College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1956-2000

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Washington State University. College of Engineering and Architecture.
Title
College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs
Dates
1956-2000 (inclusive)
Quantity
19 Linear feet of Shelf Space, (19 boxes), (Approximately 100,000 images)
Collection Number
PC 143 (collection)
Summary
The departments which became the College of Engineering and Architecture at Washington State University were in place when the school opened in 1892. The images document the programs, research, and day-to-day life of the faculty, students, and staff of the College of Engineering and Architecture. Though a small number of items predate 1965, the bulk of the collection covers the late 1960s through the early 1990s.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open and available for research use.

Additional Reference Guides

The College of Engineering and Architecture used a FileMaker Pro database to store information on these photographs, at least through the end of the 1980s. As MASC lacks the ability to access FileMaker Pro files, an archival copy of this is held in MASC's digital archives, and an Excel version has been stored there as well. It is suggested that people looking for specific names conduct keyword searches in that, find the appropriate subject area and dates in the spreadsheet, and then browse the collection. That title database, in Excel format, is available online.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The departments which became the College of Engineering and Architecture at Washington State University were in place when the school opened in 1892, with the first graduates in 1897. In 1946, a reorganization established the Washington State Insitute of Technology as the entity which included the academic departments as the College of Engineering, the School of Mines, the Division of Industrial Research and the Division of Industrial Service. The Instutute was again reorganized in July 1966 into a College of Engineering with academic departments, a Research Division and a Technical Extension Service. In 1984, it was redefined as the College of Engineering and Architecture.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The images document the programs, research, and day-to-day life of the faculty, students, and staff of the College of Engineering and Architecture. Though a small number of items predate 1965, the bulk of the collection covers the late 1960s through the early 1990s. Many of the photographs found in Quest and other Engineering and Architecture publications can be found within this collection.

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

Due to the sheer volume of this collection, slides have been retained in the sheets/mounts in which they came from the College. The plastic in many of these is beginning to degrade, and is slightly sticky. When money and time are available, the slides in this collection need to be moved to archival holders.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1956-2000 (PC 143)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The photographs in this collection are separated into eleven separate series, the majority of which are fields of study within the College. A few are not - Extension is the College's statewide outreach program, and the final three series are all general topics within the college. The series are placed in alphabetical order (excepting the final three more general series). Within each series the materials are separated by formats, with photographic prints and negatives foldered together, and slides foldered separately after them. Within each of those format types, items are ordered chronologically. There are a few subject specific folders in the set, and those are generally placed at the end of the appropriate series or subseries.

The majority of the prints and negatives are contact sheets or strips mounted on paper; these frequently have notes from the College identifying them and have thus been retained exactly as they came to MASC.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to the Washington State University (WSU) Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) on January 18th, 2011 by Tina Hilding of WSU's College of Engineering and Architecture. It was accessioned as UPC2011-01.

Processing Note

This collection was processed by University Archivist Mark O'English from January to March, 2011. The collection was received in a sequence of large three-ring binders which were discarded during processing.

Separated Materials

Non-photographic documents received with this collection were separated out and processed as Archives 304.

Related Materials

MASC holds a few other sets of photographs from the College of Engineering and Architecture:

College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1964-1987 (PC 144).

WSC College of Mechanic Arts and Engineering Photo Album, 1928 (PC 94).

UA1990-37 (as of yet unprocessed) consists of a scrapbook and a small box of loose photographs.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: Agricultural EngineeringReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
1 1
1970-1977
1 2
1978-1979
1 3
1980-1985
Slides
Box Folder
1 4
1974-1982

Series 2: ArchitectureReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
1 5
1964-1965
1 6
1966-1967
1 7
1968-1973
1 8
1974-1975
1 9
1976
1 10
1977-1978
1 11
1979
1 12
1980
1 13
1981
1 14
Jan-May, 1982
1 15
Jun-Dec, 1982
1 16
1983
1 17
1984
1 18
1985
1 19
1986
2 1
1987
2 2
1988
2 3
1989
Slides
Box Folder
2 4
1958-1980

Series 3 : Chemical EngineeringReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Subseries 3.1 : Chemical Engineering, General
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
2 5
1961-1969
2 6
1971-1974
2 7
1975-1978
2 8
1981-1982
2 9
1983
2 10
1984
2 11
1985-1986
2 12
1987
2 13
1988
2 14
1989
2 15
1990-1994
Slides
Box Folder
2 16
1965-1975
2 17
1976-1980
2 18
Recruitment -- Slides, 1980
Subseries 3.2: Chemical Engineering -- Air Pollution
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
3 1
1962-1964
3 2
1965-1966
3 3
1967
3 4
1968
3 5
1969
3 6
1970
3 7
1971
3 8
1972
3 9
1973
3 10
Feb-Jun, 1974
3 11
Jul-Dec, 1974
3 12
Jan-Jun, 1975
3 13
Aug-Dec, 1975
3 14
Jan-Jun, 1976
4 1
Aug-Dec, 1976
4 2
Jan-Jun, 1977
4 3
Aug-Dec, 1977
4 4
Jan-Jun, 1978
4 5
Aug-Dec, 1978
4 6
1979
4 7
1980
4 8
1981
4 9
1982
4 10
1983
4 11
1984
4 12
1985
4 13
1986
4 14
1987-1990
Slides
Box Folder
4 15
1965-1966
4 16
1967
4 17
1968
4 18
1969-1971
4 19
1972-1975
4 20
1976-1977
4 21
1978
Subseries 3.3: Chemical Engineering -- Radioisotopes
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
4 22
1964-1966
4 23
1967-1968
5 1
1969-1970
5 2
1971-1972
5 3
1973-1981
Slides
Box Folder
5 4
1965-1966
5 5
1968
5 6
1970-1973

Series 4: Civil EngineeringReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Subseries 4.1: Civil Engineering
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
5 7
1962-1970
5 8
1971-1974
5 9
1975-1979
5 10
1980-1982
5 11
1983
5 12
1984-1985
5 13
1986-1988
5 14
1989-1990
5 15
1991
5 16
1992-1994
Slides
Box Folder
5 17
1967-1982
Subseries 4.2: Civil Engineering -- Environmental / Sanitary Engineering
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
5 18
1962-1965
5 19
1966-1967
5 20
1968
5 21
1969
5 22
1970
6 1
1971
6 2
1972-1973
6 3
1974-1976
6 4
1977-1978
6 5
1979-1981
6 6
1982-1984
6 7
1985-1994
Slides
Box Folder
6 8
1956-1967
6 9
1968
6 10
1969-1970
6 11
1971
6 12
1972
6 13
1973
6 14
1976-1982
Subseries 4.3: Civil Engineering -- Geohydrology
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
6 15
1967-1970
6 16
1971-1978
6 17
1979-1988
Slides
Box Folder
6 18
1965-1979
Subseries 4.4: Civil Engineering -- Hydraulics
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
6 19
1962-1967
6 20
1968-1969
7 1
1970
7 2
1971
7 3
1972-1974
7 4
1975-1987
Slides
Box Folder
7 5
1965-1969
7 6
1971-1972
7 7
Expo '74 -- Slides, 1974
7 8
Expo '74 -- Slides, 1974
Slides
Box Folder
7 9
1974-1982
Subseries 4.5: Civil Engineering -- Transportation System Section / Highway Research
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
7 10
1962-1966
7 11
1967
7 12
1968
7 13
1969
7 14
1970-1971
7 15
Jan-Jun, 1972
8 1
Jul-Oct, 1972
8 2
Nov-Dec, 1972
8 3
Jan-Apr, 1973
8 4
May-Dec, 1973
8 5
1974
8 6
1975
8 7
1976
8 8
Jan-Nov, 1977
8 9
Dec 1977 pt 1
8 10
Dec 1977 pt 2
8 11
Jan, 1978
8 12
Feb, 1978
8 13
Mar, 1978
8 14
Apr-Dec, 1978
9 1
Jan-May, 1979
9 2
Jul-Dec, 1979
9 3
1980
9 4
1981-1982
Slides
Box Folder
9 5
1965-1971
9 6
Jan-Oct, 1972
9 7
Nov-Dec, 1972
9 8
Jan-Feb, 1973
9 9
Apr-Dec, 1973
9 10
1974-1975
9 11
1976-1977
9 12
1978
9 13
1979 pt 1
9 14
1979 pt 2
10 1
1979 pt 3
10 2
Jan-Feb, 1980
10 3
May-Dec, 1980
10 4
1981-1982

Series 5: Electrical EngineeringReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
10 5
1964-1966
10 6
1967-1968
10 7
1969-1970
10 8
1971-1973
10 9
1974-1975
10 10
1976-1978
10 11
1979-1981
10 12
1982-1985
10 13
1986-1987
10 14
1988
10 15
1989
10 16
1990
10 17
1991-1994
10 18
1996
Slides
Box Folder
10 19
1962-1969
10 20
1970-1980
10 21
1996

Series 6: Engineering ExtensionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
11 1
1960-1963
11 2
1964-1965
11 3
1966
11 4
Jan-Apr, 1967
11 5
May-Aug, 1967
11 6
Sep-Dec, 1967
11 7
Jan-Mar, 1968
11 8
Apr-Jun, 1968
11 9
Aug-Oct, 1968
11 10
Nov-Dec, 1968
11 11
Jan-Feb, 1969
11 12
Mar-Apr, 1969
11 13
May-Oct, 1969
11 14
Nov-Dec, 1969
11 15
Jan-Feb, 1970
11 16
Mar, 1970
11 17
Apr-Jun, 1970
12 1
Jul-Oct, 1970
12 2
Nov-Dec, 1970
12 3
Jan-Mar, 1971
12 4
Apr-May, 1971
12 5
Jun, 1971
12 6
Jul-Sep, 1971
12 7
Oct-Dec, 1971
12 8
Jan-Mar, 1972
12 9
Apr-May, 1972
12 10
Jun-Dec, 1972
12 11
Feb-Jul, 1973
12 12
Aug-Dec, 1973
12 13
1974
12 14
Jan-Apr, 1975
12 15
May-Jul, 1975
12 16
Aug, 1975
13 1
Sep-Dec, 1975
13 2
Jan-Jun, 1976
13 3
Jul-Dec, 1976
13 4
1977
13 5
1978
13 6
1979
13 7
1980
13 8
1981
13 9
1982
13 10
1983-1984
13 11
1985-1987
13 12
1988-1991
13 13
1992-1995
Slides
Box Folder
13 14
1966-1967
13 15
1968-1969
13 16
1970-1971
13 17
1972 (1)
14 1
1972 (2)
14 2
1973
14 3
1974
14 4
1975
14 5
1976
14 6
1977-1978
14 7
1979
14 8
1980-1981

Series 7: Materials Sciences - Chemistry; later as just Materials SciencesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
14 9
1961-1965
14 10
1966
14 11
1967
14 12
1968
14 13
1969
14 14
1970
14 15
1971
14 16
1972
14 17
1973
14 18
1972
14 19
1973
15 1
Jan-Jul, 1974
15 2
Aug-Dec, 1974
15 3
1975
15 4
1976
15 5
1977
15 6
1978
15 7
1979-1980
15 8
1981-1984
15 9
1986-1987
15 10
1988-1989
15 11
1990-1991
15 12
1992-1995
Slides
Box Folder
15 13
1958-1966
Slides and Negatives
Box Folder
15 14
1968-1969
Slides
Box Folder
15 15
1970-1972
15 16
1973
15 17
1974
15 18
1975
15 19
1976-1982
15 20
Metallurgy, Metals Research, Mining -- Prints and Negatives, 1962-1967
15 21
Metallurgy, Metals Research, Mining -- Prints and Negatives, 1968-1970, 1973
15 22
Metallurgy and Mining -- Slides, 1965-1969
15 23
Spectochemistry -- Prints and Negatives, 1964-1968
15 24
Spectochemistry -- Slides, 1964-1968
15 25
Wood Technology -- Slides, 1983

Series 8: Mechanical EngineeringReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
16 1
1964-1967
16 2
1968-1970
16 3
1971-1972
16 4
1973-1974
16 5
1975
16 6
1976
16 7
1977
16 8
1978
16 9
1979
16 10
1980
16 11
1981
16 12
1982-1983
16 13
1984-1986
16 14
1987
17 1
1988-1989
17 2
1990-1991
17 3
1992-1995
Slides
Box Folder
17 4
1965-1969
17 5
1971-1974
17 6
1975-1976
17 7
1978-1979
17 8
1980 pt. 1
17 9
1980 pt. 2
17 10
1980 pt. 3
Box Folder
17 11
Huang -- Prints and Negatives, 1964-1965
17 12
Huang -- Prints and Negatives, Jan.-Jul. 1966
17 13
Huang -- Prints and Negatives, Aug.-Sep. 1966
17 14
Huang -- Prints and Negatives, 1967
17 15
Vibration -- Prints and Negatives, 1964-1965
17 16
Vibration -- Prints and Negatives, 1966-1969
17 17
Vibration -- Prints and Negatives, 1970-1975

Series 9: College of Engineering and Architecture -- GeneralReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
18 1
1988-1989 (1)
18 2
1988-1989 (2)
18 3
1990
18 4
1991
18 5
1992
18 6
1993
Slides
Box Folder
18 7
1972-1989
18 8
1990
18 9
1991
18 10
1992
18 11
1994
18 12
Mar-Apr, 1996
18 13
Aug-Sep, 1996
18 14
Oct-Dec, 1996
18 15
Jan-Mar, 1997
18 16
Apr-May, 1997
19 1
Aug-Sep, 1997
19 2
Oct-Dec, 1997
19 3
Feb, 1998
19 4
Mar-Apr, 1998
19 5
May-Aug, 1998
19 6
Oct-Dec, 1998
19 7
Feb-Apr, 1999
19 8
May-Jun, 1999
19 9
Aug-Dec, 1999
19 10
2000

Series 10: College of Engineering and Architecture -- AdministrationReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Prints and Negatives
Box Folder
19 11
1965-1967
19 12
1968-1971
19 13
1972-1978
19 14
1979-1986
19 15
1988-1991

Series 11: College of Engineering and Architecture -- Engineering BuildingsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
19 16
Pullman campus -- Slides, 1959-1997
19 17
ETRL Building -- Prints and Negatives, 1995-1998
19 18
ETRL Building -- Slides, 1995-1998
19 19
Branch campuses -- Slides, 1992-1997

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Architecture -- Photographs.
  • Engineering -- Photographs.

Corporate Names

  • Washington State University. College of Engineering and Architecture -- Photographs.

Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English
2016

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