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Updated: June 2009
The following is a list of the unprocessed and mostly uncataloged Historical Photographs collections held in Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections (MASC), as well as those with minimal descriptive information. For the most part these photographs are roughly in the state in which they were received, and intellectual access to them is limited. Most, but not all, of these collections are available to researchers, but users should be aware that they will have to determine which materials might be pertinent to their research needs. This listing is being made available for the convenience of researchers; portions of some collections may not be available for public use.
When requesting these materials, please be sure to indicate the name of the records, the accession number (for example, UPC 01 or PC 43), and the location number (if given).
This page is currently (6-30-2009) under construction, and is not yet complete; many of our unprocessed accessions are still not listed.
Processed Collections Lacking Guides
| PC # | Title & Description. | Quantity |
| PC 43 | Rudy's Studio Portraits, Pullman, Washington, 1973-1975. Includes handwritten index by last name. | 1 box 1 linear ft. 700 sleeves |
| PC 44 | Daubenmire Botanical Lantern Slides, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, ca. 1920s Individual items are titled, but no guide exists. Items in original order. | 1 box .5 linear ft. 60 plates |
| PC 48 | FC Chalfant Glass Plate Negatives of Language Laboratories (including dictaphone usage), ca. 1910s. Items unlabeled, in original order. | 1 box .25 linear ft. 12 plates |
| PC 53 | Murrow Symposium U-Matic Videocassettes, Pullman, Washington, April 23-25, 1978 All videotapes labeled, in chronological order. Lead speaker: Howard K Smith. | 1 box 1 linear ft. 8 tapes |
| PC 55 | Hall Family Albums & Postcards, 1913-1924 Items mounted in albums in original order; most identified. Includes World War I military photos (including surrender of German ships), Panama Canal, Yellowstone Park, Boston, northern Idaho, Pullman High (1913-1914), postcards from Pacific Northwest. | 2 boxes .75 linear ft. 4 albums 500 items |
| PC 66 | Earl Connette Locomotives and Northwestern Scenes, ca. 1940s-1970s Two albums of mounted railroad photos (ca. 100 items) & ca. 100 scenery negatives. All unidentified, in original order. | 2 boxes 2 linear ft. 200 items |
| PC 91 | North Central Washington, Columbia Basin, and Grand Coulee Photographs of Reclamation, Irrigation and Farming, 1905-1954 (bulk 1950s) All items labeled; ordered alphabetically in two series (geographic & farming). Contains both photographs (175) & negatives (50). | 1 box .5 linear ft. 225 items |
| PC 92 | New Holland [Terrell] Library Construction and Library Miscellany, 1940-2000 Box 1: 1800 photographs (taken by Randall Hamm) over 4 albums, labeled by date, depicting construction of Terrell Library. Box 2: Photographs and slides, ca. 450 images: historical WSU Libraries; opening of HealthSci, Owen, Terrell, Vancouver libraries; general WSU Libraries, MASC (1978). Includes one pre-construction Terrell video. Box 3: 1600 photographs (taken by WSU Facilities Development) depicting construction of Terrell Library. In original order, labeled on reverse. | 3 boxes 2.5 linear ft. 3850 items |
| PC 93 | Toppenish Roundup and Rodeo, 1914 77 images; identified; in original order. Box 1 is prints (and a set of photocopies), box 2 is negatives. | 2 boxes 1 linear ft. 154 items |
| PC 95 | Endicott Families Negatives, 1940s-1950s Negatives depicting Endicott (and vicinity) residents, primarily infants. Some non-person negatives included. Labeled by name, ordered alphabetically, ca. 120 individuals. Received March 16, 1991 from Heidi Dowling of Colfax, WA. | 1 box .75 linear ft. 120 sleeves 600 items |
| PC 96 | Alexander Gardner Prints, undated (ca. 1900) All labeled: 2 Fort Colville, 2 Fort Vancouver, 1 Kootenay Mission | 1 box 1.5 linear ft. 5 items |
| PC 97 | William Henry Jackson Yellowstone National Park Prints, ca. 1907 All labeled. | 1 box 1.5 linear ft. 8 items |
| PC 99 | W James Canadian Rockies, 1905 All labeled; in original order. | 1 box 1.5 linear ft. 20 items |
| PC 100 | Fishing and Hunting Album, Canada, ca. 1900 1 album containing 60 unlabeled photographs. Only identifier is a boat partially named "...ce of Quebec" | 1 box 1.5 linear ft. 60 items |
| PC 102 | Yellowstone Pictorials, undated Two albums (Yellowstone National Park, 12 images; The Wonders of Geyserland: Yellowstone National Park, 14 images) of tinted prints/photographs, all labeled, plus 1 photo of Liberty Cap and Mammoth Inn, ca. 1890. | 1 box 1.5 linear ft. 27 items |
| PC 103 | Glacier National Park Pictorial, 1912 One portfolio (Glacier National Park: See America First) of 12 tinted prints/photographs, all labeled. | 1 box 1.5 linear ft. 12 items |
| PC 104 | Hanford and White Bluffs Photographs and Negatives, ca. 1900-1980 Images of Hanford Reach from early days to military evacuation, as well as the 1980s | 1 box .5 linear ft. 150 items |
| PC 105 | ES Curtis Photogravure of White Man Runs Him, 1908 | 1 box 1.5 linear ft. 1 item |
| PC 106 | Fred Blackwell Northern Idaho Slides, 1904-1910 This slide collection, created in 1976, reproduces 181 1904-1910 photographs of Northern Idaho. Slides in original order, unlabeled, but a print index accompanies them. | 1 box 1.5 linear ft. 181 items |
| PC 107 | Carl Reisenauer Family Photographs, 1914-1930s 12 family portraits; 1 group photograph WWI training at Washington State College, Pullman, WA; one group photograph "RTC 77A," Camp Roberts, CA, with Thanksgiving Dinner program, 1942; 12 photographs of family farm, Colton, WA. Most labeled; arranged in subject order. | 1 box 1.5 linear ft. 26 items |
| PC 108 | 1938 Views: Eastern State Hospital, Medical Lake, Washington Photographs by M.D. Boland, Tacoma, WA. Labeled; in original order. | 1 box .25 linear ft. 85 items |
| PC 112 | Bounds Steamboat Prints, Lewiston area, ca. 1894-1922 18 prints of steamboats and scenes in Lewiston area. Includes boiler explosions, and troops bound for Spanish-American War. In original order; labeled. | 1 box 1.5 linear ft. 18 items |
| PC 113 | Palouse Conservation Field Station Soil Conservation Photographs, 1929-1965 A preliminary processing list for this collections exists in electronic format. The collection includes labeled prints, scrapbooks, and unidentified photographs showing the results of environmental change on farm land especially erosion. The original detailed captions were retained as was the filing sequence, though the photographs were re-numbered sequentially. | 4 boxes 3 linear ft. 800 items |
| PC 114 | Florence Coardy Merriam Scrapbooks, 1931-1979 A preliminary processing list for this collections exists in electronic format. In addition to a quantity of Mnuscripts materials, this collection holds nine personal scrapbooks containing personal photographs and other ephemera. | 5 boxes 5.5 linear ft. |
| PC 116 | Capital Planning College Hill Buildings Photographs, Summer, 2001 Donated by Bobbie Ryder of WSU's Capital Planning 165 photographs of College Hill (Pullman, WA) buildings, plus 1 CD containing digital originals. In original order; unlabeled. | 1 box .5 linear ft. 166 items |
| PC 119 | Irwin Photographs and Glass Negatives, Elberton, WA, ca. 1900-1950 In original order; approximately 1/3 are labeled. Primarily portraits. Majority of Box 1 is family papers and correspondence which should be separated out to Manuscripts. | 4 boxes 3 linear ft. 451 sleeves |
| PC 122 | Rexford Daubenmire Prints of Vegetation, 1931-1989 A preliminary processing list for this collections exists in electronic format. The collection consists of several thousand black and white photographs and negatives, and slides of vegetation across North, Central, and South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Australia, with special consideration for the states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The collection is arranged by location and date roughly, retaining the original order established by Daubenmire, and preserves the original numbering system Daubenmire employed. | 11 boxes 5.5 linear ft. 2000 items |
Unprocessed Accessions
| Source & Description | Coverage | Accession | Location | Acquired | Quantity |
| Mary Stewart Humphrey Photographs and Certificates from Pullman and Edwall, Washington | 1931-1935 | UPC-0008 | 1-34-1-0 | November, 1999 from Mary Humphrey | 1 folder 10 photographs & 6 certificates |
| WSU News & Information Services Photographs of WSU Commencement | 2000 | UPC-0013 | 1-34-1-0 | June, 2000 from Tim Marsh | 1 folder 150 photographs |
| WSU Facilities Development Photographs of Veterinary Teaching Hospital Construction | ca. 1994 | UA2000-13 | 1-34-1-1 | 1 linear foot 2000 photographs | |
| WSU News & Information Services Photographs of WSU Eventually to be interfiled into PC4 | ca. 1950-1986 (bulk 1980s) | UA1993-00 | 1-34-1-2 | January, 1993 | 1 linear foot 1200 items |
| Eastern Washington State Historical Society Collection of Portraits Almost all are unidentified & unlabeled | ca. 1890-ca. 1930 | MS84-22 | 1-34-1-3 | 1 linear feet 400 items | |
| WSU News & Information Services Photographs of WSU Photographs, negatives, contact sheets; many unlabeled. Last several boxes have subject organization. Box 1 contains film clips for Murrow "This is WSU" ca. 1948-1950s | 1948-1984 (bulk 1960s-1970s) | UPC-0007 | 1-34-2-1 | 7 linear feet 14000 items | |
| WSU News & Information Services Photographs of WSU Primarily slides, half athletics Individual slide sheets labeled, dated, but (mostly) unordered | 1984-1999 (bulk 1990s) | UPC-0018 | 1-34-5-2 | 7 linear feet 15000 items | |
| Scrabook - Photographs and Clippings of WSU, Palouse, and Northern Idaho | ca. 1926-1930 | UPC-0012 | 1-34-6-3 | .5 linear feet 1 scrapbook 200 photos | |
| Charles Yocom Photographs of Inland Northwest Geography All images labeled and dated; unordered | 1948-1953 | UPC 2008-01 | 1-34-6-3 | .5 linear feet 600 photographs | |
| Higgins Scrapbooks of Union Flats Most unlabeled; still mounted (original order). | ca. 1890s-ca. 1950s | UPC-0004 | 1-34-4-1 | 2.5 linear feet 6 scrapbooks 1000 photographs | |
| Vincent Higgins Family Bible Should not be in photographs! | 1884 | MS99-13 | 1-34-4-2 | Received from Suzanne Rucker | 1 linear foot 1 item |
| WSU Botany Department Glass Slides of Plantlife Most labeled (scientific name & location) and dated. Unordered. | 1920s | UA85-40 | 1-34-5-2 | Received from Belinda Starke | 1 linear foot 750 items |
| Prosser Station Photographs Photographs, slides, and glass plates. Most unlabeled, unordered. | ca. 1937-1961 | UA81-03 | 1-34-6-2 | 1.25 linear feet 300 items | |
| Glass Slides of Historical Musicians Reprints of classical images | UPC-0006 | 1-34-4-3 | 1 linear foot 125 items | ||
| WSU News & Information Services Photographs of WSU Contact sheets of photographs; loose slides. Contact sheets labeled (mostly), slides not. Unordered. | ca. 1966-1983 | UPC-0005 | 1-34-5-3 | Received from Al Ruddy | 3 linear feet 5000 items |
| WSU News & Information Services Photographs of Students | 1977-1978 | UA88-38 | 1-34-5-4 | Received from Al Ruddy | .25 linear feet 50 individuals 200 items |
| Photographic Negatives of WSU Half are labeled; unordered. Migrate positives to PC 4 | 1909-1970s (bulk 1950s) | UA86-07 | 1-34-5-4 | .25 linear feet 150 items | |
| Mires Glass Negatives Seesm to be primarily family & friends. Austin Mires? Most in labeled & dated boxes. | 1904-1919 | UPC-0017 | 1-34-4-6 | 3 linear feet 300 items | |
| Filipino American Student Association Photograph Albums 2 of 3 albums have labeled items; all in original order. | 1998-1999 | PC2006-03 | 1-34-7-1 | .75 linear feet 3 albums 500 images | |
| Historical Lantern Slides Collection Primarily reprinted class slides of foreign countries | 1-34-8-1 | 11 linear feet 3200 items | |||
| Thornber Crop Records and Glass Plates 1 linear foot of yearly crop records (WSC orchards?), plus associated images. Most images labeled but undated; in original order. | 1904-1910 | MS86-38 | 1-34-8-5 | 5 linear feet 900 images | |
| WSU Athletics Photographs Slides and photographs of athletics; most labeled. Merge into PC4 | 1975-1984 | UPC-0019 | 1-34-10-1 | Received from Athletic Department, July 8, 1991 | 1 linear foot 350 images |
| Howard Burgess Photographs of Walla Walla Area and 1907 Spokane Fair Primarily images of agricultural and dairy workings, plus community events. Most labeled; unordered. | 1907-1930 | UPC-0020 | 1-34-11-1 | 1 linear foot 150 images | |
| Bill Stimson Collection of Donated Photographs | 1905-1970s | UPC-0021 | 1-34-12-1 | 1.5 linear foot 40 items | |
| Oversized Photographs and Portraits of Pullman and WACSS (WSU) Most portraits identified & dated. Includes many Pharmacy students, plus Glee Club; more. | 1901-1903 | UPC-0022 | 1-34-10-2 | Possibly received from Chas. Schoele? | 1.5 linear feet 30 items |
| Album and Oversized Photographs of WSU, Pullman, and Spokane Falls Most undated, unidentified. | ca. 1895-1905 | UPC-0011 | 1-34-11-2 | 1.5 linear feet 50 images | |
| Drucker Collection of Portraits and Images of Japan and Korea Primarily images of Japan mounted in one album; no order, date, labels. | 1910-1939 | UPC-0023 | 1-34-10-3 | Poss. donated by T White? | 1.5 linear feet 120 items |
| Hall Family of Steptoe, WA Albums and Photographs One album of WSU ephemera 1927-1930; one album & many loose photos of family Most unlabeled, undated, unordered. | 1927-1976 | UPC-0024 | 1-34-11-3 | Donated by Irene Hall, 7-26-1995 | 1.5 linear feet 350 images |
| Miscellaneous Photographs (Combined Donations)
Postcards of Boise, Olympia, Portland, & Montana, ca. 1907-1920. 40 images. Dissassembled folio of 1939 Pictures of Portland, OR (pub. JK Gill Co.). 25 images. "After the Cyclone," August 21, 1883 (pub. Winona, Minn). 2 images. Photographs of Seattle, Index, Mt. Rainier, 1911. 12 images. Photographs of Walla Walla & Whitman College, ca. 1930s. 8 images. Photographs of Fairbanks, AK, ca. 1940s. 4 images. Military Photographs, NE & ND, ca. 1900. 5 images. 25 other images, various, 1900-1950s. Inc. rented graves in Havana, ca. 1898. | 1883-1950s | UPC-0025 | 1-34-10-4 | .5 linear feet 125 images | |
| Prints of items in DeSmet Collection 80 slides; 30 prints. Most from Cage 532 | UPC-0026 | 1-34-10-4 | .5 linear feet 120 images | ||
| Glass Negatives of China, Japan, India, & Korea Most unlabeled & undated. Apparently contains both originals & reproductions. | ca. 1900-1930 | unnum. | 1-34-11-4 | Donated by Donald Bishop, Philosophy Dept. | 1 linear ft. 300 images |
| Lantern slides: Pullman, NW Missions, Historic sites Labeled, dated. | ca. 1846-1950 | unnum. | 1-34-12-4 | .5 linear ft. 60 images | |
| Lantern slides: Dams & Power Houses of the NW Labeled, undated. | ca. 1910-1930 | unnum. | 1-34-12-4 | From Dept of Civil Engineering, 6-7-83 | .5 linear ft. 40 images |
| Lantern slides & slides: WSU & Pullman agriculture Most are labeled; some dated | ca. 1920-1970 | UPC 0032 | 1-34-10-5 | Donated by WSU Agricultural Engineering ca. 2000 | 2 linear ft. 1500 images: 400 lant. 1100 slides. |
| Slides: WSU & Pullman agriculture Most unlabeled & undated. | ca. 1950s-1960s | UPC 0033 | 1-34-12-5 | Donated by WSU Agricultural Engineering ca. 2004 | 1 linear ft. 400 images |
| Photographs & slides of WSU men's basketball & wrestling Taken by Charles E Powell Slide sheets labeled by match & month; photos unlabeled. | Early 1985 | UPC 0029 | 1-34-13-1 | 1 linear ft. 225 images | |
| Slides of WSU apparel ("Pawthentics") Unlabeled; photos taken by WSU Printing | Sept 1997 | UPC 0030 | 1-34-14-1 | .1 linear ft. 300 images | |
| Joseph Baily portraits | ca. 1930, 1968 | UPC 0009 | 1-34-14-1 | .1 linear ft. 2 images | |
| Trumble family photos Family was friends to Edward Murrow Most unlabeled & undated | ca. 1920-1930 | UPC 0010 | 1-34-14-1 | Donated by Tony Bamonte, 1997 | .1 linear ft. 7 images |
| Photographs of Pullman | ca. 1929 | unnum. | 1-34-14-1 | Donated by Alden Couch | .1 linear ft. 25 images |
| Photographs of Tekoa, Mendota, Snoqualmie Pass & Falls, Sunnyside, Klickitat Cnty, Olympics Most labeled, loosely dated. | ca. mid-1930s | unnum. | 1-34-14-1 | .1 linear ft. 100 images | |
| Slides of WSU & Pullman Undated; unlabeled | ca. 1980s | unnum. | 1-34-14-1 | .1 linear ft. 50 images | |
| Photographs of Terrell Library Construction & Move-in Labeled; loosely dated. | 1992-1994 | unnum. | 1-34-14-1 | .1 linear ft. 60 images | |
| Regents Hall Photogrpahs Unlabeled, most undated. Inc. images of Homecoming competitions, Regents Rockathon, Thanksgiving, Relay for Life, mixers, campus life. | 2001-2006 | UPC 0902 | 1-34-14-1 | .5 linear ft. 500 print images; 2 CDs with 130 imgs | |