Photographs
Greg Matthews
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greg.matthews@wsu.edu
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General Description
The Historical Photograph Collections consist of nearly a half million images, primarily photographic prints, slides, and negatives. The collections range in date from the third quarter of the 19th century to the late 20th, and offer a wealth of visual documentation for the study of ethnic history and human and material culture in terms of the campus, the city of Pullman, the Palouse region, the Inland Empire and, more generally, the Pacific Northwest. Some of the earliest images of Washington State University are found in the William Barkhuff Collection 1892-1921; Barkhuff enrolled at WSU on opening day in 1892.
The Charles R. Pratsch Collection documents the towns of Aberdeen, Hoquiam, and Grays Harbor (Washington), from their earliest times and also contains some 64 portraits of Quinault Indians. The collection is a valuable resource for tracing the effects of erosion along the Pacific Coast, as well as the results of logging. Images from the McWhorter Collection provide visual documentation of the Nez Perce and Yakima Indians. Lucullus V. McWhorter assembled an impressive collection of images, including portraits and images of battle grounds, to illustrate his books and pamphlets concerning the plight of Native Americans.
Born in Indiana on February 24, 1862, Frank Fuller Avery later became associated with the Colville Indian Agency. From 1898 to 1916 Avery worked in a number of capacities, first as superintendent of the Indian Boarding School at Fort Spokane, and then as inspector of Colville Indian Agency Day Schools. Photonegatives from the Colville Indian Agency, were taken between 1901-1916 when Avery was assigned to the Colville Indian Agency. The images record agency headquarters and personnel, along with numerous photographs of Colville Indian farmers and school children. Some 800 photographs from the Avery Collection may be viewed online as a one of an expanding group of Digital Collections.
Some 1800 photographic prints depicting pioneer life in Okanogan County, Washington, including scenes of work and entertainment, comprise the Frank S. Matsura Collection. Matsura arrived in the United States from Japan in 1905, settling briefly in Seattle before crossing the Cascades to take a job at the Elliot Hotel in Conconully, Washington, as a handyman. In 1907 he moved to Okanogan, Washington, and opened a photography studio, which he operated until his death from tuberculosis in 1913 at the age of 32. To view over 1,200 digital images of Matsura's photographs, please visit the Frank S. Matsura Image Collection.
The Photographs of E. R. Murrow, 1909-1964, includes over 100 photographs spanning Murrow's life, from boyhood scenes to college, and through his career with CBS.
Online photographs of the University Presidents are available for viewing, with many more physical ones in PC 4, the WSU Historic Photographs Subject File. For information on campus history, visit our online guide to WSU buildings.
Collection Guides
Collection Guides (also called Finding aids) is the generic term for various guides, inventories, registers, lists and indexes that describe items or the parts within individual manuscript/photograph collections. These Collection Guides provide an overview of our photographic collections in varying degrees of descriptive detail. The following list is dynamic and will be extended systematically over time.
A
- Adams, Hubert Scrapbook of Taiwan under Japanese Occupation Photographs, 1935
- Aerial Photographs, 1935-1957
- Album of Cabinet Card Portraits, ca. 1890-1900
- Alaska: travel during the Klondike Gold Rush, ca. 1900-1905
- Andrews, Wesley Photographs, ca. 1915
- Applequist, Harry "Hack" WSU Athletic Photographs, 1906-1966
- Architectural Engineering Department Lantern Slides, 1927-1941
- Architecture Student at Washington State College (Donald Howard Murray), Photograph Album, circa early 1940s
- Ashpaugh Family Photographs, 1890's-1907
- Avery, Frank Fuller Photographs from the Colville Indian Agency, 1901-1916
B
- Barkhuff, William Delbert Photographs, 1892-1921
- Beckman, Joseph Photographs of Long Lake Dam Construction, 1910-1915
- Bedirian, George Photographs of Palouse Landscapes, 1985
- Brians, Paul Photographs, 1991-2007
- Brians, Paul Regional Photographic Tours, 2002-2005
- Briggs, Paul Washington State College Photographs, 1950-1953
- Broyles, Joseph Earl Train Photographs, 1880-1954
- Bryan, President Enoch Photographs and Glass Negatives, 1860-1985
- Burgess, Howard Collection of Walla Walla Area Photographs, 1907-1964
- Bundy, Murray Photographs of Musicians, ca. 1930s-1940s
C
- Card Photo Glass Negatives of Garfield WA, ca. 1915-1917
- Cascade Locks, Oregon Photographs, 1894-1895
- Chalcraft-Pickering Photographs, 1862-1941
- China (Post-Boxer) Photograph Album, ca. 1901
- Columbia Basin Project Photographs, ca. 1952-1958
- Columbia River Basin Dam Oversized Photographs, 1951-1968
- Columbia River Highway Photographs, 1940
- Columbia River Light Ship No. 50 Album, 1901
- Cooper Publications Building Departmental Photographs, 1949-2001
D
- Daubenmire, Rexford Ecological Images 1931-1992, bulk 1931-1976
- Davis, Wildey R Photographs, 1905-1968
- Drucker Photographs of Korea and Japan, 1910-1940s
- Drumheller, Thomas Photographs of Sheep, 1909-1960
E
F
- Filipino American Student Association (WSU) Photographs, 1998-1999
- Foley, Thomas S., Photographs, 1905-1995, bulk 1964-1994
G
- Garfield, WA, Pullman, WA and Washington State College Photographs, ca. 1900s-1920s
- Gillis, Roy Photographic scrapbook, 1917-1919
- Girard, Alexandar and Colin MacKenzie Photographs, circa 1902-1921
- Glass Negatives, ca. 1901-1920
- Grain Elevators Scrapbook, 1918-1925.
- Graves, Clarence Eugene Photographs, 1907-1947.
H
- Haas, John I. Photographs Hop Picking, Cleaning and Drying, ca. 1940-1945
- Hanford, White Bluffs, and Hanford Nuclear Site Images, 1900-1980 (bulk 1909-1945)
- Hanson, Raymond A. Photographs, ca. 1950s
- Haynes, Franklin Jay Photographs, ca. 1883-1900
- Henderson, John P. Photograph Collection, 1936-1990
- Henderson, Otto Hogue Photographs of Quincy, Washington, 1900-1961
- Hilltopics Photographs, 1970-2001
- Hirahara, George and Frank C. Photograph Collection of Heart Mountain, Wyoming, 1932-2012
- Historical Photographs, Subject File
- Holbert Collection of Idaho Mines and Families Photographs, ca. 1918-1929
- Hoskins, Florence Family Photo Album, 1897-1898
- Howard, Julian Photographs, 1906-1918
- Howard, Mart Albert Papers and Photographs of the Klondike, 1897-1915
- Howell, Katherine Ross Student Teaching Photo Album, 1916
- Howell, Rollin Photographs of Wheat Harvesting near Albion, 1904-1909
- Huckle, Myron Samuel Photographs of Washington State University, 1924-1930
- Hudson, Will Photographs of Washington State College, 1898-1905
- Hutchison Studio Photographs of WSU and Pullman, WA, 1927-1973
J
- James, Florida Virginia Hill Papers, 1909-1950
- Jewett, George Frederick Naval History Collection, 1900-1955
K
- Kaiser, Verle G. Photographs, 1934-1977
- Kies, Paul Philemon Photographs, 1950-1970
- Kimball, Wildey "Bud" Photographs, 1959-1980
- King, Arthur E Photographs of Colfax, 1894-1913
L
- La Roche Photographs, ca. 1891
- Lenggenhager, Wegner Photographs, 1959-1967
- Lewis, J.O. Collection of Photographs of Native American Schools, ca. 1895-1900
- Lewis, Richard T. Photographs, 1937-1961
- Library Orientation Photographs, ca. 1946-1955
- Lomen Brothers Photographs of Alaska, 1920-1932
M
- Maris, H.E. Toppenish Roundup and Rodeo Photographs, 1914
- Marsh, Tim Photographs (compact discs) of WSU and Pullman, 2004-2011
- MASC Negative Files, 1970-2002
- Mathis, George Photo and Art Collection, ca. 1915-1970
- Matsura, Frank S. Photographs, 1907-1913
- McFaddin, Irwin C. Photographs of WSU, 1965
- McWhorter, Lucullus V. Photographs
- Meinert, Lawrence D. Photographs of Russia and the Former Soviet Union, 1982-1998
- Meinert, Lawrence D. Photographs of Flooding, 1996
- Melander, A. L. Photographs, ca. 1900s-1920s
- Military Posts: Cape Disappointment, Washington Territory, and Others, ca. 1880
- Moscow-Pullman Daily News Photograph Collection, 1970s-2004
- Mount Rainier National Park, ca. 1900-1910
- Murrow, Edward R. Photographs, 1909-1964
N
- Nalder, Frank Feilding Photographs of Reformatories, 1913-1914
- Nash, Irwin Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor, 1967-1976
- Nelson, H. G. Logging Photographs, ca. 1900-1920
- Newlin, Edith Photographs, ca. 1890-1930
- Nez Perce Photographs, ca. 1877-1905
- North Pacific Grain Growers Photographs, 1918-1982
- Nunemaker, John Horace Photographs of Mexico, ca. 1900-1910
P
- Palouse Conservation Field Station Photographs of Soil Conservation, 1929-1965
- Pickett, Ferman Layton Papers, ca. 1912-1938
- Pine Manor (WSC) Scrapbook, 1938-1958
- Poulsen, Edward Drawings, 1959-1964
- Pratsch, Charles R. Photographs, 1888-1913
- Pullman Womens Golf Club Scrapbooks, 1935-2006
R
- Richey, Sue Glenn Pi Beta Phi Photographs, 1954-1958
- Ritchey, George Photographs of Pullman, 1897-1910
- Robbins, Lloyd Photographs of Pullman, ca. 1895-1900
S
- San Francisco Earthquake Photographs, 1906
- Sandwith, Colin Collected WSC and Pullman Postcards, 1909-1911
- Scheuerman, Richard Photographs, 1853-1977
- Singleton Photographs of WSU, 1979
- Shirrod, Ivan Collection of Pullman Area Postcards, ca. 1890-1970
- Spokane, Washington, In and Around Photograph Album, 1889
- Stephen, James Photographs of Alaska and Mexico, 1898-1908
- Stereoscopic Viewer and Tourism Cards, 1894-1913
- Strandberg-Disney Family Photographs of Garfield, WA, ca. 1905-1923s
- Stimson, William Collection of Photographs of WSU and Pullman, 1890s-1980s
T
U
- Ullin, Chet Photographs of Celilo Falls, ca. 1940s
- United States Forest Service Photographs, 1917-1922
V
- Victor, Arthur E. Civilian Conservation Corps Photographs and Slides, 1927-1944
- View-Master & Tourism Reels, 1946-1951
W
- Walker Family Photographs, 1895-1925
- Waller, Osmar Photographs, ca. 1890s
- Walter, Bill Studio Photographs, ca. 1890-1978
- Washington Coast Photographs, undated
- Washington Forest Protection Association Aerial Maps, 1937-1968
- Washington State -- Tacoma, Olympia and Mt. Rainier Photograph Album, circa 1900
- Wegner, Earl Edward Veterinary Medicine Photographs and Scrapbooks, 1905-1947
- Wenaha Tucannon Wilderness Photographs, 1967-1976
- Western Washington Research and Extension Center Photographs, 1913-1923
- White, Cull A. Photographs and Negatives, 1861-1950
- Will Photographs of WSC and Pullman, bulk 1908-1912
- Wilson Family Photographs Farmers near Colton, WA, 1895-1928
- Wolf, Christopher C. Postcards and Family Photographs, 1896-1946
- WSU Agricultural Extension Service Photographs, 1915-1958
- WSU Alumni Association Slides, 1959-2003
- WSU Athletics Photographs, 1900-2013 (bulk 1980-1997)
- WSU Board of Student Publications, Chinook Photographs, 1974-1979
- WSU Building Since the End of the War, 1946-1948
- WSU Buildings Photographs, 1892-
- WSU CAHNRS and Extension Marketing and News Services Biographical Files and Slides, 1969-2009
- WSU College of Agriculture Photographs, 1910-1981
- WSU College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1964-1987
- WSU College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1960-1987
- WSU College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1956-2000
- WSU College of Engineering Photo Album, ca. 1926
- WSU College of Veterinary Medicine Photographs of students, 1914-1971
- WSU Department of Physical Education for Women Photographs, ca. 1914-1970
- WSU Glass Negatives, 1901-1913
- WSU Instructional Lantern Slides, ca. 1890-1949
- WSU Instructional World Civilizations Lantern Slides, ca. 1890-1930s
- WSU Lantern Slides, ca. 1892-1944
- WSU Office of University Publications and Printing/WSU Press Photographs, 1948-1983
- WSU Office of University Publications and Printing Photographs, 1983-1996
- WSU Photographs, Subject File, 1892
- WSU School of Music Records and Photographs, 1922-1977
- WSU Scrapbooks, 1892-1939
- WSU Speech Department Debate Team Photographs, 1928-1957
- WSU Theatre and Dance Photographs, 1950-2001
Y
- Yocom, Charles Photographs of Inland Northwest Geography, 1942-1953
- Young Women's Christian Association Photographs, 1913-1965
Collection Guides Organized by Subject
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 photographic collections are processed. Users should consult these guides for more detailed descriptions of collection contents.
Agriculture
- Burgess, Howard Collection of Walla Walla Area Photographs, 1907-1964
- Drumheller, Thomas Photographs of Sheep, 1909-1960
- Grain Elevators Scrapbook, 1918-1925.
- Haas, John I. Photographs Hop Picking, Cleaning and Drying, ca. 1940-1945
- Historical Photographs, Subject File
- Howell, Rollin Photographs of Wheat Harvesting near Albion, 1904-1909
- Kaiser, Verle G. Photographs, 1934-1977
- Lewis, Richard T. Photographs, 1937-1961
- North Pacific Grain Growers Photographs, 1918-1982
- Palouse Conservation Field Station Photographs of Soil Conservation, 1929-1965
- Walter, Bill Studio Photographs, ca. 1890-1978
- WSU Agricultural Extension Service Photographs, 1915-1958
- WSU CAHNRS and Extension Marketing and News Services Biographical Files and Slides, 1969-2009
- WSU Department of Agricultural Engineering Records & Photographs, 1932-1974
Cities and Towns
- Ashpaugh Family Photographs, 1890's-1907
- Barkhuff, William Delbert Photographs, 1892-1921
- Burgess, Howard Collection of Walla Walla Area Photographs, 1907-1964
- Card Photo Glass Negatives of of Garfield WA, ca. 1915-1917
- Davis, Wildey R Photographs, 1905-1968
- Henderson, Otto Hogue Photographs of Quincy, Washington, 1900-1961
- Historical Photographs, Subject File
- Howard, Mart Albert Papers and Photographs of the Klondike, 1897-1915
- King, Arthur E Photographs of Colfax, 1894-1913
- Matsura, Frank S. Photographs, 1907-1913
- Military Posts: Cape Disappointment, Washington Territory, and Others, ca. 1880
- Nalder, Frank Feilding Photographs of Reformatories, 1913-1914
- Pratsch, Charles R. Photographs, 1888-1913
- San Francisco Earthquake Photographs, 1906
- Stephen, James Photographs of Alaska and Mexico, 1898-1908
- Wolf, Christopher C. Postcards and Family Photographs, 1896-1946
- Wilson Family Photographs Farmers near Colton, WA, 1895-1928
Pullman, Washington
- Aerial Photographs, 1935-1957
- Barkhuff, William Delbert Photographs, 1892-1921
- Glass Negatives, ca. 1901-1920
- Graves, Clarence Eugene Photographs, 1907-1947.
- Hutchison Studio Photographs of WSU and Pullman, WA, 1927-1973
- Historical Photographs, Subject File
- James, Florida Virginia Hill Papers, 1909-1950
- Meinert, Lawrence D. Photographs of Flooding, 1996
- Moscow-Pullman Daily News Photograph Collection, 1970s-2004
- Pullman Womens Golf Club Scrapbooks, 1935-2006
- Ritchey, George Photographs of Pullman, 1897-1910
- Robbins, Lloyd Photographs of Pullman, ca. 1895-1900
- Walter, Bill Studio Photographs, ca. 1890-1978
Environment
- Hanford, White Bluffs, and Hanford Nuclear Site Images, 1900-1980 (bulk 1909-1945)
- Kaiser, Verle G. Photographs, 1934-1977
- Kimball, Wildey "Bud" Photographs, 1959-1980
- Lewis, Richard T. Photographs, 1937-1961
- Nelson, H. G. Logging Photographs, ca. 1900-1920
- Pratsch, Charles R. Photographs, 1888-1913
- United States Forest Service Photographs, 1917-1922
Native Americans
- Avery, Frank Fuller Photographs from the Colville Indian Agency, 1901-1916
- Chalcraft-Pickering Photographs, 1862-1941
- Historical Photographs, Subject File
- Lewis, J.O. Collection of Photographs of Native American Schools, ca. 1895-1900
- Matsura, Frank S. Photographs, 1907-1913
- McWhorter, Lucullus V. Photographs
- Nez Perce Photographs, ca. 1877-1905
- Pratsch, Charles R. Photographs, 1888-1913
- Scheuerman, Richard Photographs, 1853-1977
- Ullin, Chet Photographs of Celilo Falls, ca. 1940s
Railroads
- Broyles, Joseph Earl Train Photographs, 1880-1954
- Haynes, Franklin Jay Photographs, ca. 1883-1900
- Historical Photographs, Subject File
Washington State University, WSU Faculty and Graduates
- Applequist, Harry "Hack" WSU Athletic Photographs, 1906-1966
- Barkhuff, William Delbert Photographs, 1892-1921
- Brians, Paul Photographs, 1991-2007
- Briggs, Paul Washington State College Photographs, 1950-1953
- Bryan, President Enoch Photographs and Glass Negatives, 1860-1985
- Filipino American Student Association Photographs, 1998-1999
- Hilltopics Photographs, 1970-2001
- Huckle, Myron Samuel Photographs of Washington State University, 1924-1930
- Hutchison Studio Photographs of WSU and Pullman, WA, 1927-1973
- Library Orientation Photographs, ca. 1946-1955
- Marsh, Tim Photographs (compact discs) of WSU and Pullman, 2004-2011
- Mathis, George Photo and Art Collection, ca. 1915-1970
- Meinert, Lawrence D. Photographs of Russia and the Former Soviet Union, 1982-1998
- Meinert, Lawrence D. Photographs of Flooding, 1996
- Murrow, Edward R. Photographs, 1909-1964
- Music School Records and Photographs, 1922-1977
- Nalder, Frank Feilding Photographs of Reformatories, 1913-1914
- Pine Manor Scrapbook, 1938-1958
- Poulsen, Edward Drawings, 1959-1964
- Stimson, William Collection of Photographs of WSU and Pullman, 1890s-1980s
- Will Photographs of WSC and Pullman, bulk 1908-1912
- WSC and Edgerton Family Photographs Album, 1906-1913
- WSU Agricultural Extension Service Photographs, 1915-1958
- WSU Athletics Photographs, 1900-2013 (bulk 1980-1997)
- WSU Board of Student Publications, Chinook Photographs, 1974-1979
- WSU Building Since the End of the War, 1946-1948
- WSU Buildings Photographs, 1892-
- WSU CAHNRS and Extension Marketing and News Services Biographical Files and Slides, 1969-2009
- WSU College of Agriculture Photographs, 1910-1981
- WSU College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1964-1987
- WSU College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1956-2000
- WSU College of Engineering Photo Album, ca. 1926
- WSU College of Veterinary Medicine Photographs of Students, 1914-1971
- WSU Department of Physical Education for Women Photographs, ca. 1914-1970
- WSU Glass Negatives, 1901-1913
- WSU Scrapbooks 1892-1939
- WSU Speech Department Debate Team Photographs, 1928-1957
- WSU Lantern Slides, ca. 1892-1944
- WSU Office of University Publications and Printing/WSU Press Photographs, 1948-1983
- WSU Office of University Publications and Printing Photographs, 1983-1996
- WSU Photographs, Subject File, 1892-
- Wegner, Earl Edward Veterinary Medicine Photographs and Scrapbooks, 1905-1947
- Western Washington Research and Extension Center Photographs, 1913-1923
- Young Women's Christian Association Photographs, 1913-1965
Washington Territory 1853-1889
- Edwin L Chalcraft Chalcraft-Pickering Photographs, 1862-1941
- Charles Robert Pratsch Photographs, 1888-1913
- Broyles, Joseph Earl Train Photographs, 1880-1954
- Haynes, Franklin Jay Photographs, ca. 1883-1900
- Historical Photographs, Subject File