Women authors are pivotal to literary collections, enriching them with diverse perspectives and narratives that resonate across time.  The WSU Terrell and Holland Libraries house a varied array of women-authored works that span literary reviews, research articles, and fiction books. The collection offers a glimpse into impactful women writers on literature and society.  WSU biology […]

“The special thing about working on an archive collection is that everybody who works there is a part of the history. You get to be the person that repairs the object so that someone can see it in 100 years.” Second-generation WSU alumna Mariah Boyle arrived at WSU in 2010 to pursue a master of […]

Similar to the “Humans of New York” photoblog series, where New Yorkers are interviewed and photographed, WSU students are interviewed about themselves and their experiences at WSU. In this edition, Browse intern Elyse Donley spoke with students about their spring break plans and their time at WSU Libraries.  From Petaluma, California, Ellie Iribarne is a […]

The grand opening of Dissmore’s. A family’s new washer and dryer. Weddings. Graduations.  Ralph Raymond Hutchison captured about 50 years of these milestones in black and white, but thousands of his photographs remained hidden. Some became brittle over time.  Until now.  WSU Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections initiated a project to digitize the entire […]

Jen Corrinne Brown was known as WSU Libraries’ “fishing girl.” She spent hours in Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections working on her dissertation in 2012, debunking fly-fishing myths about the Rocky Mountains.  “I’m just a storyteller at heart,” Brown said. “I want to tell stories that people think are interesting or might not know about.” […]