Collection Guides (By Subject)
See Also: Collection guides arranged alphabetically
For user convenience, the following list of selected digitized collection guides has been arranged according to broad subject categories. This list will be expanded over time, as new archival finding aids are digitized and as new manuscript collections are processed. Users should consult these guides for more detailed descriptions of collection contents. Finally, users should search the Libraries' online catalog Griffin to obtain more complete coverage of holdings of primary source material in these and other subject areas.
Botany
- Rolla Kent Beattie Papers, 1899-1956
- Botanical Papers, 1881-1973
- William Conklin Cusick Papers, 1906-1924
- Xerpha Mae Gaines Papers, 1948-1970
- Gaines and McCulloch Family Papers, 1902-2008
- Shirl O. Graham Papers, 1951-1976
- Adolph Hecht Papers, 1945-1975
- Arthur Monrad Johnson Papers, 1915-1940
- Francis Marion Ownbey Papers, 1934-1974
- Fermen Pickett Papers, ca. 1912-1938
- Charles Vancouver Piper Papers, 1888-1926
- Harold St. John Papers, 1912-1957
- Carl William Sharsmith Papers, 1937-1939
- John C. Snyder Papers, 1933-1966
- Ralph R. Sundquist Papers, 1909-1980
Gardening, Outdoor & Recreation
- Elizabeth Gedney Christensen Gardening Collection, 1822-1994
- M.S. McGoldrick Papers, 1928-1976
- Jack O'Connor (John Woolf) Papers, 1929-1978
- Lee Richardson Papers, 1903-1989
- Wethern, Bob Papers, 1900-2006
- Wethern, Bob Papers, 1950-2008
Hospitality Industry
Journalism
- Ida Louise Anderson Papers, 1921-1970
- Ashmun Norris Brown Scrapbooks, 1914-1941
- Jay Fox Papers, 1910-1951
- Edward N. Fuller Newspaper Collection, 1882-1888
- Thomas Heuterman Papers, 1867-1996
- Homer M. Hill Papers, 1877-1933
- Historical Newspaper Collection, 1721-1959
- William Hone Papers, 1816-1842
- Glenn Lee Papers, 1906-1992
- Inez Puckett McEwen Papers, 1885-1982
- Jack O'Connor Papers, 1929-1978
- Helen and John F. Szablya Papers, 1962-2004
- Washington State Press Association Programs, 1893-1929
- Women in Communications (WSU Chapter) Records, 1925-1992
Literature
- Emmett Langdon Avery Papers, 1947-1962
- Thomas Balston Papers of the Sitwells, 1924-1960
- William Band Papers, 1857-1989
- Cooke, Faith Beamer Papers, 1928-1999
- Murray W. Bundy Papers, 1910-1971
- Deming, Louise and Stevens, Aretta, Sophia Peabody Hawthorne Project Papers, Circa 1960s-1971
- Vardis Fisher Papers, 1922-1970
- Roger Eliot Fry Papers, 1909-1936
- William Hone Papers, 1816-1842
- Ruby El Hult Papers, 1924-94
- Gerald Victor Hurley Papers, 1944-1961
- Ada Leverson Letters from Sitwells, ca. 1920-1935
- Conrad Liberman Papers, 1935
- Howard McCord Papers, 1953-1979
- Katherine Anne Porter Papers, 1924-1962
- Elizabeth Robins Papers, 1851-1942
- Siegfried Sassoon Papers of the Sitwells, 1918-1957
- Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell Papers, 1917-1972
- Sanchez, Ricardo Papers, 1968-1995
- Stevens, James F. Papers, 1924-1965
- Lewis Thompson Papers, 1933-1984
- Geoffrey Wells (Geoffrey West) Papers, 1928-1942
- Leonard Sidney Woolf Papers, 1945-1969
- Leonard and Virginia Woolf Insert Papers, ca. 1875-1974
Native American
- Paul E. Baker Papers, 1952-1956
- William Compton Brown Papers, 1830-1963
- Edwin L.Chalcraft: Chalcraft-Pickering Family Papers, 1821-1954
- Ella Elizabeth Clark Papers, 1944-1965
- Henry Thomas Cowley Papers, 1871-1917
- Marion Billbrough Dreamer Papers, 1904-1984
- John W. Larner Papers, 1971-1975
- Theodore Little Papers, 1936-1984
- Lucullus V. McWhorter Papers, 1848-1945
- Nez Perce Music Collection Fieldwork Materials, 1988-1995
- Loran Olsen Papers, 1960-1993
- Peck Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Artifacts, ca. 1970s
- Peck Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Life, 1958-2000
- John A. Simms Papers, 1858-1881
- Pierre Jean De Smet Papers, 1764-1970
- Tulalip Agency Papers, 1854-1902
- John McAdam Webster Papers, 1869-1917
- Cull A. White Papers, 1885-1970
- Thain White Papers, 1959-1971
- Marcus and Narcissa Whitman Papers, 1823-1961
- William Parkhurst Winans Papers, 1815-1917
- Spalding Mission, Lapwai Press Collection, circa 1800-2011
Oral History
- Abelson, Phillip and Neva Oral History Interviews, 1989
- Attar, Anatha, Muslim Immigrant Women Oral History Project, 1988-1990
- Frank Chin Oral History Collection, ca. 1974-1986
- Class of '54 Washington State University Oral Histories, 2005-2008
- Farm Family Oral History Project, 1982-1984
- History 398 (Women in the West) Oral Histories, Student Papers, etc., 1979-1986
- History 398 (Women in the West) Oral Histories, Student Papers, etc., 1979-1994
- History 398 (Women in the West) Oral Histories, Student Papers, etc., 1996-2005
- Nash, Irwin, Oral History Interview, 1991
- Pacific Northwest Farm Forum Taped Addresses, 1978
- Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Oral History, 1982
- Potter, Frank Fraser Lecture, Silver Anniversary Symposium Panel Audio Recording 1986
- Public Radio Oral History Project Papers, 1977-1978
- Hugh Rundell Papers, 1938-1983
- Small Cassette Collections, ca. 1937-1980
- Dwight W. Tuttle Oral History Interviews, 1977-1979
- Veterinary Medicine Oral History Project Transcripts, 1973-1979
- W.S.U. Centennial Oral History Project Oral Histories, 1982-1988
- WSU Veterans Oral History Interviews, 1996-2001
- Jeanie Shaw Wheeler Oral History Interview, 1979
- Whitman County Historical Society Oral Histories Collection, 1977-1980
- Ina Truesdale Wilson Oral History, 1981
Photography And Performing Arts
Photography
Dance
Theatre
Music
- William Horace Bailey Papers, ca.1915-1992
- William E. Brandt Papers, 1872-1995
- Catholic Church [Missal], [ca. 1500]
- Elizabeth Gyring Papers, 1930-1980
- Lynn R. Hansen Beatles Collection, 1962-1995
- Charles Haubiel Papers, 1916-1978
- Humphrey W. Leynse Collection Films and Papers, 1916-1977
- International Webern Society Records, 1962-1989
- Medieval Manuscripts, [ca. 1200]-[ca. 1600]
- Mahlon Merrick Papers, 1953-1967
- Music Manuscripts, ca. 1785-1948
- Nez Perce Music Collection Fieldwork Materials, 1988-1995
- Loran Olsen Papers, 1960-1993
- Solomon Pimsleur Papers, 1918-1970
- Hans Rosbaud Papers, 1899-1973
- Washington Composers Collection, 1931-1979
- Washington-Idaho Symphony Association Records, 1971-1992
- International Webern Society Records, 1962-1989
Politics And Government
- Otto Amen Legislative Papers, 1973-1983
- Fred C. Ashley Papers, 1941-1970
- Joseph Baily Political Papers, 1845-1878
- Edward Baumeister Papers, 1890-1911
- William Edward Carty Papers, 1898-1963
- Edwin L.Chalcraft: Chalcraft-Pickering Family Papers, 1821-1954
- Thomas Foley Congressional Papers, 1964-1997
- Julia Butler Hansen Committee Papers, 1961-1974
- Knute Hill Papers, 1909-1963
- Philip S. Hitchcock Papers, 1923-1977
- Otis (Hal) Holmes Papers, 1943-1958
- Walt Horan Papers, 1940-1964
- Robert Thomas Hunter Papers, 1959-1976
- Lon Johnson Papers, 1912-1967
- Abraham Lincoln Ephemera (The Bissett-Witherspoon Collection), 1865-1959
- Joseph A. Mallery Papers, 1924-1960
- Clarence Daniel Martin Papers, 1896-1954
- Clarence Daniel Martin, Jr. Papers, 1916-1976
- Catherine May Congressional Papers 1959-1970
- Mike McCormack apers, 1959-1994
- Austin Mires Papers, 1872-1936
- John Rankin Rogers Papers, 1814-1926
- Charles Raymond Savage Papers, 1964
- Save Our Summers Records, 1975-2004
- Students for a Democratic Society, Washington State University Papers, 1918-1986; bulk 1967-1973
- Warren W. Tolman Papers, 1898-1938
- Washington State Democratic Committee Records, 1932-1988
- Washington State University Office of the President, Autograph Collection, 1897-1951
- Washington Territory Governors' Papers, 1877-1891
- Washington Territory Legislative Papers, 1855-1887
- John Stanley Webster Papers, 1901-1963
- Whitman County Democratic Committee Records, 1948-1980
- Frank J. Wilmer Papers, 1884-1947
Publishing
- Glen Cameron Adams Papers, 1960-1966
- Jerome Gold Interviews for Publishing Lives, 1991-1994
- Sam Hamill Papers, 1972-2001
- Homer M. Hill Papers, 1877-1933
- Madrona Publishers Records, 1973-1988
- Sir Stanley Unwin Letters, 1888, 1914-1966
Washington Territory (1853-1889)
- Cyrus Bradley Papers, 1882-1915
- Edwin L. Chalcraft / Chalcraft-Pickering Family Papers, 1821-1954
- James Emerson Lindsey Papers, 1934
- Edward N. Fuller Newspaper Collection, 1882-1888
- J. Orin Oliphant Papers, 1894-1979
- J. Orin Oliphant Papers, 1914-1978
- Lewis Henry Rhoades Papers, 1864-1966
- Monroe, M. Orion Papers, 1915-1916
- John A. Simms Papers, 1858-1881
- Gustavus Sohon Drawings, 1858
- Spalding Family Papers, 1877-circa 1920s
- Tulalip Agency Papers 1854-1902
- Washington Territorial Centennial History Committee
- Washington Territory Governors' Papers, 1877-1891
- Washington Territory Legislative Papers, 1855-1887
- William Parkhurst Winans Papers, 1815-1917
Women
- American Association of University Women, Pullman Branch Records, 1933-1976
- Anderson, Betty Lou Diaries, 1938-1949
- Armitage, Susan Papers, 1899-2008
- Association for Faculty Women Papers, 1972-1993
- Association for Women Veterinarians Records, 1945-2003
- Attar, Anatha, Muslim Immigrant Women Oral History Project, 1988-1990
- Dairy Wives of Washington State Scrapbooks, 1953-1979
- League of Women Voters, Pullman Records, 1941-1992
- League of Women Voters, Pullman Records, 1950-1980
- Mechanical Engineering Wives' Club Records, 1960-1973
- National Organization for Women, Pullman Chapter Papers, 1973-1995
- Northwest on Parade Radio scripts, 1933-1934
- Olsen, Harold F. Biography of Jeanne Rounds Olsen Manuscript, 2010
- Pauline E. Thompson Papers, 1858-2000
- Pullman Business and Professional Women's Club Records, 1924-1983
- Pullman Federated Women's Club Records, 1914-1981
- Pullman Fortnightly Club Records, 1893-1996
- Pullman Investment Club Records, 1968-1981
- Reifler, Henrietta Presentation Papers, 1978
- Slonim, Ruth Papers, 1900-2000
- Helen and John F. Szablya Papers, 1962-2004
- Tucker, Georgina P. Papers, 1920-1997
- Washington Dairy Women Records, 1980-1983
- Washington State University Women's Club Papers, 1913-1995
- Washington Women for the Survival of Agriculture Records, 1973-1980
- Washington Women United Records, 1975-1986
- Washington Women United Records, 1983-1986
- Women in Communication, Inc. Records, 1925-1992
- Young Women's Christian Association Records, 1906-1980