Learning Each Other's Language: L.V. Mcwhorter and the Columbia Plateau Tribes
This exhibit seeks to integrate disparate parts of the Lucullus Virgil McWhorter Collections held in the Museum of Anthropology and Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections at Washington State University. More...









Chasing A Dream: Explorations in Embroidered Wearable Art
Through the ages embroidery has been recognized as one of the fine arts of fabric embellishments. Just like the warp and weft of the threads that comprise fabrics and textiles, the great fashion designers interweave our thoughts and influence our work. More...









Heritage and History of the Plateau Peoples: Featured Collections
The seven collections featured here represent just a small sample of the resources available in MASC. They consist primarily of manuscripts (letters, Indian agency records, and other written documents), photographs, and maps; some of the images have also been digitized and are available online. More...







"A Lot of Chaos, A Little Control"-MA Thesis by Mary Pedersen
I find that the natural world and the forces of nature strongly influence my sense of aesthetic, therefore influencing my textile art and textile design. More...

World Civilization Image Repository
The World Civilizations Image Repository (WCIR), consists of a series of image databases drawn from donated personal faculty collections and images located in Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) at the WSU libraries. More...

Paris Inspired Fashion 2003-Honors Thesis by Lisa Appel
In studying fashion design, it is very important to understand how a designer's inspiration is manifested in the final garment. By understanding how a designer does this, and by understanding what I find inspirational, I can then utilize their methods of incorporating inspirational elements into my final designs. More...

Washington Territory 1853-1889
The year 2003 marks the sesquicentennial of the establishment of Washington Territory. The 36-year
territorial period was documented in official government reports and publications, business and personal correspondence, printed works (produced by companies, organizations and institutions),drawings,
photographs, diaries, and artifacts. More...

Pullman: Early Downtown Businesses
Pullman: Early Downtown Businesses is the first joint exhibit between the Whitman County Historical Society (WCHS) and the Washington State University Libraries Department of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC). More....









Challenging The Advice Of "Experts"...Fashionable Plus-Size Apparel
The purpose of this project is to investigate the accuracy of "how to dress" advice directed toward plus size women in popular literature. Examples of the advice given to plus size women include: they shouldn't wear large prints or pants with straight legs; do not tuck in shirttails; cover up the hips and derriere with a blazer; and wear elastic waist skirts. More...








First Women in Graduate Education at Washington State University
Washington's land-grant college, the Washington Agricultural College & School of Science (WAC & SS), opened its doors to individuals seeking preparatory educations and undergraduate degrees in January of 1892. More...





A Century of Graduate Education
To celebrate the centennial of graduate education, we present this exhibit drawn from the collections of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC), at the Washington State University Libraries. More...










Early Modern Printing 1480-1707
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections has a surprisingly large but generally unknown collection of early printed books. Most of the books selected for this exhibit were acquired prior to 1958. More...










Presidential Politics 1824-1992
Collections often begin purely by happenstance and develop quite haphazardly. This exhibit of American political memorabilia from 1824 to 1992 is no exception. In 1970, a dear friend and WSU colleague, James Thurber (who now teaches at American University and often comments on presidential politics for National Public Radio), gave my late husband Frank Mullen some duplicates from his collection of American political buttons, and we were off and running. More...







Urban Spaces, Urban Places: The Architectural Visions of Kenneth W. Brooks
Born in Cedarvale, Kansas, in 1917, Ken Brooks grew up in a family whose Protestant values emphasized hard work, perseverance, and public service. More...










Celebrating Book Arts in the West
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Audubon's Birds
Audubon, John James (1780-1851), American naturalist, is said to have been born on the 5th of May 1780 in Louisiana, his father being a French naval officer and his mother a Spanish creole. More...








Selected Bindings of Virginia Woolf
This online exhibit of Selected Bindings by Virginia Woolf highlights one of the unique features of the personal Library of Leonard and Virginia Woolf located in Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections at Washington State University. More...







WSU Buildings
Campus architecture before ca. 1905 largely follows common designs used in 19th Century civic buildings. These early buildings were chiefly of brick masonry construction, with designs that reflect their purposes as classroom and laboratory buildings. Murrow East is an example of one such structure. More...







An Exhibit on the life and work of George Mathis
The George Mathis collection of photographs, artwork, and historical ephemera, was donated to WSU Libraries in October 1991 by Jean and Carol Mathis, the wife and daughter, respectively, of the late George Mathis. More...








From the Westin Archives
The records of the Westin Hotels and Resorts were transferred to the Washington State University Libraries in 1997 by the Company. The records had previously been managed as the Westin Archives, a project of J. William Keithan, the Westin Vice-president who founded the corporate archives in 1975 and who was instrumental in arranging the transfer to the University Libraries. More...