Xerpha Mae Gaines Photograph collection, 1902-1907

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Gaines, Xerpha Mae
Title
Xerpha Mae Gaines Photograph collection
Dates
1902-1907 (inclusive)
Quantity
12 photographs
Collection Number
SPC 971-0003
Summary
The Xerpha Mae Gaines Photograph Collection consists of photographs of students of Cheney State Normal School and its training school.
Repository
Eastern Washington University
Archives & Special Collections
Eastern Washington University Libraries
320 Media Lane - 100 LIB
Cheney, WA
99004-2453
Telephone: 5093592475
archives@ewu.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open to the public.

Languages
English, English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of 12 photographs of individuals and groups associated with the Cheney State Normal School. Includes images of the school's football team.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

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Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply. For more information or permission to publish, contact Eastern Washington University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections at (509) 359-2475, or archives@ewu.edu.

Preferred Citation

Xerpha Mae Gaines Photograph Collection; SPC 971-0003; box number; folder number; Archives & Special Collections, Eastern Washington University.

Alternative Forms Available

Selections from the collection have been digitized and are available as part of the EWU Student Life and Activities digital collection.

Selections from the collection have been digitized and are available as part of the EWU Individuals digital collection.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Xerpha Mae Gaines;1971.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Description Dates
Item no. 1: Cheney State Normal School football team, 1904
Student Names:
  • Adams, Otto U. (10)
  • Crawford, Leslie (14)
  • Davis, Jay (11)
  • F[u]rby, Robert L. (3)
  • Foster, "Fat" (4)
  • Gaines, Edward F. (18)
  • Jones, Herbert E. (12)
  • Lin[d]ley, John W. (7)
  • Long, Walter N. (1)
  • McCallister, (unknown) (20)
  • McCallister, Randal (5)
  • McCann, John S. (19)
  • Millay, Francis] E. (9)
  • Page, George (2)
  • Page, Ross (8)
  • Ridenour, Horace M. (17)
  • Spangle, George (16)
  • Tully, Pete (15)
Faculty Advisor Names:
  • Macomber, C[harles] W. (13)
  • Smith, H. E. (6)
Cheney State Normal School football team of 1904 with faculty advisors. Photo taken in the rear of the school building. This building burned in 1912. Names in brackets taken from the class roster in The Normal Seminar. 1(2).
Donated by Gaines, Xerpha Mae, and Lawrence Ames
1904
Item no. 2: Cheney State Normal School football team, 1906
Student Names:
  • Cortright, Claude E.
  • Crawford, Leslie G.
  • Gaines, Edward F.
  • Jensen, Gus
  • Johnston, Samuel J.
  • Kercheron, Joe
  • Kuchera, Louis
  • Lasher, Stub [Orlon Jacob]
  • Lindahl, Dick
  • Lybecker, Al
  • Perterson, Lot
  • Page, Ross
  • Stafford, Don G.
  • Stark, Bob [Robert Eugene]
  • Tully, Peter J.
  • Williams, (unk)
Faculty Advisor Names:
  • Lineau, 0.P.
  • Macomber, L. H.
Original photos of Cheney State Normal School football team of 1906 seated on the front steps of the school building. This building burned in 1912. Names in brackets taken from class roster listed in The Normal Seminar 3(1).
Donated by Gaines, Xerpha Mae
1906
Item no. 3: Cheney State Normal School football teams [photocopies]
Student Names:
  • Cortright, Claude E.
  • Crawford, Leslie G.
  • Gaines, Edward F.
  • Jensen, Gus
  • Johnston, Samuel J.
  • Kercheron, Joe
  • Kuchera, Louis
  • Lasher, Stub [Orlon Jacob]
  • Lindahl, Dick
  • Lybecker, Al
  • Perterson, Lot
  • Page, Ross
  • Stafford, Don G.
  • Stark, Bob [Robert Eugene]
  • Tully, Peter J.
  • Williams, (unk)
Faculty Advisor Names:
  • Lineau, O. P.
  • Macomber, L. H.
Copy of original photos of Cheney State Normal School football team of 1906 seated on the front steps of the school building. This building burned in 1912. Names in brackets taken from class roster listed in The Normal Seminar 3(1).
Donated by Gaines, Xerpha Mae
1906
Item no. 4: Senior Class cast, Merchant of Venice, 1907, Cheney State Normal School
Student Names:
  • Alpert, Amandda
  • Butler, Myria
  • Cameron, Mae [Mary C.?]
  • Cross, George W.
  • Dallam, Kate
  • Dempsey, Agnes L.
  • Denzel, Hazel [Hattie M.?]
  • Dustin, Dale [Lillian]
  • Gaines, Edward F.
  • Gaines, Nellie M.
  • Hamilton, Jennie M.
  • Holt, Harriet
  • Jensen, Alma
  • Johnstone, Eleanor
  • King, Ruby E.
  • Klein, [Meta C. M.]
  • Kroetch, Gertrude
  • Linton, Luella
  • Mulligan, Margaret H.
  • Nicholson, Hazel
  • Page, Ross
  • Schultz, Bertha
  • Williams, Charstie [Day]
Faculty Advisor Names:
  • Hinch, Nicholas E.
  • Marker, George E.
Cast of the 1907 Cheney State Normal School's play "The Merchant of Venice". The photo was taken in rear of school building. This building was burned in 1912. Names in brackets taken from the 1907 class roster in The Normal Seminar 3(3):55-61.
Donated by Gaines, Xerpha Mae
1907
Item no. 5: Essen Club 1902-1903, Cheney State Normal School
Student Names:
  • Adams, Dexter
  • Adams, Otto
  • Bessel, (unk)
  • Bety[Betz], Ed[ward]
  • Cagle, [Louis A.]
  • Chargois, Vick [Victor A.]
  • Courtright, [Myrtle]
  • DeFoe, [James] A.
  • DeVoe, Carl
  • E[i]kmeyer, [Clara or Lizzie]
  • Gaines, Edward F.
  • Gaines, Harriet
  • Gaines, Mabel J.
  • Gaines, Sue
  • Ge[e], Jeanie
  • Johnson, Ellen
  • Johnson, [Emma or Hilda]
  • Johnston, [Carrie]
  • Jones, Herbert E.
  • Krause, Frank
  • Lewis, [L.] Arthur
  • McCann, John S.
  • Millay, F[rancis] E.
  • Newland, "Hick" [Hickman]
  • O'Malley, [Lenore]
  • Penix, Ray
  • Reid, [Beatrice]
  • Roberts, [Audrey or Bessie M.]
  • Snyder, John Henry
  • Starr, Clarence M.
  • Trumbell [Trumble], Reuben E.
  • Vanslate [Van Slatte], Eloese
Cheney State Normal School - Essen Club members (several unknown) from 1902 and 1903 gathered near a side entrance to the school building. This structure was estroyed by fire in 1912. Names in brackets taken from 1902-1903 class roster in State Normal School1903-1904 Circular of Information Roster of Students, 1902-1903, pp.29-34.
Donated by Gaines, Xerpha Mae
1902-1903
Item no. 6: YMCA officers 1906, Cheney State Normal School
Student Names:
  • Borgstrom, Parry
  • Hayes, Homer [Cameron]
  • Lybecker, "Gussie" [Oscar Augustus?]
Information in brackets taken from The Normal Seminar 3(1):31-36.
Donated by Gaines, Xerpha Mae
1906
Item no. 7: Student group: "Sub Normals" 1907, Cheney State Normal School
The high school class was called the "Subs," or the "Sub-Normals," since the regular Normal School student had graduated from High School, and was training to become a teacher.
Donated by Gaines, Xerpha Mae.
1907
Item no. 8: Roland Hathaway
Student Name: Hathaway, Roland [Rollin W.?] Information in brackets taken from page 48 of The Normal Seminar 2(2).
Donated by Gaines, Xerpha Mae
1905
Item no. 9: Eighth Grade Class, Training School, 1907
Student Names:
  • [Adams], Ethel A.
  • Babb, Tootsey
  • [Dignana], Hazel
  • Elliott, Lucille
  • George, Sidney
  • Hathaway, Clarence
  • Lehman, Fred
  • Lehman, Ralph
  • Leuer, John
  • Lybecker, Edith
  • Mast, Stella
  • Miller, Emma
  • [Scribner], John
  • Skinner, Hazel
  • Smith, Dale
  • Staford, Ruth
  • Stewart, Lester
  • Unk, Elsie
Teacher Name: Burke, James A. Cheney State Normal Training School - students graduating from eighth grade. Called Sub-Normals. 14 identified with first and last names, 3 identified by first name and tentative last name based on 1907 catalog, one identified by first name only (which is not in 1907 catalog), and 4 not identified. 1907 catalog lists more students than picture has in it. Students unidentified by photo are Albert Dery, Beulah George, Alma Minor, Walden Muller, Chester Muller, Cora Phillips, Sylvia Reynolds, and Etta Thacker.
Donated by Ames, Lawrence
1907
Item no. 10: Homer Cameron Hayes
Student Name: Hayes, Homer [Cameron] Information in brackets taken from The Normal Seminar 3(1):31-36.
Donated by Gaines, Xerpha Mae
1906
Item no. 11: George W. Cross, Jr.
Student Name: Cross, George [W., Jr.] Cheney State Normal School - Information in brackets taken from The Normal Seminar 3(3):55.
Donated by Gaines, Xerpha Mae
1907
Item no. 12: George W. Cross, Jr.
Student Name: Cross, George [W., Jr.] Cheney State Normal School - Information in brackets taken from The Normal Seminar 3(3):55.
Donated by Gaines, Xerpha Mae
1907
Item no. 13: Brittain Douglas
Student Name: Douglas, Brittain Not listed on class roster.
Donated by Gaines, Xerpha Mae
1907

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • College football players--Washington (State)--Cheney--Photographs
  • College students--Washington (State)--Cheney--Photographs

Personal Names

  • Gaines, Xerpha Mae--Photograph collections

Corporate Names

  • State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.)--Football--Photographs
  • State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.)--Football--Photographs
  • State Normal School (Cheney, Wash.)--Societies, etc.--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographs

Finding aid prepared by unknown
1971

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