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Myron Samuel Huckle
Photographs of Washington State University, 1924-1930


Group photo from the collection

The Myron S. Huckle photographic scrapbook collection consists of scrapbooks donated by Myron Huckle to the Washington State University Library in September, 1978 (78-37) and from scrapbooks which had been received by the library from other sources prior to 1970. They were processed by David Smestad in November, 1978.

BIOGRAPHY

Myron Samuel Huckle graduated from Washington State College in 1927 with a BS in mechanical engineering. He supported himself while in college and for a few years following as a professional photographer. After leaving Pullman he taught for fifteen years: one year at the thermodynamics laboratory at Harvard University, five years in aeronautics at MIT, and nine as President of the U.S. Engineering School. He spent thirty-three years as Air Reserve officer with five years active duty in World War II. He retired as a Lt. Col. in 1968. He also spent nine years as industrial engineer with the Defense Supply Agency at San Francisco. Myron Huckle presently lives with his wife in Seattle. They have three children, two of whom attended WSU, and 5 grandchildren.

DESCRIPTION AND ARRANGEMENT

The collection consists of 14 scrapbooks consisting of black and white photographic prints of WSU campus buildings, student activities, athletics, faculty and campus groups. The photographs are somewhat organized by subject.

Container List
Scrapbook
1. Plays. (110 items)

2. Athletics (including football, tennis, golf, track, baseball, wrestling, boxing, gymnastics and basketball), cheerleaders and game rallies. (300 items)

3. Faculty portraits, group portraits. (143 items)

4. Plays, musical groups, campus scenes, students, group portraits. (125 items)

5. Plays, dancers, campus scenes, Pullman, harvest scenes. (48 items)

6. Campus scenes, buildings, classrooms and laboratories, students, Pullman, plays, dormitories, President Holland. (87 items)

7. Buildings on campus, 1924-1930. Includes architectural plans and models, construction of Commons Hall, Troy Hall, Duncan Dunn, Bohler Gym, Field House and Hospital. Photos of M.C. Connelly (contractor), Stanley Smith (college architect), and Fred Whiteside (foreman). Also includes sororities and fraternities and building interiors. (192 items)

8. College of Agriculture (classes, laboratories, buildings, exhibits, farm, livestock). (136 items)

9. Groups (activities, dormitories, fraternities and sororities, classes, train depot, faculty). (123 items)

10. Silver Lake, buildings, campus scenes, football games, Pullman. (114 items)

11. Interiors of campus buildings (classrooms, dormitories, etc.). (81 items)

12. Men's athletics, Spurs, game rallies, signs and displays, winning cups and footballs. (65 items)

13. Women's activities. (198 items)

14. Buildings, students, sports, campus, bands, military, laboratories, and activities. (127 items)