Whitman College Office of the Placement Service scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
The scrapbooks and accompanying folders contain news clippings regarding Placement Service activities and regional employment. Articles are primarily from the Whitman College Pioneer or the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, with a few from the Seattle Times and other publications. Topics of particular interest include the responses to military recruitment on campus, economic decline resulting in fewer employment opportunities, and shifting gender dynamics in young people entering the work force.
Dates
- 1953-1973
Creator
- Whitman College (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
The Office of the Placement Service provided students and alumni with employment opportunities, including local and campus work, part-time work over vacations, and jobs after graduation. Primary activities included posting job opportunities in campus publications, providing students and graduates with information about career paths, and bringing prospective employers to campus. The Office existed as early as 1950, but may have started earlier. Alumna Almira Quinn was Director of the Office from circa 1965 to 1968, followed by Edith Moore. By 1972, the Office of the Placement Service had been absorbed by the Career Planning and Placement Center, directed by Robert D. Malde.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (1 flat file box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Office of the Placement Service provided students and alumni with employment opportunities. This collection contains news clippings regarding Placement Service activities and regional employment, and spans from 1953 to 1973.
Creator
- Whitman College (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Whitman College Office of the Placement Service scrapbooks
- Author
- River Freemont
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Whitman College and Northwest Archives Repository