2018. Each master plan entails a vision of orientation and form of new campus facilities on the Salmon Creek prior to construction in the mid-1990s. The collection includes the final draft of the 1992, 2007, and 2018 master plans in addition to campus planning maps and three separate documents for community open house exhibits. The digital files in this collection are preserved in PDF format and will need an Adobe Acrobat Reader for access.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in a set of six folders dated by the year of creation. The folder labeled "2018" contains a subfolder that consists of three documents or exhibits from the 2018 campus master plan for a community open house.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The digital files were collected through Archives and Special Collections from different sources on campus including the Office of the Chancellor and Facilities Operations. The collection was accessioned as part of UA-WSUV-2023-006. The collection is located in the Digital Records (DR).